Amarillo Dad Recalls School Outfit Cost and Army of Witnesses
An Amarillo father recalls paying thirteen dollars for a junior high football outfit after guidance from J E Clements at City drug. He notes past high costs and jokes about his own fitness while praising the effort to dress players well. The column also mentions Judge Penry defending a museum exhibit animal as a beast of burden with numerous living witnesses cited.
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Amarillo
J. E. Clements
City Drug
Amarillo Sought as Giant Chick Hatchery Site
James A. Bush head of Amarillo Board of City Development seeks a large firm to establish a giant chick hatchery in Amarillo Texas. He cites Panhandle rail access feed resources and a packing plant as advantages while noting demand from poultry centers nationwide. Col R Q Lee’s West Texas Chamber tour boosted interest in chicken raising for the region.
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Amarillo
West Texas
James A. Bush
Mr. Bush
Panhandle
United States
Col. R. Q. Lee
Monster with Glass Eye in Canyon City Chronicle
The memoir recounts a prehistoric monster seen near Amarillo with a glass eye that functioned as well as its real eye. The tale describes a flooded pine country, a drainage canal dug to drain water, and the monster injured in a fight where J H Guildy led forces from Tulsa to Canyon City. Dental repairs by Dr Harrel and Dr Dodson are noted.
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Amarillo
Charley Landis
J. H. Guildy
Tulsa
Canyon City
Harrel
Dodson
H. H. Brooks
John L. Sullivan
Nell Skipper Found Not Guilty in Theft Trial
Mrs Nell Skipper was acquitted of theft over a diamond ring alleged taken from Miss Rose O’Brien. After about 15 hours of testimony the jury returned a not guilty verdict. The ring tied to the claim was seen at a local dancing school and later mailed to Miss O’Brien. The ring’s value was stated as about 50 dollars, with jewelers estimating 10 to 15 dollars for the piece. Paul Skipper faced joint charges but his case will be dismissed.
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Nell Skipper
Rose O’brien
Miss O'Brien
Eberts son edits radical Social Democrat paper
Friederich Ebert son of the late German president has become editor of the radical Volksblatt in Potsdam. He previously edited the Social Democratic parliamentary news service of Berlin.
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Associated Press
Potsdam
Friederich Ebert
Germany
Social Democratic Volksblatt
Social Democratic Parliamentary
Berlin
Author Editor Dead at Greenwich Conn
Lewis Frank Tooker author and associate editor of Century Magazine died in Greenwich Connecticut after two months illness following leg amputation. He wrote The Life of Paul Jones and The Call of the Sea and other short stories and books.
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Associated Press
New York
Lewis Frank Tooker
The
Century Magazine
Greenwich, Conn
Paul Jones
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Frank Cunningham
J. L. Penry
John Arnott
Nathen Horg
Bill Ivy
John Hellicot
Jack Ryan
Frank Ong
Dr. Pierson
Beast of Burden
Amarillo Hotel
McCra
Polk Street
Erest O. Thompson
Tel
Ernest Thompson
Ross D. Rogers
Bush
Ebert
Radical
Friedman-Shelby Shoe Co
W. R. Whalen
HOTEL
Texas
Colonel Thompson
Fred Bone Construction Co
Harry Hardgrave
W P. O
Amarillo Hotel Company
Amarillo and
the Panhandle
Amarillo, Texas
Col. E. O. Thompson
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