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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1924
Page
6
Dorothy Ten surveys vice and virtue in self image stances from stubbornness stinginess self conceit poise temper and nerves, contrasting how individuals defend traits in family and social life with sharp, period voice. The piece critiques self centeredness while praising thrift and composure as practical strengths.
In a Seaview weekend scenario Helen Marshall flirts with Peter Drew while her fiancé Bob Powers and Bee Halliday linger nearby. On a beach stroll Peter declares his love and asks for a reply as Helen wrestles with fear and fascination, ending with the line Tomorrow His Woman.
Sunshine Mary Anderson, a popular film star, tours Texas to boost the motion picture industry. She meets hundreds, speaks in theaters, and urges audiences to form a fair view of film workers. She will appear at Mission theater today and tomorrow with The Wildness of Youth.
The Harding ranch takes in three fawns with plans to stock deer elk buffalo and a variety of game birds. A big lake forms behind a new dam and moonlight swims spark nightlife with Labor Day barbecue announced. Dorothy Dix column closes with social musings.
Rotary drilling equipment from the American Refining Company is being moved from its No 2 site in Carson county to a new spot in Section 180 of the same block near the H E Smith pasture in south Hutchinson county. Nearby wells at Dancigerfros and Olsan No 1 Burnett conduct rotary and cable tool drilling at depths up to 2 120 feet. Escaping gas from Texas No 1 and Gulf No 4 Burnett threatens roads and nearby pastures prompting shutdowns to prevent fire and protect workers families in the north Carson oil and gas district.
Parents urged to accompany children for a free eyesight test and card record at Dr Claude Wolcott's clinic located at 1104 Polk. For engagement and appointment details call 1982.
Funeral services for Tennie A. Whittenburg wife of J A Whittenburg were held in Plemons Texas. She died August 11 after a period of illness spent in Mineral Wells. Born in Lasmer County Texas in 1858 she married J A Whittenburg in 1873 and had three children, two living George Whittenburg and Mattie Hedgecoke survive with husband.
The Palace presents Blanche Sweet in The Palace of the King and The Mission features Mary Anderson in person. The Liberty offers Shooting for Love with Boot Gibson and Will Rogers stars in The Cake Beater.
Emmett Flynn's first Goldwyn production adapts Marion Crawford's novel for the screen. The Palace of the King emphasizes romance and drama in a sixteenth century Spanish royal court with notable performances by Blanche Sweet and Edmund Lowe.
James Bynum of 1500 Monroe Street wins first prize in the Sun lay's Globe Misspelled Word contest with a misspelled word list. Doris Emily Hail of 140 Washing Ston Street takes second prize and Mrs Hf B Nailor of 107 Tennessee Street earns third prize.
The Amarillo Refining company has shipped 126 car loads of gasoline distillate gas oil and fuel oil since opening July 18. Most sales were in the Panhandle with some shipments to McCook Illinois Lafayette Indiana and 5S Charles Wisconsin. Texas gasoline is high gravity export quality not for local markets and largely used for airplanes.
PanTex pipe line to open for business in about ten days as local manager W H Sparger says two storage tanks of 6 000 barrels each are being built at the pumping station and once completed crude will be run. The line has been completed and is ready to receive crude.
County commissioners in session Saturday fixed the same rate of 80 cents per $100 for Potter county. The assessed valuation stands at $19,700,000 with tax collections and motor vehicle licenses projected at about $173,000.
Sunshine Mary Anderson film star will speak to Lions Club members at tomorrow noon. A member predicted full attendance as the tour continues with her new picture, and the club expects 100 percent turnout for the meeting.
A request appears to solicit original child sayings for publication in The Globe. It instructs payment of 25 cents per contribution and notes constraints on availability and previous publication, asking for submissions to Bright Savings.
A collection ofvignettes from Hereford Amarillo Plainview and Wichita Falls reporting children speaking in playful and rustic terms. Snippets include a boy mistaking vinegar for Betty, a girl claiming eggs aren t found due to lions, and youngsters commenting on bathing sleepwear weather and farm life with family observers and addresses in Texas towns.
New locations continue in the Pecos Valley field ten miles northeast of the discovery well near Roswell. Mitchell-Waller No 1 spuds in the SW SW 28 18 28 while Illinois Producers spud 32 18 95 Pichey OU and Gas No 1 Cron on. Illinois Producers No 3 in NW 32 18 28 produced over fifty barrels after a week shutdown and the field’s 46 foot oil sand at 1947 to 1998 feet is estimated at 300 barrels daily with gas.
A disjointed reminiscence describes a girl in a romper suit approached by a man in a drug store asking if she is a boy or girl. The text also recalls a girl named Moline in Hereford Texas facing a locked house and a mother shutting doors, with a reference to an Irish remark and family routine.
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