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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1924
Page
2
City inspectors C G Spencer and Jack C Wyatt report Amarillo has good municipal water in West Texas. Tests on Nat swimming pool water show high bacteria counts at times but no bacillus coli at Nat or city water in 48 hours. Spencer praises the Nat plant for safety and cleanliness of the premises.
Harley Sadler's company presented Saintly Hypocrites and Honest Sinners at a tent theater in Amarillo drawing an overflowing audience. The show blended sermon style with vaudeville and finished with a traditional hymn, leaving most patrons spellbound. Pita fers stars tonight in Nothing But the Truth, a rival comedy drama. Miss Snowtn contributed a pleasing vocal act and Art Arnold noted abundant rain affecting his 400 acre Florida land.
Tonight in Amarillo the 142nd Infantry will line up for inspection and receive government pay, with Capt. Otho Thompson noting a bugle solo will begin the pay day. Several hundred dollars are expected to flow into the area as soldiers collect quarterly checks. Mrs. W. Bellfield returns home to the Lucerne apartments after visiting North Carolina.
Gov. Charles W. Bryan Democratic vice presidential nominee receives a great ovation in Omaha as he passes through on the way to Lincoln. He shakes hands with Mayor Jim Dahlman who may run for governor following Charley Bryan’s campaign.
Tom Turner notes a giant mastodon specimen in B. D. Green's window likely headed to the Panhandle Plains Historical Society. He calls it the largest mastodon he has seen and a remarkable find. Judge Lumpkin reports a light Canyon docket with two criminal liquor cases. Tom Bruner mentions Mrs H W Stuart moving from Waco to 160544 Polk Street with her husband and father. Fred Smith of Wichita Falls visits Amarillo and friends in the Armature shop.
W. H. Skillman remarks that a Globe writeup has reached his old hometown of Corinth Mississippi where the local editor reprinted the piece, showing the paper’s wide circulation and surprising reach.
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