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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1925
Page
4
An old advertisement lists mail subscription options for seers readings in Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. Rates show six month and yearly terms with extra Sunday only per year options. Includes scattered misprints and unclear pricing.
Sunday issue reports Bill Smith’s remark that The Globs lack of kick compares to lively past. Globe writers reflect on criticism, editorial tone, and the balance between constant pepping and steady quality as the paper seeks improvement and reader value.
Farmers should protest the federal irrigation program decried as a costly failure. The piece argues irrigation spurs overproduction, benefits large landowners, bankrupts settlers, and raises taxes while offering little real improvement to mature farming regions in the Panhandle. It cites a Saturday Evening Post poll and urges abolishment. Balloon tire HQ listed.
Sunday January 18 1925 Central Standard Time lists WLW Cincinnati WME Chicago WCBD Taon etc with morning and evening services church concerts sacred music broadcasts by Emerson Organist Zion Church First Christian Vesper sung service and various orchestra programs across stations in Louisville Des Moines Kansas City Dallas Oakland San Francisco Portland and Los Angeles with studio sermons and two hour concert blocks including Colburn Orchestra and Seiger's Orchestra.
A report from Maj. Gen. Robert C. Davis outlines World War Adjusted Compensation claims handling since June 24 1924. By year end the War Department received about 2 000 000 applications with over 12 000 daily. 400 000 were sent back for corrections. By early 1925 over 1 600 000 valid applications had been certified for extension of benefits. Sergeant Freeman announced local veteran applications at the Federal Building recruiting office with Hanson Post American Legion aiding veterans.
A column in Amarillo rounds up jokes and wry quips about dogs, mules, doctors, and a legendary water project. It riffs on Rider Haggard and Lew Wallace, cites social digs about self praise, and ends with a riddle: what has four legs but goes nowhere?
D L McDonald announces upcoming County Hospital and County Commission gatherings, inviting the public to a Thursday night banquet. Oscar Randall discusses a canary trained to imitate other birds, highlighting how mature birds learn from isolated training rooms. Names May Albert Oscar Rudolph Ramon Jose Mojie appear as given.
Potter county reports 3,997 motor vehicles licensed to operate, with County Tax Collector Ben Golding closing his office last night. This shows about two thirds of last year’s registrations, as more than 6,000 were registered previously and over 7,000 are anticipated this year. Several motorists were fined recently for driving without licenses as officers tighten enforcement.
Nine thousand seven hundred sixty nine Potter county citizens are qualified to vote in 1925. In 1924 the count was six thousand five hundred twenty nine, with only about half paying poll tax or securing exemptions. Women need state tax. men must have city and state receipts to vote. A surge in poll tax payments is expected.
Lions club regular semi weekly meeting set for Tuesday at noon at the Amarillo hotel. D L Leinhard Co Co Loving and Mr W Lemons will chair the program and urge all members to attend.
Crossword puzzle appears with a long list of clues for horizontal and vertical entries, showing numerous named items, numbers, and possible fills. The page includes author attributions, a music promo, and an address line referencing O W Wray, the Music Man, with bike tires and an odd interjection.
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