Schooley & Collins Revue Opens With Praise and Color
The Schooley & Collins Revue of 1928 opened to instant approval at the fair with a fast moving, clean show. Eight cast members recently worked in St Louis and Las season performers join a new second half with fresh costumes. The outdoor production features College Days with Varsity Drag and a Spanish scene with 12 dancers in mantillas, followed by rapid ensembles, specialty acts, and a finale gladiator number. Admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for children. boxes cost 50 cents.
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Burlington
Iowa
Schooley & Collins
Leon Erro
Sally
Missouri
St. Louis
Marie Kleykamp
Betty Simmons
Jimmy Burns
al Zimmey
Spain
Elsie Cole
Senorita
Miss Cole
Celest O'Connor
Zita
Howard
Ballet
Denny Madden
Ramona
Burns
Zimmey
Mars
Amarillo Fair Costs and Baseball Blues In Town
The article recalls Amarillo events including the fair with free admission while charging for parking, noting 29 acres of free parking and a 50 cent per car rate in paid lots. It cites $14,000 in premiums, argues for public funding limits, and questions the parking deal with Jesse James. It also covers Amarillo baseball losses, the Sandies football hype against Oklahoma, and local political notes from Congressman Hudspeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Broncs
Amarillo
Oklahoma
Walker
Norman
Prohibition Debate Draws Churches Into Campaign
Mrs. Willebrandt charged the campaign of Governor Smith uses anti Catholic sentiment to split dry forces. She argued enforcement remains strong after a 50 year church fight and that Tammany’s candidate has dragged prohibition into politics, dragging in Catholic groups and priests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Col
P. H. Callahan
Louisville
Catholic Clergy Prohibition League
Catholic Total Abstinence Society
Odds and Ends From a Bustling Day in town
A reader recalls a squash mistaken for a fruit and a neighbor who fears life policies. A judge tells of a man angry over insurance and a woman seeks family relatives in Florida. Mansel Merriman reports a straw poll: 12 for Hoover, 3 for Smith among 15 grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W
Mansel Merriman
Hoover
Smith
The Plain People in Howe’s Vision of 19th Century Life
Mrs. E. E. Winch reflects on the Saturday Evening Post serialization of The Plain People by Howe. She notes the author’s portrayal of farmers as bright, capable and shaped by a childhood of deprivation, and links pioneer life to the foundations of modern industry and transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tack
Saturday Evening Post
Mary
Lamb
Bo Peep
Peter
Pioneer
E. E. Winch
Taylor St
Inaugural Principles of Democracy From Jefferson
The piece presents Jeffersonian ideals as recited in an inaugural address, urging unity, religious liberty, and balanced government. It stresses equality before law, freedom of religion and press, and the duty of citizens to sustain a republic under a strong but limited federal framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Amarillo News-Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Party
Washington, D. C
Jefferson
Columbia Stops Here Again and Airport Visitor
Two air arrivals drew brief mention at Amarillo Airport. The Columbia, Charles A. Levine’s trans Atlantic monoplane, landed at 4 p.m. on its return to New York after the Los Angeles race stint. Pilots Lieut. Commander Jack Iseman and Lieut. J. T. Farnham were aboard with two passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
Amarillo Airport Corp
New York
Los Angeles
Jack Iseman
J. T. Farnham
Wichita
Gray's Field
Phil Love
Lindbergh
United States
Love
San Diego
St. Louis
Court records reveal narcotics and liquor trial updates
Pietzsch admitted daily use of sixteen grains of hydrochloride and morphine for seven years, with residence in Plemons and ranch work at George Whittenberg. Dr. F D Ramsey pled guilty to selling prescriptions for narcotics. seven counts await sentence. Eleven alcohol cases and about thirty five criminal docket items will be heard this week with jurors announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pietzsch
Plemons
George Whittenberg
F. D. Ramsey
Amarillo
J. Forrest McCutcheon
Alex Mood
United States
C. S. Boston
Clarendon
Foreman
Charles Hodges
Hereford
C. E. Dietrich
Tulia
J. M. Sanders
Pampa
L. B. Cook
U. N. Qlver
Taos Indian Show Draws Crowds At Fair
Taos Indian show at the Fairgrounds drew capacity crowds over the first two days. Native dress and dances showcased tribal culture while performers included refined, well educated individuals who spoke engagingly about their heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taos
Missing Man Is Being Sought Here
Efforts are under way to locate William Bill Reiner a prominent businessman and Masonic lodge member from Moxahala Ohio feared missing after a trip to make oil investments. Anyone with information should contact Thomas Fartheraghan salesman with Toney Chisum Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William “Bill” Reiner
Moxahala
Ohio
Thomas Fartheraghan
Toney Chisum, Inc
Modern Dancing Floor Opens at Tri State Fair
A modern dance pavilion with hardwood floors and first class music opens today at the Tri State Fair off the midway. It seats 200 couples at once and will be run by Jacke Duane. The venue promises clean orderly operation and aims for the best class of attendees with no rudeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacke Duane
Garden in the heart grows daily seeds of faith
A letter from Mayder at 854 Crockett reflects on daily renewal through seed thoughts planted in the heart. It paints faith as cultivation, comparing growth to soil and fruit, and urges sharing to deepen belief that God remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thor
Mayder
Crockett
Amarillo's Own Classified Masterpiece Theme
A reader references Cal Farley’s editorial misattributed to the Sunday paper and hints at a piece titled Them Oklahoma City mob. The note suggests pride among Amarilloans and admiration for Farley’s writing while noting a local booster mood.
