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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1924
Page
4
The Amarillo Daily Globe details its founding date February 20 1924 and newspaper status including entry as second class matter under the 1879 act. It lists offices at 110 East Fifth street and notes the newspaper’s appointed press rights and departments.
Fragmentary OCR notes show pricing and schedule terms for a publication or service in Texas and Oklahoma. References to one month three months six months and one year plus days or carriers are incomplete and lack identifiable entities or concrete events.
The Amarillo police department announced a war on speeders, aiming to arrest and fine or jail reckless drivers. The column cites Detroit’s morgue tours as a caution but endorses enforcing penalties in Amarillo to prevent fatalities among children and elderly residents.
A collection of wry maxims and quips touching politics, social behavior, and everyday life. It lampoons figures like Pinchot and Bryan while offering blunt observations on integrity, luck, manners, and human folly in a lively, period voice.
The article notes Tito Schipa arrived last Thursday and will stay until tomorrow praising Amarillo’s hospitality and courtesy. It cites Anna Case May Peterson and Galli-Curci among visiting celebrities who expected little but left praising the town.
An event at a steeple chase honoring Lord Nelpus saw MOUNTE BANK and MP COMES A CROPPER both feature among cropper finishers. This tenth cropper noted this past year by observers. Blowout Inc filmed Wheelan Camera Man during Speed Kings era while The Smash and Romi in Sensational Auto Rachi at Nag Ni Pak.
A compilation of daily radio schedules and musical programs from stations in New York Philadelphia Buffalo Detroit Montreal Toronto Chicago and more. It lists performers such as Theresa Vail the Brill Trio and Sigmund Spaeth plus talks lectures and hotel concerts with times from morning to late evening.
In New York on April 29 Manhattan sees growing interest among women to retain their birth names after marriage. The Lucy Stone league promotes this, counting leaders like Fela La Follette and Anita Loos among members. Public reaction ranges from gossip to admiration, with stories of stage folk and social figures fueling debate about identity and status.
R G Bagwell Claude was here yesterday and J A Morgan postmaster at Vega visited Amarillo today. Call City Cleaners and Dyers for prompt service phone 2866. F M Chambers of Canadian shopped here yesterday. A new courthouse is under consideration for Terry County at Brownfield. Joe Meeks 301 Alabama Street was taken to Northwest Texas hospital Sunday. Mrs E B Black and daughter Elizabeth of Hereford shopped in Amarillo yesterday. W G Moore's child 400 Cleveland ill but now improved. Send that old suit to City Cleaners and Dyers phone 2868. Doris Watson of Plainview spent Sunday in Amarillo visiting her sister Mrs Ulysses Robinson. Joe Meeks United States Zinc Co sick in Northwest Texas hospital. Mr Meeks lives at 301 Alabama Avenue. Mrs T A Curtis 1910 Van Buren Street has guest Mrs Price of Lubbock. Mrs Price attended the festival here last week. Heard on Polk street what became of the brick designer claiming bricks to build a brick house for 36502. Business Men's association plans to boost retail credit group and hold meetings every two weeks.
The Mission theater launches Mae Murray in Mademoiselle Midnight with a midnight matinee next Sunday, then runs the picture Monday through Wednesday. Gloria Swanson stars in A Society Scandal at the Mission, Rod LaRocque co stars in The Laughing Lady adaptation. On the Banks of the Wabash arrives at the Fair, while The Mysterious Witness and So This Is Hamlet play at Liberty and ongoing facilities.
A vivid description of a film idol with glossy marcelled hair captures a moment of celebrity style in 1920s cinema. The line highlights glamour and public fascination surrounding stars of that era.
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