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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1924
Page
4
A vivid column reflects on Carl Sullivan and social bustle around rodeo events in Las Vegas. It contrasts press antics with frontier spirit, praising workers like a broom-wielding heroine while noting changes as wealth and fame alter old-time virtues.
The piece contrasts grim poverty with a glimmering, hopeful slumscape in New York’s Lower East Side. It describes soldiers of fortune from diverse origins chasing opportunity, and portrays Antonio Morini and family as proof that slums can nurture ambition, learning, and upward mobility.
A slice of Manhattan life sketches Allen and Orchard streets mourning Charlie a humble local figure found dead in a doorway. The piece notes Bowery confidant Mag, Bum's Boulevard under the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Dutch Treat club’s famed self paying lunches among writers and artists.
Downtown New York audiences flocked to hear the colored players perform their dialect version of the Hebrew and the Irish. George Jean Nathan is a frequent patron while Henry L. Mencken does not usually accompany him. One magazine writer quips about writing the other's epitaph.
A Balkans musical play features a comedian who must eat three pieces of pie per performance. He has been struck by indigestion twice but continues. Copyright 1924 McNaught Syndicate Daily Globe want ads ic per word.
A jumble of notices lists visitors and residents moving through Amarillo and nearby towns. Names include Violet rays kill the bacteria and a string of yesterday arrivals from Dumas Vernon Clinton and Miami. Also noted is plans for Oz Los Angeles trip and The Globe announcing Arthur Brisbane to write editorials.
In Wellington and surrounding areas editors share jokes about press life and Prohibition era habits. Farmers recount cotton production with nine gins and two more planned. A judge laments witness memory on indictments while a breeder recalls Herefords destined for slaughter.
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