Old Tack Predicts Hard Winter Across Panhandle
In wide hand written fashion, the speaker cites signs of a severe winter from August into November. Reports from the Panhandle describe heavy fur, migrating wildlife, and an early snow cover while noting cattlemen facing forage shortages and market anxieties. The piece also contrasts local misfortunes with New York’s frigid protests and critiques Washington graft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Panhandle
Horace Russell
Alexander Ranch
Hemphill County
Washita
Cap Rock
Alexanders
Farm Hand Seeks Return to Rural Work in Texas
A 50 year old Texas man, worn by city life, seeks steady farm employment. He highlights hard work, reliability, and broad farming experience, offers to relocate with advance for his family, and asks for the first willing employer to respond via The Amarillo Globe-News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Globe-News
Texas
Them Texans and a winter of news and charity
The article describes plans for a book titled Them Texans with Jimmie Swan drawing and Southwestern Engraving donated. Proceeds from $600 revenue will benefit the Children's Home. It notes winter hardships, advice on illness and insurance, and a stray bird dog named Judge with a $5 reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Swan
Southwestern Engraving Company
Plains
Globe News
Premonition of Death Probed by Court Tale
A Tit Bits quote recalls a man who claimed foreknowledge of his death with exact year month day hour and manner. The puzzle asks how he knew this, answer given as the judge told him, reflecting a courtroom tale of superstition and judgment.
Salvation Army Seeks Beds and Bedding Help
Captain W.G. Waugh of the Salvation Army appeals for bedframes mattresses cots and covers as aid requests rise. He notes men and boys slept on bare boards last night and stresses widespread unemployment despite local prosperity talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.G. Waugh
Salvation Army
Waugh
Southwest
Knighton Trial Delayed by Weather at Court
Herbert Keighton charged with liquor violations went to trial in district court after 10 am as testimony began before noon. Several cases were postponed due to weather and late jurors. jurors excused for illness required twelve more summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Keighton
District Criminal Court
Henry
Bishop
Knighton
J. W. Tomlinson
C. R. Herring
Estelle Owens
Ted Hart
Sherman Stout
Jesse Stout
Oren Stuart
J. W. Culwell
John Viewens
Weather roundup paints grim Texas roads and cold snap
The weeklong snow and cold left Texas highways strained as drags cleared roads from Amarillo west. Temperatures dipped to 29 in Childress and 39 in Fort Worth with frost and wind. Galveston and Corsicana reported near freezing and 50 degrees respectively, while Pampa faced seven inches of snow halting oil field work and road travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Childress
Texas
Mercury
Lear
the Associated Press
Galveston
Corsicana
Pampa
North Plains
Miss Addie Phillips Dies At Home
Miss Addie Phillips daughter of Mr and Mrs F F Phillips died at 2215 Hayden street at 930 Sunday night She is survived by her parents two brothers Elwood Phillips San Francisco Calif F F Phillips Jr Mrs F B Martin and Miss Marion Phillips Amarillo Funeral services were held at the residence at 4 this afternoon conducted by Rev G L Yates pastor of the First Baptist church Pallbearers were A E Meyers William N Durham T M Bruner Harmon Bartlett Grover Hill and C D Jackson Burial was in Llano cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Phillips
F. F. Phillips
Hayden Street
Elwood Phillips
San Francisco
Calif
F. B. Martin
Marion Phillips
Amarillo
G. L. Yates
First Baptist Church
A. E. Meyers
William N. Durham
T. M. Bruner
Harmon Bartlett
Grover Hill
C. D. Jackson
Llano Cemetery
Train Committee To Meet in Ft Worth
A Texas wide train committee steering group for grain rate investigations will meet in Ft Worth on Tuesday November 27. Attending are S J Cole head of transportation for the Board of City Development and Y H Sparrow traffic manager of the Great West Mill and Elevator company. They have participated in hearings over the past eighteen months. The meeting aims to discuss briefs to be filed in future cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Ft. Worth
S. J. Cole
Transportation Department
Board of City Development
Y. H. Sparrow
Great West Mill and Elevator Company
Please Return Peggy Dear Mr Tacki
A dog missing notice from Little Janie Jenkins asks Mr Tack for help locating Peggy a brindle female bulldog about twenty inches high with a brass harness and white paw. The owner describes Peggy and asks contact after 6 pm at 7783, promising future assistance in selling Them Texans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tacki
Peggy
Mr. Tack
Janie Jenkins
Trade trip centers Amarillo business leaders on three day tour
J E Westmoreland president of the Amarillo Jobbers and Manufacturers association announced as the train departed that plans for a three day tour are in first class shape. representatives from numerous firms joined the trip including Amarillo Auto Works Amarillo Cotton Oil Company Panhandle Sash and Door Panhandle Lumber and many others with Westmoreland and Mlle Boyce listed among organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Westmoreland
