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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1925
Page
4
A missive from Leslie Prescott to the Little Marquise recounts ending the first book of her Albany years and beginning a new path. She notes love does not change character and reflects on growing tolerance, changes in Jack, and the realities of married life with two children.
A woman reflects on not seeking thrills but contentment in marriage to Jack. She recalls jealousy, affection, and the shift after a car crash revealing love for a child, then questions reality and illusion as the world around her changes. The 1924 letter hints at ongoing correspondence tomorrow.
The Amarillo Daily News outlines its coverage area Panhandle Texas to western Oklahoma and eastern New Mexico with early telegraphic dispatches. Subscription rates by mail in advance are listed for Texas Colorado and nearby states with additional rates for carriage in other cities.
Sunday News reports Panhandle oil development at 17 million dollars yearly, driven by recent strong strikes. The field, confident and cooperative with others, expects rapid growth and continued prosperity, with Amarillo and the Panhandle attracting Texas and Southwest oil men as markets stabilize and prices hold.
A group of Amarillo men and women contribute time to improve Llano Cemetery. The Llano Cemetery Association has graded streets gravelled roads and a fuller water system. It announces a plan to sell lots on a perpetual care basis to keep the cemetery up to date. Consider the proposal now to avoid haste during bereavement.
Amarillo extends its cordial hospitality to the Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association as it holds its annual session. Hardware dealers entertain the visitors and The News expects the guests to leave pleased with the reception.
Women of the Seventh District Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs hold a convention in Canyon from yesterday through Wednesday. Formed about five years ago at Amarillo, the district has been one of Texas’ strongest with active leadership and growing progress.
A devotional note cites Matthew 5 3 12 and Proverbs about guarding the heart as the wellspring of life, urging spiritual reflection and diligence in keeping one’s inner thoughts pure.
The Seventh District helped Amarillo secure the State Convention last November. The notes mention playful Amarillo ideas that seem harmless until acted on. It hints at concern that Amarillo men may someday face the same small worries as their boss.
The Brownwood Bulletin critiques Governor Ferguson for pardoning at a high rate while defending her motives and arguing against mob rule. The piece warns that public plebiscites on pardons undermine judicial decisions and threaten law and order by letting sentiment override due process.
A playful verse paints a swift contender in a kitchen scene. The speaker notes a lively cook or helper moving from morning through night among abundant foodstuffs with a cheerful, sweet demeanor.
In the streetwise ABE MARTIN style the tale riffs on a man trapped by business ties and the lure of Florida land while a deputy raid lands a drunken offender in trouble after a minor pay dispute. The piece blends humor with rural noir as telegrams loom.
The Santa Fe railroad again funds 59 trips to the Fourth National Club Congress in Chicago next December. Since 1922, 65 and 59 youths have traveled to Chicago from nine states under this program for outstanding county club members in livestock and crop projects. Winners must reside in Santa Fe serviced counties with a full time extension agent, and cannot win twice.
Special to The News Canadian May 4 McMurry College president Rev J W Hunt preached the baccalaureate sermon at the Canadian high school with the text Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God The church was filled with standing room only Twenty eight graduates this term fourteen boys and fourteen girls A list of graduates includes Lloyd King John Knox Walter Hornback Roy Thigpin Eugene Davidson Von Rhea Lily Dixon Irene Erickson Laura Belle Smith Virgil Brock J T Brodie Thelma Kindel Mabel Spaugh Iola Knight Mary Merry Anita Moore Ross Fonti Elbea McCleery Dorothy Blanton Varrie Lee Mathers Melvin Yeager Ralph Wood Lewis Merry Floyd Chance Helen Snyder Catherine Tro R William Brown and Robert Fry
The Flapper Wife song is heard nationwide. Gene Austin sings the chorus for recording. Vincent Lopez, famed musician and orchestra director, endorses the melody and plans to have his orchestras perform it soon.
Hereford observed May Day as Child Health Day with a citywide display led by public schools churches and civic groups. A parade through the business district featuring floats the high school band and long columns of students preceded a Mothers Park program with prayers readings Hoover proclamation and a health pageant by 125 primary students highlighting cleanliness water milk fruits and vegetables.
A 17 member Pampa booster delegation led by ex mayor F P Reid travelled along the Fort Elliott route to Elk City to confer with local road enthusiasts and assess highway prospects. Reid reported the group met supporters at points along the route while he was in Amarillo yesterday.
May 4 the Canyon churches join with West Texas State Teachers College for a Mothers Day service in the college auditorium May 10. Reverend L G Marony of First Baptist Sweetwater to preach. Flowers by Y W C A. Special music planned. Parents of all students invited to attend and visit college facilities.
A dense list of crossword clues blends with brief notes on trivia and a 1924 US beet sugar crop record. It mentions Colorado leading sugar beet production, Michigan second, and ends with a Purley, England obituary note urging donations to a local hospital rather than flowers.
Cynthia Grey advises wives to blend homemaking with wit and intellect to keep husbands engaged. She argues men want entertainment and mental stimulation, not mere cooking or chores, and notes the rising confidence of the “modern wife” who demands more rights.
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