This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1939
Page
7
The Brown House Shop displays Wedgwood and Spode china patterns once owned by elite houses now affordable for many. Highlights include Spode bone pattern TRIS service for four at 38.65 and Cowslip service for four at 21.35, with prices reflecting Anglo American trade agreements. Mirrors, etchings, crystal bowls, copper items, lamps, and antiques augment the offering for home gifts and decor.
Amarillo based City Machine & Welding Works at 1300 West Sixth Avenue announces readiness to install all gasoline station components and wholesale bulk power plant equipment. They offer compressors pumps meters valves auto lifts dispensing gear hoses and fittings with new heavy duty equipment and tanks in stock for spring demand. The firm, operating since 1922, emphasizes experience in tank fabrication and installation.
Frank's Beauty and Barber Supply in Amarillo Texas promotes a credit service for beauty parlors offering Rapidol Hair Coloring and Rapidol Shampoos Tints in 18 shades. The plan lets shops stock lightly while paying as used, avoiding large working capital.
At 427 Polk the Modern Cleaners presents a budget plan to buy a spring suit for 2 dollars per week. Customers can wear any of SC tailored patterns while paying, with guaranteed 1939 materials. George Nichols invites patrons to visit. cleaners offer free pressing for tins and 60 cent suit cleaning services.
Freeman's Flowers at 2119 Washington offers a profusion of potted plants and cut flowers for Easter. Azaleas, Easter lilies, hydrangea, tulips, gardenias, rhododendrons, roses, carnations and geraniums are available in multiple colors with stylistic emphasis on gifts for Mother church loved ones.
The Amarillo Tent and Awning Company led by S. T. Curtiss manufactures Venetian blinds at 800 West Sixth Avenue Amarillo. They install within a week, offer guarantees with features like automatic stops and chain roller locks and provide re slat replacement and repainting services. George Hirsch and Bud Curtiss handle orders by calling 9430. Awning season approaches and deliveries can be arranged.
An ad notes 50 cents and free delivery service with the Modern Cleaners promising "service and a job well done" and providing contact at phone number 32 2612.
Sixty four percent of physical ailments are linked to poor posture according to Stayform the modern women s foundation garment. The design aims to straighten the back line and recede the abdomen through features like cupped back with v shaped elastic and hip joint control. A demonstration by appointment is offered at district headquarters 1606 B Tyler with phone 6437 and lifelong service for the garment.
C H Wiseman president of Amarillo Business College warns untrained youths face tougher job competition and lower pay. He notes training improves employment prospects, outlines 29 years of assisting students, and invites contact to start a business career with formal qualifications.
Spirella promotes its corsets and modeling garments based on natural anatomical principles offering preventive and corrective support. The ad cites endorsements from Medical journals and nursing publications and claims significant hip reduction in minutes. Readers are urged to call 6589 for a free home preview.
Debris from hurricane wreckage in Westerly uncovers a historic map of Rhode Island marking the 1800 western boundary at the Devil's Belt the northern edge at Narragansett land the eastern line at blue and yellow sand and the southern blue ooze as described by Henry Harvey.
In Brookline towns along the Maine coast a peddler hawked balm o Gilead tree saplings claiming a healing salve could be made from the leaves. Noah Tibbetts recalls how his mother bought the original trees, and she was born in 1822, dating the current trees to about 100 years old.
Local Amarillo Plate Glass Company presents DuPont paints including the white house paint that stays white after dust and rain. It features Duco enamel marketed as One Coat Magic, self leveling and easy to apply, with a monthly payment plan and a color card available.
An electrologist offers permanent hair removal using electrolysis at 710 Tyler, phone 5504, warning against amateur methods. The ad promotes science as the safe, physician approved solution to facial and body hair, urging timely appointments.
Charles N. Lennox, a fingerprint expert with the Cheltenham Township police, has collected prints of Siamese twins as a hobby. The first were the Godino brothers, then the Hilton sisters, and most recently Margaret and Mary Gibb. Lennox studied at the Chicago Institute of Applied Science and Swarthmore College.
Dr Maude Ryden told the Cambridge conference of the Society for the Ministry of Women that women go to men for guidance as if to a higher authority. She argued that women prefer male advice to feel superior status in counsel.
London medical referee Dr. J F Falls Dally says rheumatic disease causes about 25,000 acute deaths in Britain each year, surpassing deaths from tuberculosis and cancer combined as rheumatism worries the country.
In Concord New Hampshire lumbermen reportedly cashing pay checks ask for silver dollars boosting circulation with more than ten thousand dollars in silver reportedly moved through the state drawing attention to the use of the silver coin in daily business and local commerce.
London reports the air ministry offers a reward to anyone who can devise a ray effective against screened engines at distances beyond 109 yards. The search targets anti aircraft or engine defense capability and promises payment for a practical solution.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.