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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1929
Page
2
The narrator recalls watching two golfers. One famous for a stellar long putt and distinct stance, the other a gentler, awkward stance that still sank putts. Attempts to imitate both fail to win a single cup.
Tri-State Fair general superintendents met at the fairgrounds to finish booth preparations for the upcoming show. Wilbur C. Hawk announced a large crew would remodel exhibits and all displays must be in place by noon Sunday September 22. The fair opens Monday September 23 and runs through Saturday September 28 with record interest expected. The Hagenbeck Wallace Circus and a large carnival are among key attractions.
A column discusses Arab and Jewish stakes in Palestine, noting factions, leadership statements, and historic claims. It contrasts Arab regional identities with weak cohesion and cites ongoing tensions and resistance against Zionist aims, referencing scholars and past empires.
Dr. E. F. Lanham announces a dog show at the Amarillo fair on September 5, 26 and 27 with entries due this week. Tonight’s meeting at 304 Van Buren addresses final plans and encourages local breeders to file entries, stressing local dogs can compete against outside entrants. Winners will be published in the American Kennel Club Gazette.
Dr P W Horn president of Texas Technological College delivered the principal address at the Amarillo Tech Club annual banquet in the Capitol Hotel. Speakers included Wilbur Pittman Riley Strickland W A Mcintosh and several others. Lem Lemmons served as toastmaster as new members were admitted.
A reflective column in which the speaker, born in 1886, muses on aging in the forties, fears high places, elevators, and hills, and notes a rural Texas question about an old sow that eats chickens while a local reader asks how to curb the habit. Amarillo, Clarendon, and the Panhandle are named.
A speaker jokes about curing a chicken eating sow by feeding a warm rabbit to induce indigestion and stop her eating birds. He contrasts it with local boasting and notes a recurring domestic clash over household spending and earnings.
Postal card from Louis Mandlak, a professional exterminator, accompanies a clipped note. The sender claims someone forwarded a clipping related to pest control.
A letter warns readers Louis Mandlak the Bug Man has moved from Amarillo to Fort Worth. He boasts high earnings and large roaches, while praising Mrs. Mabel Laidley as sole remaining exterminator in Amarillo. A reward of 5 is offered for amethyst ring lost by Mrs. L Chapsky near Polk Street.
Notices offer a male bird dog about 10 months old and a female fox terrier puppy free to a suitable home. Contact numbers 5154 and 22912. Burl Beebe seeks return of a brown and white speckled bird dog at 2422 South Lincoln Street. Also mentions a one winged rooster and local zoo talk in Amarillo.
Dr Allingham offers religious books Bible exposition encyclopedias and other volumes at sacrifice before moving to Denver. Some titles price as low as 10 cents each and a copy of Them Texans may go to the first cash buyer. He resides at 1600 Washington and invites callers by phone.
James Marvin Clark of Gentry Texas asks for help finding his female fist dog Tweedle lost along the route between Gentry and Amarillo. A $2 reward is offered for return or information leading to its location.
The writer details J. B. Looney's thriving grape vines in the Panhandle and calls it a potential second California. They compliment a nine inch peach from Lee Holcomb and praise an old fashioned butter cake from the Woman's Exchange run by Mrs. W S Roberts. A ride with five men toward Salisbury ends with a question about the cost of defending a juror in a high profile murder mistrial.
A mob of about 100 men rammed a house, forced workers to denounce trade unionism, abducted three, and ordered a forced call to organizer Hugh Oehler before cutting the telephone line and moving toward Charlotte. The event targets Fred Beal and other International Labor Defense figures.
Hemphill County Products highlights twin boys Clinton and Clayton Hill of Canadian Texas in a family photo from their sister Lady Helen Hill. The note invites a portrait from Miss Rady Hill and teases a future publication if she sends a photo.
The college announces two full years of work for the first year and invites sophomores to sign up. Inquiries pour in from Amarillo and beyond with expectations of a sophomore class of twenty to twenty five. Citizens are urged to aid the Board of Trustees and faculty to spread word and recruit prospective students.
Major Clarence Young will study weather and flying conditions across Western routes and publish findings in Washington after compiling reports on the City of San Francisco disaster near Mount Taylor New Mexico. Lieutenant George A. Rice suspects pilot error amid wind and rain caused the crash.
Fowler's Brake Service at Fourteenth and Fillmore streets announced a new brake service today. Owner W F Fowler said the shop now offers adjustments and refinishing, a drum truing machine unique in the city, and testing equipment for four wheel brakes with John Trosen of Colorado Springs heading the new service department.