Amarillo Jobbers and Manufacturers Association
Amarillo Auto Works
Amarillo Cotton Oil Company
Amarillo Plate Glass @ Mirror Co
W. M. Adams
Amarillo Hdn. Company
Amarillo National Bank
Amarillo Bank & Trust Company
Amarillo Gas Company
Amarillo Sash & Door Co
Amarillo Paper Company
Ainsworth Drug Company
Amarillo Brick Mantle Co
Amarillo and Herring Hotels
Amarillo Building & Loan Co
Amarillo Furniture Co
J. N. Beasley
W. L. Buck
Ballew- Satterfield
Bradstreets
Board of City Development
Burroughs Adding Machine Co
H. Ul, Barnard
C. T. Crowe
Toney Chisum
Connor- Mathes Co
Crane Candy Co
Crowe & Cowan
Case Thrashing Machine Co
Carter Matthews
R. G. Dunn
Dawson Produce Co
Draper-Ross
Dempster Co
Davenfield
Foster and Fullingin
Finklea Electric
Frost Motor Co
Cal Farley
First National Bank
Green Bros
General Electric Supply Co
Gamble-Martin
Great West Mill & Elevator Co
Globe-News
General Auto Supply Co
Hardeman King
Hamon Whittington
F. T. Howard
Hunsley’s
International Harvester Co
Walter Irvin
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Plains Wholesale Grocery Co
Packard Amarillo Co
Pato Duro Furniture Co
H. V. Robertson
Russell & Cockrell
Rucker Candy Co
Radford Grocery Co
Rock Island
Ry. Sigman Furniture Co
Texas Plate Glass Co
Texas Sand & Gravel Co
Thompson Drug Co
Texas M. & M. Co
Texas Employes & Casualty Co
Texas Plains Bldg. & Loan Co
Rail line expansion nears completion on Texas South Plains
Fort Worth and Denver City Railway prepares to inaugurate a 205 mile extension from Estelline to Lubbock with six special trains. Dallas, Fort Worth, Wichita Falls, Lubbock and Amarillo businessmen tour towns including Estelline, Sterley Junction, Silverton, Plainview and Dimmitt for celebrations. New all steel equipment will be used and first trains begin service Thursday night from Dallas to Lubbock and Plainview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas South Plains
Fort Worth
Estelline
Sterley Junction
Caprock
Silverton
Plainview
Dimmitt
Castro County
Lubbock
Turkey
Quitaque
Petersburg
Becton
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Floydada
Quanah
South Plains
Frank E. Clarity
Fort Worth & Denver
Childress
Texas
Clarity
Ziegfeld Gives $1000 Wedding Gift to Elsie Behrens
New York reports Florenz Ziegfeld presented Elsie Behrens with a $1000 wedding gift. Behrens vows to keep dancing though Mrs Le Roy L. Franck remains a figure in the social scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Florenz Ziegfeld
Elsie Behrens
Leroy L, Franck
Singing steward held on diamond smuggling charges
The Singing steward William Ballyn, chief of the Berengaria's force, is arrested after two diamond packages valued at thousands are found in his stateroom aboard the Cunard liner. He implicates Traffic Officer John T. McIntyre, who denies knowledge. Sixty officers searched rooms aboard the Berengaria as Cunard tightens gem smuggling controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Cunard
Berengaria
William Ballyn
John T. MclIntyre
McIntyre
Ballyn
Leviathan
Olympic
Arthur Rostton
John McCormack
Terazzini
Jack Wyatt Named By State Association Vice President
Jack Wyatt city chemist was elected vice president of the Texas Association of Sanitarians at its annual San Antonio meeting. Notification arrived today. The group backs legislation to curb stream pollution unify sewage research and promote full time health units across the state. They also aim to raise 30000 to eradicate tuberculosis in livestock. A proposed merge of the State Live Stock Sanitary commission with the Department of Agriculture was opposed by society members. Next year the annual convention will be in Edinburg Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wyatt
Texas Association of Sanitarians
San Antonio
State
Live Stock Sanitary Commission
Department of Agriculture
Edinburg
Texas
Captive fires on police at station kills detective
In Baltimore Henry Peterson 24 a New York suspect opened fire at police headquarters after surrendering to Detective Sergeant Joseph Carroll and wounded Sergeants Fred Carroll and Elmer O Grady before being fatally struck by officers fire. Joseph Carroll died shortly after as Peterson suffered seven wounds with poor prognosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
Henry Peterson
New York
Joseph Carroll
Fred Carroll
Elmer O'Grady
Peterson
Carroll
O'Grady
New York Prohibition Life and a Murder Trial
A Prohibition era vignette describes Miss Romayne Phillips recounting Linky Mitchell’s murder night with two dancing children and a night of speakeasy visits. The piece notes New York hosts over twenty five thousand speakeasies, Wall Street gamblers, and warns that gambling cannot be beaten while urging prudent investment and perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Romayne Phillips
Villareal Qualifies for Mexican Presidential Election
General Villareal, barred from Mexico, crossed the border and qualified for next year’s presidential race under the Anti-Reelectionist party. He traveled from Laredo after the time limit and appeared before a Monterrey notary to certify his presence. Deported previously by the Calles government for involvement in last year’s Serrano rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico City
General Villareal
Mexico
Vito Alession Robles
Laredo
Monterrey
Calles
