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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1927
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe News establishes publication details including founders, publishers, and office address. It lists subscription rates for Amarillo and surrounding regions, with daily and Sunday options and a September 5 1927 date. The text notes Associated Press affiliation and printing schedule.
An essay argues Labor Day reflects American labor's practicality and prosperity. It contrasts US mass production and wage realism with European class concepts, suggesting the nation leads a new order where conflicts may be peacefully resolved rather than revolting.
Ohio hosts two Grant birthplaces with partial authenticity. The Columbus cabin, moved in 1888 and encased in glass in 1892, was funded by Henry T. Chittenden after purchase from Grant heirs. A Point Pleasant replica on the original site, financed by the Grant centenary committee and coin sale funds, aims for September dedication with President Coolidge possibly attending.
A witty collage notes social quirks from 1927 including tea imports down 40 million pounds, Paris cafe restrictions on women pipe smokers, and a stray remark about women fire chiefs. It jestingly ponders 1922 Model Ts in 1928 and a man shifting from golf to another sport to lift his morals.
Dr Frank Fursh warns women should wear low heels due to pedal defects affecting 81 million people. In New York the steamship Coronia brought 560 women and 100 men, with reports of groups of men on deck. The Yankees end straw hat season after Philadelphia shut them out, Babe Ruth excluded from demotion as he wears a year round cap.
One Burning Betty wakes at a desert camp with Jared and Uncle Billy. She cooks breakfast, earns respect, and shoots a rattler. Jared teaches her to handle a revolver for defense as tension and danger mount.
Col Harve Haines vice president and general manager calls summer recreation the year’s top city program built to foster citizenship. He says recreation yields lifelong habits and citywide benefits, stressing need for funding to expand programs. He notes good citizenship surpasses factory gains.
Editor notes this is the third in a survey by James Z. George on Amarillo postal receipts. The city expects a 65 percent increase this year, with $179,594 in the first half and a projected total of $359,188 for 1927. Past five years show a 173 percent rise from 1922 to 1927, amid broader economic notes including mint production comparison.
In Thornton W. Burgess style, Cubby the Bear is caught with maple sugar and hauled to be bathed. Farmer Brown’s Boy restrains him, scrubs him clean, and Bowser the Hound welcomes the cleaned cub back to rest in the sun.
A collage of short items: Chauncey M Depew’s bank nest egg grows from 100 to 1100 over 66 years in Preiskill New Jersey. Primo de Rivera defends dictatorship in Spain. Feliz Della Vecchia’s Red Bank taxi rides go unused. Mme Rosika Schimmer explains Ford peace ship fallout in New York. a grocer’s tale of selling stale goods to Mrs Bennett versus honesty. Belfast taxi driver testifies that sects yield better tips.
A column riffs on military service and politics, noting past presidents with war credentials and predicting 1928 nominees may gain prominence from WWI involvement but not be elected solely on war records. It discusses Hoover, Dawes, and historical figures tied to wars and administrations.
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