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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1925
Page
12
Fort Worth market notes cattle receipts 800 calves 400 with mixed results. Slaughter steers and butcher grades steady to 25 cents lower while slaughter calves rise up to $1. Bulls and stock steers weaker. Hogs receipts 600 firm to 15 cents higher with packer top 12.75. Sheep and lambs nominal with gains on slaughter classes to about 25 cents. Top steer price listed at 8.10 and yearlings at 8.75.
The North Amarillo Civic club will meet Monday at 8 15 PM at the Second Baptist church. A strong program is planned with a surprise element and prompt attendance requested.
A garbled price snippet shows produce prices in Amarillo with multiple cents values such as 17¢ 13¢ and 15¢, ending with a loss figure of $8.10. The readable items are sparse and do not specify products or dates.
A column weighs rail combinations for economy and efficiency under President Coolidge. It critiques stock jobbing incentives, recalls OLTAIRE and Lenin, notes religion’s persistence in Russia, and observes heroic sanctification of Lenin amid scandal as public mystique persists.
In a downtown Brooklyn office a bandit shot and killed foreman Charles Pournarous during a payroll theft. He refused to surrender the weekly payroll of 5500 and was killed. the gunman escaped in an automobile as onlookers, many children, watched.
Albert Bradford aged 45 died when a gravel pit wall collapsed in the afternoon near Mineral Wells Texas. He was pinned against a wagon wheel and died before rescue teams arrived. The report also notes Labor Day post office hours for the Amarillo office and a Virginia life insurance agency listing.
Col. William Mitchell former assistant chief of the army air service accuses War and Navy departments of criminal negligence and incompetence in a fiery San Antonio statement. He alleges air power’s undermined by non flying officers and faults a Pacific fuel drill. Unofficial sources say the charges may prompt an investigation by Maj. Gen. Ernest Illionis.
Akron reports experts Dr Karl Arnstein and Capt Ernst Lohmann of Goodyear Zeppelin drawing up plans for a giant rigid airship called Cz-1. Caldwell notes urge to continue dirigible development despite Shenandoah disaster. naval inquiry at Lakehurst continues, with secrecy and thefts from wreckage reported.
Dr. Clifton Carter speaks of cattle health reaching 190 percent and no known scabies cases as preparations or notices for the Lost World Fair on Monday are announced. The era’s booster language reflects optimistic agricultural themes.
At Oakmont Country Club Bobby Jones defeated Watts Gunn 8 up 7 to play to retain the National Amateur Championship. Jones dominated the afternoon, sinking birdies on key holes and lifting the impressive silver cup for a second straight year in front of about 6 000 spectators.
Reported 1,600 barrel flow proved erroneous. actual output remains 400 to 500 barrels daily. Since tapping, the well has yielded about 35,900 dollars. Stock offers at ten for one have not traded any shares.
Pittsburgh wins 6 5 after late rally at Forbes Field as St Louis Cardinals fall short. Second baseman Johnnie Rawlings breaks ankle sliding into second in eighth inning. Attendance 11,000.
In Philadelphia on Sept 5 the Giants won 14 to 10 to secure three wins in four against the Phillies. New York collected 17 safeties off four Philadelphia pitchers while Philly batters faced Barnes and Dean for 14 hits. Box scores list Barnes Dean Snyder Carl son Decatur Knight Wilson for the Giants and Deberry Genewich for Philadelphia. Dodgers and Braves Split Twin Bill in Boston.
Canyon, Sept. 5 Special to The Globe Bulldog Jones a 145 pound guard of Buffalo football joins Canyon High School Eagles as coach and catalyst for a strong season. Eighteen lettermen return with twenty more youths expected to join, and the squad aims for a fighting spirit. The season opens under the shadow of the death of Paul Martin fullback and captain who died in Amarillo after an appendectomy.
Detroit beat Cleveland 6 to 4 in Cleveland as Buckeye lasted until the third inning. Dauis and Bassler joined Buckeye Cole Shants and L Sewell for Detroit while Hoyt and Bengough held Philadelphia to an 8 0 loss at New York. The Athletics suffered their ninth straight defeat in 16 games.
Washington beat Boston 8 to 7 in a free hitting game as Wingfield homered and Lee Rutherford belted two triples. Ballou relieved after four innings as New York toppled Philadelphia, widening the gap.
St. Louis Browns beat the Chicago White Sox 10 to 8 in a game featuring four homers by Falk Barrett Sisler Rice and a late scuffle as McManus and Ray Schalk clashed before Browns manager Ned Sisler separated them. Lyons Thurston Kerr Giard Danforth Vangilder and Hargrave pitched for St. Louis and Chicago respectively.
Beau mont Exporters defeat the Panthers 2 to 1 for the second day in a row at Fort Worth. The loss narrows the Panthers' edge in the pennant race to 3 1/2 games behind the second place. Dallas Steers beat Waco while Beaumont wins again.
San Antonio rookies defeated Shreveport 6 to 5 as Miller doubled with bases loaded to highlight the game. Winters pitched well with solid support that allowed most runs, though defensive miscues let across several innings. Shreveport failed to capitalize on early chances as San Antonio pulled ahead in the late innings.
Houston improved to a three game winning streak by defeating Wichita Falls 13 to 2. The Buffs used ten cylinders of the pitching and offense, with Britt Williams and Query contributing, as Barnes and Mancuso held Wichita Falls to two runs.
Dallas Steers end their losing streak with a 14 to 4 win over the Waco Cubs in the Sept. 5 game. Pence pitched brilliantly for Dallas, while Aguilar exited after the second inning as Dallas pulled away after leading early.
Charley Adams, famed trapshooter, travels from Portland in nine days to Amarillo to defend title at the Amarillo Gun Club annual tournament. He previously won the Panhandle trapshooting championship for the third year and claimed the Chris Kiser trophy bid.
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