Hoover the Hill to the Poor House slogan riles readers
A rambling letter discusses campaign bets and optimism for Roosevelt or Hoover, with references to William Townsend Pheiffer and George Shannon. The writer admits nervousness, shares health worries, jokes about Wall Street election odds, and ends with a weather note and a mention of a play.
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Hoover
William Townsend Pheiffer
Bill Pheiffer
William Townsend
Bill
George Shannon
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Amarillo call to stockholders stirs rally after tri state fair
A Panhandle reader extols Blake's debut act and lanes a broad appeal to Amarillo stockholders of American Commonwealth Company. He urges a meeting at the Herring Hotel to form a protective committee and demand accountability for six percent preferred stock and alleged New York misdealings.
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Electric Light Company
Tri-State
American Commonwealth Company
Blue Sky
Amarillo
Plains
Electric Light
New York
Herring Hotel
Rent farmer seeks guidance on livelihood and family life
A letter to Tack describes a rent farmer, his wife, and their young son living on a single parcel as they seek advice on making a living and managing family needs. The message appears on Page 7 as part of Tack Letters.
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Tack
Market Makes Moderate Gain After Setback
New York September 9 The stock and commodity markets recovered from yesterday's setback with cotton rebounding nearly a dollar from a five base drop and the Dow turning up before noon. By midafternoon several prominent issues rose two to three dollars with American Can up to 62 plus, American Telephone to 118, Bethlehem Steel around 27, U S Steel above 50, Union Pacific at 81, and Southern Pacific at 32.
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New York
American Telephone
Thlehem Steel
0. S. Steel
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
American Can
Bethlehem Steel
Johns Manville
Case
Santa Fe
Coca Cola
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Corn Products
General Foods
du Pont
International Harvester
Consolidated Gas
Loews
New York Central
Jno
F. Clark & Co
C.S.T
American Rolling Mills
Smelt & Ref
American Tel & Telexa i
Baty American Woolen
Ee Reese
Associated Dry Goods Ry
Atchison, Topeka
Atlantic
Enenenee
Auburn Auto
Aviation
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Barnedall Oil Race Oy
Bendix Aviation
Best & Company
Behn Aluminum
Borden Company
Eane
Borgstrom Warner Aeee
Briggs
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Burroughs Adding Machine
Yehoevegenee Vaeeweee
California
Canada Dryaneee
Canadian Pacific Tee
Cerro de Pasco
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chesapeake Corporati
Mil & St Paul
Chicago & Northwestern
Chrysler A . Tees R
Colorado Fuel & Tron
Columbia Gas & Elec
Columbian Carbon
Commonwealth & Southernan Congoleum-Nairneereeee Ik
Consolidated Gas Anes
Aby Consolidated Oil
Continental Can Insurance
Continental Aeons
Contil Oil Dela
Cory, Inc
Curtiss Wright
Davison Chemical
Delaware Lackawann
Sty 19
Drug, Inc
DuPont de Nemours
Eastman Koda Weedee
Eaton Manufacturing
Electric Power & Light
Erie R
Marshall Field
Foster Wheeler
Fox Film
Seeerrenses
Freeport Texas
General Asphalt
General Baking
General Electric Org
General Mills
General Motors
General Railway
Gillette Razor
Goodrich Tire & Rubberly
Goodyear
Grand Union
Great Northern
Great Weat Sugar
Grogesby-Grunow
Snaceeeree
Hershey
Houston Oil
Leenseneee
Foustom
Seeseer
Keith-Orph
Ails Safeway Ee
Aigdsede Ees
Bik Internationa Nickel
St. Joseph
International
St. Louis-San Fran
International Tel & Teleg
Tam
Seaboard Oil
Cee
Johns-Manville
Sctssurdess
Roebuck
Kelvinator
Kennecott Copper Whee
Kresge Vneersstee
Uger
Simei Petrol
Southern Railw
Lorillard - Elec Nee
Southern Brands
Louisville Gas
Bala Stand
Gas & E
McKeesport T Robbins
Cal
McKesson
N. J
Whemeee Trucks Oy
Stewart
Texas Pac Land
Thy
Nash Motor Car
Transamerica Eee
Aegis
Qu Union Carbide
National Dairy Products
Union Oil
Jat
National Distillers Cae
National Power & Light
United Aircraft
Essre
Nevada Consolidated Copper
United Carbon
Aves
NH &H
United Corp Wache Dee
Norando Mines Ee Sesso
United Fruit
North American Company
United Gas
Northern Pacific RR
U S
US Pipe & Fdy
Pac Gas & el
Boy US Rubber
Packard
Paramount-Publix
TM US Steel
Penney
Utilities
Pw & Lt
Pennsylvania RR
Vanadium Corp
Petroleum Corp
Warner Bros
Phillips
Western Union
Prairie Pipe
Westinghouse Elec
Public Serv Corp . Ealy
Wyllis-Overland
Pullman
Woolworth Weaee
Purity
Worthington
Tr & Coach
Amarillo Tailoring Company to Open at 712 Polk Street
The Amarillo Tailoring Company will open at 712 Polk Street at 8 o'clock Saturday morning September 9. F W Stewart owner manager is a well known local tailor formerly with Blackburn Brothers and Bell Tailoring. Anthony Middleton will join as bookkeeper and salesman with three and a half years at Bell Tailoring. No other tailors will be employed. The shop will display domestic and imported patterns in several national material lines.
