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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1929
Page
4
Notes the Amarillo Globe founded February 20 1924 with second class matter status and post office registration. Mentions publication evenings except Saturdays and Sunday morning edition with Amarillo Daily News and The Globe-News Publishing Co. address at 6th and Fillmore and subscription rates.
A financier M C Harman rose from boyhood dreams of ruling Lundy Island to purchase it and now governs a small island realm with two score fisherfolk. The piece then shifts to celebrate the dish rag and its mythic history, tracing its evolution from dish clout to rag and towel, its literary mentions, and its place in modern machine age.
Alice Judson Peale argues that modern children distrust traditional lessons as jazz and phonograph culture dominate. She urges engagement through school orchestras glee clubs and family singing to foster active musical participation over passive listening.
Scamp Montgomery the character comedian narrates his first voyage abroad on the Mauretania. After three days below deck he braves four deck to witness seas twenty feet high. He corners two English tourists and jokes about the weather and seas in a humorous exchange.
A 1929 column warns ghost writing endangers authors and the publishing industry. It cites writers, society figures, and even radio poets selling talent for big pay, with critics and reviewers doubting genuine authorship. The piece blends literary concern with anecdotes from nightlife and cinema industry figures, concluding with serialized fiction teaser.
Nan Carter resigns from her job as secretary to criminal lawyer John Curtis Morgan but stays on as long distance housekeeper. She loves Morgan who loves Iris, and Morgan defends Bert Crawford. After Crawford’s acquittal Nan’s heart breaks as she witnesses Morgan’s devotion to work and Curtis, her stepson, while Iris looms as a memory. Nan’s secretly growing distress culminates when Morgan hints Crawford’s tale, and Nan realizes she must end the affair.
Cecil Bryan Harris 62 assistant secretary of Rotary International and brother of Rotary's founder will be buried in Chicago after a brief Dallas service Harris died from a relapse while attending the international Rotary convention Burial will be held Friday in Chicago and his body will be taken there from Dallas he died yesterday in Dallas Texas
In the Old Orchard and Green Forest Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel earns hero status after beating Robber the Rat but his bragging draws scorn from Chatterer the Red Squirrel. Tom Tit, Scrapper, and Mrs Happy Jack witness his swelling pride and eventual humbling challenge.
Horizontal 1 Examination. 5 Poetic name for the eye. 8 Concern. 12 Always. 18 Honey gathering insect. 14 Foretoken. 15 The war vessels belonging to a nation. 16 Frozen water. 17 A prima donna.
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In Austin on June 26 the senate committee on state affairs recommended a three cent gasoline tax. The house has approved a four cent tax with an exemption for non road use. The senate bill preserves exemptions and drops the purple gas color provision. A rural school aid appropriation of 5.5 million dollars for two years was agreed on in committee, matching the house but a quorum issue delayed final passage.
The Associated Press reports Fort Worth Texas will add a municipal airport expansion a new central fire station and new streets and railway crossing under passes after voters approved a $3 000 000 bond issue yesterday.
At the theaters the Fair presents Strong Boy with Victor McLaglen on first day. The Mission screens The Studio Murder Mystery with Neil Hamilton, plus a sound comedy and Ruth Etting sings two songs. The Deandi offers The Shakedown with an all star cast on its last day. Nat-Rafe Emerson and His Orchestra provides musical entertainment.
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