Witty Weekend Chatter From An Amarillo Column
The column recalls street chatter about crops, weather, fashion in pajamas, and local quirks. It notes Mack Crawford near Tulsa recovering from illness, predicts heavy snow, and highlights community generosity with Pat Landergin’s $500 Tri-State fair gift and Neal Griggs’s $100 pledge. It ends with light bits on golfish tales, editorials, and a closing verse from The Rail Road Trainman.
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Poke Street
Mack Crawford
Tulsa
Mack
Pat Landergin
Norris Ewing
Neal Griggs
Amarillo Tri-State Fair
Debt payment letter and Catholic theme poem fragment
A serialized near-editor column includes a debt payment letter from N. B. Griggs & Sons for $100 to clear a Tri-State Fair debt, followed by a poem about a Catholic applicant seeking the presidency and national service, reflecting faith and loyalty. The page also mentions inquiries about Near Editor and odd clippings.
Kindness and trust in a small household care job
A middle aged woman is sought as a dependable housekeeper for a couple with a child. The ad asks for the best background and strong recommendations and invites a telephone response. The writer also mentions addressing a complaint about a collector and plans a round table to review the report.
The Liquor Law and Al Smith Prohibition Debate
A reader objects to claims about Al Smith as a Prohibition enforcer arguing he did not author the New York beer manufacture law. The letter references Reverend Straton and contends the record of enforcement lacks direct authority from Smith himself.
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Ben H. Stone
al Smith
Straton
New York
Episcopalians Open 49th Triennial Convention in Washington
The Protestant Episcopal Church opened its fortyninth triennial convention at Mt. St. Albans with thousands of clergy and lay members in attendance. President Coolidge gave a welcome and the Rt. Rev. Charles P. Anderson preached on religious freedom as 130 bishops and about 600 clergy led a solemn procession into the amphitheater.
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iBy United Press
Washington
Protestant Episcopal Church
Mt. St. Albans
Episcopal Cathedral of
St. Peter and St. Paul
Coolidge
Charles P. Anderson
Chicago
Peace Cross
I C C Cuts Potato Rates From Colorado District
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a about five percent reduction in carload potato rates from the Greeley district of Colorado to southwestern states. Rates to western trunk line and Mississippi valley destinations remained unchanged. Red River valley Minnesota North Dakota to Arkansas Oklahoma rates set. Cabbage rates from Greeley to Illinois western trunk line southwestern and Mississippi valley territories unchanged. New rates take effect December 19, 1928.
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United Press
Washington
Greeley District
Colorado
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Trunk Line
Mississippi Valley Territories
Red River Valley
Minnesota
North Dakota
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Ilinois
Southwestern
Mississippivalle
Realtors to Send Letters to Prospective Residents
About 5 000 letters will be mailed by the Amarillo Real Estate Board to prospective residents. The move follows inquiries from people who viewed Panhandle agriculture exhibits in midwestern cities. Barney Pearson of Wichita, Kansas urged the importance of home ownership at the luncheon at the Amarillo hotel.
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Amarillo Real Estate Board
Amarillo Hotel
Panhandle
Texas
Middlewest
Barney Pearson
Wichita
Kans
Chiang Kai-Shek Inaugurated President of China
General Chiang Kai-Shek was inaugurated president of China at Nanking. The event marks the first unified central government in 17 years of the republic, celebrated as a national holiday amid wide rejoicing and grand ceremonies.
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United Press
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chiang
Nanking
Courthouse Deeds and Vehicle Registrations Highlight Amarillo Records
A compilation of property transfers and deeds involving numerous outfits and individuals, plus vehicle registrations and building permits in Amarillo. Transactions include transfers by M. E. Allenetux to H. W. Allen, J. M. Sheers to T. L. M. company, and Luther J. Redus to Marvin C. Nichols among others, with values noted. registrations list various owners and vehicles. building permits issued to Worley, Griffis, Adams, Domer, and others.
$200 Million Film Merger Announced in New York
A $200 million film merger was announced in New York involving Bas Bros. Pictures Inc Vitaphone Corporation Stanley 5 wt America and First National Pictures Inc. The joint statement from H M Warner of Warner Bros. and Irving D Ronshe of Stanley Co. and First...
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United Press
New York
Bas Bros. Pictures Inc
Vitaphone Corporation
Stanley 5
Wt America
First Natonal Pictures, Inc
H. M. Warner
Predent
Warner Bros
Virons
Irving D. Ronshe
Stanley Co
Firs
Sysanah
Smith Begins Southern Democratic Campaign Tour
Governor Smith launches a southern and border state tour ending with a speech in Louisville on Saturday night. He plans rear platform appearances in Richmond Raleigh Greensboro Salisbury Charlotte and brief greetings along the route to Tennessee. He meets Franklin D Roosevelt in New York and discusses campaign plans amid tariff and Muscle Shoals questions.
