Railroads and Rumblings Across the Plains
Rock Island and Santa Fe crews push the Amarillo to Liberal line with rapid track ballast work and new cabooses. Officials, conductors, and firemen move between Dalhart, Amarillo, and Childress as rail service expands, while oil, cattle, and freight traffic rise with paydays linked to heavy tonnage and employment.
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Cc. B. Davis
Rock Island
Ight
T. S. Barnes
W. E. Danver
Amarillo
Liberal
Kansas
Oility
Stinnett
FE. M. Warren
R. Anderson
Denver
Childress
R. Monarch
Railway Staffing and Inauguration News from Amarillo Area
Hawkins and Ayers join the Canadian FE conductors extra list. H Tabor arrives in Amarillo as third-trick ticket agent at Rock Island station. A town message notes an organist and music teacher ad offer. George McNeilis and a restaurant proprietor son link to Brotherhood status. G B Newby shifts from Santa Fe telegraphy to Texas Gas Co. Santa Fe line White Deer to Skellytown slated for October 11, with mixed freight and passenger service from Pampa. schedule pending finalization.
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FE. H. Tabor
Rock Island
Jericho
Amarillo
George McNeilis
Fort Worth
Childress
Denver
van Buren Street
The
Brotherhood
Greybull
Wyoming
Santa Fe
White Deer
Skellytown
Pampa
Hickox Trial Opens Before Judge Tatum In Dalhart
The embezzlement case against W. H. Hickox proceeds in district court with Judge Reese Tatum presiding after Judge Bishop recuses himself. Included are notes on Santa Fe personnel T. M. Moore resuming duties after hot springs treatment and officials J. F. Harnett and R. W. Prentice in Topeka regarding time cards for the White Deer to Skellytown branch.
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Reese Tatum
Dalhart
W. H. Hickox
Bishop
Tatum
Hickox
The
T. M. Moore
Santa Fe
Hot Springs
Arkansas
J. F. Harnett
Santa Fe General Transportation Inspector
R. W. Prentice
Topeka
Time Card
White Deer
Skellytown
Indicted Express Company Clerk Faces New Trial
An American Railway Express officer was indicted over $240 collected funds. A prior trial produced a two year sentence but failed to prove lack of consent, so a new trial was ordered. The defendant appeared relaxed and joked with friends during jury selection.
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Erican Railway Express Company
Express Company
Cattleman Killed in Auto Wreck Near Gillespie Dam
Oklahoma City cattleman C. F. Elerick was killed and his daughter Mrs. Weltha Dakis seriously injured when their car ran off the Yuma highway about a mile west of Gillespie Dam, near Yuma Arizona.
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Associated Press
Yuma, Ariz
C. F. Elerick
Oklahoma City
Weltha Dakis
Yuma Highway
Gillespie Dam
Here
Endo-Corn Demonstrations At Fox Drug Company
Clerks showcase Endo-Corn for stubborn corns and callouses with promises of quick removal. Hundreds expected at in-store demonstrations next week. readers too far away can write to Endo-Corn Laboratories in Chicago to receive a jar.
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Endo-Corn Laboratories
Garfield Blvd
Chicago
Tunney's ring scientist friend weds Colgate heiress
Eddie Eagan, Yale boxing star and Olympic veteran, married Margret Colgate heiress to a soap fortune. The October 1 ceremony at Saranac Lake, New York, is now disclosed.
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Associated Press
Orange
N. J
Gene Tunney
Eddie Eagan
Denver
Eddie
Yale
Margaret Colgate
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Waterbury's Compound Promises Restored Health and Energy
Advertiser touts Waterbury's Compound as a worldwide tonic that blends cod liver oil vitamines with added ingredients to rebuild tissues, boost blood oxygen, and renew vigor. It claims benefits for fatigue, post fever or flu recovery, urging readers to buy from any druggist today.
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Waterbury’s
World
United States
Europe
Africa
South America
Orient
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Anyme
E. Causey
Rock Lines
M. Spann
Rock Island City
Reno
Nevada
Northwest
West
Rock Island General Office
Pratt
Mary Elizabeth Stevenson
Elizabeth Stuart
H. E. Castleberry
Rock Isnd
Shamrock
W. H. Gruhikey
Rock Island Roader
Tucumcari
Ampany
Tucumte Amarillo
Purof
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J. J. Green
H. W. Clutter
W. E. Kummero
Mr. Kummero
Standard Oil Company of
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Fornia
el Segunda
California
Ben
Belinda
F. B. Sanford
el Paso
A. M. Morgan
J. E. Lester
Crow
F. Ridner
Steve Rogers
Dd. E. Curtis
Velvet
Millinery Dept
Polk Street
Newby
Texas Gas Co
American Express Company
Yuma
FOX Drug Company
Georgettes
Lambert
Narizon
Felts
Ais
Herbel, Riche, Belart
Bluebird
Empress
Fisk
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