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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1925
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe announces its history and publishing schedule with evening and Sunday editions. It lists subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery in Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico and notes Associated Press affiliation and staff departments.
Amarillo readers are urged to study a Saturday Evening Post piece arguing the Volstead Act is underenforced and crime rises with lax penalties. The piece contrasts Chicago murder rates with English hangings and notes saloon counts in Kansas City amid calls for firmer law enforcement.
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey trimmed tank wagon gasoline prices by 1 cent nationwide with new quotes in Baltimore Washington and New Jersey at 17 cents and in Virginia Maryland West Virginia and North Carolina at 18 cents and South Carolina at 18 1 2 cents. The Standard Oil of Louisiana also reduced prices 3 cents in Louisiana Arkansas and Tennessee with station prices at 19 4 cents and tank wagons at 16 1 2 cents. Gulf Refining Co matched the cut in the eastern territory.
A Colorado Fuel and Iron representative reports Amarillo and nearby areas now use only 25 cars of coal per year since natural gas was piped in for cooking and heating. Only a few households near the gas system still rely on coal, with hotels and public buildings switching to gas entirely. Towns near Amarillo also cut coal demand as gas lines extend.
Listings across Chicago Minneapolis St Paul Davenport Omaha and more show various programs including Jazz Scamper Weather baseball scores chimes orchestras and concerts with times from early evening to late night featuring Dick Long's Orchestra Chimes and Studio programs in Pacific Coast and West Coast stations.
A 1925 radio listings page shows WCCO WHAD WHAS WOC WHO WOS WOAW WSB KOA KGO KFI KGW and other stations with times for church services, concerts, orchestral programs and band performances across cities from Minneapolis to Portland. The items include morning and evening church services, organ recitals, university church programs, and radio concerts.
Christ Church New Zealand reports general regret over last night in Victoria Square when sailors clashed with hoodlum elements shouting taunts. Public reaction labels the incident isolated and irrepsonsible, shore leave is restored and sailors resume hospitality in the city.
A reflective tour of New Yorks upper west side scenes and characters. The piece sketches rooftops gyms and gardens, a diverse mix of residents, storefronts, hotels, and street life contrasted with a sobering note on New Yorks wealth distribution and average earnings.
Rosalind Nash quits her stenographer job for a cabaret post and accepts an invitation to a chic party after a show at Club Tivoli. Dorothy King, now married to Tony Richards, mingles with a glamorous crowd while Rosalind contemplates marriage for money and a life without love.
Dorothy lectures on city life as Rosalind weighs two suitors Alvin Rives and Nicky and Edie Thomas smolders with hidden sparks. Rosalind ponders wealth, romance, and the vow to marry money over love during a Uptown taxi ride.
El Paso reports a nocturnal cricket invasion on Texas Street dubbed an insect carnival. Crickets swarm near businesses and hotels, dimming lights despite powders and kerosene attempts. Local merchants endure a rasping chorus as the pest parade disrupts the business district.
Bus or train timetable lists westbound Shamrock schedule with departures between 2:80 p.m. and onward. It shows connections via Ly. McLean Ly. Alanreed Ly. Jericho Lv. Clarendon Ly. Goodnight and Ly. Claude Av. Amarillo with multiple times from 8:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
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