Sixteenth Avenue Width Reduced to Save Trees
Sixteenth Avenue between Van Buren and Washington Streets will be widened to 45 feet from 48 feet, with a three foot reduction supported by 18 of 19 property owners to preserve a line of parkway trees. The street will be widened paved and lighted from its current 32 feet, and the White Way lighting plan remains under discussion with six lights per block rejected.
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Sixteenth Avenue
van Buren
Washington Streets
City Commission
Commission
City Development Board Receives End-of-Year Appropriation
The city commission approved an appropriation to cover all bills against the Board of City Development. An additional $1 041 was allowed for the last half of April, marking the first budget allotment under the new plan not to exceed 25 000. Chamber of Commerce general manager O V Vernon noted minor personnel changes as the budget tightens.
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Board of City Development
City Commission
O. V. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
Tack Letters Continued From Page Two
The piece argues for horse and mule powered farming to cut costs and finance farming locally. It suggests 25 percent of cultivated land for feed to power 200 acres of wheat, with $3,500 annual income for a farmer to cover living costs. Labor could be hired at $30 per month with room and board.
Smiling Faces Wedding Elaboration at Municipal Auditorium
Elaborate costumes and ornate scenery will highlight the musical comedy Smiling Faces featuring Fred Stone. The company of 75 travels by special train with baggage cars and Pullman cars, arriving Saturday for matinee and evening shows. Tickets available at City Drug Store, 517 Polk Street, board open until 8 each night.
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Fred Stone
Municipal Auditorium
Panhandle
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Kansas City
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Prosperity Drawn by Six White Horses When She Comes
Classified note from Elton Jones at Happy Texas quotes a lyric line and asks about prosperity. Frankie offers to do housework in the mornings and mentions paying back European nations. Vv. H. Franks complains about patriotism and interest. A reader from Palo Duro Hotel seeks work as a housekeeper or child caretaker.
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Elton Jones
Happy, Texas
H. Franks
North East Fifth Avenue
Time for Patriotism Pushes for Full Certificate Payment
A speaker argues that the 80 called bonus bill should be viewed as a just payment rather than a bonus. He recalls laborers paying high prices for shirts and receiving only a dollar a day during the war. He asserts 100 percent Americans should support full payment of certificates and warns against exempt patriotism.
Card of Thanks for Baby Donald Walls
The Walls family expresses sincere thanks to friends for support during Donald Kent Walls illness and death. Special gratitude to Mrs. L. D. Padgett for deeds, and for the floral offerings from Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Walls and Children, Mrs. J. T. Walls, and Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Baker.
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Donald Kent Walls
L. D. Padgett
R. G. Walls
J. T. Walls
R. D. Baker
Practical Nurse Seeks Clients Referenced by Doctors
A practical nurse with hospital training offers services at reasonable rates. Claims capability to perform any task of a registered nurse and provides references. Requests contact at 9042 and asks to call again if unanswered. Sign off includes a misspelled closing.
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Mse
Tonic for Ducks Rescue Call Prompted by Plea
A reader request about helping ducks prompted a call to action. Officials or volunteers arranged aid and guidance after receiving the plea, detailing steps taken to assist the birds and prevent further harm. Local efforts emphasized swift response and community involvement.
Egg Mash Offers for Ducks and Farm Help Wanted
Advertisements include HardeMan King Company promoting Merit Egg Mash for duck eggs and mineral needs. Various help notices seek domestic, nursing, farming, and cook work. opportunities for couples, hotel staff, and board with wages and living arrangements across Texas towns.
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Gratis
Hardeman King Company
Must Sell Home Dear Tack
A constant reader at 909 Houston Street asks Tack to publish a plea to sell a nice place due to unemployment and unable payments. The writer requests immediate contact for interested buyers.
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Tack
Houston Street
Girl Needed In Home
A reader requests help finding a girl for a home in need. The notice asks for potential foster or adoptive placements and mentions placement criteria and contact procedures. The piece urges community supporters to reach out to assist in arranging a suitable home.
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Tack
Wanted young helper for light housework near Hereford
An employment request seeks a girl between 16 and 22 for light housekeeping with room and board at a home seven miles east of Hereford on the Amarillo highway. The letter notes payment of $2 weekly and asks for a sweet neat appearance and willing temperament from a country family seeking a ranch home.
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Amarillo
Hereford
Jewel Switch
Woman seeks housework and care work with references
A middle aged woman offers to do housework cooking and child care and provides references. She requests work and invites contact by phone at 8663 or at 515 Fannin Street.
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Fannin Street
Student seeks room and board near Amarillo schools
A young man asks for a host willing to provide room and board in exchange for work after 5 PM. He can help with meals, lawn care, gardening, and odd jobs, and plans to attend school with no money. He could return home weekends.
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Amarillo
Seeking Nice Men for Correspondence
Two young women aged 25 to 30 seek male pen pals aged 30 to 35 for friendly correspondence and potential connection. Both describe themselves as pleasant and looking for respectful, ongoing exchanges.
Young man seeks work bakery farming willing to learn trade
A young man offers to work for room and board and small wages, with bakery and farming experience and a willingness to learn new trades. He signs LOu and BON from Box 425 Canyon Texas and also mentions selling a horned toad in demand for the derby.
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Tack
Lou
Bon
Box 425
Canyon
Texas
Amarillo Tradesman Seeks Work As Painter and Paperhanger
A young unemployed Amarillo man, a first class painter and paperhanger, appeals for work and offers to accept low pay or exchange for meals, clothes, or a car. He references over 300 rooms papered locally and provides contact via telephone 20030. A 17 year old girl seeks housekeeping and cafe work, asking for help finding employment.
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Amarillo
Tack
Alfalfa Girls Basketball Team Praised Despite Loss
The letter notes Perryton Freshmen defeating the Alfalfa girls by a wide margin and jokes about team looks vs performance while urging fair treatment of Perryton’s photo in the record.
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Alfalfa
Perryton
Paging brunettes with blue or grey eyes seek matching pair
A Texas notice from E. E. Perryton requests photographs but explains budget limits and printing constraints. A separate appeal seeks brunettes with blue or grey eyes ages 35 to 40 who are sincere, excluding flappers and divorced widows, with responses to Box 404 Memphis Texas.
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Panhandle
E. E
Perryton
Texas
Alfalfa
E. BR. T
Memphis
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C.of C
Billy Taylor
Paula Stone
Frankie
Palo Duro Hotel
Amunm
Rex
Billie Dove
Annie Farbuton
Meadow
Lincoln Street
G. H
North Taylor Street
Moore Hotel
Beat Drama
Cleveland Street
Jackson Street
Mason
Mrclaire
Joan Blondell
Madge Evans
Lowell Sherman
David Manners
Karl Dane
Geo. K. Arthur
Berry’s Cleaners & Dyers
Tenth Ave
Entyne
Akti
City Drug No. 1
Wilbur C. Hawk
Roy Royston
Lotti Loder
Albertina Rasch
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