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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1929
Page
8
The Amarillo Globe published evenings except Saturdays and connected with the Amarillo Daily News. It lists publication details, ownership by Globe-News Publishing Co., and circulation rates for News and Business Departments.
Superintendent W A McIntosh announces a three month vacation and urgent improvements at Amarillo schools. Report shows mud blocks access to four buildings and calls for sidewalks and street paving as the school term ends.
Alice Judson Peale argues against treating children as objects of flattery or personal liberty. Mothers who fondly, or embarrassingly, touch and parade their children erode a child’s privacy and self respect. Adults should shield children from such comments and preserve their inner confidence and dignity.
A Kentucky man travels to a Colorado convention and meets a long-lost home county native now settled in the West. Their reunion unfolds with a grim tale of misfortune and shabby circumstances as Jim reflects on hard times and hollow laughter.
A worn man in 1929 tells how his fortunes fell after investing in a failed venture. He admits his two sons are not reliable and asks his brother Jake to help him, hoping the kin will send aid when next seen. An older acquaintance offers whiskey and social talk as the scene shifts to a darker plan.
A 1929 New York report details seven Black Jack robberies along Park Avenue linked to a flirtatious woman at a Fifth Avenue hotel. A detective tailed the suspect, who lured men to taxis, then used a blackjack. The piece also surveys cabaret performers and nightlife attitudes.
A 1920 Burgess tale depicts Peter Rabbit observing a busy Smiling Pool where Rattles the Kingfisher, Longlegs the Heron, Dipper and Mrs Grebe, Plunger the Osprey, Billy Mink, Little Joe Otter, Qwack the Night Heron and others share a feast of fish. Peter muses on liking fish while Grandfather Frog questions the idea.
Nan Carroll and Willis Todd confront love and ambition in a tense scene. Nan hopes to marry Willis while pursuing a law career, but Willis accuses Nan of loving John Curtis Morgan, a married man, triggering a confrontation and a tentative reconciliation as the chapter ends.
Gainesville May 21 Plans were completed for the christening of the Riverside Military Academy air field when Eugene White of LaGrange landed a plane there after a rain storm forced him down en route from Charlotte to Atlanta. The opening ceremony remains scheduled for May 26.
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