Prize Caption Contest Opens for a Shot at One Dollar
Readers are invited to submit a short eye catching title for a weekly Globe picture contest. Five winners receive one dollar each and a chance at next week’s feature. Submit before Friday noon.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1925
Page
5
Readers are invited to submit a short eye catching title for a weekly Globe picture contest. Five winners receive one dollar each and a chance at next week’s feature. Submit before Friday noon.
The Globe thanks readers for many submitted titles. Five top entries win one dollar each and the best of the five will be featured under the picture. Honorable mentions include numerous readers from Tyler Street and other Texas towns with titles such as First and Second Catch and The End of a Perfect Day.
A list of readers and authors from Texas and nearby states sharing fishing themed titles and pseudonyms. Names include Dorothy McKenzie Miami Texas J K McKenzie W K McKenzie Grace Johnson Mittie Hill Lipscomb Texas and others with contact addresses in Miami Amarillo Bronte Lipscomb Logan Polk Kerr Morrison Arledge Ratliff and Morrison in Miami Penned items span humor reflection and regional life in early 20th century small newspapers.
Amarillo mail distributor J J Starkey begins a two week vacation Tuesday. Mrs R M Rose hosts Miss JL Estelle Bentley of Albuquerque New Mexico visiting briefly before returning to school work. W N Martin travels to Roswell for about two months for apple purchasing. Mrs W P Hopkins returns from Dallas visit. Mrs A Mitchell heals at home after Northwest Texas hospital stay. Mrs McDowell returns from St Anthony’s sanitarium.
Mrs. C T Davis urges Amarillo to view the fair exhibits from the San Jacinto Economics club shown at their fair Thursday night. Mrs. Emnery Jones applauds Ruth Peery as the “Dahlia Queen” for winning first premium, with the prize bouquet taken to Lawton Oklahoma for show purposes. Signal shirts advertised at C E Kings offer skate parts on West Seventh.
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