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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1924
Page
4
Amarillo Daily Globe records its founding date February 20 and publication schedule. It lists circulation terms, pricing for daily, Sunday and long-term subscriptions, and office contact details at 110 East Fifth Street with Associated Press affiliation.
Business leaders are urged to support employees joining the Texas National Guard encampment in Galveston beginning July 4. The program offers technical training, discipline, and a hardening, enjoyable two weeks of camp. Recruits are needed to strengthen Amarillo’s unit.
Calendar style radio guide lists overspread of Democratic National Convention coverage across stations from Chicago to Dallas with orchestras, talks, and educational programs. Notable names include Josha DeRabarya Orchestra and George Osborn's Orchestra amid hourly updates and late night variety programs.
Pacific Coast Standard Time broadcast lineup lists KGO Oakland KEI Los Angeles KFI Los Angeles KPO San Francisco KGW Portland and other outlets with concerts orchestras conductors and times across a Saturday schedule including St Francis Concert Orchestra Art Hickmans Orchestra Cocoanut Grove Orchestra and George Olsen's Orchestra continuing into late night programs.
McIntyre surveys a bustling New York scene from Jefferson Market to Broadway. Describes bailiffs, coroners, drunks, derbies, counterfeit Hawaiians, and a bustling mix of shops, theaters, and street characters. Notes Jungle Joe pickpocketing balloons at Grand Central and a hunchback detective blending into crowds.
The piece describes Dawes and his famous upside down pipe as a campaign touch with a briar pipe adding a picturesque element. It details faces in red yellow crown white pale green light brown and purple plus a gilt ear adornment on a girl. The tone hints at fading life in the colors and the faces as if escaping from something.
Local snippets note visits by W W Jones from Claude M J Lutterell of Claude and Mrs Ida B Dean from Washburn to Amarillo and Spearman. Dr and Mrs W R Orr of Wellington and Mr and Mrs W C Foster on Fountain Ave are mentioned. Pettys return from a three week overland trip to Tucson. A bystander describes a brisk walk by a young woman with a child in hot sun.
Pictures of the duchesses from the Amarillo Tri State exposition will be used in Panhandle and Texas papers before the fair. Dated photographs and cuts will be distributed to Panhandle publications. Eastern New Mexico reports indicate towns have selected duchesses for the pageant leading to the queen crowning and a Hudson Coach presentation.
An Amarillo physician notes a hot day observation about weight and heat tolerance. Bill Smith denounces passivity with a remark about being a live wire. A local family avoids speaking to each other and a quip about a New York missile targets the Democrats.
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