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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1935
Page
4
A fragment from The Amarilla Daily News urges subscribers to call a Ne cra line for prompt delivery by a special messenger. The notice, dated Monday September 23 1995, reflects a daily and Sunday mail service offer, listing rates and contact details amid an adlike snippet from The Globe newspaper.
A historical commentary argues Britain must build more ships to deter Italy amid Mussolini's moves in the Mediterranean. It notes Britain's waning naval dominance, Italy's modern cruisers and submarines, and the strategic Suez route, warning of a potential shift in imperial naval planning and calls for a stronger British fleet and possible American shipbuilding pressure.
Ruth Woodson travels west on a long bus ride searching for work after leaving her Brooklyn cousins. On the route she meets Mrs Tillie Cogly who shares stories of girls fleeing to Pittsburgh and joining the Girls Industrial League, a welfare residence offering shelter and work. Ruth learns about grit, fate, and the chance of finding independence in unfamiliar cities.
The Delessert family influenced French institutions with Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert founding the first savings bank in France and promoting humane reforms while in the Chambers of Deputies. His father Etienne started the first insurance company and discount bank. Delessert also led learned societies, founded a factory at Pasay, served as Bank of France regent, and was knighted for his 1801 sugar factory venture. France issued a stamp in his honor when the International Savings Bank Congress opened on May 20, 1935.
Ruth decides to head to Pittsburgh after a Niagara Falls excursion with Mrs. Cogly. With only the clothes on her back she buys a blouse and lingerie, catches a Buffalo bus, and reflects on funds for travel and future outfit needs while a sour seatmate rides along.
New York diary fragment recounts Meredith Nicholsons inviting a visit to the Venezuelan legation in Caracas and a parade of social glimpses. Names include Bob and Madge Davis, Jed Kiley, Maybelle Manning, Vince Barnett, Kay Stammers, and Will Mahoney with current and retrospective notes on theater, travel, and gossip.
An odd mix of fragments follows a bus ride to a small town. Ruth, dazed by events, disembarks as Mrs. Cogly pushes ahead with plans about a Girls' League place in Cleveland, not Pittsburgh, while a dialogue hints at deeper conflict and a looming comic continuation.
In Thornton Burgess bedtime tale a young Wood Duck lags behind while his siblings move toward Paddy the Beaver’s pond. A silent chase ends when a snapping turtle drags the lagging youngster beneath the water. Mrs. Wood Duck warns all to obey and heed danger as two disobedient brothers have already disappeared.
A reader named Ana responds to three questions about geography and film. The southernmost point in Europe lies near Gibraltar on mainland Spain. A hedonist is one who believes pleasure is the chief good. The first moving picture star cited is Max Aronson, known as Broncho Billy, with his first film in 1903 in The Great Train Robbery.
Health talk discusses vaccination as a long established medical practice. It notes smallpox largely stamped out, but opposition grows. Britain shows exemptions rising from 5 percent in 1898 to 47.5 percent in 1932, yet other control methods remain limited.
A compact list of crossword style clues and answers referencing a Greek god, mythic terms, and various wordplay hints. The entries mix ancient deities with modern crossword definitions, including terms for movement, measure, and anatomy, arranged as a puzzle grid with numbered hints.
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