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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1927
Page
14
The Amarillo post office congestion eases as two new sub stations are planned. Postmaster W C Kenyon and Harve Haines spearhead the effort, leveraging political connections to secure rapid progress and relieve local mail delays.
After a knockout blow ends the Dempsey Sharkey bout at Yankee Stadium last night questions rise over fair blows and possible framed actions. Charges and counter charges loom as fans debate whether Dempsey earned a shot at champion Tunney. The dispute colors boxing's image and Dempsey's popularity as the nation awaits further fallout.
A $150,000 marble staircase once owned by Judge E. H. Gary is offered for $1 with pickup required. The piece sits amid a column praising changing tastes in home design as nouveau palace trends fade. New England railroads announce two limited trains named Paul Revere and William Dawes Jr to honor local Revolutionary figures.
Watertown New York July 22 Rev Dr Guy Livingstone Brown 67 pastor of the First Baptist Church secretly wed Ada Harder Rector 45 widow and mother of two after meeting in his study during service The ceremony was performed by Rev Dr Colbrook Syracuse Beside the astonished congregation the couple exchanged vows and left for a Adirondacks tour and Keuka Lake summer plans with their children
A flash of longevity shows Bulgaria with five times as many centenarians as Greece, while Germany tops France. Spain claims about 400 centenarians, Ireland leads England, and Valencia notes a mason aged 126. In Sweden Norway and Denmark a century is rare. A Mississippi flood in Tallulah, Louisiana did not stop W L Rountree from publishing.
Sonia Marsh, a San Francisco real estate employee, becomes entangled with Franklin Crane and others. After a drunken crash kills Maxine and injures Sonia, she wrestles with love, duty, and marriage as she awaits Crane’s return and contemplates her future in a restless night.
A New Jersey woman celebrated her 104th birthday with a long nap in the record of peculiar birthday customs. The note adds a lighthearted look at aging and longevity while recalling other oddities and headlines of the era.
A Baltimore traffic officer who marked tires with chalk Xs for overtime cars found the marks repeatedly disappeared. He observed a freelance duster removing the Xs and fined him ten dollars for the act.
In a Burgess tale Little Miss Curiosity slips out after an open door and discovers a dark cozy house in the dooryard. Sammy Jay observes the scene and spots the missing Chuck hiding in Bowser the Hound's house, awaiting what happens next as Old Man Coyote dodges the hens.
Walter Burley a black man convicted of murdering two white women in Jackson Mississippi asked the husband and brothers of his victims to forgive him before he was hanged The condemned man sought time to say a prayer on the gallows but died after twenty seven minutes The killings followed an assault on one woman and the capture of Burley as he attempted to hide the crime
Plymouth aims to honor Captain Standish with a proposed statue by the Miles Standish association. If built, it would be the town's first statue of a Pilgrim figure.
An earnest vineyard worker helps Paddy O Reilly abandon drink with rewards and guidance. After a Europe trip she returns to find him sober and prosperous, and he quips that he now buys liquor at twenty two dollars per quart instead of drinking it.
In this Washington column Rod ney Dut cher notes rising talk of dictatorship in the United States and abroad. He cites Haiti under Louis Borno with Thoby accusing constitutional erosion and press limits while U S forces shape the plebiscite. He also covers reactions to General Wood and praise for Admiral Bristol and Byrd's private flight.
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