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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1926
Page
4
The snippet shows the Amarillo Globe News publication details including the GENE A. HOWE publisher and Associated Press copyright statements. It lists delivery rates for in town mail and national subscriptions and mentions weekday and Sunday editions and publication offices.
The Globe endorses a vigilante style reward for hit and run drivers in Amarillo. It says drivers who strike pedestrians and do not stop are moral cowards and should be treated like criminals. The paper offers $25 of the total reward for the arrest.
A collection of quick remarks from Amarillo residents. George Williams notes four men named George Williams in town and recalls a juror summons and a $25 fine anecdote. Frank Jamison and Tom Cotten share local recollections and cautious street observations.
AP report covers a Dallas death from injuries after a Fort Worth Dalvin highway crash, a Waco murder suspect in a riverbank slaying, Waco charter reform interest for aldermanic government, Marshall hosting Tri State Medical Society meeting, UT campus patrol protest petition in Austin, Nocona man found unconscious with unclear cause, Browneville bullfighting fire at Matamoros scene, Denison crovery theft with ring of stolen groceries, and travel store burglary in another locale.
The Amarillo employment bureau opens in the Black Bourne Building with Mrs Inna Stokes in charge. Stokes has been connected with the Punhiume Iers Supply company for the past months and is now leading local employment services.
Diary style observations on New York life in 1926. The author notes Ferries crowded with commuters seagulls above, lunch wagons below, and a harbor bustle. Vivid vignettes mention vaudeville nostalgia, monocles on Broadway, and city characters from Wilson Mizner to theater craft.
Toney Chisum and friends pursued a large wolf spotted on an oil field tour. After a 15 mile chase by car, Chisum shot the animal in the leg with a .22 rifle and it was killed by a passenger. The group sustained bruises from the ride and jumped a five foot ditch during the escape.
A jumbled collage mentions land sales and alley paving projects between Potle and Tyler with Fifth to Seventh Streets, a West Seventh address, birth notes for Ran Jacinto Walter Sikes, and various quoted opinions. It also references Gulf play, public service plants, and scattered remarks about people and daily routines in a dated, stream-of-consciousness style.
A dense entry catalogs dozens of radio stations across the United States with daily schedules and program blocks. It lists show times, orchestras, opera, lectures and weather notes for WEAF WSAL WJZ WHO WNYC WOAW WOR WLW and many others.
In this chapter Sandy McNeil endures Ben Murillo’s tyrannical temper and stingy outbursts while planning a life with Ramon Worth. A party reveals mounting tension as Sandy vows independence and Murillo’s threats culminate in a violent outburst.
In Friday's Globe a January item wrongly said Rev John Smithson succeeded Rev M D Scroggins at the Church of Christ on Tenth and Fillmore. The correction doubles the error by naming the wrong minister and church. The Scroggins family states he was never connected with that church and the prior report should be retracted.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a new medical discovery to stop persistent coughs and colds. It claims dual action by coating inflamed membranes and inhibiting germ growth with creosote and additional healing elements.
Farmer Brown's Boy unmasks Yowler the Bob Cat's ungrateful nature after freeing Mrs Grouse from under a crust. Yowler resented the act and admitted no gratitude, while Mrs Grouse feasted on buds and warmth. The episode mirrors caution about kindness.
Cattleman reports include Hale County candidates Miss M Deila Anstey for district clerk and her relation Ben Anstey. Willard Harris prepares new home at First and Florida. Harris runs Rolling Stone stores. Vic Martin moves to Amarillo. Paol druggist corrected. San Antonio campaigns for West Texas chamber. Panhandle hosts Carson County Poultry show February 6. $50 head steers sold to Earl Barker and George Carpenter. Miss Ida Farrell opens home office in 301 Florida Avenue.
A period ad explains rheumatism as caused by waste in the blood and promotes S. S. S. as a cure by cleansing and building red blood cells. It claims impurities are driven from the body by pure blood and asserts the tonic conquers rheumatism.
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