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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1929
Page
4
Amarillo residents express disappointment that President Hoover did not appoint W. H. Holmes as Alaska governor. They praise his qualifications while noting the relief he remains in Amarillo. Holmes is regarded as fearless, loyal, and capable of constructive leadership.
The wartime era broadened English with terms like visibility ceiling and smog and introduced new phrases that endure in aviation today. The piece notes camouflage and naval lingo, and highlights the air service’s own nat phrases that may stay in dictionaries and conversation.
Erie observances on Perry Day mark the preservation plan for the Niagara brig, the sole survivor of Perry's victory at Lake Erie. Built under Noah Brown in ninety days, she fought in 1813, sank in Misery Bay, was raised in 1913, and now is to be refitted creosoted and set in a small public park as a memorial to Commodore Perry and the 1813 victory.
The article urges early training to curb waste in children. It stresses limiting food portions, enforcing plate clearance before dessert, delaying replacements for lost clothing, and providing only needed materials. It advises a strict allowance with no excess for small expenditures.
Helen, living at Bramblewood, hears of a dinner in New York with Brent after a dull spell. Brent hesitates to ask to avoid angering her grandfather Cunningham, who claims Helen as his heiress and granddaughter through a family ruse.
Helen, torn between Leonard and Brent, accepts a dinner and theater plan with Brent in Bramblewood. The evening crescendos with Brent confessing his love in a dim Bramblewood hall after a glamorous night of dining, music, and dancing, leaving Helen swept by emotions.
The Washington Day Book notes Count di Cellere and Carly Andre Seardi as eligible bachelors shaping the social scene. Seardi, 25, from Rome, has moved to the Wardman Park hotel and is set for a busy diplomatic winter amid invitations and social notices.
The British embassy, once top for bachelors on staff, now shows growing married couples as its bachelor quota drops to five. The Italian and French embassies are tied with six, and a new Italian envoy arrives to succeed Nobile Pio Macchi dei Conti.
A speaker argues that hands on earning money teaches thrift better than lectures. He urges giving opportunities to earn so a child learns the effort behind wealth and becomes more careful with spending.
In Washington Newton D. Baker, secretary of war under Wilson, received the distinguished service medal four times. The first for ceremony with photographers, the second for newsreels, the third for press, and the fourth for talkies amid protest. A Nevada senator advertises his membership with lit gate post globes reading SENATOR PITTMAN.
New York gossip notes the rise of penthouse culture with lavish parties and private elevators in Park Madison and Fifth Avenue towers. Observers warn wild gatherings could bring police scrutiny, while dawn golf becomes a new ritual for the overnight crowd and nightlife lore grows.
Peter, bored in Green Forest, notices a strange fly with three long threadlike appendages near a wasp. He mistakes it for a wasp and fears stings. The stranger says she is not a wasp but a member of the fly family and promises a demonstration.
A fragmented society column item recalls a head surgery gone awry with a missing brain and a recovered patient writing in a newspaper. It notes a black bonneted woman driving a Victoria in New York and a shift in an aging ruler’s formal image, ending with a tongue in cheek label.
Helen faces a delicate tangle as Mr. Cunningham and attorney Mr. Greaves pursue the truth of her parentage. He fears imposture and declares a test of descent while pondering a fortune of millions. Helen and Eva share a confidential moment as a formal witness signs away the heiress clause.
Eva shares dream of becoming a world famous violinist while Bob plans law career and funds her lessons. She praises his dedication but laments the difficulty of breaking through in music and vows to repay him someday.
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