Amarillo Hosts First Own Your Home Exposition
Tonight in the big tent on Hughes Street Amarillo opens its first Own Your Home Exposition. The mega event features a grand display of home building from lot to chimney top with exhibitors from material supply, hardware, plumbing, and real estate firms. WDAG will provide entertainment and live broadcasts from opening through week end with prizes for daily giveaways and guided tours by the real estate board.
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Amarillo
At & O
Hughes Street
WDAG
Crystal
Texas
Real Estate Board
Unemployment debate and tales of deadly allure in New York
In New York Eugene Van Clief recalls Kipling on the danger of choosing the wrong woman after admiring a widow who killed her husband. Governor Roosevelt seeks a practical study of unemployment insurance. The piece notes economic links from small spenders to railroad profits and hints at possible Labour Liberal Tory alignments in Britain under Lloyd George.
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New York
Eugene van Clief
Kipling
van Clief
Roosevelt
Labor Day at Mission Labor Camp Highlights Hardship
The Christian Army Rescue Mission at 208 South Buchanan marks Labor Day as a time of struggle for the needy residents. Capt. A Roberts directs the effort, feeding two meals daily, aiding in clothes, and aiding men to find work. The mission has served 2460 meals since July 20 and relies on public donations.
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Christian Army Rescue Mission
South
Buchanan
Capt
A. Roberts
Amarillo
Roberts
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
San Fe System
L. B. Larsen
G. J. Wilson
Captain Roberts
Schedule Details for Amarillo School Grade Classifications
The document outlines class schedules for Buchanan Junior High and Sam Houston Junior High in Amarillo. It lists daily times for high eighth and ninth grade groups, low eighth and seventh grade pupils, and combined high seventh grade students, with specific alphabetic groupings A through Z and dates across Tuesday to Friday.
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Buchanan Junior High
Sam Houston
Went Amarillo
Eleven Enter Thompson Trophy Race at Chicago
Eleven top speed pilots entered the Thompson trophy race at Curtiss-Wright Airport Chicago for a 100 mile course. The event offered a 10000 dollar purse the largest for this race. Officials postponed the start to 5 40 p m C T to suit late crowds.
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United Press
Curtiss-Wright
Chicago
America
Reply to Tack letter on deer killing case in Texas
The writer disputes Mr P J Camerell’s criticism of the trial of two railroad workers for killing a pet deer owned by the Texas Game Commission. He recounts finding a tire from the suspects’ car near the crime, and describes observer Tom Billups and the deer being seen in Miami.
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Tack
P. J. Camerell
Texas Game Commission
Tom Billups
Miami
Mr. Billups
Billups
Wreck of the Texas Special near Osage Hills kills several
A derailment of the Texas Special west of St. Louis injures and claims multiple lives. Fireman EB White and engineman C E Ray die, with a long list of injured passengers and crew including conductor William Meador and Pullman conductor J D Bersch. Families mourn as responders treat lacerations, fractures, and shock.
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I'revs
ST. Louis
San Francisco
Osage Hills
Here
C. E
Dick) Ray
Newburg
EB. T. “White
Maplewood
Charles Newton
Washington, D. C
Newton
Isabel
Guy W. Williams
Daniel Russell
College Station
Texas
Atlee Wickersham
Springfield
William M. Meador
J. D. Bersch
Lawrence R. Johnson
San Antonio
Tex
Jee Hawn
Muskogee
Okla
Robert A. Newton
Stephenson
Greenville
Walter Ridley
Walter
John Godfrey
Mayor Comments on Paying for Paving in Amarillo
Col FE Thompson, mayor, lauds city commission actions on street paving showing petitions from 60 per cent abutting owners granted and the city paying a quarter of paving costs. He cites ordinance cutting paving certificates interest from eight to six percent and credits these moves with boosting paving progress. Wilbert Robinson orders Dodgers players to seek evening amusement to combat club stagnation.
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Col. FE. C. Thompson
Sunday News-Globe
Amarillo
Wilbert Robinson
Dodgers
Thelub
Amarillo Echoes on Payne Case and Local Prosperity
The piece reflects on the Payne explosion and praises Sheriff Thompson's handling. It predicts a regional boom for Amarillo from rail and industry growth, urges home ownership, and shares rustic anecdotes about old Tack and local humor.
Swine Premium List for Tri State Fair Anounced at Amarillo
J H Avery announces a complete Poland China premium list for open classes at the Tri State Fair Amarillo starting Sept 22 with $3000 total prizes. Poland China entries judged Sept 24 limited to TX OK NM. futurity premiums total $800. Open class Duroc Jersey and Hampshire lists shown with multiple prize tiers. Breeder and litter eligibility rules noted for futurities.
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J. H. Avery
Swine Department
Tri-State Fair
Amarillo
Poland China
Avery
Poland
China
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Mr. Avery
Amarillo Tri-State
Duroc Jersey District
Durocs
Aredmuel Ferreres Voetee Reas
Hampshire
Labor Day Racing and Picnic Plan at Harding's Ranch
Labor Day features races for three year olds and up with purses from 75 to 150 dollars. Entries include Topsy Black Bess Helena Bell Foreign Relations Little Jess Red Star Del High Boy Isondles George Keith and more. Amarilloans plan a labor picnic at Harding's ranch with a time race handicap eight mile course and evening dancing.
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Topsy
J. A Zimmerman
Clower
G. Buchan
Bloss
Little Jess
Cotton Sullivan
Jetton
W. Daniels
Carter
G. Buchanan
Kenney
George Keith
C. Scharbauer
Blows
Harding
Crowds Pack Capital for Labor Day Celebrations
Washington witnesses record Labor Day crowds as unions parade along Pennsylvania Avenue with 75 labor union delegations. Vice President Curtis is the only top official in town. Hoover plans to return from Virginia. William Green addresses the New York State Fair and Washington Cathedral urging broader labor reforms.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Curtis
Philadelphia
New York
Hoover
Virginia Mountain Camp
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Washington Cathedral
Hungarians Riot for Food and Work in Budapest
Ten thousand Hungarian workmen swarmed into Budapest streets demanding food and work. Police clashed with the marchers, two demonstrators were reported killed and many injured as troops were called out.
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Budapest
Hungary
Araax
Cottage Life in Winter Pride Despite Many Inconveniences
A 1930 Edgar A. Guest poem laments a country cottage with leaky roof and noisy clocks yet simmers with affection. The speaker boasts modern conveniences while longing for city life where water works and other comforts function reliably.
Kiwanis Conference Delivers Hospitality in Texas Visit
Bill Collins of Amarillo led the morning session on Underprivileged Child Work. Lubbock welcomed delegates with organized hospitality and city tours. Churches held Kiwanis services. A musical tea for ladies was planned, followed by a 6:30 chicken barbecue for delegates.
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Bill Collins
Amarillo
Lubbock
Amarillo Man Elected Associate Member of ASCE
Francis S. French, Amarillo fire insurance engineer and a leader in the city engineering department, has been elected an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He received notice by letter to George T. Seabury, secretary of the society at New York headquarters. There are said to be fewer than four associate members of ASCE in Amarillo.
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Francis S. French
Amarillo
American Society of Civil Engineers
French
George T. Seabury
Wes Thirty-ninth Street
New York
American Society of Civil Enginers
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