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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1924
Page
3
A newspaper ad invites readers to join the Mis spelled Word Contest in The Globe. Participants spell mis spelled words correctly, submit lists, and win prizes from $2 to 50 cents for top entries. Rules are posted at the page top.
Cattle rustlers in Collingsworth county have stolen over twenty head from the Crews ranch in recent months. Bob White is under arrest as investigators identify methods familiar to old time cowboys, including killing a calf’s mother to separate calf and mother and using deceptive branding. A calf found with distress marks drew officer suspicion as the crime pattern emerged amid the range.
Mrs Edgar Laird entertained at a free-for- dance Thursday night in honor of Mary Thorne and others from Dallas. Attendees listed include Mr and Mrs Walter Irwin, Mr and Mrs Newby, Mr and Mrs Stevenson, and many friends. The event featured music and a buffet, with guests from Snookty Ichita Falls and Dallas attending.
The Delineator argues for dedicated junior movies and children’s theaters. It urges parental supervision and occasional school screenings and notes mothers and PTAs sponsor such programs while adult theaters should restrict underage patrons.
Miss Leona Bair of Selman Oklahoma, formerly of Amarillo, visits Miss Maurine Tillman at 806 Fillmore Street. Clarendon College boosters flood the state with praise of the school and its prospects as trips spread the word.
Mrs. R. L. Bellamy raises twenty to thirty canaries at 607 North Johnson. A four room addition to Buchanan street school progresses rapidly. Zelton Bellamy, son of the Bellamys, worked on a farm near Washburn and heads to Vega harvest fields pending weather. Second Baptist WMA calls a 2:50 PM meeting for annual officers and will hold Bible study and ice cream after. Junior and Senior Buchanan Street leagues also noted.
Miss Cecile Hudson of San Angelo visits her sister in Houston street as the East Ward school adds a two room extension nearing completion. Forest Randall buys the corner lot at 109 Alabama in San Jacinto Heights to build a four room bungalow costing about $8,500. Contractor Albert Randall to begin work this week. Methodist church report strong quarterly conference led by Presiding Elder Shearer.
Multiple short items note Texhoma Oil & Refining advertising a good Oldsmobile truck. Items mention Terrell addresses, hospital discharge, a Kansas City visit, lodging at Elmhurst Hotel, a death in Amarillo, Lane Ice Cream delivery, a bar attendance by Judge Gough and M D Ramsey, and Building & Loan investment claims with 8 to 10 percent dividends.
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