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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1929
Page
4
Oil news from the Panhandle reports a spring surge in drilling and production. Gray county sees 25 new locations and 40 wells in progress, with daily Panhandle output at 86 405 barrels and plans for carbon black and gasoline plants.
The Field Museum in Chicago published The Prehistory of Aviation by Dr. Berthold Laufer tracing flying ideas from ancient China to India. He argues aviation evolved from kite origins, inspired by birds, and features legends and Taoist notions, including starvations for flight, shaping modern progress.
A humorous Asian themed quip recalls an Irishman who donated two pints of blood during an operation in New York. The joke warns laundry customers they face trouble if Wang ever gets his Irish up.
New York June 15 reports Robert Caine a French innovator behind the Teleregister a device for recording stock market reports. It replaces the old method of price quotation by hand slappers and marks a notable turn in financial reporting among local elites.
A short newspaper item extols a mother's unfailing love, noting that in a cold world there is no fount deeper than a mother's heart. The piece centers on Mrs. Henians and frames her as a living embodiment of devotion and blessing.
Gilbert Swan reviews a slice of 1929 New York cultural life. He sketches John Cowper Powys type writers, Greenwich Village bohemians, and artists like Mahorm Young while noting Hollywood lure and the era’s fashion. He also lists the year’s theatre misfires and minor scandals with sardonic tone.
The column notes Babe Ruth may miss the season due to health and quotes critics and fans amid jokes about his eating habits. It contrasts Ruth’s situation with a Dublin widow who gains wealth from a Derby ticket and questions happiness from sudden riches. The piece also discusses Doumergue, Mrs. Gann, and fashion censorship on beaches.
Molly and Bob marry in a brisk ceremony after a $1,000 inheritance to Bob prompts their rushed plans. Molly secures a new wardrobe, bosses office changes, and shares a playful, determined view of married life as they head to the city hall for the noon wedding.
A health column extols fresh cherries noting their long history and seasonal abundance. It warns cherries can upset digestion with other foods, suggests eating them alone or with milk, and mentions cherry varieties, processing, and dangers of cyanide in seeds. It includes quick Q&A on stomach pain and blood transfusions.
The funeral for Hollis Price, 12, son of Patrolman H H Price, held at N S Griggs & Sons Funeral Home. Interment in Memorial Park Cemetery. Rev Lewis N Stuckey officiated with pallbearers Jack West, Chester Oglesby, Doolin McGough, Paul Townsend, Charles McDowell and Fay Hunsaker.
Funeral services for 74 year old William Stenger who died at his home on East Eighth Avenue will be held at Blackburn Brothers Funeral chapel at 10 50 this morning. Rev E B Fincher of the Southern Presbyterian church will officiate. He is survived by his widow a daughter Mrs F W Boswurm of Lincoln Center Kansas and a brother in Council Grove Kansas. Mrs Elsie Pate and Mrs H G Hamrick are listed as ill.
The article recounts Susan B Anthony's 1872 vote in Rochester New York, her arrest, and a June 18 1873 fine of 100 dollars later not paid, as part of the suffrage movement led by Anthony and other leaders seeking rights under the fourteenth amendment. It also notes Anthony’s roots, activism, and a Missouri case that the Supreme Court rejected.
A boy and his friend Sid watch a man painting a garage brown to blend with the yard. They talk with him through a stiff exchange about conversation, talk, and the idea of a four year curse in schoolwork while wandering the alley in a warm day. They then move on to find other friends.
A newspaper puzzle notes that ROOMS and BOARD are paired in a letter golf game. Par is four. One solution appears on the back page.
The passage outlines Letter Golf rules: change one letter at a time without changing order, using a common complain word for each step, and completing within a set par. An example converts COW to HEN in three steps: COW, NOW, HEW, HEN.
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