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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1927
Page
6
A 1927 Amarillo Globe column riffs on Mrs Grundy as she hounds a Mattituck New York teacher for saying Mary to a female colleague. The piece mocks social censorship and public shaming using a satirical tone about town gossip and propriety.
The Houston Post-Dispatch notes Amarillo donors gave 700 acres and about 200000 dollars toward a Southern Methodist college. It cites relocation of Clarendon’s small college and highlights Amarillo’s rapid growth, infrastructure, and educational needs amid regional development.
Miss Agnes Charlton of the class of 1925 contributes a new scholarship at West Texas State Teachers College. The annual award of one hundred dollars goes to a meritorious student majoring in Spanish. Other fall scholarships include piano and dramatic art prizes by J W Warwick and Sadler, plus a faculty scholarship for the best college citizen.
West Texas State Teachers College alumni and faculty plan a statewide breakfast at the Rice hotel on November 26 with Miss Anna J Nibbetts and Miss Alma Guenther in charge. A large Texas-wide turnout is anticipated. A Manchester felt-hat factory enforces a cap ban for employees, allowing wholesale hat purchases instead.
In a New York county court narrative, Alvin Benson is murdered at his home. Major Anthony Benson becomes a prime suspect as tension mounts between investigators and suspects while Philo Vance and John F. X. Markham lay groundwork to expose the true killer.
A 1927 portrait of Times Square描描 as a hard boiled zone for grafters promoters and spenders. The writer notes boastful regulars and faker elites while lampooning celebrity dinners impromptu speakers and fashionable gadgets. He laments dwindling celebrity speakers and the evolving scene.
Cubby the bear wanders into the Green Forest as Farmer Brown's Boy scatters buckwheat for Thanksgiving. The hungry cub is drawn by the morsels but Farmer Brown's Boy slips away nervously to avoid bringing Cubby home and rekindling past troubles.
Farmer Brown's Boy brings Cubby a Thanksgiving dinner after Cubby begs hungry fox cubs. The gobbling grouse and Mrs. Grouse share buckwheat as Thunderer the Grouse watches. Cubby finishes every crumb and muses about eating like this daily. Copyright 1927 Burgess. The next story is Cubby's First Snow.
Ethel Jean Masden of Dallas filed suit in Chicago claiming Purdue football captain Ed gar Murphy breached a betrothal by entering the Catholic priesthood before their planned marriage. She alleges damages of 59000 after a �moment of worldly weakness� and notes he is now in a California seminary.
A Yankee farmer backed a fighting dog against a rival dog but the match was called off after the farmer accepted three hundred dollars. The farmer explains his dog died last week, ending the bet and sparking incredulity among onlookers.
Col Harve H Haines and Barney B Morton advocate conventions as a economic engine for cities. They argue conventions attract delegates from across the country and beyond, stimulate hotels, transport, shops, and services, and bring capital and population to Houston and Texas, citing the recent bankers convention as proof.
John Fields of Oklahoma City elected president of the American Farm Congress replacing the late W K James of St Joseph Missouri. Announcement came from W I Drummond, chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Land Bank system. Fields is vice president of the Federal Land Bank at Wichita Kansas.
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