Amarillo Globe AP Brief Fragment
Wet weather disrupts local plans as readers report unclear bleeds from a newspaper page. The fragment offers no clear events, people, or dates to identify a coherent story.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1926
Page
4
Wet weather disrupts local plans as readers report unclear bleeds from a newspaper page. The fragment offers no clear events, people, or dates to identify a coherent story.
The Globe reports mixed views on telephone service. While long distance calls and polite staff are praised, widespread complaints arise from rapid growth and many new lines. The paper notes growing pains and hopes service will improve as Amarillo settles.
A reader asks wives to honor hardworking husbands who provide for families. The piece argues fathers deserve daily appreciation and equal partnership, noting Mother's Day coverage and urging men to receive respect, affection, and shared responsibility at home.
A reader from Amarillo writes to Mr Tack criticizing water rates and street repairs while praising water service. The letter argues for a new telephone system, citing competitiveness of other towns and mentions Harry Wheeler of White Deer and D C Hazelton of Hartley as potential plant sources.
A historical verse extols Guy Saunders as president of the Rotary Club, praising his leadership and the harmony between seasoned members and younger rough necks. The poem urges using both groups to strengthen the organization and notes a local fertilizer ad then mentions a spring clothing stretch with a lawn care product.
Advertises Dr Leonhardt’s Hemroid medicine claiming painless cure for piles without cutting or greasy valves. Promises quick lasting relief with money back guarantee through City Drug Co and druggists nationwide.
Daily United Press compilation lists Tuesday May 13 radio features by city and station. Included are WEAF WJZ WABC WMAQ and others with programs such as orchestras, concerts, glee clubs, lecture segments, and sports updates across cities like New York Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland Detroit Pittsburgh Boston Montreal Toronto and Vancouver.
Luella Loder travels with the Wade party and pursues John Rogers, a bootlegger with wealth from cattle ventures. Rogers proposes a rapid marriage and travel plans as Luella schemes to control his fortune, while a rumored wife named Mrs. Rogers confronts the couple, causing shock and tension aboard the island gathering.
In a Burgess bedtime tale Johnny Chuck succumbs to curiosity about a box trap baited with apple by Farmer Brown's Boy. The trap snaps shut trapping Johnny inside as the apple invitation lures him, illustrating a moral about wary caution.
A vivid diary style piece recounts morning routines, a London editor’s renewal, a vaudeville note, and late night New York observations. The author recalls fears of being fired, newsroom jargon like blue envelopes, and contrasts of hiring and firing in journalism amid city sounds and literary references.
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