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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1929
Page
8
The Amarillo Globe announces publication details and staff for January 17 1929. It lists publisher Gene Howe editor Wilbur C. Hawk and notes Associated Press rights. Subscription rates and mailing policies are provided for daily and Sunday editions in the Texas Oklahoma New Mexico region.
The Chicago Civic Opera will bring Thais to Amarillo in March led by Emil F. Myers. The event features a 60 member orchestra conducted by Roberto Maranzoni, with stars Mary Garden Cesare Formichi and Jose Mojica, plus 350 people and 18 carloads of scenery. The touring company will spend the day in Amarillo, promising the most elaborate musical event ever staged in the Panhandle. The radio broadcast earlier highlighted the performance but lacked the live color and scale.
Yosemite National Park hosts 11 000 acres of privately owned timber. Lumber companies plan to cut the trees, and the government cannot stop them without new legislation. Representative Louis Crampton has proposed funds for government purchase of privately held lands in the park to preserve it for public enjoyment.
A New York playwright famed for sardonic humor visits a Broadway cafe after theater. He must entertain his hosts guest, a plain woman with an enormous hook nose. After drinks he sits, stares, then asks if anything smells dead, declaring there cannot be anything dead around here.
Colonel Starcourt wrestles with captivity and love for Gerane amid a harsh valley regime led by Jenifer. Matilde recounts Louise’s past as a noble who was captured with her escort and became the robber’s wife. The tale ties Starcourt’s fate to Louise and the fortress of Hazenstahl.
In New York on Jan 17 precious jewels rarely have fixed prices as bidders set values. A Diamond Jim Brady square diamond sold for 15000 dollars after being bought for 8000 pounds, with a last bid of 16000 dollars. A Maiden Lane dealer turned a 49000 dollar emerald string into a 540000 dollar listing, then a Pittsburgh buyer paid 700000 dollars. Ferrish hush huts rise by Brooklyn Bridge as private booths replace tables in speakeasies. Astrologist Evangeline Adams at Carnegie Hall runs a personal appointment and mail order business with assistants amid elephant statues. Fortune Teller’s Row near Columbus Circle hosts crystal gazers and phrenologists with readings from 50 cents to 10 dollars. Copyright 1929 by McNaught Syndicate.
In a Burgess tale, Farmer Brown’s Boy investigates henhouse theft reports from a neighbor who suspects Reddy Fox and Mrs. Reddy. Through careful track study in the snow, the boy proves the tracks do not match the culprits, foiling the accusation and shifting blame away from the den in the Old Pasture.
Crossword puzzle clues mix grammatical errors and typos. Horizontal questions seek geographic and linguistic facts such as the northernmost earth zone and the Scandinavian tongue. Answers include ski related terms and actions like stitching and soaking flax.
A narrative by Mrs. Agnes Lyne on a three year old boy named Dick who loses hearing after scarlet fever. His parents, initially overwhelmed, let him attempt words before supplying objects and he gradually regains speech and autonomy with patient, corrective guidance.
A fragmented word puzzle list with numbered clues and partial answers. Includes definitions for words like tiny eye tumor to perish and to burn with hot liquid, plus queries about substitutions and related terms.
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