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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1929
Page
6
Mothers in Washington arrange debutante dates years ahead. Mrs. Helen Ray Hagner runs the city’s social bureau, guiding gowns, entertainment, and budgets for debut and dinner events. Her service, begun seven years ago, now operates as a fully incorporated help for social life.
Velvet dominates the afternoon three quarter coats with long haired fur borders such as lynx or blue fox. Large fur collars and deep cuffs highlight the ensemble as retailers caution buyers about the abundance of competing coat types.
The Amarillo Country Club opens the fall season with a dinner dance tomorrow at 8 PM. Each member may invite one guest couple for the evening as organizers aim for a gay and delightful occasion during the dance season.
Circle No. 4 of the First Baptist Church will hold a market tomorrow in the "M" System store at Tenth and Jefferson Streets. It opens at 9 o'clock with public invitation.
In Osaka Japan a ten month trial of women porters challenged male red cap workers at the railway station. The hakubo women wore blue serge uniforms with white head gear but earned almost nothing and quit. Women still work on ships at Nagasaki.
Social Calendar notes a 2:30 PM gathering at Le Mirage Club hosted by Mrs P H Buthker 1109 West Nineteenth Avenue with a Junior Philharmonic Club and Women's Club event also at 2:30 PM.
Mrs. James Gwyn of 190 Lincoln Avenue Amarillo Texas reports dramatic relief after eight years of indigestion and dyspepsia. She credits Orgazone now sold in Amarillo by Fox Drug Co with restoring sleep appetite and comfort after two bottles.
New York, Oct. 4. Interest in winter coats remains high as shop windows showcase all black coats trimmed with black fur. A three quarter length coat for formal afternoon wear is being promoted, adapted from the evening wrap, to pair with longer dress skirts and evoke evening style.
Mrs. Martha Leigh Anderson 87 died Thursday morning at her niece's home 1409 Jefferson Street. Services were at 10 30 this morning with Fannie D. Tyson officiating. Burial in Liano Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Survivor details include brother R B Masterson Amarillo and two sisters Bet tie McGregor Amarillo and J N Dyer San Juan.
For 25 years Herr Eckstein has earned his daily bread by applause in theaters. He began after a theater manager paid him to start the clapping at a show. He has prospered, buying a country estate, and his wife and four children are all in the same trade.
Printers and publishers in Leipzig vote to discontinue the autumn book fair and relocate headquarters to Berlin, signaling Leipzig’s decline as Germany’s book center. Havana aldermen pass an ordinance to fingerprint all bodies at the municipal morgue, aiding identity through the Bertillon system.
Paris announces a Mohammedan hospital will be built as a sign of France's interest in its Muslim colonies. A mosque and a nonalcoholic restaurant have already operated here for several years.
Floyd L. Sloan argues Amarillo urgently needs a U.S. Veterans Hospital. He notes distances to Muskogee Oklahoma and other facilities and cites a 1924 act expanding free hospital care for veterans. Sloan urges residents to lobby Congress for a 300 bed facility in Amarillo within the next eighteen months.
An advertisement claims Golden Peacock Bleach Creme will whiten and smooth skin overnight with a fragrance. It promises quick results for face neck and arms and offers a full refund if not satisfied, plus a free half pound jar of cleansing cream with purchase.
An advertisement touts O Joy Corn Wafer a slim paper like pad that sticks to corns or calluses. It promises instant pain relief without acids or bulky pads and claims the corn will come out intact with use. Sold by druggists as a six wafer package for 10 cents.
The Central Department of Science considers a plan to build a vast museum refrigeration facility in Siberia to preserve bodies for thousands of years. The project relies on an "eternal frost" effect, using preserved corpses where flesh is reportedly intact for long periods.
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