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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1926
Page
4
An editorial urges Winslow residents to invest in their town during 1927 by buying locally, working locally, and supporting home businesses. It argues economic health requires broad participation from merchants, bankers, farmers, professionals, and workers, noting every dollar spent locally circulates and benefits all others.
A six year program for 9000 miles of German auto roads aimed at boosting tourism could cost 360 million dollars at forty thousand dollars per mile. The piece argues the United States spends far more yearly on highways and touts advances in road bases surfacing with oil asphalt and heavy machinery enabling mass roadbuilding for the masses.
A Winslow newspaper urges a citywide stop rule at intersections feeding Second Street including Kinsley Warren Winslow and Berry avenues. The paper notes frequent driving hazards and invites letters from readers for or against the proposal.
Col Fred Breen of the Coconino Sun laments Acme Orange and Hen Farms Company of Tex a refusal to open mail containing his request for financial information. He notes many papers face this issue as advertisements and bills are sent, then returned as Refused. Authorities may pursue mail fraud if such firms persist.
The Winslow Mail announced a new Daily Mail will publish Fridays starting December 10, shifting its weekly day to Monday. The Arizona daily aims to serve Northern Arizona from Needles to New Mexico with a three story building new type setting machines and a new press Mohave Miner.
The Associated Press reports New York plans a busy schedule with civic events and public gatherings. Officials urged orderly conduct as crowds gather across the city, with authorities coordinating safety and transportation.
A collage of urban scenes from New York shows winter ads with heated taxi placards, wide use of telephones, and directorates reaching 1 078 000 subscribers. The piece notes library withdrawals shifting from Manhattan to outer boroughs, diverse charitable groups, and Bohemian Greenwich Village vibes. It mentions Times Square pumpkin seeds on sale, a park avenue vacant shop sign, a theater chiropodist, and a lost column item listing a $25 reward for a blonde wig night.
A collage of jokes and banter from classrooms and shops, featuring a professor quip, barber dialogue, a coed stand off, a liquid can opener gag, and a sales display moment with a buyer asking for a name.
A jumble of quotes and references touches on wealth, politics, a Moscow training school for clowns, Marie Sails, and stock market cautions. Mentions Chauncey Depew, Marie, Houdini, and farm relief hints with casual musings on love and last lines.
Arizona faces a pivotal dispute over Colorado River allocations as the Swing Johnson bill moves through Congress. The editorial argues Arizona’s rights must be protected, warns that ratifying the Santa Fe pact could relinquish those rights, and urges broader interstate agreement to avoid court action.
Eastern railway conductors and trainmen win under the Watson Parker act. Arbitration grants a 71 percent wage increase, about 15 million dollars annually, after the Railroad Mediation Board failed to adjust differences. Dissenting votes came from railroad representatives.
A NEA service feature notes Roy Copeland in a pink carnation daily and traces romantic and superstition lore. It also reports Senator La Follette back after illness receiving a flood of mail while Frank L Smith faces Senate bar. Big Bill Thompson recalls Illinois river project and Smith nomination details.
A vintage tip suggests adding a handful of carpet tacks to soft soap ingredients to prevent slipping from the hands. The note appears in a column of Household Hints by Hortense, referenced in Wash. Cougar's Paw.
The board honors the peculiar, exacting, hazardous and responsible character of the services performed by these employees, highlighting their dedication and risk in duty.
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