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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1925
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe lists publication details including founding date February 20 1924 and press notices. It indicates evening and Sunday morning editions, carrier and mail rates, and Associated Press affiliation for news content. The page marks Friday February 20 1925 as the date.
The Globe reports Bridgeport Machine Company will open a large store and warehouse in Panhandle Texas. The move signals expected growth in Panhandle oil fields as the city, already busy and thriving, plans further development led by energetic, farsighted businessmen.
In a Globe report Texas plans to import wild guineas from the West Indies to boost sport and food, a move criticized as a tragedy by Turner Hubby the new fish game and oyster commissioner. The piece laments loss of native prairie chickens quail and turkeys and compares the change to replacing antelope with wild hogs.
The page lists nightly program lineups for WLW WOOD WLS WMA WGN KDKA and other stations. Entries include orchestras bands choirs lectures and various variety acts with times ranging from afternoon to after midnight and feature Grand Opera excerpts Elijah and local college talent among others.
The Globe prints Mr. H E Smith urging approval of the water bond plan tied to a March 7 election. A mass meeting and steering committee push the plan to be free of city politics, stressing a reliable water supply and distribution system and urging voters to unite behind the 190 percent adoption.
The Globe notes its first anniversary in Amarillo with editor Old Tack praising the column as clean and wholesome. He jokes about a mayoral bid, taunts a rival, and shares light anecdotes, a local joke about a rip-snorter, and a quip about wild guineas in the Panhandle. The item ends with a punchy advertisement for golf club repair.
A collage of New York vignettes on February days. Observations range from cameras among Japanese tourists to Italianate warehouses, theater lore, street life, and small urban curiosities. Ends with notes on a Cheshire Cheese revival and local fuel ads.
A French scientist presents Lavex as a drugless method that allegedly kills catarrh germs in three minutes and heals chronic catarrh overnight. The ad offers a free trial by mail from W. R. Smith, 1948 Lavex Building, Kansas City, Missouri, with no obligation.
The page shows a mixed horizontal and vertical word puzzle with clues and interlocking entries. Several numbers mark positions for filled words or phrases, including references to pronouns vehicles and geographic terms. The puzzle presents a variety of definitions and partial answers, revealing a complex wordplay grid.
A beginner’s tip explains that the diagram hides synonyms to listed words and interlocks. It notes to locate the synonym number and, for horizontal clues, fit between the number and the first shaded stop to the right, or for vertical clues, between the number and the first shaded stop below.
An advertisement touts Aspironal as a fast acting cold and cough remedy claimed to be superior to whiskey. It urges purchase for 50 cents, promises relief within two minutes, and markets to adults and children with a bold testimonial style.
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