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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1924
Page
4
Public notice fragment lists founding date February 20 1934 and publication details for Amarillo Daily Globe including office address 110 East Fifth street and telephones, plus subscription rates for in town and mail editions.
The Globe editorial promotes Amaryllis and Great West flour from Amarillo based mills. It urges housewives to buy local flour this week, praising local employment and city investment while urging readers to back the homegrown brand to boost Amarillo’s economy.
A collection of examples shows Cyrus Field, Goodyear, and Henry Ford facing repeated failures before eventual success. The message urges perseverance, noting that repeated defeats did not deter these figures from achieving significant outcomes.
The piece notes that animals show courtesy more often than people in morbid moments. Dogs wag tails, cats purr, and horses nicker, while many humans merely grunt.
A string of lighthearted jests and observations from Amarillo locals includes quips about gossip, traffic fines, and farmers. Various snippets touch on vehicles, Underwood typewriters, humorous misstatements, and community reflections. A humorous, era-tinged column style sketches daily life and social quirks.
In Chatham Square and Bowery areas at dusk a drift of men seeks drink and solace amid the city’s poverty. Hawkers sell illicit hooch, opium scenes unfold in backstreets, and lodging houses are crowded. A subway observer notes men focus on mirrors. a taxi starter earns by tips. Harlem radios disturb tenants. a glitzy Fifties venue commands high prestige.
In Leame France Professor Alphone Toupee draws notice for a curious experiment training two tame silk worms on a worn sock. The unusual scene unfolds among the picturesque peasants of a small province as reporters describe the eccentric program and its comedic details.
St. Pauls Methodist Church will hold an anniversary service on March 30 to mark the church’s founding and celebrate its community. Local congregants invite area residents to attend and participate in the commemorative event.
Hythen Allen, 6, moved from Pueblo to Amarillo to join her father John N. Allen in O'Donnell Texas. Special agent Robert Sullinger placed her at his home and others hope for adoption by a good family. The girl described divorced parents and remarriages as the reason for the separation and new living arrangement. The story notes several suitable homes in Amarillo if needed.
Randal Drug Co 422 Taylor Street offers genuine Mah-Jongg sets at $3.25 for a drop front box with removable trays and $3.50 for a special enamel finished tile set. Each set includes Babcock Book of Rules.
May Ezell sues J D Ezell in district court for cruelty claiming marital split since 1916 in Arnett Oklahoma. They have three children. She says she was driven from the home a few weeks ago and has since lived with neighbors.
The Mission shows The Common Law with Ross Rogers as a beautiful woman who offers herself as a common law wife to the man she loves. Also at the Fair theater Her Temporary Husband stars Owen Moore and Sidney Chaplin in a drama mystery and comedy. Edmund Cobb appears in The Devil's Gorge at the Liberty, and The Santa Fe Trail serial continues. Pola Negri stars in Men, with eye-work feats amid bright studio lighting. Daily Globe ads invite readers to try a want ad.
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