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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1924
Page
4
The Amarlillo Daily Globe outlines its founding date February 20 1924 its publication schedule and contact details including address 110 East Fifth Street Amarillo Texas 2011 2012 staff notes and Associated Press partnership confirming news dispatch rights.
Rates listed for Amarillo mail delivery and Mats Daily and Sunday service in Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico show options for one week one month six months and yearly terms with varying prices. Also includes Sunday only yearly rate.
A short editorial urges readers to pause on Memorial Day and consider blessings, obligations, and those who defended liberty. It honors the men of 61 98 and 17 who made peace and power possible and calls readers to step out of the groove and honor them.
The Kansas City Star notes a quarrel over Senator Norris and a Alabama witness claim of a kiss affecting Muscle Shoals support. The piece suggests a slip amid investigations and warns politicians to avoid seeming to reward beauty with favors.
A local character is accused of skipping a paper subscription and inventing a device to cook his dinner using heat from a neighbor’s chimney. He is also said to occupy the rear church pew to save nickels longer than others.
Dorothy Dix argues that a mother who smiles after losing a baby can still be deeply grieving. She warns against dwelling in mourning and urges living for the living to protect husband and children. A strong mother carries on with a hopeful, resilient outlook.
Mr Nobody asks how a nineteen year old widow with a baby can manage money and a home while working as a railroad stenographer. Dorothy Dix responds that women can be either spenders or economists and would make a good wife for any bachelor.
Washington May 29 Secretary Hoover denies a published report that he is to be a candidate for the vice presidency. He says there is nothing to the discussion and he is in no wise a candidate.
Here There and Everywhere women admire Norfleet. E I Blain Claude was here yesterday. J E Goodnight Canyon visited here yesterday. F N Bishop Panhandle was in Amarillo yesterday. Mrs J McGowan and daughter of Vega were here yesterday. Growing Grain Automobiles Plate Glass we insure. F M Lefforge Co phone 130 D E Mead formerly bookkeeper at Russell and Cockrell's is doing work for The American Lumberman while in Chicago.
A narrator extols working women who balance thrift intelligence and frugal living. She contrasts men's and women's spending, highlights savers in banks, and praises nineteen year old mothers who work hard to support their babies. The piece ends by asking Miss Dix to judge which type of girl men prefer.
The piece argues that sentimental women overwhelm men with high flown letters and joy, while practical men dislike frank honesty. It suggests flattery should feel like genuine appreciation, not blunt critique, and notes men want admiration over honesty. Copyright 1924 Public Ledger Company.
A May 29 column by O. O. McIntyre examines cryptic New York Personal ads revealing loneliness and despair. Examples show messages from Joe Mary Tess Florrie and others with hints of personal turmoil, prison hints, and potential crime intrigues. The piece notes stricter vetting for modern personals and the shift from underworld coded messages to confidential investigations.
A New York social note reports a muff made from real flowers becoming an eye catching trend at Four Hundred events priced from thirty to sixty dollars. The piece also covers a Paris cafe anecdote and debate over Mencken and Nathan’s American Mercury with critics arguing about message and motive amid a proliferation of cant.
A cafe keeper admits teaching patrons to enjoy snails by listing them as Terrestrial gastropods on the menu and adding a sauce via the a la method, shaping diners tastes without explicit term usage.
A woman with scarlet lips gave a gentleman a peck on the cheek in front of a hotel portico. He laughed, puzzled by the crowd, and likely learned the reason when he saw his own lips mirrored in a reflection.
Tulia Texas May 27 report notes several days of grading and gravelling streets and a nearly completed electric line project that will provide a splendid city street lighting system.
A collection of wry maxims on anticipation money and human cleverness. The author notes many people save little yet prudent counsel on lawyers politicians and daily work. Some quips contrast garden toil with modern market value and civility.
Hugh Doak Claude Amarillo visitor H C Dolecator Canyon farmer in city yesterday. W T McClain Wildorado visited friends here. Mrs George Elo Panhandle shopper in Amarillo yesterday. Mrs Addie James Bushland Amarillo visitor. Mrs Myrtle Bird San Francis teacher visited Amarillo yesterday. P L Wilcox San Jacinto Heights parents of a boy born Tuesday afternoon. Tom Bunson Tom Jamison Llano near Claude here yesterday. Miss Mary Hall returning from St Marys Academy to Lamesa yesterday. Lucille Astrican Gladys Martin West Texas State Teachers College students in Amarillo yesterday.
A curved program listing three feature offerings and two comedies. The Mission stars Robert Hudson, Charles Richman, Hedda Hopper, Mary Alden and others in an Equity Picture. Stung is a Snub Pollard comedy. The Fair presents Ride for Your Life with Hoot Gibson. When Knighthood Was in Tower features a telephone girl comedy. The Liberty shows Headin Through with Leo Maloney as an episode of The Santa Fe Trail.
New York kaleidoscope depicts fast living and its fall with Has the World Gone Mad showing at the Mission. It tracks two deceived couples and a hopeful romance between their children, led by a strong ensemble including Robert Edeson Hedda Hopper and Mary Alden. Also previews A Sainted Devil and Ride for Your Life with Hoot Gibson in a postwar stagecoach thriller.
In a Half Minute Interview Postmaster W C Kenyon claims he proposed a train straw poll for the presidential race with Grover Hill chairing the Democratic central committee. He says Republicans won the poll and he marshalled all negro porters to vote G O P. Grover Hill appeared disheartened. Judge Sam Motlow notes a heavy county court term with twelve wills probated the most in one term.
Filmmaker Alan Crosland has completed final cutting and editing of Un guarded Women featuring Bebe Daniels and Richard Dix. He is nearing readiness to begin work on Sinners In Heaven with the same leading stars.
Le Maloney appears at the Liberty in Headin Through, a true western praised as thrilling. An episode of The Santa Fe Trail and a Pathe comedy are also scheduled. Gloria Swanson, amid a filmy gown at Paramount Long Island Studio, appears youthful in A Woman of Fire adaptation of The Queen s Love Story.
Cecil B. DeMille plans Feet of Clay a composite story from Margaretta Tuttles Feet of Clay and Beulah Marie Dix Across the Border Estelle Taylor to star female lead with Rod La Rocque opposite him camera work to begin soon Miss Dix and Bertram Millhouser overseeing screen adaptation
A fragment describes a makeup process claiming a long challenge to craft a prosthetic face. It mentions a horsehair attachment, high cheekbones formed by nose putty, and a special plate of false cut to save the mouth from a diabolical effect.
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