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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1927
Page
6
The Amarillo Globe News announces subscription rates for the period ending June 1, 1927. Rates include monthly and yearly options with prices listed for city delivery and mail subscriptions. The paper is published evenings except Sundays in Amarillo, Texas, in association with the Amarillo Ace.
A local plea urges Amarillo residents to end a fundraising drive for a Salvation Army home in a single day. The appeal emphasizes immediate, generous response to aid vulnerable children and waifs, invoking wartime service and small requested amounts as justified by the stakes.
The article praises Lt. Robert Gray as a local aviator and proposes Amarillo back him in a trans-Pacific attempt. Wichita Falls financiers offer support if the plane is named The Wichita Falls, but Amarillo residents are urged to fund The Amarillo to show local pride and sporting blood.
American popular airs replace old opera in Italy while U S listeners enjoy European classics through radio. The shift shows mass appeal of simple modern tunes yet broad exchange, with no harm to either side as audiences broaden.
The piece laments college days ending and alumni funds for a new million dollar stadium, chemistry buildings, an administration hall, and four dormitories. It mocks subscription drives and hints at sensational future “great scoop” photography, ending with a bizarre political quip about England and Ireland.
A fragment hints at a push in Germany to build swimming pools for family leisure and to develop athletes for national contests and the Olympics. The text also notes advice on married relationships amid a broader sports discussion.
Sonia Marsh balances love and family as she defers her engagement to Franklin Crane to spend time with her father, while Jed Thomas quietly raises her salary and hints at confidentiality. Sonia recalls childhood holidays with her father and revisits city life, facing Joselyn's suspicions and Tom Underwood's diamond promise.
Yelverston the Airedale terrier, famed for 50 000 miles of service, says he has a bank account and a coin box on his back to fund the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals of the Poor. He claims royal letters and four London Dog Show wins, and donates his income in declining years to aid needy dogs.
R W Hutchins, a Texas A and M student who funded his education by work, receives a two acre irrigated farm prize from a land company in the lower Rio Grande valley. J B Holman drowns after falling into a creek while fishing for lumber. Elmer Lawson is killed by lightning while chopping cotton near Ragland. A 95 year old man from Rising Star dies in Breckenridge after a crash while en route to see grandchildren drowned in Red River. two granddaughters also drowned earlier.
Mrs Jason Kerr of Deal England found a pearl in an oyster she was eating and sent the shell to a London dealer who extracted the gem. She values the pearl at 50 dollars and will have it mounted in a gold ring for her daughter.
In Burgess tale Old Man Coyote doubting his ears hears a mysterious echo across Green Forest and Great Mountain. He tests the sound from both locations then discovers the echo location in the Green Forest, leaving him puzzled and wary.
A large number of Amarillo residents are using American Library Association home study books at Potter County Library. Reports show twenty four subjects covered and many adults completing multiple courses. The library provides the books used in the courses and has them available on shelves or obtainable.
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