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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1924
Page
4
The notice lists Associated Press rights and local news, along with subscription pricing. Rates show daily and Sunday plans for Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico, including weekly, monthly, and yearly options.
The piece contrasts dishonest customers with blunt men of action, lampooning effeminate “Nance” figures in clubs and literature. It satirically praises rough, capable men and questions public sentiment, policing, and editorial power, ending with a reflection on aging cats and birds.
Washington reports the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce doubled its workload in two years. Last fiscal year it handled about 1,250,000 inquiries from American businesses, yielding roughly $427 per inquiry. Foodstuffs division logged 148,000 inquiries, automotive 106,000, specialties 98,000, and textile 81,000. The bureau helped secure six figure contracts for U.S. firms, saving $250,000 and $500,000 at Madrid and Warsaw offices respectively, and a California leather belting company credited the bureau with $500,000 in business.
Classified notice indicates Glebe publication charges one and a half cents per word for want ads. Reading confirms pricing applies to all classified listings with standard minimums and no hidden fees.
Lists Monday November 24 1924 radio stations WMH WMN WSAI WLW KYW WLS WMAQ WOI WCBD WRARS WCCO WHO KSD WOC WHA WGN WLW etc with concerts programs lectures and late night broadcasts. Mentions orchestras bands soloists and children's programs across Chicago Cincinnati Des Moines Omaha Portland and other cities.
Roy Cullum and companions Toney Chisum Walter Irvin hunted southwest of Magdalena New Mexico for ten days. They returned with eight quail eleven squirrels and 124 jackrabbits while reporting little venison due to dry ground thick brush and migratory deer.
A diary excerpt recounts social chatter with figures like George Cohan Aubrey Eads and Margalo Gilmore. It notes gossip about con men hotel life and a travel through Amarillo clubs and golf. It ends with local business and farm conditions in Swisher County Texas and a reference to General repairs.
An old time remedy for gray hair uses garden sage and sulphur to darken hair naturally. A ready made Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound is promoted as easier, delivering evenly dark, glossy hair after several applications.
A Belton Texas tale recounts the buried fortune of Karl Steinheimer, a 19th century pirate. The legend maps a route from Matamoros to Texas with a brass spike marker near Three Forks, Nolan Lampasas and Leon rivers, and hints the hoard lies within two to three miles of Rogers in Bell County.
Crews of two four masted schooners wrecked in collisions during a sixty mile gale off Cape Hatteras were rescued. The Solana saved eight Perry Setzer crew members who clung to rigging for hours before a rescue by the Utah. The Marguerite M Weymess lost her bow after a collision with a passenger steamer, while the City of Montgomery remained unlocated.
Tulia is in a major building push says J. S. Engleman editor of the Tulia Herald and E. G. Barks of the Tulia Chamber of Commerce. A $50 000 Farmers Grain elevator is planned along with a storage warehouse. C T Hodges brick garage at $8000. a corner block may fill with brick buildings in 1925. Clayton ton New Mexico capitalists plan a fifty room hotel on the unit plan ready to expand to four times capacity. extensive residential growth and stronger county settlement reported.
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