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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1924
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe announces its founding date February 20 1924 and its publication policy noting evening and Sunday issues. It cites the Associated Press as the exclusive source for news dispatches and local coverage published in the paper.
Subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions listed for Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. Rates include three months at 1.95 and annual options with mail delivery. Prices shown for Sunday only and weekly options with per year totals.
In New York and Scotland examples show tightfisted control and crowd dispersal methods. Amarillo relies on its wealthy class to curb overextension, saved from financial chaos by prudent lenders and sound securities. The piece argues balance between boomers and rich men yields steady, not rapid, growth, with loans kept within borrowers’ ability to repay.
A reflective piece contrasts overwork and leisure arguing that balanced effort fuels growth. Citing Calvin Coolidge, it asserts life and civilization hinge on activity and that labor is the prerogative of intelligence and true manhood, condemning glamorized sloth and degraded living standards.
A dense list of late 1940s to 1950s radio schedules shows varied programming including orchestras, soloists, talk programs, children’s stories, and musical concerts across Chicago, St Louis, Omaha, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other cities. Entries include WMAQ WEN M WBA, local orchestras led by Ralph William, Jack Chapman, Rudy Seiger, and Art Hickman. alongside venues such as Adolphus Hotel Orchestra and Manon opera broadcasts.
An unnamed narrator ridicules the social stratification at Huntsville Texas where Percy has served two terms in the “Pie house.” The piece mocks inmates from murderers to check forgers and boasts Percy’s claim of reform while his family jokes about his misadventure and future, grander thefts.
The report recalls Jack Fontaine a South town native who rose to fame in New York and later died in Paris. It recounts his early career a Vienna cafe meeting his future wife and his fall into social circles and Coney Island’s comeback gamble, with notes on public reception and a theater anecdote about William Lengel and Harlan Thompson.
A dense array of 1920s era radio listings shows station lineups across Chicago and other cities with programs featuring orchestras soloists and organists. Notable names include Helen Kimball Tout Meehan Karl Wetteland Ralph Williams Hilda Hostetter and Erwin Swindell with ensembles such as the Remington Welch organists and the Sandman’s Net. The guide notes evening talk music and children’s stories across multiple stations including WGN WMAQ KYW WHAS WDAF KHJ and KFI with times and program types.
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