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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1929
Page
2
A poem recounts a hopeful man named Ted asking for work to hide from fame after a failed summer resort attempt. He offers to paint, mend, and repair a woodbox, shutters, and plumbing in exchange for modest pay. The speaker questions the request while noting Ted’s wish for anonymity and a simpler life away from crowds.
O14 Tack claims a five foot rattlesnake from Carlsbad New Mexico for a shooting test. He offered 15 dollars for the snake and arranged for shipment in a fang proof box nicknamed express. He plans to shoot Bozo the snake to prove that rattlesnakes cannot be shot except in the head.
A writer complains about the water election in Amarillo, urges postponement to avoid division, and notes conflicting reports on Word Ranch water, wells, and pipeline reliability. He mentions Mayor Ernest Thompson and commissioners Lester Stone and Jim Vernon and references a 11,000,000 gallon per day capacity.
A proposal favors canceling an election and hiring D. L. McDonald to test a deep well along the pipeline to compare costs and efficiency with Word plant pumps. The writer predicts Amarillo may have two years of water at Word Ranch and foresees major future town growth with a Santa Fe line adding 10,000 residents in five years.
A citizen at The News-Globe office offers ten dollars for two alive crows, to be delivered to the publisher. He notes no crows have been seen near Amarillo but claims Hemphill county holds thousands and suggests salt on the tail as a capture method.
L M Blackwell at 4243 West 15th Street cares for a stray German police dog and seeks the owner. he lists the phone number 4689 for contact. The item includes unrelated notes about a scam remedy and social gossip.
A late 19th century style train called Lampson Train drew the presidential party for photographs before boarding. Three coaches painted in bright colors displayed colonial scenes and hauled by a wood burning locomotive with wood stoves blazing in each car.
Streamers of golden lights adorn the Southwest ern Public Service Company building at 518 Taylor Street as Amarillo marks fifty years since Edison perfected the incandescent lamp. Edison pictures are on display in the company's window in commemoration of his invention.
President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover joined guests including Owen D Young and John D Rockefeller Jr for a reproduction of an old grand trunk train ride. The journey included a stop at Smiths Creek and a tour of a red brick station before moving to the Ford home for the golden jubilee celebration.
United Press Detroit oct 21 a march of notables honored thomas a edison on the fiftieth anniversary of the incandescent lamp. president hoover led a list of guests at a dinner to be broadcast and a beacon will light east orange new jersey. the event was a grand ford led tribute with costs estimated near 2 800 000 and erc.
A Dallas woman reportedly swallowed a pill she believed to be a medicine and learned it contained a tiny tape worm. The tale, circulating nationwide, is being recounted in Amarillo as fact by local informants.
J A Rogers shot at three suspected chicken thieves after he disturbed a night-time theft near the Tri-State Fairgrounds. One man fled after gunfire. M W Watts, from Boswell, Okla, was captured with thirteen chickens in a truck. Rogers believes one assailant was hit. Arrests ongoing.
John S. McKnight and his wife Mrs. McKnight were longtime civic and church leaders here. Survived by son Arthur L. McKnight of St. Louis and four grandchildren, he was a First Baptist Church member and Mason. Funeral at First Baptist Tuesday 10 AM officiated by Dr. G. L. Yates, Llano cemetery burial with N. B. Griggs & Sons in charge. Pallbearers named James W. Lee Tom Currie Solon Bird Bond Burgess Frank Wolfin and W. A. Askew.
About 115 towns and cities in West Texas attended a Commercial Secretaries convention in Dallas. Plainview was chosen as May meeting site by the executive board. Some 250 people are expected for a week of training with guests from Dallas Los Angeles Shreveport New Orleans and Miami.
Mars Cassidy, famed horse starter who sent off nearly 100000 thoroughbreds at tracks across the United States Mexico and Canada, died at his Hollis home Sunday morning after a yearlong struggle with stomach illness and internal disorders.
