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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1925
Page
4
The Amarillo Daily News outlines its publication, telegraphic dispatch sourcing, carrier delivery, Associated Press rights, and correction policy. It details coverage across the Panhandle region and notes the paper’s status as second class matter and its post office services.
Hanson Post No 54 prompts donations for the American Legion Endowment Fund with a $1200 local quota as part of Texas 2250000 goal. Amarillo averages 20 cents per person but many can give more. volunteers to solicit, a five payment plan exists, and donors may date checks for future cashing.
A writer emphasizes cleanliness as essential to good health and disease prevention. Amarillo residents are urged to tidy premises to curb flies and disease, noting this cooperative effort during Clean-Up Week could justify the cost through improved public health and convenience.
The death of Thomas R. Marshall former vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 and former governor of Indiana brings sorrow to Panhandle residents. He toured the Panhandle on lecture tours and gave a well received Amarillo lecture four years after retirement. Marshall is remembered as a genial man and a staunch American patriot. The Nation will be poorer in his passing.
A compact reflection cites Proverbs 16 22 about fools instruction and waste of knowledge. It contrasts foolish instruction with the idea that soap cannot whiten charcoal, echoing Kabir in a concise musing on wisdom and folly.
A collection of humorous lines about Amarillo residents notes that few women listen long enough to learn swearing, while men differ on poverty and happiness. It quips about lazy fishermen, stubborn reputations, odd poetry, old laws, stocks, stockings, and jail, ending with locals joking about Coolidge and New Yorkers.
Panhandle Press notes Houston Chronicle praise for Boy Scouts at the Dallas reunion where about 5090 Confederate veterans gathered. Scouts in khaki uniforms aided veterans, guiding them through streets and fair grounds, showing cheerfulness courtesy and civic readiness in service to aging veterans and city visitors.
The poem praises a bareback rider who thrills audiences with horse riding and handstands. It captures crowd cheers and town pride as the circus visits, highlighting the performer’s daring acts and audience enthusiasm.
A playful crossword page with a mix of tough and obscure clues designed to test even expert solvers. Readers are invited to consult dictionaries for several challenging entries and enjoy the punny twists throughout the grid.
Puzzle list with numerous clues and answers across grid positions. Appears as a historic newspaper game section listing across and down entries with numbers and definitions for terms such as Sea eagle Twenty-four hours Joined Region and many more.
The solution of this puzzle and others appearing daily is made easy by using the New Universities Dictionary with its greatly enlarged vocabulary, now being presented to all readers for 98 cents and three coupons such as the one printed in this issue of The News.
A compact list of terms including plaited, bull fighter, instruments for chalk marks, metal in rack, neuter pronoun, sundry items, wild duck, like, trunk of a tree, and obliterating. These entries read as a historical OCR fragment cataloging disparate words and phrases without cohesive narrative.
HORHAM Sussex Eng June 1 Mrs Mary Tyndall of Newhouse Farm Budgwick near here has been judged the world's best needle woman In an International needle work contest at the Royal School of Art Needle Work at South Kensington a cushion cover in monochrome done by Mrs Tyndall was declared the best piece of embroidery and she was awarded the gold championship medal as the world's best needlewoman
The federal grand jury of 21 members was empaneled with an expected adjournment midweek. Foreman C D Lester of Canyon was chosen. Several cases were dismissed and numerous jurors sworn in, including Cross Randall, D B Kent, Paul Hood, and J E Moore, among others from Panhandle, Hereford, Canyon, and nearby towns.
Amarillo Refining Company shipped 2000 barrels of 624 aviation specification export gasoline to Standard Oil Company at Avondale Louisiana today.
A look back fourteen years reveals notable items from the Amarillo Daily News archives. Headlines, community notes, and events reflect city life, local people, and recurring concerns captured in period reporting.
Prof C J Collier principal of Buchanan street school left yesterday for Austin and Waco. Join A Price and B C Wolcott president and vice president of First National bank Honey Grove are in Amarillo. Prof C E Hope head of science Amarillo High has gone home to Oak Ridge Ja. T J Page cashier First State Bank Claude was in Amarillo yesterday. R D Kirk has returned to Amarillo after a week away. Judge Charles P McCarty is improved after surgical treatment at Saint Anthonys sanitarium. Mrs Montgomery, who he injured Saturday, is improving.
Ruth recalls a terrifying moment as a high powered motor departs and a light flickers then a servant reports possible Burgias and cut electrical wires. Jack and Leslie move to the library with candlesticks while Benson asks if anyone is hurt. The scene shifts to a tense aftermath in the Prescott home.
In a dim manor scene, Jack discovers the safe is open and dashes with a candle to the telephone. Ruth dons a thin orchid nightdress as Benson the English butler follows. A broken wire and locked safe point to a lurking theft as the group races to alert the chauffeur.
Cynthia Grey notes that nearly three-fourths of reader letters are from women seeking formulas to win male affection, lamenting the reversal of Lochinvar lore and asserting that women now pursue men as men once pursued women. She argues women have equal rights and questions the alarm over this shift.
Cynthia Grey advises Betty to trust her heart and marry if she loves the Amarillo man despite age differences. True happiness comes from sincere deep love, not motive or fancy. Nurture love after marriage by cherishing each other’s wishes above selfish desires to reach life’s Paradise.
Mojica the singer returns to Amarillo with praise for flappers or pelonas in Mexico, describing shorn lambs as attractive. He discusses hair trends, protests, and a wave of change as he prepares for a concert in Amarillo and other Texas towns. He has made twelve Viectrola records since last visiting.
The Amarillo Advertising Club heard two proposals at noon in the Amarillo Hotel. One urged forming a stronger national linked business club and advertising association. The other proposed an anti-peddler week campaign run through newspapers and merchants. Elmer Blair spoke on indexing customers and prospects, and noted Cullum Motor Co adopting a flat rate in the auto business.
Correspondent schools and rainmakers were being especially curbed as part of an aggressive drive against fraudulent advertisers. The report highlights targeted efforts to stop deceptive tactics and protect consumers.
Dixon Creek Oil Company has completed running 24 inch tubing in their No 1 Smith producer in the South Hutchinson county pool and will be placed on full production at once. The company holds 6,500 barrels of crude in storage on the lease and will route output through a 2 inch line to the Pantex Pipe Line pump station and thence to the Amarillo refinery.
With several cases reported in Amarillo, Dr A H Lindsay city health officer said the local horizon had about cleared of the storm. Only two cases are now under treatment. Upon discovery of causes every known precaution was advised and employed.
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