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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1925
Page
4
A 1925 Amarillo Globe column questions scientific theories of origin. It contrasts gradual cosmic beginnings with belief in a Creator and argues against overstepping scientific bounds while noting the missing link and biblical creation.
A dense listing of afternoon and evening radio broadcasts across stations WLW WCCO WMAQ WGN WHAS and more. Programs include concerts operatic numbers, children's stories, weather and farm news, book reviews, and vaudeville acts with multiple orchestras and vocalists listed. The guide notes varying schedules across cities and time zones with remarks on potential rate changes by station managers.
A bootlegger at The Globe office protests harsh enforcement on prohibition violations and calls for a national inquiry. He notes industry employment, pledges to publish his statement, and mentions plans for a formal investigation by a national association. He also comments on rising bootleg liquor prices and insurance costs.
A vivid diary entry on a day in New York includes breakfast with Verne Porter and a cross word puzzle, a box of avocados from Miami, and a gallery visit with a near purchase that would have bankrupted the author. The piece also profiles “Rubberneck Rose” on Broadway, describes Flash Alley workers, and ends with a barbed anecdote about college athletes and hero worship and bankruptcy prices at Home Beautiful Furniture on Polk Street.
A mixed page item notes unsigned jabs at New York culture and a reader’s spoof of Columbia students on the subway. It mentions Vivian Burnett as bald and linked to Little Lord Fauntleroy, plus a playful poem chorus and a McNaught Syndicate credit.
Yale Oregon February 9 flood from Bully creek irrigation dam breaks after heavy rains. Area between the creek and Malheur river inundated. cattle and property valued at 500000 destroyed. State health authorities legislature and Red Cross asked to aid against diphtheria and smallpox risk. Carcasses of thousands of cattle and sheep litter the countryside.
Los Angeles Feb 9 H L Doheny oil magnate returned from a three week trip to Tampico and Mexico City and said his companies will spend 15 000 000 in Mexico as part of a 1925 oil development program.
Justinio Baca state land commissioner collapsed and died at his home in Santa Fe on the night of February 9. The brief notice records the sudden death of the official and notes gun repairs advertised at 113 West Seventh Street.
Puzzle No 96 presents a themed meta with entries across verticals and horizontals. Clues reference archaic spellings abbreviations and period language tied to a Bib. source with several long place titles and a final reveal pointing to a specific solver outcome.
A reading describes a word puzzle with horizontal and vertical synonym lists. Numbers mark word starts and shaded stops end the entries. Readers are urged to fill in confidently and use the filled words to gain further clues.
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