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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1924
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe documents its founding date February 20 1924 and method of publication and mailing. It notes its affiliation with the Associated Press and confirms exclusive rights to AP news dispatches and locally published material.
A civic exhortation urges readers to vote in the governor race, contrasting the good citizen who votes for the hopeful candidate with the best service to the state against the poor citizen who votes from prejudice or dislike. It frames tomorrow’s poll as a test of citizenship and conscience.
H M Brown of Amarillo Gas urges a larger surface water supply to attract big industry. He says the company behind millions will build an industrial center in Amarillo, controlling 200000 acres of gas land north of the city. The Standard Oil affiliated Prairie company owns Amarillo Gas, backing a metropolitan growth plan.
Local notices show voters urged to support Wiley Pollard for sheriff with campaign ads. Residents from Claude Panhandle Dalhart and Amarillo visit, while Mrs Weeks and Miss Adle travel back from Baraboo. Harding's Ranch offers rates and events as area residents discuss local issues.
A cluttered listing shows a dense network of radio programs across multiple stations from Chicago to Los Angeles. It details orchestras, lectures, children's segments, and weather, with times, performers, and station identifiers, reflecting a bustling late-night and daytime broadcast scene.
The Harding ranch in the Paulo Duro canyon draws visitors from the Panhandle as Colonel Harding plans a Western style dude ranch with 10 000 acres and a lake. He talks of restocking with deer antelope black bears bobwhites and prairie chickens to attract tenderfeet from the East and North.
Local radio stations across the nation present evening concerts and programs while Amarillo hosts a vegetable gardening class led by Professor Frank R. Phillips and guests from New York City. City officials, auditors, and visiting residents attend events and discuss civic matters and tourism offerings.
Mrs. D. P. Lusk mother of Charles H. Smelcer, under death sentence with Bill La Favors at Santa Fe New Mexico, lives in Burbank California where she works for the Salvation Army. No commutation sought yet from Amarillo. La Favors and Smelcer were tried together for killing Sheriff W L Rutherford at Alamogordo about a year and a half ago. Clemency for La Favors could lead to clemency for Smelcer by Governor Hinkle.
The giant steamship Majestic inbound from New York grounded on a sand bank at the entrance to Southampton water at low tide this afternoon but was refloated with the aid of two tugs a short time afterward and then proceeded to Southampton.
George Lindsay, manager of the Panhandle laundry, came back from a brief trip to Dallas and other parts of West Texas. He spent time with his mother and broadcast a talk from the Dallas News-Journal radio plant while there.
Plainview residents and visitors are noted in Amarillo and Canyon trips. W. N. McDonald and John W. Elliott of Plainview and Kress respectively were in Amarillo yesterday. Mrs. Ray Ivey visits her mother and sister in Plainview while Misses Ansley travel via Plainview en route to Colorado and New Mexico. Lila May of Canyon heads to St. Joseph Missouri for a three week visit with W. E. McCormick and mother. Cobb cited as a Western writer.
A vivid stroll through New York City observations from Columbia students to Times Square. The writer notes Upper Broadway calm, bustling streets, and iconic spots like The Ansonia, Herald Square, and The Empire. A tale of urban life, people, and a failed Broadway premiere linger in memory.
A 1924 reminiscence describes playwrights Avery Hippwood Gene Walter Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf as they manage nerves before first nights. The piece notes theatre personalities pacing backstage and the plan of a European voyage three days before a premiere. It also mentions a camp at Harding's Ranch with a 50 cent adult and 25 cent child gate fee.
Local residents and visitors are noted in Amarillo as Mrs J Sid O Keefe visits shops, Mrs Vorse and daughter from Spring Lake stay with Mrs Bentley, Dewey Wilson and Leta Mae Cocke travel via Amarillo toward New Mexico, Keith Gamble and Mrs Meharg arrive to visit Stratford and Plainview friends, Mrs Palmer plans to return from Canyon after summer session.
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