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Cal Farley
Tack
Ginevra the bride found as skeleton after wedding
The young Italian bride Ginevra hid in a chest with a spring lock during wedding festivities and was not discovered until her body had decomposed into a skeleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginevra
Hride
Amarillo Fair Opens With Major Rodeo and Fireworks
The Amarillo fair features Leonard Stroud rodeo in the afternoon with world champion cowboys and trained horses. Schooley and Collins Winter Garden revue opens, with 35 chorus girls and a $10,000 costume budget, plus nightly fireworks and Air Stunts by Harold W. English. Visitors filled by crowds from Pampa Texhoma, Borger band arrival, and traffic rules enforced by chief Gaither and traffic manager Curry.
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Amarillo
Leonard Stroud
Stroud
Schooley and Collins
Winter Garden
Theatle-Duffield Company
Harold W. English
Travelair
Pampa
Texhoma
Borger
Grant
Grand Streets
Third Street
Grand
H. L. Gaither
Farl Curry
Fair
Prosperity and politics dominate this campaign page
The column argues prosperity as the key issue in elections and warns against religion as a divider. It notes Tony Peri the clown’s suicide after job loss, Capone’s hospital injuries, widespread wealth in Britain and on Wall Street, and Chicago plans for election day guards. It also cites Socialists challenging illegal votes in New York.
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Peri
Shakespeare
Worms
Mr. Scarface al Capone
Chicago
New York
Workers of
The
Socialist Party
I Would Not Come To Power For One Brief Hour
Poem stanza by Edgar A. Guest expresses refusal to seize power or rule for glory. The speaker declines dominion and oppression, preferring a humble life and aid to others over tyranny or domination.
Markets: Kansas City Livestock Prices Report
Kansas City market data shows hogs and cattle ample with varied weights and cuts. Prices range for butchers and fed cattle, calves, cows, and vealers, while sheep demand remains steady. regional totals include 14 000 hogs and 30 000 cattle with mixed trends across weight classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Associated Press
Chicago
Dick Moore Heads to Amarillo Court as Federal Witness
Dick Moore city marshal of Childress arrives in Amarillo for several days during the federal court session. He will be sued as a federal witness in narcotics and federal violation cases to be tried this week, while markets show mixed early gains in several industrial and oil stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Moore
Childress
Amarillo
Moore
Chicago and New York Market Tables From Bennett & Co
Readable sections show the Chicago Grain and New York Stocks tables furnished by James E. Bennett & Co with numerous listed securities and numeric quotes. The compiled list includes American Can American Locomotive American Smelting American Steel American Tel American Woolen Anaconda Copper Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Baldwin Locomotive etc with high low and other figures.
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Chicago
James E. Bennett & Co
New York
American Can
Wesreecorece
SIO American Locomotive
American Smelting & KB
American Steel & Foundry
American Tele
Telg
American Woolen Anaconda Copper
Atchison, Topeka & 5
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio Barneball Corporation
Bethlehem Steel - California Petroleum
Cerre de Pasco
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Rockare & F
Chrysler
Colorado
Iron
Colorado & Southern
Corn
Crucible Steel Dodge Motore
de Pont de Nemours
Famous Players Fish Rubber Ae Fleischmann Yeast
General Asphalt
General Electric
Coccoree
General Motore
Great Western
Hudson Motors
Hup Motors
Tilinota Central
O11 & Gas
Inspiration Copper
International Harvester International Nickel
International Panerase 8
International
Jordan Motors
Kansas City Southern
Kelly-Springfield
Kennecott Copper Mae
Louisiana
O11
Rat
Mack Trucks
Marland
Mexican Seaboard Oil
Mid-Continent Petroleum
Middle States Oil
Missouri, Kansas
Missouri Pacific
Montgomery Ward & “Co
Moon Motors
National Biscuit
Secceses
Packard Motor
Vennavivanta
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Shell Union Oil
Sinclair
Shelly OW
Southern Railway
Stewart Warner
Ceeee
Rrudebaker
Texas & Pacific
Texas Pacific Coal & Ov
Larson Infant Dies At Home In Vega
Marvin Lyle Larson three months old son of Mr and Mrs Marion R Larson of Vega died at 3 AM. Body to Amarillo for preparation by Blackburn Boxwell funeral directors and return to Vega this afternoon at 8 PM for 5 PM funeral services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Lyle Larson
Marion R. Lawson
Vega
Amarillo
Blackburn-Boxwell
Vega Overland
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Jesse
C. B. Hudspeth
Fl Paso
Hudspeth
Mary E. Hudspeth
Canyon
Congressman Hudspeth Ice
al Smith
California
Hurricane District
Florida
Palm Beach
John H. White
Fillmore Street
Harry Brown
Pal OF
U.S. Court
Fair Park
Tony Peri
Circus
Capone
Great Britain
New York Street
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
England and Wales
Edgar A. Guest
Liverpool
Gulf Coast
NEW_ORLEANS
New Orleans
Gulf ‘Coast
Associated Pres
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Tokyo
Montreal
Associated Preas
Coty
Skelly OH
S. WH. Kress
Kelsey-Hayes
General Motors
Studebaker
Anaconda
Atlantic Refining
Mexican Seaboard
Houston Oil
Pierce Oi
American Republica
Magma Coppers
Union Carbide
Warren Are Republic Steel
Brooklyn Union Gas
Mr. Ryers
Frank R. Shattuck
Larson
Victrola
Radiola
Panhandle
Polk
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