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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1925
Page
17
A man in a bathtub faces an uncertain action while the fire department prepares a response. The unfolding scene has drawn broad public comment and speculation about the plans and safety measures involved.
Last week’s picture features Delmar and Idell Durrett again dominating the Globe title contest with top prizes. Five $1 awards go to winners including Delmar Parrott and Vivian Kerr, with numerous honorable mentions across Texas and Oklahoma.
A stock Studebaker Six completed a coast to coast run in 96 hours 15 minutes covering 3370 miles. Mike H. Newman brought the car from Kansas City to New York City while a vegetarian endurance driver stopped in Kansas City after state fruit supplies ran out. The trip coincided with Christie’s film Seven Days for a preview in New York and multiple showings along the route signaling a new era in motion picture exhibition.
Mrs. W. R. Humphrey treasurer and general manager of the Amarillo Paper Company, a $40 000 incorporated business, is highlighted in the August issue of the American Paper Merchant. The piece chronicles her start as a stenographer in Oklahoma and the subsequent founding of the Amarillo firm with her husband. The interview disputes the notion that women are hard to work for and credits intensive sales-territory work as key to the firm’s success. A two column photo of Mrs. Humphrey accompanies the feature.
Plainview daily notes the completion of the Plainview theater and the opening of two new shops. R M Peace runs a barber shop in the theater building and Wills Brooks opens a confectionery on the opposite side. The theater, cost 30000 dollars, is built by Solon Clements and will open soon operated by R B Mitchell.
Enid Oklahoma residents grow tired of oil booms with the town proclaiming there is more than oil here. After a new field near Enid was found people resisted fevered hype and business leaders remained restrained as two mammoth gushers arrived within a week.
Shamrock Gas company signs with Emler No. 1 four to five miles northeast to boost supply. New pipe work extends through town with more hookups planned as Gins and compress units feed the system. Emler No. 1 produces 25 million feet per day. Holmes says price will drop from 75 to 60 cents per thousand once 400 customers are connected.
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