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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1926
Page
4
Jock Hamill flirts with Yvonne Mountford while Molly and Cecily drift in the social web. He recalls failed mentor talk, dodges Eunice’s advance, and admires Yvonne’s many portraits as he contemplates love, age, and fate. The scene closes with a passionate kiss and unresolved tension.
A fragmented tale from Thornton W Burgess features Graywing and Reddy Fox near a pool as a Stickleback nest stirs curiosity. Separately a Potter County Texas sheriff sale describes Lot 6 in Block 99 San Jacinto Heights Amarillo foreclosed for taxes with auction set for September 7 1926.
SF al Graywing explains Mr Stickleback owns and built the nest, with Mrs Stickleback laid eggs there. He highlights the nest’s sticky construction and two entrances, noting Pa Stickleback’s protective role and the rarity of such nest-making in fish.
A partial OCR fragment mentions three months seven months one year and a series of numbers and case codes. The readable items include month references and a few numerical figures without clear context or subjects. This record preserves only the scattered data present.
The piece links the Moody governor race to highway bond concerns and a broader Panhandle interest. It highlights Pollard as fit for attorney general, praises Speaker Lee Satterwhite, and urges strong Panhandle representation in Amarillo and surrounding counties, framing a ticket challenging voters.
Randall and Potter counties plan joint financing for a Amarillo Canyon highway with a boundary split that favors Amarillo. North Randall County near Amarillo goes to the Amarillo district, keeping costs low for Amarillo taxpayers. Randall property owners would pay 1.20 per 1000 valuation. Paving the highway would bring an educational institution closer to Amarillo than Dallas’s Southern Methodist University.
A vignette from New York showing street life near the Brooklyn Bridge with pawnshop reflections on Baxter Street and crowded shops. The piece notes barbed windows, sidewalk stock, beret wearers, a bookstall, and busy residents balancing bundles while dining at local eateries. The hometown mood is urban and atmospheric.
A fragmented panorama describes Manhattan amid housing shortages with a waning population. It paints scenes from Fifth Avenue to Tiffany’s, Waldorf gloom, and crowded buses, noting aging homes, rising rents, and social tension in a troubled urban landscape.
Leslie Gonee, a 14 year old labeled baby bandit, remained in bed recovering from four bullet wounds after being shot by sheriff's officers in Pueblo California. He sat up and joked with reporters while a nurse noted his appetite as he slowly strengthens. One bullet pierced a lung and others lodged in his torso, with doctors planning to leave the bullets inside until his strength returns.
Priest Gonce, 21, serving a penitentiary term for highway robbery, and his brother Hoy allegedly terrorized Kansas and Colorado with a string of bold holdups and robberies before Hoy was shot as officers believed him about to shoot during the resisting arrest attempt.
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