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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1926
Page
3
The A A A offers to donate a racing card to the fair to cover the delayed program. The two day event on October 9 and 10 will feature more than twenty Southwest drivers and attract fast, thrilling competition. The fair expects the races to offset this fall’s rain and cold-induced shortages.
A new French Gift Shop, to open on the balcony over the Fairsex Shop, will offer handmade pillows, lamp shades and French novelties such as mirrors and perfume boxes. Owned by Miss Nell Cunningham and Mrs. N. M. Kerrigan, a formal opening’ll be planned after Cunningham returns from Fort Worth where she studies French novelties at Manning’s. The display includes a $350 spread of Philippine cut-work, all handmade, with imported linens from Madame Domingo of Manila. Refugees in Greece are increasing carpet making and agriculture production.
After an illness I was thin and weak and lost appetite. McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets lifted my weight by 15 pounds in six weeks, restored appetite and color. Take 60 tablets for 60 cents for 80 days, with money back guarantee if not helped. Ends with druggist promotion.
In Amarillo a public vote is urged on ten gallon hats for officers, with Chief Blackwell backing city style dress. The piece also catalogues satirical quips about deficits, marriages, fame, and local figures, ending with a jab at a prize foolish remark from 1926.
The Golden Sandstorm and the Cangus Fagies compete at Metropolitan Park today at 4 pm. Heavy turf on the park's south side favors the Sandstorm while Canyon relies on passing plays. Admission is 25 and 50 cents. weather delays nearly postponed the game.
Yesterday's results show National League with New York 3 to 3, Philadelphia 29, Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 1, Brooklyn 38 to 6, Chicago 1 to 2. American League games include St. Louis 6 to 6, New York 1 to 2, Chicago 7, Washington 4, Philadelphia 8 to 2, Cleveland 5 to 0, Detroit 11 to 5, Boston 2 to 4.
The Kahokia mound near East St. Louis becomes Illinois state property, protected as a park after a $52,119 purchase for 114 acres. The Ramsey family, hereditary owners, preserved it from vandals and excavation. Known as Monks' Mound, the site recalls early French monastic history in the region.
Relatives of George A. O'Hare in Arkadelphia Arkadelphia Arkansas ask The Globe to help locate him. O'Hara an oil operator is believed to be in Amarillo or vicinity. In July 1720 he was president of Midway Oil Gas Co with HQ in Denison Texas. Information to Roy E. O'Hara Arkadelphia. Two waterfalls on the Alberchie River Spain to be harnessed for irrigation railroad and manufacturing plants at Madrid.
A fragment notes a wrestling event drawing a large audience in 1876 with odd captions and scattered references. It mentions M. Roussy observations on spider web construction and repairs, comparing natural ingenuity to deliberate planning, while weather clues hint at incoming rain from starry skies.
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