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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1930
Page
6
The article outlines a large census effort covering 120 million people with 66 000 enumerators and a $39 593 000 cost. It details required data on dwelling, birth, occupation, education, veterans status, and agricultural metrics. It also reports union meetings from Carpenter Hall in Amarillo with officer reports, financial status, and upcoming conventions and auxiliary activities.
Amarillo railroad men attend the State Legislative Assembly in Greenville to push for Amarillo as the next convention site, temple the rival option. Delegates include H. G. Hamrick, Mrs. W. C. May, C. E. MacDaniel, Edgar Nichols, Sam Lewis, Jeff Capehart, and P. A. Quarles. Nearly all state office candidates will attend an open meeting Tuesday. Painter's Hall hosts a Friday dance with Joe Norman's orchestra. John W. Brady defense plans 190 witnesses for the Austin trial amid critique of the courts.
Silas Stepsitter, seeking a patent for a rubber-tired gravy bowl, will address the Whittle and Spit Club and others on the post office porch tomorrow evening at candle light. He will propose plans to sustain public interest in the city dog-pound with no admissions or pledges. Seasonal flourishes and local work notices are included, with staff changes at Amarillo Printing Company and a summary note on a 1929 Atlanta advertising campaign prepared by Frank.
An old advertises Cascarets as a remedy for biliousness gas headaches and poor appetite. It promises a morning improvement after a bedtime chew and asserts cascara strengthens bowel muscles. Sold in drug stores for a dime with no dollar preparation matching its effects.
K Shaw of the Industrial Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce cites 191 new concerns creating 4 646 jobs with payrolls totaling 7 482 000. The note adds advertising value and observes ongoing hazards from autos airships and coal mines while shortages in workers are barely felt as vacancies are filled. Sad to say, the text ends in incomplete reflection.
A southern letter laments the devaluation of life while recalling springs and old fishing days. A local remark about a gardener plans to plant petunias and grow canaries. More than 5,000 unemployed workers marched to the city hall in San Antonio seeking work, with entry limited to those willing to work. the outcome was not reported.
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