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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1930
Page
4
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce introduces a new small-group automobile trade trip plan to extend goodwill across the territory. Mason King leads weekly parties of about six members to nearby cities, complementing the annual excursions by keeping personal contacts year round.
Seen About New York reports a fight scene described from Row 45, Section 7 with benches crowded and a fog of cigar smoke. Four men stood out behind the ring, three white and one Black, one wearing a green poking cap and an open coat.
In a dim arena crowd scenes unfold as Jack Johnson, famed heavyweight, traverses a quiet aisle with cigar and straw hat. The aging champion, amid echoes of rows and jeers, barely draws notice while a brief bout ends in controversy. Johnson exits unseen as the arena buzz fades, leaving memories of past battles and a gentler era.
Washington Letter notes rising wet influence in U S politics as senators from Montana and Washington show openness to modifying the eighteenth amendment. Republican divisions emerge with Wet forces targeting key states Massachusetts New Jersey Pennsylvania and New York elections. The piece warns dry legislators may face intensified referenda pressure and possible wet victories this fall.
Poem reflects a prisoner’s plea for true solitude over hollow sympathy from visitors and neighbors. The speaker argues genuine remorse favors isolation and personal atonement, while outward condolence and wreaths only deepen the shame within the cell. Copyright 1930 by George Matthew Adams.
A boy recalls seeing a doctor leave Mary Watkins house and speculates on illness. Mary denies illness, insisting a groan was a bad stomach ache. The exchange turns playful as Mary sits on her steps with cushions while the narrator jokes about propriety and anatomy.
The narrator recalls a flapper style exchange where a man asks about a bed and Mary Watkins offers a polite reply. The dialogue shifts to lighter topics like vacations, teachers’ moods, sparrows in the street, and the difficulty of feet in the weather.
In a wry quip Tell Binkley asks how it would feel to lean on the Senate to manage a fire. Constable Plum, yesterday, finds a lifeless stranger slumped in a car seat east of town as the episode hints at crime and mystery.
On June 24 1497 John Cabot and his son Sebastian reached North America near Cape Breton while financed by Henry VII. The voyage raised English hopes of a sea route to the Indies and opened famed cod fisheries around Newfoundland despite limited immediate gains.
A health advice column discusses advertising's influence on diet and the public’s shifting eating habits. It praises advertising for spreading good nutrition, notes the move toward vegetables fruits and whole grains, and warns readers to think critically. It includes a Q&A on uric acid and a offer to send a cleansing diet course.
Question J H asks if muscular paralysis can be cured. Answer notes many cases are curable and that brain blood clots pressing nerves cause paralysis. Absorption of the clot cures, and initiating fasting soon after an attack speeds recovery compared to neglected long cases.
The text notes that European voyages led to England’s claim of North America as Cabot was named the first European to sight the continent, while Norse voyages had faded from memory long before.
United Press report from Boerne Texas says prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Ernest Young a former inmate of the San Antonio Hospital for the Insane as he faces trial for the April death of John Bradshaw. Homer Edwards faces later trial. Bradshaw was killed and his body slashed and dumped in the Guadalupes. Young claims self defense. Fifty seven witnesses were summoned.
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