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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
4
A 1925 clipping summarizes mixed views on Prohibition five years after the Volstead Act. It notes higher drinking among the wealthy, reduced use by workers, and irony in white collar indulgence while urging citizens to accept and obey the law to curb crime. It warns bootleggers and disrespect for law undermine good citizenship.
Kansas Governor Buckfoot Davis a Democrat faced graft charges after a past con game involving risked cash and a staged fixed race. His son Russell was seen accepting money as part of a trap set by Dick Smith of the Kansas City Journal-Post.
A dense listing of station programs across WLW WSAI WCCO WLS WMAQ WGN WHAS WOC KSb WOAW WDAF WMC WFAA KGO KPO KGW Multnomah Strollers and more. Highlights include dinner concerts theatres and orchestras across Cincinnati Chicago Davenport Louisville Omaha Dallas and other cities with multiple time slots from afternoon to late night.
Harry M. Snodgrass once a convict piano player at Missouri State Penitentiary now walks free and has signed a large vaudeville contract. His nationwide fame from WOS broadcasts brings donations from across the nation. See window display in City Drug Store Hixtra Speciala for Saturday only Ki. L. Pittman, jeweler.
A Texas humor columnist admits theft of jokes as he surveys reader praise and low-cost town comparisons. He recounts gags about threads and union suits, Amarillo and Lubbock prices, and a ranch of lighthearted quips sourced from Wyoming and Texas Ranger humor.
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A travelogue recounts New Orleans highlights from Metairie Cemetery monuments to French Quarter gaiety. Descriptions cover Gen. Johnston and Gen. Jackson tombs, Lake Pontchartrain, Spanish Fort, St. Charles Street, the market, cabarets, and racing forms. A closing verse notes an old maid and cowboys.
Two divorce suits filed with District Clerk J. C. Skillman bring 1925 total to eight, predicting about 192 divorces this year. Mabel Prevett seeks divorce from A. V. Prevett for cruel treatment. they wed in Texhoma Oklahoma on March 9 1918 and separated December 1 1924. A J Bell sues Marie Bell for abandonment. they married in Amarillo September 4 1920. Bicycles 113 West Seventh.
The Lions club presented a large silver loving cup to the two high school literary societies for inter-society debates. Donald Honey and Edgar Britain of the Philomathian won first and second places as speakers on the negative side of the Philippine independence question. Royce Thompson and McKee Stalkup of the Forum opposed them. Judges were William Boyce, Perry Pierson, and Dr. R. L. Rogers. Weather reduced attendance, with expectations of more hotly contested debates before the final Lions cup winner is announced.
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