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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1927
Page
5
Elaborate plans are under way for a Hallowe en ball to entertain Amarillo Country club members on Saturday evening at the Country club. Invitations are being extended this week and the event opens the holiday season festivities.
The American Legion Auxiliary met Tuesday evening at the Legion Home with strong turnout. They finalized plans for a Halloween party to be held Saturday night, inviting over 500 guests with masked attire requested. Also discussed were Armistice Day laws for November 11. Mrs. J. H. Pegues was named poppy sale chair, and Mrs. Glen Laney led the float committee for the 8 and 40 and the Auxiliary.
Mrs C M Hall entertained a number of friends Tuesday afternoon at her home 2600 1-2 West Tenth street. Bridge games produced high score prizes for Mrs Frank Turner and second place for Mrs Bryan Weatherby. Halloween decorations adorned the rooms and a salad course was served by the hostesses.
In Radio Contest Who with Mrs. W. B. Porter will be heard over Station WFAA Dallas tonight as Amarillo entrants participate in the Atwater Kent Radio Foundation contest.
The list names Erine Moreland and David L Harrison along with Freda Small as figures referenced in the article fragment. Further context is not provided in the available OCR.
The state audition concert of Atwater Kent Foundation radio candidate will be held this evening at broadcast over radio station WIAA Dallas. Amarillo candidates Mrs Fr B Porter and Joseph C Davis will be heard. All Amarilloans are invited to tune in. A Philharmonic Choir rehearsal is at 8 pm tonight at Amarillo College of Music 1104 Polk Street. 1925 Bridge Club meets Friday at 2 pm hosted by Mrs Roy Slay 1411 B Fillmore Street.
Spectators were ordered out as cheers erupted during cross examination in the Harry Conner trial for alleged violation of the anti masking law tied to the July 8 flogging of Morris Strauss. Defense fund from Fort Worth First Baptist Church supported by pastor J. Frank Norris is linked to Conner’s case and alibi disputes.
Defense argues Conner could not have joined the flogging of Strauss if he was in a distant pharmacy district at a specific time. He is expected to testify in his own defense late today.
Four people from Port Arthur Texas drowned when an automobile rolled backward off the Sutherlin ferry into the West Fork of the river near Lake Charles Louisiana. Three others escaped with injuries as night fell.
A brief note describes the Calcasieu River about ten miles from Lake Charles, identifying the nearby waterway and general location for readers.
Jack Brown secretary of the local painters and decorators union is visiting his parents in Kansas City through the week’s end.
An advertisement promotes Capudine as a fast acting nerve soothing headache remedy. It claims two teaspoonfuls in water provide near instant relief without opiates and lists 60c and 60c sizes plus a trial size.
T. B. Chesser and mother attend the State Fair in Dallas. J. A. Combs returns home to head the Yellow Cab Transfer and Baggage Co. and partner firms after a road trip. E. A. Spersky of Day ton Ohio showcases Ohmer Fare Register devices for city transit pricing. Henry Schafer and L. R. Miller discuss oil activity impacting a large cattle ranch in Amarillo.
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