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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1924
Page
4
Public notices of dispatch content and corrections policy appear in Amarillo Daily News under postal regulations. The paper reserves rights over special AP leased wire material and corrects any erroneous references upon editor notification.
The editorial argues President Coolidge should nominate a vice president who shares his policy views to avoid future succession conflicts. It cites historical examples from Jefferson to Lincoln and Roosevelt, stressing consistency with current Harding era policy and regional trip aims to boost Amarillo merchants through trade excursions.
A goodwill trip to the North Plains is planned for this summer. The Amarillo area cannot be fully covered by the annual train trade excursion each year, so the territory may be included every four or five automobile trade excursions.
A Ninth Com reflection on truth and fraud entering society where the band presently breaks.
A wry observation links advertising value to receipted bills while noting some merchants skip ads. It playfully claims the average man spends eight sick days yearly, yet taxes remain the ultimate illness, a humorous jab at taxation.
A logical statement notes that not all married women are good cooks, yet every good cook is a married woman, implying cooks form a subset of married women. It presents a categorical relation between marriage status and cooking skill without asserting real-world facts.
A quip notes that life would be dull without unique individuals, suggesting a light reflection on human variety and daily surprises. It hints at novelty rather than reporting on a specific event.
Panhandle Press argues Mineral Wells must build a city auditorium to host two major Texas conventions next year. A ten member committee surveys sites and plans, aiming for a hall ready by May. The project centers on communal benefit over individual interests, with location deemed secondary.
Fragmentary speech urging voters to support the best candidate regardless of party. The speaker asserts allegiance to the idea of choosing the superior man, criticizing partisanship and encouraging participation in elections.
In a tale set near Alaska, Dorothy Newhall pursues exhuming husband Peter Newhall’s body after his apparent drowning. She travels with Ivan Ishmin to Squaw Harbor and beyond, seeking a grave site and hoping to relocate the remains to the Newhall vault, while identity and loyalties shift aboard a cannery mission.
The correspondence describes Sydney Carton's automobile crash, a friend John Alden Prescott visiting, and a coral god believed to be one of a pair of twin lovers gods. A nurse narrator notes fascination with Chinese legend and a stranger's warning that the gods bring happiness only when shared. Leslie Prescott comments on the gift and myth. Tomorrow's installment promises a letter from John Alden Prescott.
The City Light and Water Company begins extensive extensions of water mains and the installation of new fire hydrants across the city. About 4,600 feet of 8 inch pipe and 7,000 feet of 6 inch pipe will be laid, mainly in the South Side and a new 8 inch line in the alley between Polk and Taylor from Twelfth to Twenty-Second. Hydrants planned at Washington, Van Buren, Twenty-Second, San Jacinto Heights, Taylor Fillmore alley, Tenth and Houston, and Taylor near Twenty-First. Over $30,000 allocated. additional pump at Second and Fillmore and mains in San Jacinto Heights to be finished this summer.
The Texas Technological College regents will convene Friday June 27 in Fort Worth to open bids for the first unit of the college. Delays in admin building contracts push back formal cornerstone ceremonies set for July Fourth, with a dirt breaking event possible at the regents' discretion.
Abilene June 5 An alumnus delivered Simmons College baccalaureate sermon at First Baptist Church. Rev F C Dick class of 1912 preached before 100 graduates, largest cohort in 30 years, as campus program featured Simmons Anthem processional and organ preludes with faculty and honored guests in attendance.
A fragmented note recalls an organ crafted abroad and transported to the Philippines, highlighting long journeys and enduring craftsmanship that bridged distant shores. The piece hints at cultural exchange and enduring musical traditions across regions.
State Ranger O. B. Chesshir raided the Toler ranch ten miles east of the city and uncovered a buried, well equipped whiskey still in a barn cellar. He found three gallons of whiskey, mash, copper still, and coil. the equipment was still in operation. The still was moved to the federal marshal’s vault.
T. W. Whit Davidson the lieutenant governor and governor candidate with labor conference endorsement begins a Panhandle tour Saturday. The itinerary covers Quanah Paducah Matador Childress Memphis Wellington Clarendon Canyon Amarillo Dalhart Tulsa Floydada Plainview Lubbock Dallas with visits to Idalou Lorenzo Crosbyton Dickens Springs Lockney Happy Channing Hartley and Wheeler.
A large motor caravan from Dalhart with nanoe cars from Clayton New Mexico passed through Amarillo at noon yesterday on its way to Memphis for a meeting of the Colorado to Highway Association which begins today. The caravan halted in Amarillo for lunch. A planned reception could not be held due to scattered caravan participants.
The Evening Post promotes itself as the snappiest Panhandle paper with ample local reporting. It notes AP and international news wire services and offers delivery by carrier for monthly subscriptions, with a quoted price of 83.
A new motor bus service will begin in the Hongkong district of China using ten local chassis and ten American made chassis.
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