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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1928
Page
2
A long, informal item blends dreams about violence with New Year wishes and daily life. The writer discusses quail eating, a wedding story, lost items, charity notices, and local greetings, all framed in a chatty hometown voice with references to Ames, Texas and Wichita Falls.
An elderly narrator recalls arriving in spring 1882, helping organize Potter County in 1587, and becoming a young county officer, the youngest in the United States. He describes lingering town ties, shyness in speech, and later deciding to run a detective agency after years of study.
A long time Amarillo resident since 1918 requests a chance at work after thirty days of unemployment. He cites experience in mechanical departments flour mills and as head floor man in laundries plus delivery driving. References available. Telephone 70382. OR L. &.
James R. Gober, principal and manager of the James R. Gober Bureau of Detectives, recounts a career path from Pinkerton to his own agency. He notes high earnings since April 1928, a blackmailing ring broken by confession, and recoveries for Invaders Drilling and others, asserting no failed cases in Amarillo.
Letter from a 24 year old married applicant with one child seeking employment. He lists five years in drug store work and three in filling stations, reports grammar schooling and two years of high school, offers references, and provides a telephone number 2 3013.
Request for newspaper advertisement from a woman seeking hourly work after repeated ads failed to bring in enough jobs. Also notes another room-mate seeking laundry work. Contact telephone 8467 for coordination.
A 16 year old Texas applicant named Joseph Patterson offers to work hard as a ranch hand. He asserts strength and honesty and asks ranchers to hire him quickly, providing general delivery Amarillo address and vowing to prove himself.
A brief plea from Mr. E. Tack seeking help to sell a German police pup for fifteen dollars to fund a bicycle a Christmas gift. He asks readers to connect him with anyone interested.
The Paraguayan ambassador reports to the State Department that Bolivian forces recaptured Fort Vanguardia in December and advanced 12 miles into Paraguayan territory amid the Bolivian Paraguayan dispute. No Bolivian embassy confirmation had arrived yet.
A reader appeals to Colonel Tack for steady employment. He can keep books type, drive a truck or perform any task. He asks for a chance to support his family and offers good references. He signs LL from 317 East Fifth Street.
Readers in Canyon Texas send notes to Tack asking for a photo and praising his column The Tactless Texan. Messages mention Christmas wishes and support, a German Shepherd owner seeks a good home, and a dog found with collar and papers awaits rightful owner.
Patrolman Tom Bush of the Police Department is seriously ill with influenza and bedridden. He supervised the distribution of the remaining Christmas packages from the Community Tree, sponsored by police and fire departments, to children lacking packages. The gifts will be handed out Sunday from Salvation Army headquarters at Third and Van Buren streets.
The column critiques Mussolini’s plans and a new twenty-lira coin with the motto about living one day like a lion. It notes Vincent Rice pleading guilty to second degree murder and mentions a psychiatric remark about a "purity complex." It contrasts Austrian alcohol spending with U.S. anti liquor efforts and reflects on religious intolerance and hellfire teachings.
Judge Bishop urges a fresh grand jury in a city of 40 000 with no repeats within a year. He says members should be those with light business duties to avoid overburdening any one man and asks for a week to compile the lists.
Architect Guy A. Carlander receives wide compliments for a Christmas greeting containing Amarillo’s skyline with the Santa Fe office towering at 187 feet. The drawing names Fisk Medical Arts, Oliver-Eakle, Ama rillo, Rule, Herring hotel, Amarillo hotel, Capitol hotel, Bell Telephone, Talmage apartments, and local churches.
Ether For Husbands was staged at the Lions club holiday frolic at the Athletics club. Mrs Walter Fuerman directed with George Vineyard as the husband and Vincent Avery as the doctor in a two hour program of music games and readings. Over two hundred Lions and families attended the event described as the most successful frolic yet.
Court house records list warranty deeds including Martha Jenkins to J Spencer Haymes for lots 27 and 28, block 75 in University Heights for 1000 dollars, Jessie Defoor to Prudie A Walker for lot 7, block 97 in Old Town for 10 dollars, G B McCasland to J L Sparks for lot 4, block 12 in Central City District for 9350 dollars, Suburban Cemeteries Co to Mrs D E Powell for lot 368 Memorial Lawn for 250 dollars, J R Wrather to F S Broach for lot north 20 feet of lot 8, block 149 in Mir. Also marriage licenses for Nobert L Zochert and Aeril Thorp and A L Peters and Grace Hart.
Detective 0 H Denton and Fire Chief Earl Currey collided at Fourth and Polk while answering a fire alarm. Currey was slightly hurt, Denton uninjured, no blame assigned. City Manager Bartlett called it one of those things that happen. The department answered four calls yesterday with a six room house at 1506 Northeast Eighth damaged and grass and trash fires reported at several locations.
A 20 year old Mexican youth held on charges of feeble mindedness was removed this morning by U S immigration officers from Potter county jail and will be sent back to El Paso. He had been in jail about four months and refused to talk during confinement. The immigration officer described him as of the lowest type among illiterate Mexican peons. His relatives and how he reached Amarillo are unknown.
The American freighter West Totant, aground in Bangor Bay since December 21, was refloated today and is heading to a Belfast dry dock for repairs. The ship's grounding occurred near Belfast, Ireland, with the vessel now free to proceed.
The American Business Club luncheon today at the Amarillo hotel was led by the Board of City Development directors as special guests.
A reflective poem by Edgar A Guest from 1928 about a small patch of ground—tulips, spruces, an elm, and beds of forget me nots—that embodies home and simple joys seen from a window as busy people hurry past. The verses contrast others' pursuits with the quiet value of nature's offerings.
Hogs and cattle prices shown for Kansas City East St Louis Chicago Fort Worth with totals and ranges by weight, including top hog price on 210 240 pounds and beef cattle quotes for various weight classes. Also notes on cotton and butter and eggs in New York and Liverpool markets.
Judge S D Ridings set a full docket with twenty eight defendants to appear this morning. Most cases involve intoxication, fighting or gaming amid a list of prominent companies and stock market items mentioned in the surrounding text.
W. B. Skillety Bill Johnson Hemphill County sheriff visited Amarillo this morning. With eighteen years as a Texas Oklahoma peace officer he plans to retire January 1. Johnson arrived in 1883 worked on Turkey Track Frying Pan ranches then served as Roger Mills County sheriff from 1892 for six years. He later became Hemphill sheriff 1902 serving six years and was reelected four years ago and again two years ago. He once ran a butcher market on the Elk Lewis hotel site.
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