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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1929
Page
4
Public notice lists contact numbers for The Amarillo Globe news and business departments and subscription rates including one month six months and one year prices for Sunday edition access.
Amarillo records show water consumption varies with weather and day of week. August Mondays averaged 4.16 million gallons vs 3.81 million on Saturdays, while June Tuesdays averaged 4.45 million vs 3.98 million on Saturdays.
The piece contrasts Los Angeles leveling a hill with Amarillo’s flat terrain and rich regional advantages. It argues Amarillo should seize its natural climate water and transport links to construct a beautiful, permanent city rather than settle for merely ordinary development.
A Telluride banker who swindled six New York banks out of about half a million claims a Robin Hood motive but faces inevitable punishment. He sought to repay depositors after mining downturns caused losses, arguing New York banks could absorb the hit. The piece argues no crime remains perfect and social laws prevail.
Alice Judson Peale explains how a child like Ann follows leaders yet can be led to harm by over responsiveness. The article argues suggestibility aids teachability but warns excess produces a wavering, herd like character requiring parental moral support and reinforcement of personal values.
Helen Brent, a ward of Leonard Brent, is teased as Miss Simplicity to suit his needs and fund her lifestyle. She seeks answers about her parentage, while a derelict speaks of Evangeline and money before muttering of streets of gold as Brent probes the man’s fading memory.
Brent helps an old beggar uncover his past linked to Evangeline Cunningham and a disinherited daughter. In a coffee house he coaxes the man to recall his tale of wealth and revenge while probing for the missing pieces of a faded life.
Washington Day Book notes collectors prize low number sheets of new one dollar bills issued during Mellon era with prices rumored up to 12000 dollars per sheet. The piece explains No 1s vanish to government and banks, while even $10000 notes are unlikely to become common souvenirs. It suggests Uncle Sam stores such sheets, and that Mellon might keep his sheet for its art value rather than cash potential.
The piece notes Hoover as No 2, Mellon as No 3 in a currency scheme, each recipient expected to supply old large-size notes. It mentions a collector market rate around $12 000 for $12 and says the treasury press room also touched the new money.
A circulating tale claims President Hoover sliced a $12 sheet into twelve individual pieces as gifts to friends, with one supposedly given to Secretary Newton’s son. The report suggests the bills bore Hoover autographs, though legality and value implications are uncertain.
New York article highlights social curiosities and cultural figures as society notes stir. Mentions Paul Whiteman Damon Runyon Eleanor Shaler Maxine Elliott Nat Goodwin and other luminaries with reflections on urban life and entertainment.
Debutantes practice tapping in restaurant lobbies as Broadway studios multiply. Ruby Keeler reportedly earns $200 a lesson while famous dancers like Bill Robinson and George Primrose gain fame. A 1950s speakeasy scene on a top floor uses auto themed decor and car motif cocktails selling 75 cents to $1.50.
A New York editorial writer notes two matrimonial bureaus recently opened in mid-town and thriving. The piece humorously recalls past standards of fast behavior and juxtaposes them with prior views on speed and propriety.
A fragmented word puzzle list features horizontal and vertical clues with mixed gibberish terms and partial phrases. The page enumerates many numbered hints like midday edge native and stretchy misprints, creating a chaotic word game snapshot.
Brent presses Charles Nellin for motives behind Evangeline's missing inheritance and a secret past. Nellin, alone in his big house, reveals threats and longing as Brent listens for an hour. The tale centers on Charles Owen Nellin and tangled family schemings.
In a Burgess bedtime tale Flip and Bowser watch Jerry Muskrat swim underwater in the Laughing Brook to retrieve food. Jerry explains the need to swim below the surface, demonstrating opening a freshwater mussel and feeding, while Flip learns from the clever muskrat.
Brent uncovers Evangeline Cunningham’s vanished history. He learns Nellin, her music teacher and husband, dodged all inquiries about their daughter who was named for Evangeline. Nellin’s evasive replies hint at bitterness and a guarded future as the chapter ends.
Four new districts in Henan province will be named the District of Universal Peace the District of Equality the District of Liberty and the District of Democracy by order of the Ministry of Interior.
A Dallas fire gutted the Union Gospel Mission hotel on Thursday night. Firemen carried J. S. Ainworth age 45 from smoke, while D. L. Cates age 88 dangled from a window to escape after a water heater explosion on the second floor. Both men were taken to Parkland Hospital with expected recoveries.
New Orleans reports a million-dollar moss crop harvested in city parks each year. Spanish moss gathered by workers is dried for six months then ginned and sold to mattress manufacturers, funds used for city upkeep.
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