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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1927
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe dated February 9 1927 lists publication facts including founders editorial staff and Associated Press affiliation. It details publishing schedule carrier and mail rates and the Globe-News Publishing Co address at 6th and Fillmore and notes the Sunday edition combined with Amarillo Daily News.
A married Amarillo woman writes that a wife cannot be a good sport and describes a seduction by a husband's friend. She recalls initial curiosity about romance beyond marriage, then acknowledges craving more flirtation and the hollowing of assumed fidelity. Her tale exposes the pull of temptation and loss of perceived sacredness.
Reflection on ambitious book sales in the past highlights Sir Walter Scott selling English rights to Life of Napoleon for 52500 and earning 87000 more through royal ties. The piece argues that authors reach wide audiences when their work has real importance, across any era.
A mid western high school principal criticized the mid winter graduates for paying too little attention to academics. He accused the class of merely getting by and blamed excessive emphasis on football and parties for mediocre marks. The article questions responsibility for such a situation.
President Coolidge hosted a Texas political figure for breakfast and the talk centered on Rebecca Bradley the Texas co ed who robbed a bank recently. The casual chat at the White House shows even leaders discuss sensational local crime in relaxed moments.
Samuel Rieman aged 52, of Buffalo New York, longtime lessee of Henrietta Towers in Dallas Park, plunged ten floors from the top of the apartment hotel and was killed early today in Miami.
George Metz aged 57 from Dayton Ohio jumped from the third floor of the Soldiers Home hospital in Washington today. Despondent over a prolonged illness he ended his life.
A shiftless Hydeport native moves to Harvard to shed a Cape Cod twang. He funds tuition by working as a guard on the Boston Elevated Railroad while balancing college life, boxing with pride, and keeping Rose Abbott at bay as he aims to prove himself in Cambridge.
In Trenton on February 9, Assemblyman Muir urged a bill allowing throwing hand grenades at saxophones during debate. The session also repealed a rent notice requirement delaying tenant moves and rent hikes.
The law firm of Gee and Underwood dissolves by mutual consent. P. R. Underwood takes over all current business and will continue civil practice from rooms 827-829 Amarillo Building, this February 10 1927. Signed W. E. Gee P. R. Underwood. Dr Moody notes Borger had open ground and few wells in January 1926. Amarillo and Borger growth could make Isom a suburb of Amarillo.
Peter ponders weather signs as a butterfly in midwinter stirs hopes of spring. The Mourning Cloak butterfly treats warmth as sunbathing, not a spring omen, ending with Peter dismissing signs and the tale segueing to Another Sign Fail.
Workmen began improvements to the federal building to relieve congestion and fit the extending structure. An entrance will open from Seventh Street after enlarging a small Seventh Street window to match the others. A central lobby will run the length of the old building, linking Taylor and Seventh streets and adding about 1,000 lock boxes. Foundations for the new addition are nearly complete and construction is being rushed.
The Second Baptist church will hold services every night this week with Rev. W C Garrett in charge. Special music will be provided. The public is cordially invited to attend these services.
A collection of brief items including a typewriter hurled in a dispute, a nine year delayed bill mailed to an Oklahoma City recipient, and a Tulsi story about it. California mouse invasion near Buena Vista Lake prompts federal and local action. A preacher threatens sheriff sale over salary, Texas lawmakers noisy during sessions, Chaplin’s attorney says he is ready to fight charges, and a ton of miscellaneous notes from Washington and Turkey.
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