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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1927
Page
18
The notice lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday delivery in Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. Carrier rates are shown as 4.75 and 4.63 respectively and mail rates as 3.90 and 3.50. Publication details note Associated Press attribution and telephones.
A Nevada State Prison inmate numbered 23319 writes to Santa Claus and the Los Angeles Record worker, offering bead chains for a Christmas distribution. He says he hopes to bring smiles and shows a hopeful, redeeming side despite his crimes and confinement.
The Panhandles stand out on the Nation's Business map with white or good ratings amid a mostly fair national picture. Amarillo asserts prosperity despite oil-field job losses as wages hold, rents ease, and living costs fall while the region readjusts from boom to normal conditions.
The federal courts this week processed criminal cases with nine of ten defendants pleading guilty. Judges focus on punishment level, eschewing sentiment and technicalities common in state courts. The piece notes fewer laws to apply and strict safeguards against indicting uncertain defendants.
Amarillo selectors appoint Sled Allen as manager for the coming Western League season. Known locally, he understands Amarillo’s baseball desires and aims to field a pennant-contending Class A club that satisfies devoted fans and cements the city’s standing.
A St. Louis boy’s Latin grammar blown away in a tornado is returned by a kind reader. The piece mocks new media jargon and playful gossip about Ruth Elder and fashion mishaps on courtly trains.
Philo Vance and John F X Markham weigh new clues from Miss Hoffman in the Benson murder. A forged $10,000 check, a signed note, and a confession point to Leander Pfyfe, with Pryfe’s quarrel and alibi casting doubt on others as investigators seek the real killer. Major Benson produces the envelope. Markham questions Pfyfe’s ties to Leacock and Ostrander offers cautious judgment.
A 1927 NEA Service piece mocks sports hype by urging Yankee players to heed advertising on yeast diets before games. The quip contrasts this with Mexican politics decided by lead rather than mud, reflecting era satire.
Peter and Danny plot a secret meeting while Hooty the Great Horned Owl pursues Peter across the Green Meadows. Peter escapes to the Green Forest bramble shelter, fearing Mrs Peters’ whereabouts and suspecting a hidden young rabbit.
In mid 1918 a U S Army Black trooper in France predicts the war will last a hundred years and six months. He explains the six months to defeat Kaiser Wilhelm and a hundred years more to wind up the barb wire needed for occupation.
Dr. Thomas McElroy of the Marland Refining Company warns Marl and employees that kissing is riskier in cold weather. He cites higher winter cold rates and germs entering the body through the mouth and nose, urging light lip pecks if kissing cannot be avoided.
In Camden New Jersey Vice-Chancellor Learning advocates spanking for women not careful about husbands. Other items include a Milroy woman jailed for refusing a $5.25 school tax and a New Rochelle man’s delayed sentence for a stop signal violation amid a list of quirky briefs from various cities.
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