Bridge bidding questions on setting opponents and penalties
A reader asks whether to bid with strong suits or to pass to set opponents, and whether penalties or games yield better profits. Answers: no fixed rules exist, but with many trumps opponents can pass. opening requires 2 honor tricks and a biddable suit or No Trump. It is customary to bid strong hands to seek game or penalties. A reader also asks about buying a baby bed.
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East
North
L. M. C. B. Club
Guymon
Okla
Wast
L. J. Roach
Amarillo
Help Wanted Letter Seeking Office Work
Miss J. E. asks for any general office work including typing light dictation and telephone duties. Available in or near the city for moderate pay and can provide local references. asks for any suitable position and thanks readers.
Wanted: Morning Cleaning and Ironing Jobs
Person seeks morning work offering housecleaning and ironing services. Available for chores and related tasks. Call 2-1196 to arrange details.
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Tack
Family Seeks Aid as Nine Children Go Hungry
A needy family appeals for help amid jobless hardship. The parents describe an inability to find work and a lack of food for their nine children, asking for charitable assistance and community support.
Fred Stone to bring Smiling Faces to Amarillo and Lubbock
Renowned eccentric dancer Fred Stone heads his 75 performer Smiling Faces company into the Southwest with stops in Lubbock Friday night and Amarillo the following Saturday April 15 and 16. The New York cast features Paula Stone Roy Royston Lotti Loder and the Albertina Rasch girls with tickets available at the Globe office for both Amarillo performances.
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Fred Stone
Southwest
Smiling Faces
Panhandle
Lubbock
Amarillo
New York
Paula
Roy Royston
Lotti Loder
Vienna
Globe
Sample Cases Lost Reward Offered Near Fisk Building
Two sample cases containing Fuller brushes and a ladies sport coat were lost from a Ford coupe near the Fisk building on Eighth Avenue. A liberal reward is offered for their return to 3407 Tyler Street or 1002 Adams Street.
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Fisk
Eighth Avenue
Tyler Street
Adams Street
Pair Pleads For Work To Support Three Babies
Classified plea from a pair requesting employment for themselves to earn money for their three babies. The woman lists office, telephone, clerk, and child care experience. the man offers experience in several trades. They provide two different North West addresses as contact points.
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Tack
Local Help Wanted Ad Seeks Housework and Laundry Work
A young lady advertises availability for housework, washings, and sewing by the hour, day, or week. She notes past experience and willingness to enter homes for tasks, offering contact via Miss B N at 203 North Fillmore Street.
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Tack
Twin girls seek work with housekeeping and cooking experience
Two high school graduates, twins aged 22 or 29? seek employment offering housework and cooking. They describe themselves as quiet and willing to work and provide contact at Waterfield 412 Rusk Street. Additional note mentions need for a cook stove and a request to locate an old item.
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Waterfield
Rusk Street
Farm Help Wanted and Prohibition Letter
A man seeks farm work with wages or sharecropping, offering farming experience and references. An elderly woman offers child care and home duties for pay, with references. A reader asks for a couple without children to work on a farm, with housing and a cow provided. A letter criticizes an anti prohibition quotation from March 30.
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Vega
Texas
Practices in City For 29 Years
This month Dr. R. M. Walker celebrates the 29th anniversary of his residence and practice in Amarillo. A Louisiana native, he moved to Texas in 1898 and to Amarillo in 1903. He served as city health physician under many mayors for 16 consecutive years and was the first occupant of the Eberstadt Building, built in 1909.
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R. M. Walker
Amarillo
Louisiana
Walker
Texas
Eberstadt
Parodied View Of Prohibition’s Effects On Crime
The speaker argues the 18th Amendment boosts bootleggers and racketeers by creating a profitable shadow economy and then notes it also empowered them to continue thriving.
Golden Peacock Bleach Cream Ad Promises Quick Skin Whitening
An advertisement urges women to try Golden Peacock Bleach Cream to brighten skin overnight with promises of whiter, unblemished complexion. It claims removal of freckles blackheads pimples and blotches and offers money back if not satisfied. The copy emphasizes gentleness speed and economy and directs readers to buy at drug stores and counters.
Carpenter and farmer seeks work for room and board
The speaker describes being a carpenter and a farmer who hopes to find employment on a farm or ranch. They are willing to work for room and board or just enough to buy groceries and a few work clothes, indicating a need for any available labor.
Family Seeks Farm Dwelling for Large Household
A letter from Herman of 1612 South Lincoln Street requests a farm place suitable for him and his wife plus five children. He notes a lifelong background in farming and familiarity with farm work.
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Tack
Herman
South
Lincoln Street
Job seeker seeks work as home helper and cook
A job seeker offers services as a home helper, cook, and housekeeper to support a 13 month old child. Experienced in domestic work and ready to provide reliable care and cooking.
Nadinola Cream Promise of Ivory White Skin
Ad claims Nadinola bleaching cream makes skin clearer and whiter in a week. It promises a velvety, smooth, ivory white complexion with reduced pores and no rubbing needed overnight. A 50c jar is offered with a money back guarantee at cosmetic counters.
Job Preference and Personal Note
A woman identifies in text as Billie at 501 McMasters Street preferring night hours to be home with her baby and requests a job in San Jacinto. The snippet also mentions a historical line stating India’s history dates to 4300 B C.
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San Jacinto
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J. E
Minnie Parris
Houston Street
Cleveland Street
North West
Tenth Avenue
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Tabasco
Ida M. Chitwood
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H. C
Cleveland Stree
B. N
North Fillmore Street
Ences
Albert Lewis
North Side
van Buren Street
Georgia
David Nichols CO
Kingston, Georgia
Seaton
Mistletoe Creameries, Inc
Billie
McMasters Street
India
Amarillo Riding Club
West of Country Club
John Ward
Sree
Amarillo News-Globe
Christeen Chitwood
Ry Arta Rity Ly A
Erice For
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