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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1929
Page
2
The writer, traveling through Happy Texas, praises local boosters and notes wheat activity and boasting about production costs. He reports on Borger police uniform talks and town pride, plus mentions Amarillo and St Louis Post Dispatch coverage.
A family appeals for a lost male English toy terrier believed white with a black stripe on its face. The owner offers a $10 reward plus $5 additional from another party. The dog is about four years old. Contact 4114 or visit 804 Lamar Street.
A reader's snippet portrays Ella a long time guest with blue eyes and peachy charm. She rejects a traveling man’s advances in a hotel dining room where her brother the cook weighs 200 pounds and recently tied up a floor with a traveling man who offered a date while Ella contemplates a simple coffee and hot cakes.
Amarillo’s 16 year old Pony Express rider Boyd Jones, with horse Molly, writes from Claremore that he will ride into Missouri tomorrow on the Tri State Fair tour. He says he’s one day behind schedule but will make it up and notes past visits to President Coolidge and Will Rogers.
The News-Globe voices concern over limited reporter access at some school board meetings while praising the district’s work. It urges open attendance at all formal sessions, noting reporters represent the public and inform on public affairs.
Local item recounts encounters with out of town magazine solicitors aiming to fund toe dancing in New York. Mentions lost lumber jacket in downtown Amarillo, a four year old boy’s missing clothing, and two reward offers for lost keys near the Herring Hotel. Reporter notes plans to visit Hereford and references a public ice cream social at Pleasant Valley school.
A fragmentary reading notes a diner and a waitress in a brief exchange, recalling a well worn mystery. The scene hints at a repeating print history and a casually said greeting on a pleasant day.
Lucy Earle Roddy thanks the organizers for the 85 premium she won in the Yo Yo contest at Elwood Park last Saturday. She says she entered on a whim, did not expect to win, and appreciates the public spirited prizes for children.
Amarillo residents praise the new park between Fillmore and Taylor on the South Side, noting a beautiful fountain and landscaping. They urge preservation of the court house square area, arguing for expansion elsewhere and space to plant trees as the city develops.
Five men in the First National Bank at Hooker Okla robbed the savings of wheat harvest workers and escaped with about 12000. A sheriff s posse pursued toward the east then south as guards tightened in Dalhart Channing and Hartley and other towns along the Rock Island line.
A Dakotan farmer warns that the new tariff bill will raise costs for nearly every farming need from silos to tools and clothing. He argues Washington protections help manufacturers, not farmers, citing droughts floods and blight as drivers of price changes and urging readers to consider the broad impact. A brief classified note offers ten registered birds for sale with contact.
A reader requests help finding a well cared for collie or shepherd dog or German police pup. The ideal pup will be taken to Oklahoma and placed on a ranch with a good home and proper care. Interested parties are asked to assist.
A light Robin plane resumes aerial antics at about 2 000 to 2 500 feet while taking on sixty gallons of fuel and planning two more refuelings before night. A telegram from Fairbault Citizens says Pa and Ma Jackson will arrive by plane at Lambert at 2 p m Red. The Jacksons’ Midwest visit follows months of wife’s urging. O Brine family keeps vigil at the field as the daily aerial performance nets about 2 673 dollars in compensation.
Grain experts P A Lee of Grand Forks North Carolina secretary of the Farmers Grain Dealers Association LeRoy Melton of Greenville Illinois national president of the Farmers Equity Union Herbert Hannon of Enid Oklahoma general manager of the Oklahoma and Texas Wheat Pool C W Bergner Amarillo Texas president of the Texas Wheat Pool and 8 W Simmons Miami Texas director of the Texas Wheat Pool
A listings page outlines 7:30 memories and 8:00 Quaker Girk plus regional stations KDKA WLW KYW KWK WREN WJR. At 8:30 Master Musicians and Soloists on WJZ. 9:00 Slumber Music is aired with KWK WREN WIOD WKY WSM WMC WBAP.
Two women approached Juarez authorities asking to marry. officials found no law supporting the request. The bride’s mother, Maria de Jesus Ortega, 23, urged Francisca Martinez, 25, to drop the plan. The couple returned home unmarried. Francisca noted a history of masculine work and dress.
Chancellor Herman Mueller who had a gall bladder operation was stated by physicians to be out of danger today after a period of grave illness. The report comes from Heidelberg Germany where the surgery occurred and medical teams monitor his recovery.
A reader asks for the Canadian contributor to obtain the American Mercury issue containing Robert Blake's prison story. The writer signs as Earl Thompson and provides a polite request for postage.
The piece notes a royal opening of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with the Prince of Wales toasting 200 workers. It mentions Rockefeller funding of London’s health building, a British Shell advertising push in New York, and US prohibition debates. It also covers Britain's speed regulation shift for trucks, France's general speed rules, and California peach price talks led by Preston McKinney of the Canners League.
A speaker asks for a companion who has lived through hardship not learned from books. He seeks someone who understands pain, despair, and struggle from life’s bitter road and can read the heart through shared experience rather than pamphlets. The verse contrasts experience with abstract knowledge.
Week end liquidation sees July wheat futures down, October and December off about 21 to 22 points from highs. Houston drought fears weigh as Chicago butter and poultry hold steady. Liverpool cotton prices show limited demand with American sales of 2,700 and receipts of 2,000. New York stocks rally on Bethlehem Steel dividend and rising rails. U S Steel, General Electric advance while foreign exchanges firm.
Six Royal Marines were killed when a gun turret aboard the British cruiser Devonshire exploded in the Eastern Mediterranean. The blast reportedly blew out a six inch gun, taking the turret with it. A captain, two sergeants, one corporal and two privates died. three others were in critical condition.
Chicago livestock notes report hogs steady under 200 pounds with heavier weights down. Cattle and calves mostly weak to lower with varied top prices. sheep steady to lower. East St. Louis hogs and cattle show similar trends. Cotton markets in New York and New Orleans opened steady to firmer on mixed futures and crop outlooks.
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