McDavid Brothers Open Big New Store in City
McDavid brothers announce the opening of a large department store at 622 Polk Street on November 15 featuring men’s and women’s clothing. The remodeled building previously housed Piggly Wiggly will include a mezzanine, new front, and updated floors and ceilings as G. E. J. C. and A. W. McDavid bring 32 years in dry goods to Amarillo. G. E. and J. C. McDavid head to New York to secure a full stock of merchandise.
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McDavid Brothers
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A. W. McDavid
Abilene
Electra
Coleman
Texas
Amarillo
McDavid, Lawrence and Brannen Lumber Company
Roberts-Olver Lumber Company
G. E
J. C. McDavid
New York City
Four saved from smoke by Dallas man
United Press reports B G Meetze risked smoke to reach a burning studio in Dallas and awaken S C Carr family. He climbed a smoke-filled stairway and carried four people, including Owen 5 and Nettie 8, to safety as flames or fumes endangered occupants.
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United Press
Dallas
B. G. Meetze
S. C. Carr
Owen C. Carr
Nettie Carr
Meetze
Carr
Carrs
Gary police force indicted for conspiracy to violate Volstead act
Nineteen Gary Indiana police officers including all ranking officers are indicted by an oral grand jury for conspiracy to violate the Volstead act. They will be asked to resign today or face expulsion as investigations into liquor vice and gambling continue in northern Indiana.
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United Press
Gary
Ind
South Bend
Indiana
Hill to resign post as G N head in board meeting
Louis W. Hill chairman of the Great Northern Railway board will resign at the annual meeting in St. Paul today after 37 years with the line. He says he wants time for personal affairs and leisure. No immediate successor is expected to be elected.
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ST. Paul
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railway
James J. Hill
Empire
Hill
Endurance Record Flight Effort Ends in Ill Weather
The Maryland Place, attempting to beat the 420 hour endurance flight record set by the St. Louis Robin, was forced down by fog and rain in Granite City Illinois at 6 25 p m after just under 81 hours aloft.
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United Press
Granite City
Ill
St. Louis
Maryland Place
Nameoki
Howard Vanderslice dies patron of art and mercantile founder
Howard Vanderslice, patron of art and founder of Vanderslice Lynds Mercantile Company, died in Kansas City after two weeks of illness following a stroke on September 29. The Vanderslice firm was among the world’s largest commission companies.
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Howard Vanderslice
United Press
Kansas City
Vanderslice-Lynds Mercantile Company
O Joy Corn Wafers Promise Quick Corn Relief
Advertisement claims O Joy Corn Wafers remove corns painlessly by roots, with immediate relief and later shedding. Earliest buyers can get six wafers for 10 cents at leading druggists, promising guaranteed results and no burning acids.
Mrs Miller to Have New Home on Lipscomb
Work began last week on the new 12000 dollar residence for Miss Hattie H Miller of the Mary Margaret Cafeteria. The home at Twenty second and Lipscomb Streets in Wolflin Addition is designed and built by Reppert Lumber Company.
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Hattie H. Miller
Mary-Margaret Cafeteria
Twenty-second
Lipscomb Streets
Wolflin Addition
Reppert Lumber Company
Mrs Lillie Brooks Buys Home at Hughes Street
Mrs Lillie Brooks purchased a residence at 1605 Hughes Street from Reppert Lumber Company with the sale arranged by C Chester Adams.
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Lillie Brooks
Hughes Street
The
Reppert Lumber Company
C. Chester Adams
Radio Dealers Pledge for $10,000 Fall Contest
Seventeen radio dealers and representatives met at the Amarillo Hotel as plans take shape for the annual Fall Opening and Radio Popularity contest offering prizes totaling $10,000. Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle preparations include October 13 opening date and open house October 17 to 19 with demonstrations and souvenirs. A temporary chair was named and a committee to form a permanent dealer organization and ethics code will report at a luncheon tomorrow.
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Amarillo
News-Globe
Norris Ewing
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
W. F. Becktold
Louis Finklea
Curtis Mathes
J. Arnold
Amarillo Hotel
Creosene Promises Quick Relief for Bleeding Gums
An advertised home dental remedy Creosene claims to treat pyorrhea and bleeding gums. The copy warns of heart trouble anemia and rheumatism from pyorrhea and offers a full size bottle at drug stores with a money back guarantee.
Amarillo C C to display fair exhibit at chamber windows
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce agricultural division under P C Bennett and J F Ford will decorate its building windows with a display from the Lubbock fair. One pane shows small grains and threshed samples, another features sugar cane sorghum milo and related crops, plus beef and dairy cattle pictures. Window completion is expected by Saturday.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
P. C. Bennett
J. F. Ford
Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock Fair
Panhandle Plains of Texas, Inc
Damrosch Air School Opening
Walter Damrosch launches a three year series titled Musical University of the Air with the first concert tomorrow morning on NBC coast to coast network. Damrosch has been engaged to lead the program as part of a new musical education initiative.
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United Press
New York
Walter Damrosch
Musical University of the Air
National Broadcasting Company
Damrosch
Now You Can Wear FALSE TEETH Without Embarrassment
An old style advertisement promotes Fasteeth powder that secures dentures firmly and comfortably. It claims no gummy taste and fresh breath, advertising availability at City Drug Stores and Post Office Drug Store.
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Fasteeth
City Drug Stores
Post Office Drug Store
NBC Plans Weekly Music Lectures for School Children
NBC will present a series of weekly music lectures for students of all ages. Conductor will lead remarks alongside a large orchestra under high direction with four concert classes. Tomorrow's broadcast targets primary grades 3 and 4 from 11 to 11:30 and 11:30 to noon for grades 5 and 6.
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NBC
Hig
New Pile Remedy Called Colac Pile Pills Praised
Retired farmer Carl Westphal of Mayville Wisconsin says Colac Pile Pills give quick relief for piles after trying many remedies. The ad notes the product is sold by druggists with a money back guarantee and offers mail order from Colac Chemical Co Brentwood Md.
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Carl Westphal
Mayville
Wisconsin
Colac Chemical Co
Brentwood
S S S Tonic Promises Vitality For Children
The tonic made from fresh vegetable drugs claims to help delicate systems, improve appetite, restore red blood cells, halt weight loss, clear skin eruptions, and return color. It touts a century of use and urges asking for the larger size for economy.
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S.S.S
Schools Hear Consoling News On Concert Broadcasts
Many schools, according to Damrosch, expect this season's concerts to be more widely listened to in classrooms due to acquisition of good radio apparatus by grammar and high schools.
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Damrosch
New York Theater Split Reflects Drama and Film Scene
New York counts 800 theaters with 252 devoted to spoken drama and the rest operating as movie houses. The data highlights the city’s dual entertainment landscape and the prominence of live theatre.
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New York
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