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Amarillo Tailoring Company
Polk Street
F. W. Stewart
Amarillo
Blackburn Brothers
Bell Tailoring Company
Anthony Middleton
Stewart
Talks on Jewry and politics echo through New York
The piece discusses learning from Jewish cooperation, the exclusion of Jews in German diplomacy, and calls for dialogue with Joseph V. McKee New York mayor as workers and Reds seek talks. It compares free speech practices in England and the United States and suggests talking can prevent unrest.
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Abraham Selig
Italy
Germany
Austria
England
France
Joseph V. McKee
New York
Hyde Park
San Antonio family linked to Morton ranches
Frank Hamer noted he had found a little about it. The boys’ parents are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hunter Morton of San Antonio. The father was a newspaper man and the mother, Miss Zilla Naylor, once a debutante in San Antonio. Morton managed the Naylor interests in San Antonio and several Texas ranches, with plans for the boys to return to San Antonio to resume high school studies.
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Frank Hamer
Arthur Hunter Morton
San Antonio
Zilla Naylor
Morton
Naylor
Texas
Mystery woman sought in Paul Bern case
Dorothy Millette, named in the Paul Bern death, disappeared from a river steamer between San Francisco and Sacramento, leaving her luggage. police in Oakland and Los Angeles seek the so called other woman who may illuminate Berns death by suicide.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Millette
Paul Bern
Here
Sacramento
F. J. Oliva
Oakland
River Lines
Los Angeles
Brilliant Film
Jean Harlow
California
Bern
D. Mullette
Examiner
Amarillo Public Safety Warns of Busy Week Ahead
Amarillo police and fire departments report a lull in traffic violations and fires this week. Officials note crime and fires often cycle, predicting next week could be unusually active as public safety custodians brace for potential upticks.
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Amarillo
Sterling House Delays Horns Measure On Election Returns
The Senate postponed action on Senator Horns measure to speed up returns to the secretary of state until printed copies are ready. The bill imposes fines and sentences for delays beyond 48 hours. Two railroad gas field bills were explored, though Governor Sterling had not submitted them.
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Attorney General
Thomas Pollard
Ferguson y as the results of the voting at lubbock next Monday
Dan Moody clashed with James E Ferguson in a Lubbock crowd as the court considered the case over the election results. Speer argued the task before election officials was purely perfunctory adding machine work to certify the candidate with the most votes. The Fergusons faced opposition from Governor Moody and others amid questions about a joint action with his wife.
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Lubbock
Speer
Jim Ferguson
Jim
Dan Moody
Fergusons
James E. Ferguson
Texas pilot Robbins recalled as top flyer in state
Surviving family details describe Robbins as a renowned Texas pilot who flew for American Airways since its founding as Texas Air Transport. His death leaves Mrs. Robbins prostrated with grief, with Mr. and Mrs. John Robbins, his parents, attending. The narrative notes his long service across Southwestern air routes.
Theater Blast Kills Several at Broadway Theater
Fire after a projection room blast in Oakland caused five injuries with three possibly fatally. Patrons fled in panic as the blast rattled downtown. Alexander Forsythe, ferry captain and owner, insisted the boilers exploded as his only explanation. Cause under investigation.
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Alexander Forsythe
Oakland
Cal
Robins Fearful Disappearance Prompted Note About Reward
Mrs. Robins said the colonel feared harm on his trip to Washington last week and wrote a note stating that if he should disappear no one should offer a reward or ransom. The disclosure came as the mission social worker's wife spoke about the case.
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Mission
Clarendon Pioneers Visit En Route Home
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Antrobus of Clarendon visited daughter Mrs. T. G. Stargel on their way home from Indiana where they attended a Bible conference. They discussed Henry Ansley’s death and recalled frontier days with Antrobus, a Panhandle trail blazer.
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G. W. Antrobus
Clarendon Pioneers
T. G. Stargel
Indiana
Henry Ansley
Antrobus
Panhandle
Amarillo
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest
Poem urges self reliance and skill to endure troubled days. Emphasizes wisdom as constant value guiding individuals through changing fortunes. Highlights skillful hands honored and trusted across the land, with knowledge sought in good times or bad.
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Edgar A. Guest
Jameson Concert Tickets On Sale At Local Venues
Tickets for the Elizabeth Jameson concert Tuesday night at the High School Auditorium are on sale at the Rose Bowl Tea Room and the Globe News society department. Sponsored by the Junior Welfare League, the event promises a major musical attraction with no reserved seats and a fifty cent price for any seat.
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Elizabeth Jameson
Rose Bowl Tea Room
Society Department
the Globe News
Junior Welfare League
Markets AMARILLO MARKETS
Grain and livestock quotations from Kansas City and Chicago show hogs steady to five to ten cents lower with top prices around 4.25 for 190-230 pound hogs and 2.75 to 3.85 for pigs. Cattle and calves mix steady to fully steady with steers 6.75 to 9.0 per cwt and cows around 12.00 to 14.75. Sheep prices mostly steady to firm with native lambs near 5.60 to 6.25 and feeder offerings 4.75 to 6.50. Market breadth notes substantial numbers across hogs, cattle, and sheep with varied regional quotes.
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Kansas City
IBM
Chicago
Montanas
B. C. Relieves Periodical Pains In Three Minutes
An old fashioned advertisement claims B. C. offers quick relief from monthly pains and common ailments. It touts multiple ingredients blended by a registered pharmacist and markets 10c and 25c packages without habit forming drugs.
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B. C
Market gains curb prior cotton slump amid stock rally
Prices for distant cotton months moved higher as October and December advanced from intra session lows, then eased slightly onlight buying. New York stock letters describe a cautious rebound with gains across steel, rails, and major industrials.
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Vance
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