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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1930
Page
16
The readable fragment discusses corruption in government and the possibility that the populace may resent officers' activities, urging readers to consult the Tack Letters from February 23 for more context.
A reader asks how to break into newspaper work and whether journalism school helps. An editor advises extra college English and a practical start by hanging around a newspaper office for a tryout, stressing experience over theory and the tough, crusty grind of the trade. The piece then shifts to critique of a railroad trespassing case, questioning arrests amid high unemployment and suggesting possible bias or fees in the prosecution.
A reader recalls a Friday quiz from 50 years ago asking about the missing link in human evolution. The narrator cites early evolutionists who argued humans descended from apes yet could not find a fully evolved interbreeding monkey line. He asks why that link was never reproduced and seeks modern scientific clarity, signing as Dr. E J Benton.
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