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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1925
Page
6
A reader asks if her husband should accept a better job in another city despite her mother and sister living with them. Dorothy Dix advises pursuing the opportunity, arguing against sacrificing a partner's future for dependent relatives and urging independence and self-reliance.
Marl Baker visits Wichita Falls. J M Baker hosts. Jimmie Curtis ill with smallpox. Art Arnold and Dwight Newby return from Seagraves. Hamon Whittington reports dry Kansas crops. G W McMillan to conduct Amarillo Church of Christ services. Amarillo exploring permanent minister option. Street talk notes a car crash caused by a pedestrian wave. Mrs W S Roberts visits aunt in Lubbock. W F P Cooper Roy McAllister trip to Clovis. Walter of Omaha aids Amarillo office for Reliance Prick. Increased business prompts hiring another man. Miss Juanita Shaffer leaves for Foss Oklahoma to teach. Potter County Insurance pays on late Mr Tolk policy. Mrs Dan Elliott and daughter Nell plan Los Angeles home with Dan Elliott’s firm. They visit Kansas City en route to California. Nell to pursue postgraduate study.
The Fair presents The Iron Horse a pioneer tale of the first continental railroad along with a promotion picture featuring Jack Bell. The Mission Grounds for Divorce a farce with Florence Vidor Matt Moore and Harry Myers shown today only. The Deandi Change of program and The Golden Gate Girls novelty act. The Liberty offers The Battling Fool with William Fairbanks Eva Novak plus a chapter of The Fighting Ranger.
Tonight marks the final screenings of The Iron Horse praised as a landmark in union Pacific history. The Friars praise Dick Barthelmess new toys with Mary Hay tomorrow. Grounds for Divorce stars Florence Victor and Matt Moore at Mission. The Deandi features The Golden Gate Girls daily change of program. The Liberty screens The Fighting Ranger and The Sign of the Cactus with a big orange gift for ladies tomorrow.
John G. Dutton arrives in Amarillo to join the Golden Sandstorm football staff. He played guard and tackle at LSU and the University of New Mexico and will coach the line while teaching physics and chemistry in high school.
Reports from Plainview show new homes started this year and a $100 yearly loss from broken windows at the school. In Amarillo the basketball team’s Denver tournament run attracts wide attention. R Q Lee urged diversification to a Rotan crowd after speaking from a truck. A seven room brick residence at 411 Tennessee Ave is under construction. Miss Norene Catrell bought Elite Beauty Shop. San Jacinto Methodist missionary society will serve dinner at the S W Lee public sale Saturday. Haiti’s cotton crop this year weighs 65,000,000 pounds.
Half Minute interviews mix bold city pride and sports talk as Amarillo team prepares for crucial series against rivals. Local comments range from predictions of victory to bets, plus wheat growers report seven carloads shipped to relief districts and rising acreage.
The Associated Press reports T. O. Walton, who has run the extension department for eight years at Texas A and M College, was elected president by the board of regents in Houston. R. F. Law, board chairman, announced the decision.
John B. Inman of Springfield Illinois was selected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in Grand Rapids Michigan to succeed Louis F. Arensverg of Pittsburgh.
In San Antonio on September 3 Col William Mitchell urged prayers for American flyers in the Pacific, calling them martyrs to civilization equal to Columbus had he perished on his voyage to America.
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey cuts gasoline by a fraction per gallon across its territory. The fifth reduction since August 1 lowers tank wagon price in New Jersey to 1514 cents and to 16 ½ cents in other eastern seaboard states. Abilene shows over 1.5 million dollars in building permits this year, while Amarillo tops 2.5 million in August.
Rail industry notes and local items recount meetings on the post office porch, figures on Oklahoma reform efforts, and a prediction of Sidney Slam’s paddle wheel plans. Also reported are the California tunnel completion, a storekeeper’s string question, a receiver sale near El Reno, rain needs for Polk Street farmers, and a conductor’s return from leave and a hospital operation in Texas.
Jimmy Slattery of Buffalo will substitute for Mike McTigue in a fifteen round bout against Paul Berlenbach, the current light heavy champion, at Yankee Stadium on Friday September 11, as announced by Tex Rickard. Dr O L Powers of Wichita Falls will conduct a revival at the Baptist church in Plainview starting Sunday.
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