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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1924
Page
4
Copyright and publication details for Amarillo Globe News issued February 1924. Includes founding date, post office entry, publication schedule, office address at 110 East Fifth Street, contact numbers, Associated Press affiliation, and subscription rates for Texas and Oklahoma by mail.
The readable bits show a newspaper pricing snippet with daily and Sunday rates and mentions of several locations. Names and precise terms are garbled, but the piece appears to list subscription prices such as 7.50 and 2.75 for different periods, alongside a state reference to Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas wins the Republican nomination by a record tally, sweeping every county and challenging Coolidge on major measures. The piece notes Capper's radical stance, his farm and labor rhetoric, and suggests Kansas voters may shift toward Capperism while Wall Street odds favor Coolidge.
A 1930s warning notes many in the Panhandle and Northwest Texas may profit from easy money schemes. It warns slick agents offer 50 to 500 percent gains, drawing in gullible locals. The bulletin cites a figure who saved rocks and was duped by a salesman with wildcat stocks.
Tom Turner calls the upcoming meeting a joke and questions Jim Ferguson’s credibility, saying Ferguson has never been to the mourner's bench and implying past actions are unforgettable.
A dense listing of radio programming across multiple stations from Chicago to Portland, detailing orchestra performances, children's programs, talks, and sports news with times in Central Standard Time. Includes artists such as Tate news, Joska TeRabary Orchestra, Ralph Williams Orchestra, George Osborne Orchestra, and more, with notes on studio programs, reads, and silent periods.
A dense schedule lists numerous radio programs from Chicago to Portland. It notes orchestras, soloists, vocalists, concerts, and talk segments on stations such as WMAQ WGN WCBD WHAS KSD WOS WMC KPO KFI KGW KGW and more with times and featured performers including Gilbert Morris, Ballie Menkes, Drake Concert Ensemble and Henry Halstead.
The Texan recounts two days chasing prairie chickens with Carl Sullivan in Wheeler county. He bags three birds while friends boast five, shares misadventures with a Wichita Falls hunter wife and a kid with a four hundred and ten shotgun, and ends with three meals of prairie chicken and a cold night under the stars.
Passengers staged a vivid costume pageant at sea last night with outfits fashioned from odds and ends. A Scottish Highlander led the grand march beside parodies of Rudolph Valentino and Al Jolson, a Spanish torero, Madam Butterfly, a Chinese mandarin, and other characters. The ship’s captain appeared to be unlucky and tripped during the display.
A passenger recalls six shipboard dances with one partner, awkward tangos, sour notes from a flute, and a fall on deck. He jokes about deck walking, the captain’s initials, and old line gossip about a newlywed and an incognito romance among passengers.
A curious note on a dessert name Norbeto Figello hints at a French menu. The passage centers on high stakes auction pools tied to daily steamer runs, fog conditions, and ocean gambling lore. An English winner has earned about 5000 dollars, while a confident steward admits aristocratic ties. A Jewish fur merchant runs nightly pool auctions with vaudeville like patter.
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