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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1925
Page
2
The speaker recalls a wife who forgave a gambling lapse and valued honesty at home. He argues most men seek the straight path but keep silent about other women to avoid conflict, while many women face pressure to flatter or cajole husbands for their rights, all shaping a fragile truth in marriage.
Vital statistics show coal miners have the highest average number of children, about seven per family, with farmers slightly over six and professional men at three. Dentists and doctors rank among those with the fewest offspring. Data cover 1923, noting Texas aligns with national trends.
The American Business club announces special music by the Tolzein-Farwell orchestra for Friday’s luncheon program. R. W. Burke notes the event follows a candid self-critique of members at the last meeting. All members are urged to attend unless out of town or hospitalized.
City employees including the city secretary and tax collector face a busy end of January as taxpayers arrive to pay promptly. Miss Jewell Davidson calls the flow “entirely satisfactory” but urges early payments to reduce lines and aid city work.
The high school heating plant, previously frozen and out of service, is now working well according to Superintendent W. A. McIntosh. School officials feared reopening would bring troubles but authorities expect no further problems.
The Fair presents Gerald Cranston's Lady a Fox special starring James Kirkwood and Alma Rubens plus comedy and news reel. The Liberty shows Two Listed Justice Fast Express episode and a con HE Mission Argentine Love a Paramount feature with Bebe Daniels and Ricardo Cortez along with a comedy and news reel. Dick Hatton appears in another feature and The iedy screens with additional acts.
Alma Rubens and Walter McGrail star in Gerald Cranston's Lady at the Fair theater for a two day run. James Kirkwood plays the vigorous young captain of industry with Marguerite De Lamotte and Walter McGrail as key cast. The Fox film, adapted from Gilbert Frankau, follows a self made man’s pursuit of social advancement through marriage.
Vicente Blasco Ibanez drama Argentine Love starring Bebe Daniels and Ricardo Cortez draws crowds in Dallas despite mixed reviews. The Fair theater opens with vaudeville and Harry Carey film Tiger Thompson, while the Liberty features Two Fisted Justice with Dick Hatton and serial The Fast Express. Rex Ingram’s grand film arrives at the Mission.
The Central Labor union plans an organization campaign and committee appointments at the January 13 meeting along with 1925 officers elections. BK C Flinn is president, F W Trent vice president, S Eaman secretary, Ray Dickerson sergeant at arms, with trustees Pedigo Nail Lyons. The 1925 State Federation of Labor convention here May 25 was briefly discussed.
Claude Texas January 7 Farmers in Armstrong county finish maize threshing as threshers and cabinets operate across the county. Only a few bales remain to be pulled and ginned. Wheat looks fine despite cold weather with minor damage and no reported crop deaths. Early wheat remains in good condition.
Washington officials report Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England, visited New York in connection with a British proposal to restore the pound sterling to its original standard. The note adds Globe want ads rate at one and one half cents per word.
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