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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1929
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe notes staff credits and Associated Press rights. It lists subscription rates for print editions and mail delivery options for Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. The paper declares itself an independent democratic newspaper delivering news impartially and supporting what it believes to be right regardless of party politics.
The city and county announce no tax rate increases for the new year despite rising government costs. A separate interview with Kathleen Norris argues chaperons are outdated, praising independent, modern girls who navigate safety through education and personal responsibility.
A life size painting by a 10 year old girl at a modern school exhibit shows a flawed yet expressive vision. The article argues adults overcritique and stifle a child’s creative impulse in pursuit of perfection.
Washington Day Book notes a revival of tariff battles echoing 1909. Senators Reed Smoot and Furnifold Simmons, two tariff committee leaders, prepare for weeks of hearings and rate making as parties wage renewed pressure on tariff reform.
In Skull Valley a rough expedition tunnels deeper into the Ogden mine where Nathan Hyde’s silver snuff box is found and a dusty skeleton yields a Torridity newspaper from three decades past. Roy Hammond is revealed by a flashlight beam, while Hyde, Hammond, and Mrs. Lundy loom as suspects as the search shifts toward San Felipe and a complex motive emerges.
The article traces Thomas S Smoot's rise in tariff politics linking his decisions to Republican protective tariff views. It notes his father’s Democratic background and how Smoot earned the label high priest of protection from Democratic and Senate leaders across decades.
A 1929 column surveys urban wit culture in New York. It highlights Irvin S Cobb and Will Rogers among famed satirists, Dorothy Parker as a sharp feminist, and Hollywood figures drawn to the city’s humor scene. It notes new fads such as colored cigarettes and the Slowfox dance, plus a Hollywood money claim about John McCormack earning 50 000 a week for ten weeks.
In a Burgess bedtime story, Rattles the kingfisher guides Peter Rabbit to watch a pool where a Dobson insect emerges from under stones. Peter learns the Dobson’s life cycle mirrors a caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly or moth, ending with the insect’s three-year life before its final metamorphosis. Copyright 1929 Burgess. The next tale features Peter Startle as Danny Meadow Mouse.
Thomas W. Lamont, J P Morgan partner and Young plan designer, invited as guest of a French delegate to The Hague. Lamont expected to arrive Thursday as financial and political commissions discuss reparations and British demands for Young plan revisions amid conference tensions.
The tariff drafting Republicans finish revision of the sundries schedule covering hides leathers and shoes and plan to speed work on the sugar schedule. They support 10 percent duty on imported hides and 20 percent on shoes, adjust leather rates and relocate rough and uncut diamonds from the dutiable to the free list after considering smuggling concerns.
Deputy Sheriff William Hulsey notes a stretch of 48 hours with no bookings at Fresno County jail. He mentions that all Fresno city prisoners are housed in the county facility, as Fresno's population is about 80 000 and the county around 200 000. The item closes with a stray quote from Ulk in Berlin.
A Polk Street Methodist Church announces a church wide prayer meeting at 8 pm followed by a ten day revival led by Dr Charles C Selec man arriving in Amarillo tomorrow. Tomorrow evening events include a 7 30 pm prayer service a men service in the church chapel a women service in Judge Works class room and a young people service in Mrs Scott's room. From Friday two daily services will run at 10 am and 8 pm with song services and solos by Mrs Otis Trulove. Members and outsiders are invited to attend any meeting.
Kirksville police say a neighbor's pet monkey husked corn in a Wilbur farm patch, breaking stalks and shucking with speed that outpaces human huskers, inspiring talk of training simians for Iowa farmers. The officers saw the feat when called to the scene on August 14.
A father tells Peggy to return home at a reasonable hour not with the milkman. Peggy resists calling the demand absurd insisting the milkman won’t be there.
Puzzle list with horizontal and vertical clues. Entries include corded cloth to entertain uncooked and many short words. Clues reference items such as era device and various everyday terms with numbers and misprints in the grid.
In a brief exchange Tommy laments staying after school for three weeks while John recalls a harsher spell during the holidays as part of a local show dialogue.
A brief, witty exchange centers on a kiss described as Greta Garbo like, with a humorous mishearing about two tilting. The snippet conveys playful banter and celebrity-tinged flirtation from a Life magazine moment.
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