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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1926
Page
4
Mayor Lee Bivins and Commissioners A Fisk and J H Harris are urged to be rehanabnnted after Amarillo’s new traffic signal system succeeds. The piece says it gives Amarillo a metropolitan air and calls for removing cowboy hats worn by police and approving a living wage for officers.
Aggressive El Paso supporters, 50 or more strong, visit Amarillo to push for the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in 1930. Adrian Pool places El Paso population at 80,000 to 90,000. Juarez nearby has about 35,000. Bill Winch, a key Fair, Mission and Deandi manager, attends as part of a regional civic ties reunion.
An Amarillo business proposal suggests a two day trade trip by air, using fifteen or more airplanes to visit South Plains cities. Proponents tout publicity and expanded wholesale reach while urging rapid organization to boost oil boom era growth and Northwest Texas trade.
The diary recounts a June day in New York with visits to the Gowanus Canal area once ruled by Terry McGovern. The narrator dines at a greasy counter, attends a theater rehearsal, encounters a rude intruder, chats with George Jean Nathan, and ends with a Stamford overnight at H. T. Webster's home.
A cryptic reminiscence recalls a hotel where guests faced a dollar per key charge upon reclaiming keys. Patrons failed to return keys or revisit, feeling guilt as whispers of misdeeds floated. anecdotes unfold of a locksmith’s method and a wary cashier facing unsettled accounts amid odd encounters.
Mimii travels through Connecticut and small towns in a midnight quest to reclaim a life with Merle, confronts fear and dependence, and begins nightly drives with her dog Luck. She plots a fair path for Perry and her future, watching the Hart home and imagining a life with or without Perry as she seeks courage and a way out.
D Y Taylor notes Amarillo Drug No 2 would open for the convention if the fountain arrived. Neil Grogan critiques the Globe interviews while Capt Henry B Lewis praises Amarillo traffic. Jim Jenkins bets a tie on a local man driving a Stutz in 30 days. Lloyd Vance says ice business grows with summer. Pelham Hopkins plans a Dallas return. Raymond Whittington reports signals on Saturday at Third and Taylor caused rush at the intersection.
In a bedtime story, Peter Rabbit discovers Jerry Muskrat has babies hidden at the Smiling Pool. Jerry denies, then admits the family is nearby, as Mrs Muskrat reveals a brood of six young Muskrats swimming behind the Big Rock.
Peter Rabbit eyes a Muskrat family on the bank as Mother Muskrat defends having seven children. She notes Uncle Billy Possum’s larger brood as a comfortable, just right family. Concludes with a local ad for Randal's at 422 Taylor St offering cameras, fertilizer and supplies.
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