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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1924
Page
4
Notice lists second class matter status for Amarillo Globe with post office date February 20, 1924. It shows publication schedule, offices at 110 East Fifth Street, contact for news and business departments, and subscription rates for carrier and mail editions across Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico.
The article weighs the 1924 presidential matchup, noting John W. Davis and Calvin Coolidge as nontraditional politicians. It recounts Davis’s education and affiliations, his Wall Street defense work, and his early unpaid aid to Eugene Debs and Mother Jones in a West Virginia mine workers case.
Four years ago James Cox predicted Prohibition’s end and the League of Nations enduring. Both were proven wrong as the League was largely sidelined at the Democratic convention while the dry and wet factions sparred intensely. The piece warns that proponents must stay vigilant against enforcement laxity aimed at overturning Prohibition.
President Coolidge appoints Major Oscar N. Solbert U.S.A. as chief of the White House police, succeeding Major O M Ballinger who retired. A phone operator comments that 90 percent of Amarillo residents can recite the Panhandle Laundry number.
A dense list of radio programs across stations in Chicago Louisville Dallas Oakland San Francisco and more. Includes concerts, lectures, bedtime stories, and orchestra broadcasts with times in Central Standard Time and Pacific Coast Standard Time, noting time differences and schedule notes.
A broadcast listing shows multiple stations from Chicago to Portland scheduling orchestras bands and soloists through the evening. Notable names include Joshan DeRabary's Orchestra, Herbie Minty, Rosemary Hughes, Ralph Williams, and George Olsen's Orchestra with varied times across WMAQ WEBH WDAP WHAS WMC WOC KGO KHO and other outlets. Daily Globe want ads note rates per word.
O. O. McIntyre strolls through a July New York, noting Ri alto parade crowds, sneakered youths, cigar shops, and sidewalk cafes. reflections drift from Parisian texture to Niagara trips and a famed gambler. He recalls Della Fox, Bird Cage decor, and city contrasts from Midtown to Gasoline Alley.
Vote for Less Whitaker for sheriff adv Coffee rises with Brazil revolution. Fun Friday night at The Nat. A Dallas woman fainted twenty four times at her husband's funeral. A Lubbock farmer sells beef cattle for twenty dairy cows and profits monthly after years of losses.
A row of witty asides and local color items accompanies a claim that Davis will not win the presidency. The piece includes jokes about a butler in Davis’s house, social satire, and brief notes on local characters such as an Amarillo politician and a railroader.
The narrator mentions sending a telegram to learn about an alligator pear orchard spanning 640 acres in Florida. The map places the property at a specific location.
A telegram from Washout Texas details an inheritance of 640 acres in Flood county section 29. The sender claims the land is valuable and capable of raising crops, mentioning alligator pears and asking for cash value and delivery of dead. The note hints at a larger serialized piece titled The Wire from Washout and references The Everglades.
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