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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1924
Page
4
The Amarillo Daily Globe notes its founding date February 20 1924 and its post office entry as second class. It lists publishing company address 110 East Fifth Street Amarillo Texas and subscription rates for carrier and mail in multiple regions.
A March 17 1924 reminder urges residents to purchase their fair bonds as the 73000 dollar fund nears subscription. Bond salesmen report strong interest with nearly all approached taking a bond, and stress speed to ensure the proposition closes successfully.
Washington reports suggest Amarillo has a better chance for a government helium plant due to abundant gas supplies. A plant here would bring more people, money, and business, with helium seen as a key light gas for airships in the experimental stage.
Press dispatches claim Chicago has mobilized all agencies to suppress a crime wave with dozens murdered and holdups totaling millions. The piece contrasts Chicago’s density and poverty with Amarillo’s quieter, less crowded streets and asserts no crime wave there.
Wash, oil and grease any car. Grinding valves for Ford Buick Olds Studebaker and others with prices listed. Adj. rods and main rods for multiple makes. Oldsmobile service station at Pierce Cornwell, 207 W. 6th St. Phones 2308-1454.
A quirky column records a Peculiar Person chasing the end of days from a haystack, then escaping a fire as townsfolk mock doomsayers. It contrasts sudden wealth versus steady hardship and clips about poetry, scripture, and humorous street sayings gathered on Polk Street.
London reports agitation among British seamen who demand restoring the Plimsoll line to its original level to prevent overloaded ships. They cite forty ships sinking in the past year, thirty six of which were heavily loaded, and propose sending a delegation to Washington to press the United States to raise its own load lines.
The Countess de Armil widow of a Portuguese diplomat tried domestic service with a Surrey family. The experiment and the employers views are printed in The Daily Chronicle. The piece suggests Countesses fail as parlourmaids, citing figures over etiquette and behavior. A Chicago woman commits suicide after her dog’s death.
A diary style column from New York mixes social scenes with theater gossip and brisk observations. The piece notes a critic’s high salary, a Florida visit by H Webster, a Beaux Arts breakfast with William Johnston, and a farewell to Karl Kitchen in Egypt, ending with anecdotes about theater, a blind newsdealer association, and a barbed portrait of chorus girls and debts.
Doctor R J Moore, osteopathic physician and surgeon, lists offices at 5 6 Puqua Building with office telephone 2713 and residence 2763 ward, succeeding Dr L W Betournay in practice.
Freight on the Santa Fe shows improvement as empty reefers head west for California fruit loads to eastern markets. Rock Island to replace about 296 miles of track at an estimated cost of 1.85 million dollars. Big Four Brotherhoods convention set for Amarillo April 8 to 11.
A pilgrim narrator recalls a sorrowful journey by rail through New Mexico and Amarillo. A destitute young woman, Lavina Hagler, travels west seeking health, dies after funds raised by Santa Fe locals sustain her at Albuquerque’s sanitarium. The piece blends travel sketches with snippets on rail freight growth and railroad safety pledges.
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