TACK LETTERS OF TEXAS AND VERSE LIFE NOTES
Letters to Tack discuss Mary Garden age memories in Owensboro and a Dallas Opera critique. Readers praise the Amarillo Globe-News coverage while sharing local pride and nostalgia. A poem and a brief commendation close the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Mary Garden
Owensborough
Los Angeles Herald
Amarillo
Borger
Globe- News
News Globe
Jack Poynter
S. Loma Drive
Los Angeles
Calif
P. S
Texas
L. A
California
Mary
Soma
God's Country
Falfurrias Country
Heart's Delight
George Autry
Russell & Cockrell Printing Department
George
J. D. Autry
Falfurrias
England's Sweetheart and the Barnstorming Tour
A reader letter discusses the Chicago Opera Company as a second tier group on a rural tour, praising fearless critics while urging candid exposure of the troupe. The piece defends journalism, notes support for the author’s association, and includes a long donation list and a verse about a boy who realized he killed a robin. It also questions a police officer driving a 1928 car and mentions license fees and possible exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Opera Company
Chicago
Marc T. Greene
Christian Science Monitor
Boston
Mass
Community Librarian Shines With Bird Life Contests
A Panhandle librarian inspires children with bird life programs and contests backed by Tack and local prizes. Readers applaud the efforts, celebrate community support, and wish long life to Tack and Mrs. Delzell for promoting birds and bird houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Tack
Boston Journalistic Independence Celebrated in Letter
A Boston reader applauds a journalist for independence in American press culture. The letter references a clipped article from a local newspaper praising courage to challenge prevailing "hard thought" trends in journalism and national preferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Public reply to Mrs O Neals letter over accident case
Realizing the Amarillo News-Globe readers value the page we respond to Mrs O Neals appeal. We note Mr ONeal was run over on McMasters street not at United States Zinc plant. The Workmen Benefit Association assists insured workers and the ill with donations totaling 150 and hospital bill coverage of 75. Nursing aid was given to Mrs ONeal as financial relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo News-Globe
P. O'Neal
O'Neal
Dallas Letters on Mary Garden and Licenses
Readers debate licensing for officers and the public while commenting on Mary Garden and her performances. Correspondents in Dallas discuss the Star beams column praise, and a reader from Cole Avenue disputes critics and defends the witty writing style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tack
Mary Garden
Starbeams
The
Star
Amarillo editor teased over stalled paper and Tackless Texans
In Kansas City correspondence from The Star, C W Whittington shares a tale of Erasmus Tack of Amarillo seeming to overpromote his critiques and the local reader culture. The letter mocks Tack’s Paris and Berlin claims, praises Amarillo readers, and laments delayed newspaper delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tence
C. W. Whittington
Amarillo
Kansas City
Mr. Whittington
Erasmus Tack
Lindbergh
Chicago Opera
Tack
Paris
Berlin
Mary
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Amarillo News
Houston
John A. Heath
Smith St
Tex
Floydada, Texas
Dallas Opinion
Dallas News
Dallas
Cickens
News- Globe
Tristan
Siegfried
Brunnhilde
Malaprop
Anon
Workmen's Benefit Association
Northwest Texas Hospital
S. P. O'Neal
S&s. P. O'Neal
Boy
Mary Pickford
Louise DuPre
England
London
Bates Goodwin
A. B. Goodwin
New York
Irene Gilliam
Jackson Street
Irene
OPERA
Maury Garden
Resurrection
Wichita Falls
Gsell& Cockrele
Boston Comment
E. EA. T
Salome
Gillicuddy
Cole Avenue
General Electric
Finklea Electric Company
Polk St
Dallas, Texas
Hood
Fred H. Gallé
7Th Ave
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