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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1929
Page
6
Publication notice from The Amarillo Globe News outlines founding date February 20 1924 and filing details. It lists offices in Amarillo Texas and references post office registration and pricing lines.
Amarillo shippers and railroad representatives plan a traffic club to educate and unite participants. The movement mirrors nationwide practice with active memberships in Chicago and Minneapolis. The club will focus on education rather than settling disputes, seen as a city asset for Amarillo’s growth.
A mob surrounded Riverside Jail seeking Gordon Northcott, convicted of three murders. Sheriff Clem Sweeters faced the crowd alone declaring the law would take his life rather than release the prisoner, and the mob dispersed.
Warden Lewis E. Lawes notes that in 1927 the average robbery yielded $30.75 and sentences averaged over thirteen years. He cautions that adding escapees might raise profits and lower sentences, but the gist remains: crime isn’t very profitable.
The piece recounts Fitzhugh Lee mishearing a Confederate veteran’s name. A North Carolina private mistakes Marie Robert for Lt. Fitz Lee, assuming he must quit while Lee’s army has surrendered to Grant. The anecdote highlights local color and humorous miscommunication from the postwar era.
A parent counsels firm, emotionless discipline after a two year old Billy damages a Boston fern to seek attention. The piece argues punishment should be plain and minimal in warmth, noting a child lacking engaging tasks invites scrutiny and court martial like scolding.
Promoter Harry Borden is shot in his private office. Detective McMann leads the inquiry with suspects including wife Mrs Elizabeth Borden, Ruth Lester, and Jack Hayward. Benny Smith the office boy implicates or defends others as Minnie Cassidy and Rita Dubois are drawn into questioning. The scene shifts among witnesses on the seventh floor as a web of alibis forms.
A column by D. C. McIntyre reflects on New York society figures, celebrities, and luxury excesses. It contemplates wealth, fame, and social behavior via vivid snapshots of guests, entertainers, and urban life, ending with an edgy quip about a troublesome patron.
Wanderer the owl tells Peter Rabbit about Howler the Wolf a swift cunning predator feared by bears moose and panther. Howler hunts deer and packs hunt together while Old Man Coyote and Lightfoot the Deer face peril in the forest and across the North and Far West. The tale notes Howler's size speed and hunts.
A concise crossword puzzle description with well balanced clues and several unusual words. Horizontal clues include Net weight of a container vehicle visage delicately colored jewel type of poem to press large tract of public land kept for recreational and ornamental purposes Bulky a new star frozen water to minister to.
The League of Nations council, meeting in private, will refer the United States adhesion issue to the commission of jurists. This panel will meet March 11 to study revision of the World Court Statutes, with Elihu Root’s proposals in view and public discussion planned. Sir Austen Chamberlain expected to present the resolution.
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