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Associated Press
New York
Smith
Southland
Louisville
Raskob
Kentucky
Richmond
Raleigh
Greensboro
Salisbury
Charlotte
N. C
Chattanooga
Nashville
Tenn
Albany
Tennessee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Houston
Brooklyn
New York City
Hudson
Herbert Hoover
Senator Curtis
Muscle Shoals
Mr. Hoover
Gloria Swanson gains new stepfather in Chicago ceremony
Gloria Swanson learns she has a new stepfather, C. C. Woodruff, a Chicago Civic Opera Company orchestra member. He wed Mrs. Adeline Lou Burns, Gloria’s mother, recently in Tia Juana. the couple’s marriage became public after moving into a Delaware Place home.
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United Press
Chicago
Gloria Swanson
C. C. Woodruff
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Woodruff
Adeline Lou Burns
Tia Juana
Delaware Place
Burns
Joseph T. Swanson
Gloria
Mathew P. Burns
California
Marquis de la Falaise Et de la Coudrey
Former friend of Klan head gets three year term
United Press reports Ewing Fowler once close to Indiana Ku Klux Klan leader BD C Stephenson was sentenced to three years in Leavenworth for robbing a Pueblo contract postal branch in October 1924. Fowler had prior prison records in Indiana and Washington.
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United .Press
Denver
Colo
Ewing Fowler
BD. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Indiana
Leavenworth
Pueblo
Fowler
Washington
Fourteen Convicts Escape Texas Prison
HUNTSVILLE Texas Oct 10 Fourteen convicts escaped from Wynne farm prison by sawing a hole in the floor of a building. Albert R Coggin 58 died at his home at 4 30 am survived by his widow and one son George Coggin of Amarillo He was a Methodist and a Woodmen of the World member.
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Texas
Albert R. Coggin
iBe
Associated Presa
Huntsville
Tex
Wynne State Prison
Here
Wynne Farm
North
Tyler Street
George Coggin
Amarillo
Methodist Church
Funeral Rites Held for Pioneer Woman Frances Edna McKnight
Funeral services were held for Frances Edna McKnight 74 wife of A Mc Knight at 2 pm at First Baptist Amarillo with Rev G L Yates officiating. She died Monday night at 1611 Polk St and is survived by her husband and two sons John L McKnight and Arthur McKnight. Burial was in Llano Cemetery. She was born in Selma Alabama in 1855 and came to Texas as a young girl later living in Bartlett and Amarillo. The Griggs and Sons funeral directors handled arrangements with hundreds attending viewings at Griggs chapel. Active pallbearers included W A Askew Tom Currie James W Lee Ben Burgess Solon Byrd and Frank Wolflin. Honorary pallbearers were members of the First Baptist Bible class.
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Frances Edna McKnight
A. Mc Knight
Selma
Ala
Texas
McKnight
Independence
Washington County
Bartlett
Amarillo
Frances Edna Lanier
N. 5
Griggs and Sons
Scout Drive Planned for City Units and Fund Campaign
Scout officials say a Scout Drive can operate independently of other links. Plans call for more boy and girl troops in the city with independent fundraising to aid Scouting. Fred DeCoster named general chairman and Walter Barlow assistant chairman. Barlow chairs Girl Scouts finance. other members include Mrs. Roberts Smith Taylor Parr. Boy Scouts finance committee includes DeCoster Nobles Fischer Pool Landergin Maggard Herring.
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Fred DeCoster
Amarillo Oiiman
Walter Barlow
Girl Scouts
KF. L. Roberts
H. E. Smith
Gervis Taylor
George Parr
Boy Scouts
M. C. Nobles
L. M. Fischer
Roy Pool
P. H. Landergin
George Maggard
C. T. Herring
TEXAS RANGE CONDITIONS UPDATE AND CATTLE YIELDS
The report notes average to good range in most areas with adequate rain and limited feed imports. October 1 cattle condition stands at 89 percent, steady from prior months and above the five year average by one point. Northeast declines, northwest and west center flesh soften, but other districts improve as ranges recover. Calves show good flesh and should deliver well in November and December. cattle continue moving from ranges with heavy shipments in some sections.
Naughty Marietta set to debut with Amarillo audience focus
Ticket sales hype ras comedies and Aimee Torriani famed for Topsy and Eva. The article promises a gorgeous revue style production with chorus girls and dancers amid modern lighting, claiming the show is a milestone for Amarillo’s entertainment scene and a generous Western welcome.
