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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1924
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe Publishing Company operates the Amarillo Daily and Sunday paper from 110 East Fifth Street. It lists mail rates, departments, and that the Associated Press provides exclusive news dispatches for publication in the paper.
The Amarillo Lions Club discussed improving the cemetery road and appointed a committee to explore funding options. They proposed city support with remaining costs raised by subscription and some members offered initial donations. The aim is a paved road to spare grieving families muddy travel to services.
The Amarillo business community urged building the city on a solid foundation rather than a rapid boom after a pipeline announcement. They warned against unsustainable price hikes while noting a gradual improvement in business sentiment and growth.
A fragmentary Am arylo item quotes assorted remarks from a public event. It includes lines about spiritual cures, a boast about a baby, praise of Panhandle expansion, and casual banter about radio and work ethic with ap plause. It ends with a reference to Daily Globe want ads per word.
A collection of wry observations and humor from Amarillo and beyond. Jokes touch on marriage politicians backseat steering wheels flappers and small town life with a punchy tonic of old style humor. The piece blends social note and sly critique with local flavor and dated slang.
A collection of brief quotes from local figures includes Dr. J B Landers asserting bravery of lighter individuals over heavier ones from a tooth puller’s view, Hollis Walker commenting on a vicious Amarillo man with rattles and a button, Judge Henry Bishop condemning anonymous letters, R J Parsons recalling newspaper circulator stress, Roy Pool noting oil talk among hotel guests, and John W Kenyon Jr describing his wife and baby’s radium treatment in Rochester with Mayo Clinic specialists predicting a follow up in ninety days.
Eastern standard time radio and concert schedule highlights list performances by Leo Reisman Edwin Frank Gold man and others in New York Philadelphia Detroit Chicago Montreal and more with orchestras choirs soloists and broadcasts from 8 PM to 10 PM and earlier matinees and talks across stations from WNYC WJS WGN KFI CKAC WDAF to KYW and WRAP detailing programs and times for a wide audience.
New Yorker O O McIntyre describes a street savvy young man who overstates and pretends to fit the city’s stage culture. The piece notes Charles Kruger’s death, rising beggars, and Cissie Loftus’ visit, highlighting urban vanity and social contrasts.
A stream of visitors and locals fill the town scene. Amari llo residents Miss Bonnie Baker Claude and Brand Fowler Wildorado attend events with H. A. Gardner noting Ford payrolls. Mrs G B Bingsford Miss Ruby Williams and others visit or travel through. City Cleaners and Dyers advertise service for 2866.
A lone figure wanders midtown streets in a reflective mood seemingly haunted by memories. The scene conveys an atmosphere of solitude and contemplation amid urban quiet.
The Mission screens Mademoiselle Midnight adapted to a Mexican heroine. On the Banks of the Wabash stars Mary Carr with Lisbeth, and a flood climax. Fool's Highway Bowery tale heads to the Mission with Mary Philbain. Mae Murray sparks Circe, Vi cente Blasco Ibanez writes for the screen. Bathing suits spotted on Polk Street in rain.
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