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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1924
Page
4
The Amarillo GlobePublishing Company lists subscription options for daily and Sunday editions, with prices shown for mail and carrier delivery. Rates cover Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico, including weekly and annual options.
Colonel Ernest O. Thompson urges Amarillo to project prosperity as Texas eyes the Panhandle. He predicts thousands of future residents arriving next year and hopes the city reaches 50 000 people by 1930, urging efforts to impress incoming settlers.
Two Amarillo men were fined 87.50 each for killing three antelope. Judge Landis warned violators will face maximum penalties. The piece urges stricter enforcement as Panhandle game stocks wane and native birds face depletion, while noting ducks and geese increase with farming and urging protection of cranes and other species.
A Bell Syndicate piece argues for practical religion and social usefulness. It condemns empty pious sentiment, praises good conduct, and warns that hell is real while music and culture shape public life more than sermons.
A humorous Texas backwoods piece discusses gun use and a failed romance, with anecdotes about cattlemen oil men and local color. The narrator hints at quitting a gal, jokes about a self defense revolver, and lines about plans to end his life echoed in older press humor.
A puzzle page presents a standard crosswords grid with numbered starting squares and a list of definitions. Clues point to everyday vocabulary for horizontal and vertical words that interlock as letters fill each white space.
The writer laments a dull day in New York on November 29 and muses on boredom and self pity. He recalls encounters with friends peers and a moment with Charles Chaplin in a cafe while noting the emptiness of fame and the craving for human warmth. Gun Renaire. 113 W. 7th.
Definitions of words that fit blank spaces across and down with numbered squares list many clues. The puzzle compiles vocabulary answers ranging from common nouns to proper names, including days and objects, across a grid labeled vertical and horizontal.
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