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Ras
Aimee Torriani
Topsy
Eva
Marietta
Funeral Services Held at N S Griggs Chapel
Funeral services will be held at 10 30 tomorrow morning from the N S Griggs and Sons chapel with Rev G H Bryant officiating. Burial will be in Llano cemetery.
The Bread and Butter Maker’s Joy at Home
A poem echoing Edgar T. Guest praises the bread and butter maker whose happiness rests at home. It notes mornings goodbye kisses, evening welcomes, and the peace of mind shared with wife and children as the foundation of strength and success in any labor.
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Home
Edgar T. Guest
Livestock and Cotton Markets Across Major Cities
Kansas City and Chicago markets show hogs and cattle trading steady to lower with top prices noted for choice weights. New York cot ton edges lower on selling, later recovering, while Liverpool cotton futures stay barely steady amid mixed global demand and weather notes. Butter and eggs hold steady, poultry steady, and early stock trading shows bullish enthusiasm with Allied Chemical and other majors advancing.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Associated Press
New York
Southern
Liverpool
New Orleans
Peace Utters Caution on Disarmament Critique
The text argues against immediate universal disarmament despite calls echoed within the administration. It asserts a sincere desire for world peace and renounces aggressive war while denying any plan to jeopardize national security or posterity.
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Coolidge
Kellogg
Airport Commission Meeting Set for Thursday
A meeting of the Amarillo Airport commission is called for 9 o'clock tomorrow morning at Panhandle Lumber company. Vice-chairman J. E. Hill said Colonel Hensley, air corps officer from Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, will discuss development plans and assist with detailed arrangements.
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Airport Commission
Panhandle Lumber Company
J. E. Hill
Amarillo
Hensley
Air Corps
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
New York Stocks at 12 45 P M Furnished by James E Bennett Co
A stock list across many leading firms with quotations shows Allied Chemical Dye at 22 94 and varied prices for American Can American Locomotive American Smelting and Refining American Sugar Refining American Steel and Foundry American Telegraph and Telephone and other major names such as Bethlehem Steel General Electric General Motors U S Steel and United States Steel along with oil and mining firms and transportation operators.
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New York
James E. Bennett & Co
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Locomotive
American Smelting
American Sugar Refining
American Steel & Foundry
American Tele
American Woolen
Anaconda Copper
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Barnsdall Corporation
Bethlehem Steel
California Petroleum
Cerro de Paseo Copper
Chicago
Milwaukee & St
Rock Island & P
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Colorado Fuel Corn
Crucible Steel
Dodge Motors
du Pont de Nemours Famous Players
Fish Rubber
Fleischmann Yeast
Freeport Texas
General Asphalt
General Electric
General Motors
Great Western Sugar
Houston Oil
Hudson Motors
Hup Motors
Illinois Central Independent Oil & Inspiration Copper
International Harvester International Nickel
International Paper
International Tele
Telg
Jordan Motors
Kansas City Southern
Kelly-Springfield
Kennecott Copper
Louisiana Oil
Mack Truck
Sesseeeses
Marland Oil
Mexican Seaboard Oil
Mid-Continent Petroleum
Middle States Oil
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Missouri Pacific
Montgomery Ward & Co
Moon Motors
Nash Motors
National Biscuit
Ohio Oil
Packard Motor Pan-American Pet
Pennsylvania
R. R. Pere-Marquette
Phillips Petroleum
Producers & Refiners
Shell Union Ol
Sinclair Cons
Skelly Oil
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Stewart Warner
Studebaker
Texas Gulf
Texas Corporation
Texas & Pacific
Texas Pacific Coal & On
Union Pacific
U. S. Rubber
United
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Kai-Shek
Courthouse Records
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H. W. Allen
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J. W. Collins
G & W. Sub
Luther J. Redus
Marvin C. Nichols
S. J. Hts
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W. R. Kaufman
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Lee Bivins
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E. T. Miller
Fillmore
Cullum Mtr
Dodge
G. T. Moore
S. Arthur
Walter Irvin
Ford
Chas. T. Ware
Care
Amarillo Nat'l. Bank
Cadillac
W. H. Smith, Jr
Ong &T
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Plains
West Texas Gas Co
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Sunset Road
Royalty Motor
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River Roads Gardens
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R. W. Andrews
Wolf
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J.T. Domer
R. Jones
Murray Elson
W. C. Walthall
Lela May Anderson
Cazzell
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M’knight
Baptist Church
East ST. Louis
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ST. Louis
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International Nickel
General Railway
Purity Baking
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Keith-Albee
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General Railway Signal
City Stores
Purity Baking B
Wright Aeronautical
Legion
Sterling
Victrola
Radiola
Polk
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