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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1924
Page
4
The Amarillo Daily Globe notes its founding in February 1924 and entry as a second class mail in February 1924 at Amarillo Texas. It lists publishing offices at 110 East Fifth Street and identifies Associated Press membership and news dispatch rights.
Rates listed for daily and Sunday delivery in Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico show one week now preceding by carrier with monthly and annual options. The data includes varying prices for one month six months and one year with a separate Sunday only yearly rate.
A Panhandle U S Biological Survey leader A L Bridenstine backs a citywide rat killing campaign planned for the first week in June in Amarillo. Residents are urged to provide their own tools and join the effort to curb the estimated 200 million dollar annual damage by rats nationwide.
The city attracts talk of pipelines and a new smelter. Amarillo, with vast gas fields, could gain refineries and factories, boosting employment for hundreds of families. The piece notes the governor of Indiana declared bankrupt, while Atlanta prison officials manage him.
A reflective column gathers stray quips about charity, Adam and Eve analogies, prohibition, manners, and social habits. It cites jokes from Cleveland Plain Dealer and Taylor Street observations, noting foibles in judgment and decorum, from bores to debate style and church finance.
The Mission shows Woman to Woman with Betty Compson in a Graham Outta production. The Fair features Daughters of Today led by Patsy Ruth Miller, while Liberty presents Broken Chains with Colleen Moore and Malcolm McGregor. Clive Brook stars in Woman to Woman, with David Anson-Pond highlighted in a pivotal role. Marion Davies receives honorary colonel status at Plattsburg.
New York Day by Day notes that New York, despite faults, remains the friendliest big city to strangers and the needy. It recalls a dramatic benefit with Alexander Woolcott and other stars, and contrasts past Times Square and Astor Hotel eras with present bustle.
Menace lingers as pictures show Hve with long tangled hair. Poets seek attention through hermit personas while wages feel heavier to lift and strength wanes compared to days past.
W H Haig from Clovis W J Burke from Floydada A J Walker from Canyon J F Smith from Claude C B Redfearn from Conway and others were in the city yesterday. Local merchants and grain dealers including A M Smith Lubbock and E W Warren Hereford were here yesterday. Dutch Mantell the welterweight wrestler visited the city yesterday after a match with Cal Farley last year.
A brief column notes a shift in dining spots as meals now gravitate northward. Fine restaurants once clustered around Twenty Third Street are now concentrated in the Fifties, signaling a citywide change in culinary hotspots.
A peculiar Amarillo column quotes a loafer railing against job programs and city pressure. He muses that gardens require toil and shade is needed, critiques motto advertising and asserts business must be forced from the ground to grow.
Mayor Eugene Blasdel touts a constructive program to make Amarillo the greatest city in the Southwest. Dr. R. P. Parcells credits The Globe for aiding the boys week and its results. Dr. Crume jokes about golf with Dr Flamm while predicting victory. Dr. Lindsay says the city’s health is excellent with few measles cases and no active contagious diseases.
Dr William Curl says San Jacinto is healthy and full of pep and plans another home there, asserting no mistake in building in San Jacinto Heights or any place in Amarillo.
Rex Awalt a 24 year old banker of First State Bank Snyder died from head injuries after leaping from a heavy truck on a hill to lighten the load. He and others were en route to a country picnic when the collision with a touring car occurred.
Local Republicans will meet in the District Court room at 8 oclock tonight to organize the county party. J L Van Natta says the gathering aims to perfect the county organization and discuss the feasibility of a Republican county ticket with a later convention likely.
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