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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1925
Page
4
Publication notice lists Amarillo Globe Publishing Company address and departments, noting editions published evenings except Saturday and Sunday morning, with street office at East Fifth Street and contact lines for News and Business departments.
Subscription prices listed for LX Amarillo area and states Texas Oklahoma New Mexico. Rates cover daily and Sunday delivery by mail. Monthly and yearly options shown with varying prices including special Sunday only plan.
From Austin the message calls Texans to focus on health and sanitary conditions in communities. The week aims to measure progress, urge disease prevention, and unite efforts of authorities, parents, schools, Junior Red Cross, PTAs, churches, and the mayor to promote child health and lasting public health initiatives.
Special to The Globe reports Canyon College’s honor roll for the winter quarter lists fifty members, nine more than fall. Eligibility requires unimpeachable conduct, at least fifteen term hours, and grades at least C. Students must achieve specified grade points with activities optional, and the honor roll is capped at seven percent, enforced by a five-member faculty committee.
An April report from Austin says Corsicana’s state orphan home received a style appeal from seventy two boys. The state board of control, via R N Walthall, approved buying latest gray trousers as the boys requested, noting newer models can be cheaper and worn until replacement.
A reader’s guide to outbursts of music talks and variety across stations WSAI WLW WGN WMAQ KOA KPO KHJ KGW etc on Thursday April 9 1925. Programs include Sinton Orchestra Rossini Stabat Mater Concerts talks and children hours from Chicago Cincinnati Dallas Omaha Portland and other cities with details on times and station identifiers.
A lively column excerpt describes a large crowd outside The Globe office last night, sung tunes and boasts, with the editor recounting a mocking victory speech and a shift in support. The piece introduces Elmer Lewis and Rose Gasoline, promoting a gas brand and a playful offer to license dogs named Tack, ending with a plug for Rose and thermometers.
The page lists crossword clues with numbered across and down hints including animals plants vessels metals and common words. It also provides a filled solution grid with answers mapped to clue numbers and directions, reflecting a chicago style puzzle layout from the period.
O C McIntyre writes aboard the Atlantic on April 8 describing a squall with 70 foot waves and sun interludes. He notes reading choices such as Stacey Samuel Pepys and White Light Nights, time changes aboard westward voyages, and remarks on shipboard watch adjustments and tastes in meals and advertising observed in the Ocean Times. He contrasts timekeeping with a jail yard joke and mentions martial law in Kurdistan from Constantinople.
A reader facing a word puzzle is told to compare synonyms listed as Horizontal and Vertical with the number of spaces in the diagram. If a word matches in meaning and letter count to fit between a number and the first shaded stop, fill it in. Begin with short words to gain clues for harder entries.
A passenger sketches a transoceanic trip filled with hard drinking cigar smoking travelers in the smoking room. He notes globe trotting figures Skilling Tweedie Light Mussie Clout Pedy Waser and a jovial philanthropist aboard. A Scotsman in Kilts and spats rounds out the quirky deck cast as the voyage to New York then San Francisco unfolds.
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