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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1927
Page
6
Amarillo Globe published December 29 1927 with masthead and publishing details. The item lists editors and staff, press affiliation with Associated Press and subscription rates for Amarillo and surrounding regions.
Panhandle Poultry association members discuss back-yard poultry farming on small city lots in Amarillo. The piece notes 50 foot lots can support a hundred hens with proper equipment and that such farming can reduce grocery costs while stressing work and risk.
The coast guard records a string of rescues on the dangerous Cape Hatteras coast after a Northeaster drives two ships ashore. The Paraguay and the Cibao crews are saved from the surf though four Paraguay sailors perish. Coast guard cutters and surfmen save lives in heavy seas even as ships deemed unseaworthy go to sea under disputed responsibility.
Rita Carstairs and Jules Hammond meet on the Virginia bank and ride to the Fairfields estate where romance surfaces against a backdrop of willows and roses. Rita reveals a worn loneliness from divorce and alimony while Hammond hints at a guarded past and unspoken longing.
The Texas Wheat Growers association annual marketing school begins Monday and runs through the first week of January. Directors meet January 3 for possibly two to three days. Dr. J. A. Hill of West Texas State Teachers College Canyon will speak January 1, and Judge James Hamlin Farwell will talk at a 7:30 p.m. banquet. Sessions are in Amarillo hotel Round-up room.
L L Foster and his infant son died when their car overturned in a foot of water south of Cotton Plant Arkansas. A daughter Frances three was fatally hurt and Mrs Foster along with two other children escaped after being rescued six hours later. The Fosters were traveling from Capleville Tennessee to Dardanelle Arkansas.
New York reports on the noisy claque at the Metropolitan Opera stirring audience boos and applause from paid performers. The piece notes the practice is a widespread business with foreign players and high nightly payment. It cites star Ca uso and a costly opening night plaque.
The Geis Trice elevator in Enid Oklahoma was destroyed by a blaze last night. About sixty thousand bushels of grain and the elevator structure were lost. Authorities estimate a $150000 loss and suspect a dust explosion as the cause.
A sealed bottle cast from Aberdeen Marine Laboratory seven years ago was found on No vaya Zemlaya island in the Arctic Ocean near Russia. It carried a note asking to notify the Aberdeen lab of its recovery, and a Soviet ice breaker captain delivered the message. The mystery includes how it survived ice floes and what the voyage suggests about north coast climate.
Whitefoot the White Footed Wood Mouse argues with Jimmy Skunk about sleeping through winter. Striped Chipmunk plans long rest while Wakeful Chipmunk and Wood Mouse compare comfort and weather. Spooky the Screech Owl lurks as a warning as the tale moves toward Whitefoot's next adventure.
A humorous sketch features Mose a lighthearted yet dark-skinned man who loses his hotel plumber helper job after an attack of the grip. He explains politeness and tact to a wary hotel manager using vivid speech and a comic miscommunication about proper conduct.
The report describes Riviera life as winter tourists choose between French identity and foreign influence. A film producer seeks a true Frenchman amid many Americans, noting wealthier visitors push locals to the hills and locals adapt to English and other tongues. Humorous anecdotes highlight cultural mashups and shifting cafe scenes along the coast.
Scouts from Old Troop No. 3 gathered at the Herring hotel for their annual banquet attended by over 40 members now established as businessmen. Guy C. Saunders served as scoutmaster with Noy Greenhill and L. A. Vahue assisting.
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