Amarillo Globe Ad Teases Low Prices and Circulation
Classified style snippet from Amarillo Globe shows prices 3.90 7.50 2.50 with a bold 68 identifier. No further context provided about item, date, or seller.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1929
Page
6
Classified style snippet from Amarillo Globe shows prices 3.90 7.50 2.50 with a bold 68 identifier. No further context provided about item, date, or seller.
The city finishes a storm sewer project to drain the southeast section south of Tenth Street. Paving south of Tenth failed to relieve flooding as waters collected near the subway under the Santa Fe tracks. The engineering department sought 3000 dollars and now returns 600 dollars to the city treasurer as savings from original estimates.
An open letter from Leyden Holland Chamber of Commerce to U S chambers argues for minimal trade barriers to sustain international prosperity while acknowledging America's need for foreign goods and materials. It notes U S industries rely on inputs from India Malaya New Zealand Australia and others and cautions against tariff shifts that could disrupt global supply chains.
A mother exchanges lessons on generosity with her child Ann over a box of camp candies. The dialogue shows how yielding to a child’s selfish impulse can teach by example and warm approval. Generosity grows slowly through personal experience and supportive guidance.
Washington Day Book recalls Rear Admiral William A. Moffett’s 15 years earlier command of the cruiser York nee Chester. The ship’s 1914 Vera Cruz mission and its radio from the port helped join the forces that toppled Huerta, foreshadowing Moffett’s rise as navy air chief.
Navigation lights ashore had been doused but Moffett swept on to slip through the narrow entrance of the sea walled inner harbor, shoulder his way through congested commercial traffic.
Helen Brent grows torn as Brent presses control over her life at Spann boarding school. He weighs heredity and culture against her emerging independence while they dine and dance, with tension mounting over her future and his possessive plans.
A galling exchange of rifle and machine gun fire raged along the water front as sailors advanced on the naval school. Ship guns from the Chester Prairie and San Francisco returned fire, blasting windows and sending smoke and dust into the air before shore forces cleared the snipers.
New York reportage depicts a nocturnal underworld of fallen wealth and ruined lives. Figures haunt streets and parks at night: a once powerful financier, a veiled theater patron, a disfigured concertgoer, a nervous socialite, and a bereaved widow. The piece evokes a city of gloom where the idle and displaced blend with crime and scandal.
A skeptical 1929 column muses on perpetual loafers and elite valets. It notes Korean trained servants earning 150 to 200 dollars monthly, stories of rich youths with idle lives, and the social tension of familiarity with servants, ending with a wry self-assessment.
A scrambled crossword puzzle clue set with horizontal and vertical entries. The grid includes numerous misspelled and fragmented hints such as toe mouth, fat, sour, jail compartment, exterior of bread, and various partial words, indicating a damaged OCR of a puzzle page.
Bowser the Hound pursues Jerry Muskrat across the Smiling Pool while Flip the dog fails to catch him. Bowser explains Jerry is a gentleman rat, not a common barn rat, and suggests leaving him be. The tale ends with Flip learning the joke and the next story teaser.
In refined dinner attire Helen walks with Leonard Brent to a favored table. Brent greets her with measured deference while a captain and waiter attend. Helen pursues closeness as music erupts, and Brent foresees that any public flirtation could end their arrangement. He resists a kiss, avoiding danger to their fragile dynamic.
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