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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1935
Page
4
A 1935 column criticizes the Post Office selling nonstandard stamps to collectors, noting a $1.6 million revenue from March to June. The piece jokes that repeating the scheme 18,000 times could pay off the national debt, urging readers to collect stamps as a parodic solution.
A Kansas City doctor rounded up 25 relatives and loaded them into a green school bus for a two week sightseeing trip. He says the plan is a fresh take on vacation and recommends it to others, arguing two weeks away from routine can be a rest and recreation break.
The piece argues that American industry is not overbuilt but underproduced. It challenges economists who claim excess factories and urges leaders to focus on expanding products to meet rising human needs. It warns against restricting production as a path to recovery and calls for building a fuller, demand-driven future.
The outer rings of a tree trunk keep growing while the inner rings die and harden, providing support for the tree as it ages. This process explains how a tree gains strength from continuing growth and the preservation of older wood.
Jo Darien, a first year college student, takes a part time job at Crest Lake’s marine inn. Entrepreneur Fragonet confesses love, causing strain with fiancé Bret Paul. Jo navigates jealous rivals, Mrs Marsh and Babs Montgomery, while balancing duties aboard a sailboat with Peter Fragonet.
New York dated piece moves through a collage of caricature, cab humor, and literary briefings. It notes authors and artists like Rupert Hughes and Adele Rogers, plus pratfalls of fame and a dreamy Italy motif before ending with a cliffhanger in a sea adventure.
In Thornton W Burgess tale Grandfather Frog, the solitary frog with a huge appetite distances himself from neighbors and family. Hunters like Quawk the Night Heron and Red Fox circle the Smiling Pool hoping to catch him as his loud voice draws attention and other frogs scatter.
Dr Morris Fishbein notes climate’s long held influence but argues climate cannot replace proper medical care. He says a hot dry climate is useless for tuberculosis if care is lacking, advising to choose care first and climate second.
A 1927 Canadian stamp set celebrated the confederation of 1867 with Sir John A Macdonald and Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The article notes Macdonald’s pivotal roles in government from bar admission to premier and his central part in shaping Canada as a Dominion. It mentions the 1939 commemoration in Toronto and the stamp’s display.
James Pumsey reportedly invented and demonstrated the first motor boat in September 1784 on the Potomac River before George Washington. Solomon ordered the child split in two to test real motherhood. the true mother surrendered, and the baby was awarded to her. The Full Dinner Pail Campaign referenced is the McKinley Hobart campaign of 1896.
A fragment from a Word Builder item notes White spots completed his teeth before wearing them and facing ridicule from townsmen who fear one man as a sign of masculine decline. It asserts that a man in a rut risks rust unless he forces a supreme burst from his environment, demanding a robust individuality.
A crossword style puzzle lists numerous clues across horizontal and vertical entries. The page references Stone near Cork with clues including Uncommon, Company, Hodgepodge, and last word of a prayer. Several entries point to verbs, nouns, and objects such as fabric, tidy, stitched, to ogle, ketone, smell, tree fiber, herb, predict, hoisting machine, and more. The puzzle ends with a famous Stone answer to a previous puzzle and a long list of cross references.
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