Reports of committees seeking to establish a Salvation Army Home in Amarillo were heard at a luncheon of the Salvation Army Board at the Amarillo Hotel. A motion set the December meeting to elect officers. Judge W A Palmer presided with Col David Main and family present.
Bemis Harbaugh aged 55 from Fort Worth Texas was killed near Saint Louis when his car skidded on a rain slick country road and overturned.
An advertisement touts a monthly compound by Dr. F. I. Southington Remedy Co. claiming rapid relief within 6 to 8 days for obstinate cases. It cites over 25 years of use by women nationwide, offers testimonials, a $2.00 price, a Depdie Strength at $3.00, and a free booklet from Kansas City, Missouri.
The Tyler School P T A led by Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Westbay highlights helping eight high school boys secure work, provide clothing for graduation, and supply an international encyclopedia and victrolas for library and classrooms. They invite all patrons to Monday night meetings to see the work firsthand.
Property owners along Thirty-Sixth avenue met with the city commission at 2 p m to resolve paving delays on the last link to the Canyon highway into Amarillo. They seek agreement on surfacing type while protesters oppose concrete citing lack of value enhancement.
The article quotes Dr Bloomfield noting that Caesareans will be used more as women lack the resilience of prior generations. He urges exercise and nourishment to avoid surgery. The Associated Press cites the saying that children will have to be born as was Caesar, despite legends of ancient Caesarean sections.
The article traces the history of Caesarean sections from ancient Rome to modern sterile practice, noting high maternal mortality in early eras, shifts away from craniotomy, and how asepsis reduced risk. It cites Dr. C. P. Emerson on emotion’s harm and cites Calhoun on bootlegger protection payments in New Jersey.
The piece notes large rail purchases by Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central, ordering hundreds of millions in steel rails and 88,500 freight cars in the past year. It contrasts high equipment costs with past prices and questions market confidence.
In a statement to investigators the Ellis boys admit making smaller boys remove hats and firing to scare them. A shot from 184 yards using a .22 rifle killed Stierlin, while bystanders claim a few shots followed after the tragedy. Joe Carl Stierlin’s father pleads for restraint and teaching responsibility, not punishment, as funeral services and burial plans proceed for the slain boy.
Radio listings show 8:30 pm Paris hour on multiple stations and 9:06 pm Country Club across others, followed by 9:30 pm Story in Song. Additional slots include 6:30 pm Roxy and His Gang on NBC chain, 8:00 pm Edison Program, 9:00 pm Cabin Nights Negro Life, 9:30 pm Empire Builders, and late night Amos and Andy plus Choristers and Plantation Echoes across networks KOIL KMOX KMBC WOWO and WISN etc.
Acting Governor Barry Miller issued two full pardons. Anastacio Vargas, sentenced to life for murder in Bexar county, and Ella Jones, serving five years for murder in Fayette county, received clemency though Vargas faced a death penalty for the murder of Louisa Garcia.
Hogs 11 000 head weak to 15 cents lower with top 9.55 for 210 240 lb hogs. Cattle 82 000 with calves 500 steady to weak. Slaughter steers 12.00 to 16.00, fed yearlings 12.50 to 16.00, heifers 11.50 to 15.00, cows 7.75 to 10.00, vealers 8.00 to 10.00, stocker feeders 9.50 to 12.25. Sheep 11 000 lambs 10 to lower, ewes 4.00 to 5.85, feeder lambs 11.25 to 12.25.
Hogs 44,000 head lightly lower to 10 cents off top. cattle 30,000 with slow slaughter. Calves 8,000. yearlings 13.75 to 16.50. cows 8.50 to 10.76. bulls 8.75 to 10.26. Sheep 18,000 with lambs 12.00 to 13.00. feeder and slaughter notes included.
Hogs 15,000 with prices 5 to 10 cents lower top $9.90. bulk 160-240 lb $9.80-$9.90. Cattle 8,500 with calves 2,500. slow trade. Heifers $13.25-$14.00. bulls $7.50-$8.10. wealers $15.25. Sheep 2,000 weak on lambs but steady sheep.
