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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1935
Page
2
A collage of whimsy and weather lore from the Panhandle including quirky travels of a Chinese acquaintance in Amarillo, quail and cricket games in China, a snoring contest in Hereford, and local radio schedules. The piece mixes playful anecdotes, light satire, and scattered notices with a weather backdrop and regional color.
Cotton prices fell across futures months with Liverpool weak due to local selling while December dipped to 9.96 and March to 19.85 amid light demand. Kansas City livestock showed active but uneven trading with hogs at 11.70 top and cattle around 11.05, sheep near 8.40 for native lambs as prices softened.
A humorous verse from Mrs T L Graham of Miami Texas about a husband who snores loudly from eight in the evening to dawn. She jokes at his modest speech and urges the reader to value his snoring if there is money in it, hinting at a humorous prize or offer.
A reader seeks day or week work including housework or child care. The note lists age 32 and requests references. Contact details and partial addresses appear, with unclear handwriting and multiple typos.
A letter from Harley Bates of Tulia Texas promotes forming a new fraternal club limited to individuals who have not or tried to obtain government aid in the last five years. He cites Tulsa Amarillo and a New Mexico sheep herder as potential members and notes exclusive status.
In Akron Ralph Still shot and killed his best friend Ray Hetrick after dragging his wife and three children from bed at dawn. Still claimed Hetrick had been with his wife, and he forced his family into the car before shooting.
The late Prince Alexis Mdivani's widow Countess Barbara Hutton Mdivani Haugwitz-Reventlow will meet four brothers and sisters in law to divide Alexis estate worth about $2,000,000. She was slated to receive one fifth per the will. The prince died August 1 in a car crash in Spain.
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