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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1928
Page
17
In Montreal and Quebec, bootleg dens or blind pigs are rising as beer and wine stay in parlors while hard liquor remains at government stores. Taxi drivers know the spots, Americans are blamed for the demand, and authorities pledge a vigorous crackdown.
Mrs. Jane Tilley, who arrived in California in 1852, celebrated her ninety first birthday with an airplane ride. She plans to return for another flight, calling the experience wonderful and safer than a buggy. She traveled with her youngest child.
Albert L. Randall Amarillo building contractor with offices at Suite 716 Amarillo Building has enjoyed exceptional business since opening his offices here. He has been in Amarillo for fourteen years and employs practically twenty five men on his works. His projects include Vineyard Manor Green Brothers Building Brown Cracker Company's new home and just completed school building in the EKable addition.
St. Anthony's Hospital is described as a highly equipped five story, four hundred thousand dollar building. It features sanitation focused design, with first floor offices and exam rooms, second floor medical cases, third and fourth floors for surgical cases, and amenities such as blanket warmers, silent signal system, circulating ice water, and metal furniture.
Kentucky caverns battle for tourist trade turn violent as Andy Lee Collins, Floyd Collins' brother, faces grand jury over vandalism. Witness John Higginbotham testifies Collins paid two dollars to destroy rival signs and offered ten dollars to burn Diamond Cavern Co office. Andy Collins helped search for Floyd Collins decades ago during the Sand Cave tragedy. The court case highlights fierce cave operator competition and property damage. The article notes Chinese delicacies exiting with cuisine mentions.
In Garters Valley near Kingsfort Tennessee three members of the Neal Smith family were killed in a feud that began over a cow. Neal Smith his wife and an older son died in the shootout at the Smith home. A second son was wounded, and Miller Korn, blamed for the tragedy, was wounded while trying to ensure personal safety.
H E Hertner began as an apprentice in Switzerland in 147% and now runs one of Amarillo’s largest plumbing firms, H E Hertner and Son, at 411 8 Fillmore. The company, employing 11 to 22 workers, specializes in home plumbing and heating, and sells the Ward Floor Heater underwriter approved.
The Fain Janitor Service, based at 1008 West Fifth Street, Amarillo, operates a manufacturing and jobbing house serving the Panhandle area. Owner B Fain says the firm, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, offers brushes, brooms, cleaners, sweeping compound, liquid soap, shampoo, disinfectants, insecticides, furniture polish and floor dressing as part of its growing business.
Mr and Mrs W R Seigle of New York advocate twin airplanes for safer travel. They flew to Havre to say farewell to friends and returned to Paris traveling together in separate planes. Seigle, vice president of Johns Mansville, explains the reasoning behind this method.
Mary Margaret Cafeteria at 507 Taylor Street in Amarillo Texas offers affordable meals with a focus on value. The ad highlights good food at reasonable prices and invites readers to see what you order.
The Amarillo Poultry and Egg Company at 10% Tyler Street operates with manager C. C. Veach and five employees. It serves a 125 mile trade area in the Panhandle Plains, featuring car lot shipments of poultry and eggs. The firm has been in Amarillo for over five years.
H D Ross operates the Motorite Service station and tire shop at Tenth and Buchanan offering gas oil tire repairing accessories washing and greasing. Ross has run four filling stations on Tenth Avenue in three years and is well known along the street.
The 1927 Registrar General report warns of a population decline as birth rate drops to 16.4 per 1000 while deaths rise to 12.3 per 1000, the highest since 1922. Cancer deaths reach a record high and infant mortality hits 70 per 1000 births amid influenza, tuberculosis, and urban mortality increases.
A speaker argues that flying with five children is safer when using two planes and separate air lanes, reducing risk by about half. The text notes a shift toward comfort with travel aids like small back cushions, and suggests rooms include quilted or modern fabric pillows in stylish patterns.
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