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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1924
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe Publishing Company operates from 110 East Fifth Street Amarillo Texas. It is an evening and Sunday morning paper affiliated with the Associated Press. Subscription rates for in town carriers and mail plans are listed with monthly, quarterly, and yearly options.
One of the city’s leading orchestras, the Ohioans, will perform at Hotel Palo Duro for Christmas Eve dances after strong calls to extend the engagement. The group will also play Sunday dinner at the same hotel.
Mexico City reports the consul at McAllen Texas says American companies bought large tracts on the right bank of the Bravo river, a sale forbidden by the Mexican constitution. The Rio Grande is named Bravo del Norte in Mexico. The matter is sent to the Department of the Interior for investigation.
Stockholm plans after January first to broadcast high noon to all amateur radio stations in the kingdom using the city hall chimes. The chimes will replace the metallic second clicks with melodious rings, marking each exact hour. The chimes, a municipal pride recently completed, cost about 4900000 dollars.
A dense listing of stations and time slots across cities like Cincinnati Chicago St Paul and Los Angeles detailing musical programs orchestras dances and children's stories. Notable acts include Hortons Orchestra the Congress Carnival and Burnets Orchestra among others in CST and PST listings.
County Clerk BE M. Pittman issued six marriage licenses on Wednesday as holiday weddings gain pace. Names recorded include Pope Jackson with Grace Jarrell, F M Davis with Muriel Simmons, W H Young with Ruth Barnholt, J D Poe with Gladys Woods, among others.
Police court business was light with arraignments for drunkenness including two Mexicans, a vagrancy charge, and two parties linked to a Polk and Fourteenth wreck. Officers reported a wonderful Christmas and good spirits among the force.
Announcement from Mrs. M D Oliver-Eakle invites those seeking office space to visit Wm Oliver Realty at 60414 Polk Street to state requirements for reservations. The plan covers a modern fire proof office building at Sixth and Polk, Amarillo. Local note ends with enthusiasm for a greater Amarillo and a blizzard remark.
A reflective wrap of New York scenes and characters on December 26. The author notes Fifth Avenue crowds, fashion, nightlife, avenues of wealth and want, theater chatter, and the city’s restless energy. He riffs on urban life, fame, reporters, and pickpockets, ending with a jab at shoppe slang and journalistic labels.
A feature puzzle by Joseph A Margolies with a second and last installment listed No 23 My Second and Last. The notes joke about the author’s intent and reader amusement while presenting a long list of horizontal and vertical clues including Napkins Director Beach Photographic instrument and other entries.
Puzzle No 22 solutions display a sequence of clues and answers across German city Egyptian goddess speak annoyer interfere biting ordinary old fashioned clocks obstruct wooden ship confirm noteh enliven a where the tide meets a river current gem soft drink that is sometimes hard station father of Methuselah nourished arid talking bird east or southeast wind heavy rope garret not frequently sigh with sudden heaving of breast skill specie of poisonous tree ancient monastic order first appearance shelf kind of tree characteristic of groups intimate part of body vehicle long fish plural Jewish month plural what the cow chews exclamation thus
Mr Hurt appeared before Judge Brummett in the police court describing a Christmas eve scrap he witnessed. He joked about paying a fine in advance and said next time he would join a fight to get his money's worth and avoid paying without fun.
The one or two day Boy Scout outing for Amarillo scouts may occur during the holidays if weather improves. Thomas H. Nelson, scout executive, says it will be held only if conditions become pleasant. otherwise the outing is canceled.
Tokio reports the Kato ministry will discharge thirty eight thousand government employees as part of a retrenchment program. About twenty thousand higher rank officials and eighteen thousand lower grade workers, including arsenal and works staff, are affected as cabinet details are prepared.
Raymond Foster, Rock Island baggage agent, fell ill while on duty Thursday and was relieved. Roy Haggatt, Rock Island ticket agent, praised selling tickets to hundreds during the Christmas rush and noted only one unreasonable buyer in Amarillo and surrounding country.
Advert says St Jacobs Oil relieves rheumatic pain instantly by rubbing into affected joints. It claims to be harmless, never burns skin, and has been used for 65 years for rheumatism sciatica neuralgia lbbackache sprains with a 35 cent bottle available at drug stores.
Patricia Cleve, wife of Andrew Cleve, rebels against her role as hostess and friend to Gregory Hewitt. After a night of flirtation accusations, she seeks independence visiting her sister Carol and contemplates informing Hewitt of railroad plans, risking her marriage and reputation. Credits indicate serialized drama in 1924.
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