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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1927
Page
11
Curtis Wood reports that silk scarves top autumn accessories for men with bold stripes, black and white patterns, and canary or tan gloves. Leather garters and polo belts gain favor as polo coats return, with durable, weather-ready pieces and gloves advised to complete a sharp, practical look.
The Colorado State Museum received a rare stone mullet believed to be the earliest mechanical gold recovery device from quartz. Discovered by Albert B. Sanford in Mosquite Gulch near Alma, the 100-pound stone Muller features an iron eye and glassy bottom, used with a Spanish alastra in ancient mining practices across Mexico and Central America.
Mention favors leather armband and leather golf hose supporters as southern wardrobe items for Florida or California. Note new collar pins, small, styled as riding crops and tennis racquets, in silver gold or platinum. Warn against placing pins under knot of tie and prohibit use with bows.
A fragment describes an arastra grinding a mixed horse or mule drawn ore to fine particles. Water washed the material clean while mercury gathered gold in the bottom. Heating released the gold from the mercury for collection.
A revival of cigarette card collecting spreads across England with thousands gathering cards. A Derby firm offered a prize for the largest collection as collectors buy wholesale cigarettes to build their set.
An advertised tonic Morex formerly Glandogen is now offered in concentrated tablet form. Randal Drug Co. at 422 Taylor promotes the product as a modern glandular and vegetable tonic, urging two tablets three times daily for ten days.
The article recounts rumors of a blind boy collecting millions of cards from cigarettes and receiving a life pension of 4.50 weekly, later shown unproven after other blind youths amassed similar cards. It notes gold wire and a England exhibition context, with unspecified details and sensational claims.
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