Amarillo Globe News masthead and rates from 1927 issue
Publication notice shows founded date February 20 1924 and second class entry with post office designation Amarillo Texas. Publisher Gene Cowe editor Wilbur Hawk general manager and Associated Press affiliation. Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail in Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico with three month and six month figures. Evening publication Mondays through Fridays with Sunday edition.
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Amarillo
Texas
Amarilloonus News
Globe News Publishing Co
6Th
Ore
Gene Cowe
Wilbur C. Hawk
Farm superstitions versus moon signs in farming debate
The USDA denies moon and almanac effects on crop planting though many farmers recall old rites. The piece cites Daniel Drew on sap, Shrove Tuesday icicles, Friday luck, and signs for beans and potatoes. It argues superstition persists across Pennsylvania farms and questions scorn for omens given high yields.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wall Street
Daniel Drew
Leo
Pennsylvania
United = s
Borger Slur Sparks Outcry Over Oklahoma Story
Residents of Borger protest a Sunday Oklahoma article depicting the city as dying with shuttered stores and wild decay. They say business has slowed but remains healthier than many oil towns and expect improvement by spring with growth ahead.
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Borger
Sunday Oklahoman
Oklahoma
The
Oklahoman
America
Main Street
Legion
Bastile
Em Gown
Cremex
John Smith
Plains
The Impression the Tourist Gets in Amarillo
Amarillo handles through traffic with hospitality, aiming to convert visitors into overnight guests. The piece cites a Houston Post-Dispatch view on reasonable hotel rates and city cordiality in San Francisco, urging cooperation to attract tourist dollars and improve infrastructure.
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Amarillo
Houston Post-Dispatch
San Francisco
Golden Gate
California
Lonely girl hunts for shelter near bustling railway station
Betty roams a busy rail hub seeking trains and time tables to St Louis while skirting crowds. She endures cramped waiting rooms and a stingy budget, seeking a rooming house after repeated rebuffs, aided by a night security guard and a Travelers Aid attendant.
Betty Finds Shelter and Determination After Desertion
A weary Betty enters a sparsely furnished room provided by a kind old woman and pays two dollars in advance. She wrestles with faith in Jared and plans to find work next day, choosing not to write home as she endures loneliness. The scene closes with her resolve to continue.
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Betty
Ted
Jared
King Features Syn., Inc
Silly Snippets From 1927 Humor Column
A Chicago pastor blames clergy for divorces as barbed jokes thread through a collection of light vignettes. An aviator faces no life insurance fears at the door, a Tokyo doctor writes on flea love life, and a Los Angeles club owner sues Aimee Semple McPherson for slander in a wry NEA Service note.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
NEA Service, Inc
Sky loud speaker gear aims for air advertising
Kansas City inventors James M Coburn and Bernard Knapp unveil The voice of the Sky, a 1200 pound device attached to airplanes to broadcast announcements over several square miles from thousands of feet up. Tried nationwide, it could replace skywriting in some campaigns.
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International News Service
Kansas City
James M.coburn
Bernard Knapp
Labor Pact In Japan Binds 150 To Abstain From Saki
In Shinamicho 150 workers aligned with Nippon contractor firms Nishizawa and Shirai to quit drinking saki after a pledge inspired by Mitsuru Toyama. A tablet reading Loyalty and Patriotism may be placed at a hall being built as part of the agreement. Nishizawa pledges to dismiss drinkers, while the group plans amusements to replace drinking before the hall’s dedication by Toyama.
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Nighizawa
Shirai
Shinamicho
Japan
Saki
Mitsuru Toyama
Robin Hood
Nishizawa
Toyama
Cubby the Bear Finds Molasses Joy Ends in a Pantry Heist
Cubby the Bear indulges in a molasses binge in Farmer Brown's cellar. After a sleepy nap and a soak in syrup, he climbs to Mother Brown's preserve closet, knocking jars from the shelf in a comic, sticky pursuit. A sudden upstairs door delay forces Cubby to retreat behind barrels as supper begins.
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Cubby
Farmer Brown
Mother Brown
Bear
T. W. Burgess
Quiet Room Promises Silence Ends in Bowling Noise
A nervous traveler seeks an ultra quiet hotel room but discovers the chosen space sits atop a bowling alley. The clerk’s boast about pin drop quiet proves false as roaring pins rattle the guest’s sleep. The article notes the Camden Philadelphia bridge as the longest suspension span at 1750 feet.
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Camden-Philadelphia Bridge
Last Word of Paul Redfern Reaches Ship Off Venezuela
Nils Nodtvedt braved a shark infested sea to recover the message from the Paul Redfern Georgia to Brazil flyer dropped to the Christian Krogh ship about 200 miles off Venezuela. The recovered word marks a notable late transmission in the famous disappearance case.
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Paul Redfern
Georgia
Brazil
Christian Krogh
Venezuela
Nils Nodtvedt
Hughes May Enter 1929 White House Race
Washington dispatch analyzes Charles Evans Hughes as a possible 1929 presidential candidate. The piece notes Hughes’s ambiguous stance on accepting a nomination, the competing aims of Hoover and Dawes, and Republican anxiety over Al Smith carrying New York if nominated by Democrats.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Charles Evans Hughes
White House
Benjamin Harrison
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Dawes
Hughes
Coolidge
al Smith
New York State
New York
Almos
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Betty Bream
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Tokyo
Burgess
By Thornton W. Burgess
Carolyn Wells
the McNaught Syndicate, Inc
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Rodney Dutcher
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