Mary McCormic To Return In 18 Stell ar Role
American opera singer Mary McCormic returns to Amarillo Thursday night for a hometown concert before resuming a brief U S tour between seasons in Paris. She will then go to Paris to lead in Messager's latest opera at the Opera Comique under Carr. Tickets are on sale at Amarillo College of Music office, 1104 Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McCormic
America
Paris
Messager
Miss McCormie
United States
Paris Grand Opera
Opera Comique
Carr, Veter
Amarillo College of Music
Emil F. Myers
Polk
Crystal Cafe Owner Dies Sunday in Local Hotel
George Barnes aged 42 proprietor of the Crystal cafe died at his hotel room at 11 15 Sunday night after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm in Griggs Funeral chapel conducted by Rev F A Foster of St Andrews Episcopal church. Pallbearers named. burial at Llano cemetery. He leaves his parents Mr and Mrs 8 Bannos of Athens Greece with no local relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Barnes
Crystal Cafe
Griggs
F. A. Foster
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Fete Bistis
George Angeles
Tony Mitchell
George George Antoney
James Pragolas
Harry Anagnos
Llano
Bannes
8. Bannos
Athens
Greece
Poultry Show Plans Discussed Tonight in Panhandle Meeting
Plans for the Tri State Poultry show set for December 13 to 17 are to be finalized at a Panhandle Poultry association meeting in the Municipal auditorium at 7:30 pm. Dr. E F Lapham, president, calls the session to conclude preparation for the December event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle Poultry Association
Board of City Development
Municipal Auditorium
E. F. Lapham
Simple joys and small tasks of daily life
The poem asks for simple pleasures and small tasks over grand achievements. It desires sheltering trees, a patch of lawn, a few good friends, and constant work to face the world with courage. It values love, companionship, and freedom from pomp, ending with hopeful dawn.
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Markets Nov 19 Summary
Hog and cattle prices rise across markets in Kansas City Chicago Fort Worth and St Louis as hogs top 9.15 at KC and 9.30 at Chicago. Cattle demand steady to strong with varied weights and milk fed cows and yearlings priced. small cattle totals and lamb markets show strength. Cotton markets in New York and New Orleans trend steady with modest gains late morning. Liverpool futures close steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Associated Press
Chicago
Fort Worth
E. ST. Louis Livestock
ST. Louis
Ill
New Orleans
Liverpool
Chicago Grain and Poultry Prices Move On Mixed Signals
Chicago grains opened firm on Liverpool wheat strength and Argentina rain, then eased as offerings rose. Corn and oats held steady with slight gains and provisions advanced. Butter and eggs moved higher in Chicago trading, while poultry stayed steady. New York stocks opened irregular, with Calumet & Arizona up sharply and Sears Roebuck advancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Associated Press
Navy
Liverpool
Argentina
New York
Calumet & Arizona
Sears Roebuck
Storm wrecks small sailing vessel off Terschelling Island
Storm toll includes the captain, his wife, and ten children drowned after a vessel foundered off Terschelling Island. London reports the gale as the fiercest in fifty years. France’s Isere Valley floods cause extensive damage worth millions, with Avignon and Grenoble inundated. Markets fluctuated as several stocks hit new highs while some rail shares fell, and holiday demand buoyed trading volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terscheling Island
London
Weather Bureau
Isere
France
Avigsnon
Grenoble
Also Mentioned on This Page
Big Bull Ranch
O. W
Devil
Washington
Millonaires
Ranger
Miss Duncam
Crippled Children Movement
Judge
Taylor Street
Rail
Singing Steward
Miss West
Linky
Wall Street
Monte Carlo
Montgomery Ward
Gen. Villareal
Mary McOrmic
Edgar A. Guest
James E. Bennett & Co
May Roy
Packard
American Can
Canadian Pacific
General Motors
Continental Motors
Montgomery-Ward
May Department
Park & Tilford
Kroger
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Houston Oil
Allied Chemical & Dye
American
American Sugar Refining
American Steel & Foundry
American Tele
Telg
American Woolen
Anaconda Copper
Atchison, Topeka
Baltimore & Ohio Barnsdall Corporation
Bethlehem Steel
Cerre de Pasco Cox Chicago
Hudson Motors
Hup Motors
Inspiration Copper
International Harvester International Nickel
International Paper International Tele
Telx
Jordan Motors
Tepees
Kansas City Southern
Kelly-Springfield
Kennecott Copper Oil
Louisiana Oil & Ref
Mack Tracks
Spee
Marland Oil
Mid-Continent Petroleum
Middle States Oil
Ensee
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Missouri Pacific
Montgomery Ward & Co
Moon Motors
Nash Motors
National Biscuit
Ohio
Perce Pan-American Pet
Pennsylvania
R. BR
Pere-Marquette
Phillips Petroleum
Americ
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Shell Union Oil
Sinclair Cons
Skelly Oil
Southern Pacific
Stewart Warner
Studebaker
Texas Gulf Sulphur Texas Corporation
Texas & Pacific
Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Timken
United States Steel
Victor Talking Machine
White Eagle O. R
Willys-Overland
Woodworth
Majestic Radio
Vath
Panhandle Music Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!