The Amarillo Globe Post Office Listing Fragment
The entry notes the Amarillo Globe founded February 20 1924 and records its mailing details at the post office as published in this archival snippet.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1929
Page
8
The entry notes the Amarillo Globe founded February 20 1924 and records its mailing details at the post office as published in this archival snippet.
The Amarillo edition lists subscription options by carrier and mail. Rates include monthly, six months, and yearly plans for daily and Sunday delivery across Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Also notes Sunday only per year and specific charge amounts.
Danny tells Nanny that Spooky the Screech Owl has moved into Farmer Brown's barn. He recalls seeing Spooky grip a young Rat while no threat from Black Pussy Cat was present. The pair decide to move, as they consider the barn unsafe, and plan to discuss a new home.
The piece reflects on the passing of frontier figures like Wyatt Earp and the rapid pace of modern change. It argues the old era remains vivid yet distant, as society shifts from horse and buggy to automobiles and airplanes, leaving future generations to adapt machinery to human life.
The article warns against over scheduling children with school and extracurriculars. It argues free time and unstructured play foster initiative, imagination, and balance, while constant pressure leads to nervousness, irritability, and poor appetite. Authors emphasize fresh air and sunshine and personal choice in leisure activities.
An amused scene at a New York drug store on Forty-fourth Street and Sixth Avenue shows a spry colored youth using a pay phone to check on a potential employer. He improvises a faux interview with a Mrs Henry Pearce, then reveals he already has a job as a handyman. The head clerk notes the window sign “Colored Help Wanted” as the boy clarifies his current employment.
A murder mystery unfolds as Handsome Harry Borden promoter of dubious stock companies is found dead in his private office beneath an air shaft window. Ruth Lester the secretary, Jack Saywood, Rita Dubois, Mrs Borden and Benny Smith appear in a web of motive and alibi. Detective McMann investigates footprints in dried blood and the room across the air shaft.
In a New York City crime tale, Jack Hayward faces police pressure after a Saturday call about a failed insurance policy and a missing gun. Ruth Lester braces against the mounting suspicion as Detective McMann edges toward an arrest, with clues tying to Borden, Miss Lester, and a potential motive.
The puzzle features clues about Washington and his era with several entries referencing his times. The passage shifts to a crime scene scene with dialogue involving Birdwell, McMann, Ruth, Jack, and Borden, culminating in a note to see Black Pigeon on page 14.
A list of crossword style clues and their numbers appears with questions on Washington, music terms, directions, time, and common words.Included are queries about Washington’s native state, a spy’s fate, musical notes, and various word definitions designed for a puzzle or classroom exercise.
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