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Amarillo Pokes Fun At Town Debates And Streets
A long Amarillo Globe column mixes local humor and letters about baseball bets, street name debates, and city satire. It lampoons public discourse, recalls a speedster ad, recalls Tack’s referendum, and sketches caricatures of townsfolk and officials with playful critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Erasmus Tack
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Chase
Black Sox
Tam “Agin
Jim
Tack
Old Tack
Third Street
Thompson Avenue
Fred Bone
Tenth and
Polk Street
Henry Reed
Colonel Thompson
Miami
City Commission
Fillmore
Farley Way
Polk
Martlete Boulevard
Fourth Street
T. Chisum
Red Tenth Street
Terk
Peter