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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1929
Page
9
A reader laments Amarillo water issues calling the lake a folly and urging officials to serve small taxpayers while avoiding land purchases. The letter also shares jokes and requests more crowdsourced humor for the Globe column. Colonel Erasmus Tack is asked to publish clarifying information to settle a dispute.
At the theaters the Fair presents Synthetic Sin with Colleen Moore on opening day. The Mission screens Conquest with Monte Blue and Lois Wilson as two men battle blizzards for fame and love. Vitaphone vaudeville and Movie Tone News accompany Deandi Telling the World with William Haines, and Marty Young and His Youngsters perform newsreel highlights.
A reader lists major European industrial centers. In France Lyons and Lille lead silk and wool, Roubaix and Rheims noted for wool, Lens mining, Limoges porcelain. England highlights Birmingham and Sheffield steel and iron, Leeds Manchester Bradford Leicester wool, Liverpool shipbuilding.
A letter praises Tack and urges public attention to cheaper industrial gas of 8 cents, plus water and lights, employment for all, and expansion of the region’s wealth. The writer suggests spending part of a $60,000 budget on space in magazines to publicize the metropolis and its fertile acres, or funding a subscription drive for such publicity to boost the territory’s buying power and growth.
A Plains Law Service note favors Amarillo as a central rail hub awaiting a 100000 population boom with new industries and lower utility rates. Readers argue Sunday business hours and housing prosperity reflect local demand, while children urge dog adoptions and library stock updates from Pampa.
A citizen letter to voters argues two city factions hampered Amarillo’s development. It urges uniting efforts to grow Polk street from 3rd to 10th, and calls voters to study candidates’ records, prioritizing broadminded leaders over personal ties to push toward a larger city population.
A Wayland resident urges readers to improve the city and choose the right candidates, warning about two year consequences. A practical nurse signs with a request to print more letters for work, offering nursing services from 1620 South Taylor and phone 2-2716, Abi lene widow with a family.
A terse, sharp aside challenges acceptance of failure as a choice. The speaker scolds the recipient for yielding to defeat, urging resilience and a tougher stance amid pressure or criticism. The tone is brisk, provocative, and emphatic.
A reader laments that the Saturday Evening Post overlooked a submission and urges Tack to resubmit to Liberty or Cosmopolitan or consider the Globe News. The letter, from Mrs R Belc, asks for encouragement to keep publishing the column despite challenges and Texas distance.
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