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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1924
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe issue dated December 23 1924 lists publication details masthead and pricing. It notes evenings and Sunday morning edition circulation and Associated Press affiliation with business and news departments in Amarillo Texas.
Texas supreme court rules an official cannot be ousted for acts prior to the term held. The ruling reverses a quo warranto against former Titus county Sheriff J J Reeves, granting a new trial due to errors in admitting testimony from his first term. The opinion notes frequent county elections keep power with the people and allow retirement of incompetent or corrupt officials.
Berlin on December 23 reports Christmas gifts mainly practical household articles not replenished during inflation. Radio outfits are prominent, books see tepid demand, and a war of regular merchants versus a flood of street vendors marks the holiday market.
The Ohioans big band debuts in the west, bringing jazz and versatile performances to Hotel Palo Duro’s ballroom on Christmas Eve December 24, 1924. Members double on instruments and two composers contribute popular dance hits.
Countess Catherine Karolyi wife of former Hungarian president Count Michael Karolyi arrived in October for a three month lecture tour on Hungary and is hospitalized at the post graduate hospital in New York seriously ill with what appears to be typhoid fever.
A dense listing of network and local stations outlining evening programs from 8 P M to past midnight. Highlights include organist Frederick Henkel and various orchestras and choirs across WLW WLS KYW WMAQ WGN WHO KFAB KGO KHJ KFI KGW and more with Christmas Eve programs and silent stations noted.
An advertisement urges using Ely's Cream Balm in the nostrils to relieve head colds and catarrh. It promises instant relief by soothing the swollen mucous membrane and clearing air passages, with claims of opening nasal passages and reducing headache and snuffling. Purchase a small bottle from your druggist.
Kerr and Walsh Amarillo and J F Sander Plainview seek bids for a two story brick reinforced concrete Plainview High School with basement. Bid date January 8 1925 at 2 pm. Separate plumbing heating and electric bids. Deposit plans fee 50 cash 15 for mechanical. Bid bonds 2000 for building 5 percent for services. Right to accept or reject bids.
The page presents a crossword puzzle labeled by Marcum with clues and grid notes. The difficulty comment notes the lower left corner as tricky, and the puzzle includes long lists of across and down clues with many referenced numbers and directions for solving.
Tickets are selling rapidly for Steppin High, a negro chorus and dance review led by Hazel Meyers and the Quality Five Entertainers. The show features thirty eight numbers in ten scenes with top dancers the Three Black Aces and other acts, brought to Amarillo by J Levy of the Fair theater amid Panhandle prosperity and rising crime concerns.
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