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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1928
Page
6
Amarillo Mayor Bivins declares pessimists hinder the city. He says there is no cure for pessimism and urges locals to seek other cities to see better prospects. He notes Amarillo’s strong building, cattle market, and industrial activity.
The Public's Tastes notes the Amarillo return of Abie's Irish Rose as clean clever comedy with no nudity or smut. The piece credits the show with enduring popularity and contrast to seedier attractions, marking it as a standout alongside Lightnin in a commentary on American theater.
A London piece recounts how a heated debate in the British Parliament over a revised prayer book drew record crowds and intense oratory. Bishops, aristocrats, and workers aligned across factions indicating religion still grips public conscience. The piece contrasts daily life with enduring reverence and communal worship.
An American submarine rammed and sunk prompts global sympathy as divers attempt rescue. The tale, told in stark taps from the crew, highlights shared human sorrow across nations and the fragile ties of world opinion.
A western university professor claims the Federal Reserve discount rate governs corn prices with lower rates raising corn prices and higher rates lowering them, a theory noted as unlikely if both move up together. The piece closes with a wry remark on missed opportunities and social distance.
Norman Platt visits Stephanie at Fairfield and pressingly offers social guidance as a suitor pursues marriage. Stephanie, wary and poised, deflects and asserts her love for Fairfield while Platt envisions an August wedding in the rose garden. Rita Carstairs arrives, sensing how wealth shapes appeal and testing Stephanie's candor.
A Scotch clergyman guest and an American host sail through golf and flirtation. Rita Carstairs plots social gains at Fairfield while Stephanie offers hospitality and hints of romance. The scene closes with a playful quip about Loch Lomond.
New York report surveys the annual Broadway theme craze focused on back stage life. It notes glamour in makeup rooms and call boy shouts, but warns of monotony for lesser players and fragile backstage friendships amid long runs and shifting casts. The article cites rivalries, rare off stage talks, and theater workers chasing the next job, with anecdotes about famous duos and a starlet’s feud.
In a 1928 Burgess tale Whitefoot the Wood Mouse outwits Speckles the Starling who torments him. Whitefoot traps Speckles’ long bill, sending the starling tumbling to the ground while Tommy Tit and Bully the English Sparrow mock the defeated bird. Speckles learns a lesson about his mean disposition.
New York January 10 Henry Ford arrived in New York and denied reports of a price war in the automobile field. He questioned the idea of a price war and said he had not heard of any such competition among makers.
Miss Betty Schumann, named as common law wife of Oklahoma Texas oil magnate W T McKallip, asks for a portion of his 2,000,000 estate arguing they had a secret marriage and she tended his households. The McKallip daughter inherits the balance, and the hearing began in Okmulgee.
In Chicago the American Philosophical Association hears Dr Jave Carus claim love is a disease not philosophy. He argues immunity to disease wanes with age, citing mortuary statistics, and rejects Will Durant’s view that a man over thirty cannot love.
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