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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1929

Page

5

Texas Legislature Approves Near Four Million Fund Bill

United Press reports Texas lawmakers finalize appropriations totaling 47.89 million within Moody’s 48 million ceiling. The package compares with vetoed last session amounts, though Moody may veto items. New funds include 16.45 million for education and 10.37 million for eleemosynary needs, plus 67.5 thousand for Black orphans in private care.

United Press Austin Tex Moody Judiciary Eleemosynary

Train Hits Auto Near Tyler Injures Two Men

Two men from Beckville were seriously injured when their car collided with a Missouri Pacific train at Arp, fifteen miles from Tyler. L. Edens, a merchant, suffered a red skull and received surgery at Tyler hospital. P. R. Nesbitt, a banker, had a broken leg and severe cuts and bruises, treated at Henderson hospital.

United Press Tyler Tex Missouri Pacific Arp Beckville L. Edens Tyler Hospital P. R. Nesbitt Henderson Hospital

Bare legs and divorces trend in Hollywood notes

A long, mixed reader letter column discusses fashion ambivalence toward bare legs and bare backs amid Hollywood trends, interwoven with complaints and humorous asides. It includes a poem by Miss Hester Geneva Patton and a Johnson Street School tribute by Anna Laura Mardis, plus a started note from a young married man.

Hester Geneva Patton Box Nazareth Texas Johnson Anna Laura Mardis O. F. Russell East Sixth Avenue Anna Laura Johnson Street

Job seeker Otis Splawn seeks work in Portales New Mexico

In a brief letter Otis Splawn lists ten years of public experience in groceries dry goods poultry hotel restaurant carpentry painting tailoring and farm work and asks for a reply by mail or wire at once noting he will pay for a wire. He is in urgent need of employment.

Otis Splawn Stratton Hotel Portales, N. M

California Fig Syrup Promises Quick Child Digestion Remedy

Mothers praised California Fig Syrup as a reliable laxative for children with sluggish bowels and bilious symptoms. The ad asserts annual trust, urges prompt purchase at drug stores, and highlights the word California as key to quality after 30 years of use.

California

BOYS WOULD BURN UP VACANT HOUSES IN AMARILLO

A reader letter from Amarillo cites concerns about boys burning vacant houses and jokes about comics Boots and Her Buddies and Buck Rogers. The writer notes confusion over ongoing features in The Globe and finds golf increasingly popular while urging continued civic column discussion.

Waynoka Oklahoma Mosh Boots Buck Rogers Amarillo

Plot to Burn Vacant Amarillo Houses Reported

A letter warns Amarillo residents of a plan by mischievous youths to set fire to vacant houses. The writer claims a crowd discussed dividing into groups to ignite fires around town and repeatedly target vacant homes to provoke fire response. The letter urges public vigilance.

Amarillo Paris

Mexican Labor Column Reflections and Reader Letter

A reader writes after three years of reading the column, expressing agreement and noting attempts to respond with letters, but stops mid thought as the text ends. The missive highlights engagement with the columnist and ongoing dialogue on Mexican labor topics.

Tack

Itching Ends When Zemo Touches Skin

Itching relief comes from Zemo soothing skin with rapid effect on itching heat caused by sunburn windburn bites pimples and rashes. The ad promotes Zemo as a universal antiseptic, claiming quick relief even in severe cases and urging regular use with a price of 60 cents or one dollar.

Zemo

Letter objecting to Santa Fe railway labor practices

The writer agrees Santa Fe is a leading U S railway but objects to employing Mexican labor. He argues that naturalized and native workers could fill jobs, noting one white man can do as much work as two or three Mexicans and that wages should reflect this to solve a complex race issue.

J. R. Hitchcock Santa Fe United States

Tack and Santa Fe System Loosen Immigration Limits

A CONSTANT READER argues for expanding foreign arrivals yearly and praises Tack and the Santa Fe system, urging broader power and policy openness.

School transfer inquiry from Wichita family

A reader from Wichita asks who to contact to complete school transfers before August or pay a fee. The note requests guidance on the proper office or person to handle enrollment changes for their children and notes they have no prior experience with the process.

Tack Wichita

Request for guidance on nature writings in Amarillo paper

Mrs W D Snyder asks for light or advice from the paper to contact proper authorities and enjoy writings. She notes reaching Mr George Waddill, secretary of the public schools, at the courthouse for information. E R T confirms contact details.

Texas Amarillo W. D. Snyder George Waddill the Public Schools Court House

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