Hogs 900 head with rail hogs strong and truck hogs 10 to 25 cents higher. top $9.25 for rail and truck hogs. Medium to good 180 lb light rail hogs $9.25. better 175-280 lb truck hogs $8.90 to $9.15. Cattle and calves 6,700 head. calves 800. slaughter steers in plain and common grades steady. plains and common grassers $6.50 to $8.25. few cows up to $8.00. butcher grades $6.00 to $6.50. Stock and feeding (text cut).
Steers bring 10.00 with choice stock calves under 10.00. Sheep run 1 800 wethers at 6.75 and feeder lambs at 9.50. Breeding ewes at 6.00 and goats up to 4.00.
Oklahoma City market report shows cattle offerings of about 1 900 head and calves 900 with prices mixed. Grass fed yearlings expected up to 12.50 while steers reach about 12.00. most cows around 96.80 to 97.60. Hog prices down with trucks near 9.50 and top truckers around 9.10.
Cotton opened steady with a 7 to 10 point advance as trade buying and covering supported by cables. Activity grew after the call as frost forecasts in North and Central Arkansas, Oklahoma, and the Texas Panhandle drew buyers. December rose to 18.01, March to 18.84, with about 18 to 20 point gains in the first half hour.
The cotton market opened firmer in New Orleans due to better cables and frost reports in the northwest belt. Early trades showed gains of 6 to 10 points as fears of colder weather and a tropical storm in the Florida straits supported prices. December rose to 18.04, January to 18.13, and March to 18.89, with intraday highs near 18.05, 18.14, and 18.40 respectively, before hedge selling pulled gains back slightly while the undertone stayed steady.
Cotton spot trading remained steady with sales totaling 7 000 bales, 5 000 American, while receipts reached 22 000 bales with no American arrivals. Futures closed steady with October at 9.67 and December 9.65 amid firm pricing signals.
Chicago Oct 21 Wheat stocks expand abroad and at sea as prices open about 4 cents lower and fall further. Corn trends up modestly from unchanged to 4 cents higher with general gains later. Oats ease and provisions also tend to sag amid shifting market sentiment.
Poultry market reports steady on October 21 with fowls at 25 cents, springs 22 to 23 cents, No 2 springs 17 cents, roosters 20 cents, turkeys 20 to 80 cents, ducks 18 to 21 cents, geese 20 cents.
Butter weak with creamery extras 44 14 cents and standards 42 4 cents. Extra firsts 42 48, firsts 88 40, seconds 37 38. Eyes firm with extra firsts 45 46, graded firsts 44, current firsts 39 43, ordinary firsts 36 38.
Leading industrial shares bounced at the open with Westinghouse up 6 percent and U S Steel, American Can, and American Telephone about 8 points higher. Western Union rose 18 percent from recent lows as others show mixed gains and losses amid margin liquidation.
I/O period stock list shows prices for Atchison Topeka American Can Allegheny Allied Chem American Power American Foreign Power American Locomotive American Smelt & Ref Illinois Refiners Dry Goods Tobacco American Rad & Stand Anaconda Copper Baltimore & Ohio Edwin Locomotive Steel Burroughs Calumet & Hecla Calumet & Arizona Colorado Fuel & Gas Chesapeake & Ohio Certain Teed Cerro Pasco Corn Products with varied percentages near par values.
A dense catalog of companies and their stock figures appears, listing firms such as General Electric General Motors Goodyear and IBM style tickers alongside percentage figures and price-like annotations. The fragment resembles a late 19th or early 20th century financial page itemizing corporate names and market indicators.
A mosaic of oil industry names appears with entities such as Texas Pacific, Royal Dutch, Standard Oil groups, Phillips, Pure Oil, Sinclair, Skelly, Tidewater, Pan American, Prairie Oil, and various regional operators. The text lists firms and associations across states and pipelines, with scattered percentage figures and partial references.
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