About 150 Amarillo businessmen plus the high school band will tour September 16 for a three day goodwill excursion to Liberal Kansas via Tucumcari and Dalhart. Forty three firms already signed up with plans to add more. trip cost is 40 dollars per person and includes most expenses.
A reader in Amarillo notes brief sightings during a short stay, mentioning finding dogs money dolls and cats and references further letters on Page 15.
AP reports Texas cotton condition on September 1 at 46 percent of normal, slightly above 1925, 1921 and 1918 lows. 1929 Texas crop projected at 4,107,000 five hundred pound bales. ginnings 812,000 bales. Heavy August heat and rainfall deficits damaged yields. insects and late planting increased abandonments.
Hogs 21 000 head weak to lower with top at 10.75 for 180 lb. packing sows at 7 508 75. Cattle 7 000 calves 2 000 steady slaughter steers good to choice 950 1500 pounds 12 75 16 50. Cows 8 50 11 75 wealers 16 00 18 25. Sheep 20 000 steady lambs 12 50 18 60 ewes 4 00 65 50.
East St. Louis on Sept 10 reports hogs at 15 000 head with prices 10 to 15 cents lower and top 10.50, most 170 to 210 pounds around 10.40, sow price at 8.00. Cattle 8 500 head calves 2 500 slow, heifers 13.00, wealers 16.25. Sheep 8 000 head fat lambs up 25 cents, lambs 12.50 to 12.75, ewes 34.00.
Fort Worth stockyard report shows hogs 26e lower with top 10.40 for small killers and bulk 175-220 lb hogs 9.85 to 10.00. Cattle and calves steady with steers 1275 lbs at 18.00 and cows 8.25, calves 11.00 to 11.50, sheep steady with feeder lambs at 11.00.
Hogs: 9 000 head, 10 to 25 cents lower, top 10.10 for 190-210 lb hogs, packing sows 7.25 to 8.50. Cattle: 12 000 head, calves 2 500, steady to weak. slaughter steers 1300-1500 lb at 11.75 to 16.90, 1160-1800 lb at 11.75 to 16.00, cows 7.50 to 10.75, vealers 8.50 to 14.00, stocker and feeder steers 9.56 to 12.75. Sheep: 7 000 head, lambs steady to 10 cents higher, sheep steady. lambs 11.75 to 13.00, ewes 8.75 to 5.10.
Moderate to good demand keeps prices firm across grades with values near 11.29 for strict good middling and 10.24 for strict low middling. Sales total 7,000 bales with 5,100 American. receipts 3,000 bales, 2,000 American. Futures closed quiet with October 10.10, December 10.14, January 10.14, March 10.20, May 10.22, July 10.20.
The New Orleans cotton market opened easy on September 10 as dis appointing cables pulled prices down 16 to 18 points. Early gains were erased by renewed liquidation with October reaching 18.74 and December 19.03 and January 19.08 before mid session, as traders awaited tomorrow’s weekly weather and crop summary.
Rains in Argentina pressured wheat early. traders paused ahead of a government crop report. Wheat dipped 4 to 7 cents, then recovered modestly. Iowa frost lent firmness to corn and oats, with corn sliding then rising. prices finished broadly higher. Provisions remained easy.
Butter movements ease with creamery extras at 44c and standards 48c. Extra firsts 42 48c, firsts 39 4c. Egg prices steady with extra firsts 36 37c and firsts 34 25c. Ordinary firsts 30 2c.
Poultry prices steady with hens firm and springs at 26 to 27 cents. Turkeys quoted at 20 to 80 cents, ducks 18 to 21, geese 19, broilers 27, roosters 21. In New York, stock prices opened with a mixed, volatile tone as some issues rose while others fell, including American Machine & Foundry up and Pennsylvania Railroad down. Foreign exchange opened steady at 4.84 11 16 dollars per British pound.
Reads like a stock list with numerous company names and percent changes. Includes A.T.& T., General Motors, Coca Cola, Standard Oil groups, Pacific rail lines, and others with varied percentage figures and notes on prices or indexes.
The New York cotton market opened 13 to 25 points lower amid liquidation and rain reports in the Southwest. December rose from 19.35 to 19.43 before slipping. by midmorning trading showed 16 to 20 point declines across the general list, with a possible weather improvement in the western belt easing losses.
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