Telephone rates listed in Amarillo Globe ad
The Amarillo Globe lists telephone rates and a 25 cent to 1.00 dollar price range in a compact advertisement. The snippet reflects a small classified item or pricing note within the page context.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1930
Page
8
The Amarillo Globe lists telephone rates and a 25 cent to 1.00 dollar price range in a compact advertisement. The snippet reflects a small classified item or pricing note within the page context.
Word from Austin says the State Highway Department revoked its order to improve Highway 33 between Amarillo and St. Francis. The setback disrupts Potter County plans to widen and repave routes with Chamber of Commerce involvement. County and chamber officials must resolve right of way and compliance issues to proceed.
Glenn Frank argues engineers are evolving into a priesthood for machine civilization. He cites London Engineer editor urging cleaner air, quieter streets, and beautified cities without losing industrial benefits. The piece frames engineers as shaping a more humane future.
A maze of conflicting evidence surrounds Dan Parados’s murder as a jade phoenix link leads detectives to two French desperados, le Balafre and Ciceron Bec, while Anatole Flique and Samuels chase a cryptic Marseilles advertisement and a possible killer hidden in Parados’s California home. The saga climaxes with a shadowy intruder in Samuels’s billiard room and a cliffside pursuit.
A Washington Letter notes Secretary Stimson returns with heavy duties including leading the three power naval pact toward Senate action. It highlights potential campaign material, diplomacy lessons from London, and looming tests in tariff, immigration limits, and Philippine independence debates.
Bowery scene shows breadline thinning with warmer weather as wanderers head for open roads and back door handouts. Mission staff, many former floaters, urge reform yet keep doors open, while tattoos of street life persist and the caps remain the badge of the down and outs.
Reddy Fox traps Nanny Meadow Mouse in a tin can but the can becomes a castle and she uses wits to escape. Reddy’s failed efforts prove the can’s new role as shelter for the mouse while she remains safe inside and he remains unable to reach her.
A lively column notes patrons at a stylish venue where the grand host embodies old world charm. It surveys beauty culture, warnings about bungling, and three famous veiled New York women seen publicly, plus a Montmartre club visit. A billboard magnate claims a massive Jersey billboard offers great literature, though the speaker doubts it.
Puzzle style clues list with mixed horizontal and vertical entries. Solving yields a cross themed set of definitions including gods, objects, and common terms across aviation and everyday words.
Cecil Putty formerly with The Dixie Tire Service in Wichita Falls moves to Amarillo to manage the Chester H. Watson Tire Company at 212 West Eighth Street. He has eight years selling General Tire and notes the public leans toward safety and uninterrupted mileage over price. He invites public visits to the distributing headquarters.
In Stuttgart Arkansas on May 22 a boy born to Mr and Mrs Alfred Smith two black residents was named Census but was not counted in the census enumeration as the census taker visited the home.
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