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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1928
Page
4
A large rise in U S investors is reported from a survey by two prominent financial houses showing a 3 000 percent increase in fifteen years, with 15 000 000 Americans purchasing securities in 1927 versus 500 000 previously. The piece cites broad economic gains across railroads phones manufacturing freight and exports alongside a banqu et announcement and satirical headlines.
E Q Perry notes in Plainview News that travel across the county shows farms shifting from wheat to cotton and other row crops. Two thirds of cultivated land now planted to feed or cotton, a change that should improve the county’s financial condition this fall.
A middle aged New York millionaire exacts a personal entertainment plan by hiring three negro banjo players in Harlem and paying them 50 dollars per evening as he tours the city with his own acts.
A compact collection of moral reflections citing John 7 24 and Seneca on judging character and happiness, contrasting appearance with true virtue.
Gilbert Swan recounts a riff of speakeasy life across upper Fifth Avenue and New York resorts. Wealthy patrons travel by plane for openings while society debuts and debonair hangers on create nightly escapades. A Chicago editor and sheriff’s badge- flaunting companion fuel club chatter as owners train dogs to steal giggle water bottles.
A column by Allene Sumner critiques laws on reproduction and sterilization while lampooning high society marriage tales. It links Cromwell’s arrest over family size to sterilization debates and questions societal pressures on marriage and wealth. It also notes Arturo Ramos’s successful brokerage career with Millicent Rogers and mocks the trend against companionate marriage. A Gettysburg father faces court over teaching his daughter to smoke, with the piece arguing for balanced judgment of home influences.
Virginia Brewster faces poverty after her father’s wealth vanishes. She contemplates working in New York society circles and considers teaching or stage work while seeking a swift income. Virginia adopts a new name Viola Browne to pursue a companion position at Mrs. Phelps Agency, aiming for a quick start without public scrutiny.
A Braucher synopsis frames Bessey sketches as maritime scenes reimagined in steam era style. The brief notes a blend of nautical imagery with industrial progress, suggesting a transitional mood.
Dr. McCoy answers reader questions on health and diet. The article cautions bladder disorders mimic kidney disease, lists irritants like onions and onions and discusses stones, calculi, oxalic acid foods, and the need for urinalysis. It includes Q A exchanges about gall bladder surgery bran laxatives and hair growth.
Pop and Ant Fanny relate a child's mishap with a hammer that briefly damages a watch rather than a person. The boy intended to be a blacksmith and aimed for a horseshoe, leading to a minor, fortunate misunderstanding of the accident.
Timeline notes key events from 1709 to 1861 including first paper money issued in New York in 1709, a 1844 Senate rejection of a Texas treaty, Andrew Jackson's death in 1845, and Tennessee's 1861 secession by popular vote with a northern war chest of 32 million dollars.
A note invites summer tourists to pitch tents at a tour ist camp. Weather is described as fair and warmer. The issue mentions a letter golf puzzle for today with five as a clue and a solution on the back page.
The note explains a puzzle: change one word to another by altering one letter per step, keeping letter order, using real common words, with a par count. It cites changing COW to HEN in three strokes and mentions a printed solution on the back PA E.
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