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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1926
Page
4
Fragmented OCR text shows department listing with durations such as one month six months and one year. It appears to be a public notice section possibly referencing telephones and publication details. Exact entities and dates are unclear due to damage.
Homer Wade suggests stores and business houses place sidewalk seats next week to welcome convention visitors. He notes it would be a pleasing hospitality and asks why not implement it, with Polk street traffic halted to accommodate seating.
Bids on Amarillo water works show short completion times with 210 days or seven months offered for full operation. None requested more than ten months, boosting hope for adequate water supply by next spring if a prompt contract award is made.
W. P. Martin who attended a Tulsa realtor convention says Amarillo has not started a development boom. Tulsa businessmen advised patience before selling prime lots as downtown values surge. Developers in town expect continued upticks, with many buying business property for investment.
A nostalgic verse notes fathers who work hard to provide for families and asks readers to honor them with flowers and gratitude. It contrasts Father’s sacrifices with Mother’s Day and Poppy Days, urging recognition and remembrance on Father’s Day.
Paris residents recall a 127 fire incident and discuss open hearths. The account notes rapid smoke detection, but comments on carelessness with open fires and the city’s low fire insurance rates.
Mimsi in New York struggles with love money and ambition as Nita vents rage and Perry's view of freedom haunts her. Artist mentor Harbeck urges comfort over hardship while Mimsi contemplates accepting his offer to stay afloat and pursue art.
A visitor notes Paris rain and daily Frenchmann habits with an umbrella as routine gear. He recalls Cherbourg resident anecdotes about frequent showers and describes the city’s beauty, well kept streets, and parks while naming several local figures seen during a half hour stroll.
French and English captions accompany new arrivals as films popular on Broadway six months earlier make their first run in Paris. The crowds show strong reaction with boos and applause while Chaplin tops the favorites and blondes prevail among on screen stars.
West Texans will eat beef raised and slaughtered in West Texas for the chamber of commerce convention. Western Packing bought 212 head of baby beeves from Jess Hill of Potter County at 8.25 per hundred pounds. Calves weigh about 650 pounds and will be killed today and tomorrow then delivered Saturday. Oval Keen notes strong demand and plans to use West Texas cattle as far as possible.
Peter Rabbit grows obsessed with scent and chase as he pursues butterflies across Green Meadows. Grandfather Frog warns him to seek knowledge, not assume butterflies lack perfume, while Peter forgets to watch for danger and exhausts himself in a futile pursuit.
Peter dismisses butterflies as perfumed phantoms while a saucy butterfly challenges him to prove the claim. Redwing the Blackbird has spread word of perfume, prompting Peter to sniff for proof as the butterfly flits teasingly away.
Carrie Nation of the Imperial Barbe Shop displays the world's largest barber sign on a telegraph pole repurposed for traffic signals. He expects crowds to line up for the West Texas chamber convention, planning a highly visible beacon. A parallel note mentions a bus mounted on a sky plane propeller in Finland.
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