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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1927
Page
6
In Burgess tale Cubby the Bear vanishes from the Brown household with both farmers and Mother Brown hunting through closets and rooms. They fail to find any trace of him, while Cubby remains hidden upstairs keeping perfectly still as a mouse. The mystery ends with a tease for the next story.
The Panhandle reports a grisly late night robbery murder of an elderly druggist. Two bandits fled. three suspects face charges though evidence remains unclear. Officers, led by Chief Gaither and Sheriff Pollard, pursue leads with grim determination, praising their tireless work.
The piece ridicules the Census Bureau for its revised Texas city population estimate as of July 1 1926 claiming Amarillo’s 18200 figure is not an estimate but algebraic guess. It notes gains from 1920 to 1910 and mocks the method while urging readers to laugh along.
The Ramblin' Reporter notes morning restaurant rituals differ from other hours as patrons glare through sour mornings. A half century Amarillo couple urges plain living while dancers face new rules from curious observers noting increasingly intimate partner proximity.
A doctor treats Mr Delavan for nervous strain and advises eight hours sleep nightly. He prescribes a harmless sleeping draught for the wife instead, urging rest for the patient through the spouse’s use of the medicine, and the anxious wife agrees.
The fragment suggests a Welsh town named Llaner Chymeddy Caerininy Gogach as a fictional or humorous setting for Will Rogers to become mayor. It also hints at an aviator preparing to fly across the Atlantic, implying a future notable achievement.
Betty finds a bulky letter from her parents revealing their pride in her marriage to Jared Lanning and urging her to settle in Somerton or nearby Sheltterville. The note, postmarked Sheltterville, expresses happiness about the union and hints at family support and future closeness despite the shock.
Betty, broke and alone in the city, discovers she can pass as Texas with clothes as her disguise. A Medicine Man hires her to hawk snake oil, offering thirty dollars a week, as she pursues employment amid rain and uncertainty after a troubling letter.
Betty works in a bustling city store selling spake oil lotion at twenty five cents a pack. She scans crowds nightly, convinced her missing husband will reappear, while forming a confidante in landlady Mrs. Kane and coping with memory of his disappearance.
Betty, drifting from heartbreak to pursuit of Jared, splurges on a thrift shopping spree guided by Bill Saunders. She buys a blue suit, gloves, hat, stockings, and shoes, ending with fifteen dollars left after a big dinner. The shopping fuels independence and a shift from self to a deeper, serious consideration of her future.
Texas tax survey commission splits on education costs at A and M college. A subcommittee probes a reported 1537 dollars per student while a judge enjoins payment to seven legislative members, who will still assist the eight citizen members for a final report. Colquitt defends cost as total and comparable to other state schools.
President Coolidge hears added views on calling a special session but shows no sign of changing his stance that a session is unnecessary before December 5. Senate and House leaders urge restraint while insurgent Republicans push for action. Borah offers no opinion. A Havana musical hall project is announced with 2,660 seats in Vedado. and a fiction snippet concludes the page.
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