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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1944
Page
6
The newcomer to Amarillo and friends announce seventeen years of taxi service with six sub stations citywide. Hammond Taxi offers prompt courteous service and invites calls to 6284 for the best in transportation.
A wartime plea urges customers to maintain their vacuum cleaners and sewing machines as essential metals demand grows. The Western Vacuum Cleaner and Sewing Machine Company at 606 West 6th offers repair services and parts for all makes with home visits or shop drops. They provide 24 hour service for out of town machines from the Panhandle region and can be reached by phone 5663.
C R Sinclair at 417 Polk Street offers watch repairs pledged within three days. No repair is too difficult and parts from factories not needed. Patrons in Amarillo are urged to entrust timepieces for swift service.
Overstressed readers are urged to visit the Peoples Recreation Club in the Amarillo Building basement for billiards to ease worry. The ad promises carom or snooker play with dinner, beer, and a hunch counter. A closing science note mentions latitude degrees.
The Panhandle Specialty Company at 202 West Tenth Street offers automatic phonograph rental with 24 records chosen by you. Service includes delivery installation and pickup, with optional commission-based installations. Call 5782 for details.
Taylor feature promotes MAX PACTOR Pan Cake makeup in flattering skin tones for blondes brunettes and red heads. Bush Drug at 500 Taylor advertises gift items stationery magazines and fountain service alongside drugs. Tibet noted as the world’s highest country with table lands at 16000 feet.
A nurse explains that loss of earnings due to sickness or accident jeopardizes a worker’s finances and happiness. The Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association promotes income protection with a Texas Amarillo district office at 701-702 Oliver-Eakle Building, Amarillo. Contact district manager A. J. Kelly by phone 2-3091 for information.
An advertisement promotes Speed Ravey at 410 Taylor St offering watch cleaning, adjustment, and repair. Mr Ravey, with over 20 years in the trade, guarantees all work and emphasizes reliability and prompt service to keep timepieces accurate.
The SINGER SEWING MACHINE COMPANY at 508 Taylor Street showcases sewing buckets bags and singer forms with kid leather bags and practical aprons. Also notes a sky show at the Buhl Planetarium in Pittsburgh guiding visitors to learn star positions easily.
DyeCrete announces a penetrating concrete hardener that eliminates etching and carries color into cement. The color hardener comes in six colors plus clear, applied before a protective coating. Available at Nichols Paint and Wallpaper Store, 518 Tyler.
Keep them checked and running with Finklea Electric Company. Their electricians diagnose trouble in vacuum cleaners mixers radios washing machines and irons. Since 1912 Amarillo customers have trusted Finklea for economical and satisfactory repairs at 900 West 6th Street. Call 9856 for electrical repairs.
The Shamrock Service Station at 7th and Fillmore offers tire retreading and 24 hour vulcanizing with oil and grease services, car washing, lubricating, and related auto repairs. Stop in or call 2 9032 for tire regrooving.
Mr and Mrs J C Lester welcome friends to the Lester Bakery and Cafeteria at 1221 Polk Street in Amarillo as a new lunch spot with a cafeteria line. It offers meats vegetables Parker House rolls and beverages with pies cakes and home baked bread using fresh eggs milk and flour. Stop in or call 5770 to place orders. formerly the Woman's Exchange.
Jack Phillips Drug Store in Amarillo acts as the Akron Trusses agent offering scientifically fitted trusses with private fitting rooms. They provide free examinations and post fitting checkups along with a complete line of surgical belts and repair parts for all truss makes at 3328 West Sixth Street. The article notes truss choices vary by individual needs and price.
The Employers Casualty Company and Texas Employers' Insurance Association operate from a shared Amarillo service office since 1926. They offer prompt claims handling, careful underwriting, and a rising policy range to cover modern business liabilities. Contact via phone or letter for analysis and protection. State College agronomists advise mowing a lawn in one direction for better growth and appearance.
The notice urges calling 2 1313 or visiting TYPEWRITER SERVICE CO at 111 B East Third for typewriter and adding machine repairs. Mr Kidwell is a specialist who personally handles repairs, with home pickup possible by phone. Globe-News Want Ads.
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