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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1924
Page
4
This fragment states the Amarillo Globe began publication February 20 1924 and lists telephones for the news and business departments. It notes Associated Press news dispatch rights and local news publication exclusivity.
Rates listed for local carrier delivery in Amarillo and by mail. One week local price appears missing, three months and six months options shown with indicated values. Sunday delivery and regional options include Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico pricing.
The column riffs on corsets, prohibition, and social manners. It notes American women abandoned corsets years ago and mocks Paris for emulating fashion. It reflects on prohibition enforcement, marriage pressures, and Dawes's civic wisdom, ending with a Kansas City street robbery incident involving youths and a Wiener Roast in the woods.
The children's home expresses deep gratitude to Dr. J. Crume and attendants at the North West Texas hospital for yesterday's surgical work. Esther Lee Miles Jessie Cox Laura Cox and Katherine Miles underwent operations.
Central Standard Time note explains one hour later than daylight time. A long list of stations and programs across KYW WMAQ WEBH WQ, WGN WCBD WLAG WHAS WOAW WOS WMC WSK WRAA KGO KFI KFT KPO and others feature orchestra performances organ recitals, vocal solos, popular tunes and educational programs. The column compiles times and artists from the era for listeners.
A humorous column recounts a failed pole-cat capture using a Turkish rug and hardwood floor. The narrator describes chasing the cat, slipping, and the animal escaping, leaving the house rented and the author soaked and rueful. Neighboring residents heard the commotion as the cat eluded capture.
A jumble of radio listings from stations in Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City and other cities shows concert programs, lectures, and stories from 7 PM to after midnight. The article also includes a quoted comment from the Rev. John M. Jones about Glenwood paving and local property owner disappointment.
Assistant at torney general appointment goes to W. J. Donovan of Buffalo New York. He studied law at Columbia University under Attorney General Stone when Stone was a professor there. Donovan served with distinction in the war earning several decorations.
Mrs. Jack Wilkinson of Panhandle and the Klinke family from San Francisco were in Amarillo yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Roberson of Vega and Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Pickering of Clarendon visited, as did Mrs. Ted Green who came from Panhandle to see her mother in town.
An August New York Day by Day column mocks Manhattan society as crowded with self styled nobles. It notes dukes posing in hotels and loopholes in social life with monocles and alias names, while scandal boosts actors' salaries and public interest.
In a fragmentary reminiscence a speaker recalls Los Angeles' population and a candidate, praises Oscar Seward’s Boy Scout work, and notes a window scene with a blind accordionist. The piece reflects weary mood, whimsy, and a joke about three sevens versus a bunch of nines amid 1924 syndicated prose.
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