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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1924
Page
4
The page shows the Amarillo Daily Globe masthead and publication details dated March 4 1924 with pricing and mailing information for the Amarillo Texas edition including subscriptions for Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. The text reflects catalog-like newspaper records from early 1924.
The Potter County Federation of Women's Clubs Conservation and Civics committees urge civic support for Sanford park improvements and more trees. They plan weekly musical programs, child contests for best kept premises and lawns, and seek wider backing from civic organizations to instill health and democratic ideas in children.
A speech urges residents to overlook dislike of John Jones and consider his proposition for the city. The plea argues progress comes from practical proposals, not personal animosity, and cites historical growth of thriving cities built on collaboration.
A collage of quick remarks from Amarillo residents spans politics, business, agriculture, and culture. Subjects include Frank Winkler on Hearst and Senator Hiram Johnson, J M Plummer on Amarillo Kiwanis, Green Bros. February 1924 results, cotton in Amarillo, and local views on youth, real estate, Shakespeare lectures, and new infrastructure such as the 180 foot steel span bridge at Happy Crossing south of Amarillo.
The column quotes Mr. Ray Wheatley on why the colm is written, rails at political machines, and defends free thought. Jude Johnson jokes about special privileges while opposing machines, and the piece notes drivers’ lack of caution behind the wheel and the mystery of automobile psychology.
O O McIntyre paints a portrait of Manhattan as he notes out of town visitors outspend locals on Broadway and at cafes while the city’s amateur nights draw harsh crowds. He argues the harsh glare of the big city harms earnest performers and exploits those seeking stage glory.
Movie news highlights Rupert Hughes Reno at the Fair theater, centering on Guy Tappan and his three marriages and the quirks of varying divorce laws across states. It praises the cast including Lew Cody and Helene Chadwick and notes Mission's late-week showing of Hentzau. Also describes Vesey Street second hand bookshops and a fond portrait of booklovers in quaint old houses.
A stage play with James K Hackett in the title role features a villain as the hero in a European succession tale. Lew Cody plays the villain and court life details guide the film’s court scenes aided by etiquette experts. The cast includes Elaine Hammerstein Claire Windsor Gertrude Astor Hobart Bosworth Marjorie Daw Bryant Washburn Josephine Crowell and others.
Dallas rancher C C Slaughter predicts strong Panhandle expansion as cotton acreage grows He warns cowmen may lose land to cotton and recalls his father Texas settler prophecy that semi arid lands would thrive by 1930, now appearing five years early in 1925.
The state game warden ships twenty four Mexican quail to Randall County. W J Flasher will house them on a small ranch where they will have ample water and food.
Mrs. Christian of 2100 Taylor Street is recovering well from three surgical procedures and remains a patient at St. Anthony's Hospital.
The Fair theater will host four acts of high class vaudeville in the last half of the week alongside the regular motion picture bill. Molloy and Meyers perform Bits of This and That a comedy dancing number. Scott and Chaffin from Dixie present a blackface act. Wait and Lee sing and Farrar and Farrar offer a violin and banjo musical act.
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