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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1929
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe lists contact lines for News and Business, Circulation, and departments with toll free or direct numbers for subscriptions by mail daily and Sunday. Coverage includes Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico.
An expansive overview highlights two or three days needed to see the Tri State Fair. It features 20 county displays, Amarillo merchants building, farm machinery exhibits, school and club displays, cattle and poultry barns, Hagenbeck Wallace circus, Wortham Carnival, an Indian show, and panhandle band performances. A big tri motor plane accepts passengers. Admission is free. only amusements cost. Be there for a mammoth, comprehensive fair.
The article notes progress in paving near grade schools but says more work is needed. It calls for two sided paving around school blocks to keep pupils out of mud and ease parent drop offs during rainy weather.
Helen Page faces accusations from classmates and discovers guardian Ian Brent and the dying Nellin reveal a grandfather Cy Ril Cunningham connection. A locket bearing Evangeline Cunningham confirms the saga as Brent exposes Helen to her revealed heiress status and a path to a fortune. In Yonkers Brent and Helen lunch in a tea room as a palm reader adds a gypsy twist to the tale.
Helen and Brent visit a gypsy for fortune telling as fear and ambition mingle. Brent manipulates Helen toward accepting guardianship while Mr. Cunningham orders a full inquiry into Brent’s claims and to keep both under watch in the house on probation.
The piece notes the strong influence of the press on Washington and the presidency. It cites President Hoover reading five newspapers daily and cabinet members receiving daily news clippings. Secretary Davis and Secretary Stimson stress journalism’s role in guiding policy and reflecting public will.
Alice Judson Peale argues for replacing rules with mutually binding agreements to train a child. When a child consents to fair regulations and acts from conscience, behavior improves without threats. Parents should ensure the agreement is genuine and fair, not a sugar coated command.
Washington Day Book notes the Senate inquiry into William B. Shearer as an observer at naval limitation conferences. The piece highlights shipbuilding firms’ possible publicity aims to influence naval policy and defense budgeting amid past anti lobby sentiment from presidents Wilson and Coolidge. The article questions whether any propaganda agenda shaped public opinion on warship contracts or naval reduction.
The text notes Coolidge’s concern that propagandists pushing larger military appropriations could undermine his economic program. It suggests a worry about defense messaging affecting budget priorities during his presidency.
The Shearer case drew vast attention as the White House elevates a domestic matter to global interest. Senator Borah is described as the original discoverer of the issue, with plans for a senate inquiry under way before the president’s press conference.
New York starts promoting itself to attract visitors after a summer downturn in business. The Merchants Association urges better courtesy to travelers, especially from taxi drivers and police, arguing the city’s cold image hurts tourism. A West 84th Street cafe owner practices visible friendliness, expanding from a small room to three rooms with 120 tables after his approach resonates.
New York’s Death Avenue will close soon after years of urban surrealism. Freight trains on Tenth avenue switch hourly in the street, where pony riders once rode ahead of engines with lanterns and bells. An actress escapes the grease paint era with a Europe voyage soon.
A new Park Avenue grocery opens with no sign or window display and a rear stockroom like a bank reception. A skit shows a husband warning a uniformed doorman to emerge from a closet, leading to a parade of uniformed figures and ending with a columnist cameo.
A Maine college professor offers a bold view on newspaper columns urging they be meaty juicy and spicy and served hot. The column emphasizes engaging lively writing and strong personality as core newspaper appeal.
Flip the dog endlessly barks at a wall hole where Peter Rabbit hides. Bowser the Hound and Farmer Brown's Boy intervene, but Flip keeps returning, causing trouble for Peter and his owner before being chained at home. The tale ends with a teaser for the next story, An Unwelcome Visitor.
Helen refuses Cunningham's proposal and defers a decision staying with Mr. Greaves and Leonard Brent. Brent urges caution amid suspicion and urges Helen to consider her grandfather and the potential consequences. Helen endures a night of tears feeling trapped yet finds resolve tied to family memory.
Puzzle clues cover religion leaders governors birds and items with misprints and typos. Readers solve for words like sect founder Joseph Smith first New York governor and various civic and natural terms through a muddled list of across and down hints.
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