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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1930
Page
4
The passage contrasts 1830 Edinburg Review reflections with present gloom. It argues generations misread hardship, citing historical resilience and an ongoing tide of improvement despite recent misgovernance and high debts.
The essay argues that worry rather than work kills. It offers four cures from James Gordon Gilkey: stop self pity, plan tasks intelligently, overlook minor annoyances, and avoid unchangeable responsibilities. It applies these ideas to the economy and urges focusing energy on solvable issues like wages, hours, and prices.
City foreman Robert Andrews announced the completion of relaying 15,152 feet of two inch water distribution pipe in Glenwood. The project depth was inches and some original pipe in section 220 remains in good condition.
The city finished laying a new pipe and upgrading the old line at a depth to prevent winter freezes. After improving Glenwood’s water system, crews began a line to the Children’s Home. Dykes around the municipal disposal plant lagoons north of town have been reinforced, officials announced Tuesday.
Fanny Freiburg a young German musician’s daughter marries David Frost son of Emma Brownbeck Frost a Puritanical Pennsylvania matriarch. After meeting in Chicago and breaking an engagement Fanny travels with David to Cloughbarre to face his stern mother and the Brownhbeck clan.
David brings home his bride Fanny to the Frost family in rural Pennsylvania. Mrs. Frost, a strong-willed matriarch, resists the match yet must reckon with her son's happiness and a house divided by tradition. Amelia and Judson Brownbeck push for a practical solution in a tense family dynamic.
Fanny arrives at the Frost house and faces a chilly reception from Mrs. Frost. David hopes his wife will be accepted, while Fanny fears her shabby attire and the possibility of revelation about her mother. She resolves to win approval for Davids sake.
A speculative note about origins of phrases and nicknames. The item invites readers to send ideas to Russ Murphy at The Globe for inclusion in a future series. It mentions a theater nickname and a general’s whiskers as examples and explains the column will illustrate origins.
New York report details Central Park West revival from 92nd to Columbia Circle after years of decay. The Dakota and other penthouse apartments symbolize a return of swank. former elegant residents gave way to modern elites as real estate boomed and a seven year stagnation ended.
In Berlin young Germans protested the American film with a riotous demonstration. Police reported 27 arrests as fascist elements led marches on Kurfuerstendamm and attempted to disrupt the showing, while ticket scalpers profited from crowding the theater.
Mrs. Ross Sterling wife of the governor elect was to be presented at the executive mansion this afternoon by Mrs. Dan Moody. Also to be presented were Mrs. Wyatt Hedrick of Fort Worth Mrs. Winston Wheeling of San Antonio Mrs. Walter Sterling of Houston and Miss Zillah Short of Houston.
A fragment from a 1930 work hints at a married life pressure as Bill Thornton is mentioned, and the narrator notes paying cubs of equal ability. The question of Fanny and David’s happiness looms with David asserting independence in the plot.
In this Thornton W. Burgess tale, Stumpy the muskrat with one paw learns to adapt after a trap incident. Farmer Brown’s Boy feeds and defends Stumpy while he prepares for his first winter at the Smiling Pool and Laughing Brook.
A young Arthur D Little began in chemistry by buying a glass tube and sulfuric acid for 10 cents to make hydrogen gas. The apparatus exploded, sparking his lifelong interest in chemical research.
Puzzle clues mix across and down with misspellings and broken phrases. Answers likely include common crossword terms such as Louvre location Europe and Dr Jekyll author Stevenson, with several entries incomplete or garbled. The page presents a themed author question puzzle plus scattered geographic and numeric hints.
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