Awning Season Opens as Amarillo Firm Expands Stock
Amarillo Tent and Awning Company at 800 West Sixth Avenue orders a large canvas stock for summer production. The firm promises affordable repairs, reduced material costs, and extended lifespans for awnings and frames. It highlights window shade services and Columbia venetian blinds with a dedicated refinishing department and expert staff.
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Amarillo Tent & Awning Company
West
Sixth Avenue
Panhandle
Columbia Venetian Blind
Nw Blossom Mart
Bud Curtis
Amarillo Tea & Awning Company
Mothers-In-Law Club Meeting Set for Friday at 3 p.m.
The local Mothers-In-Law club will meet Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Federated Club rooms. All members urged to attend. The Department of Commerce notes that over 1,000,000 new products have been placed on sale in U S retail stores in the last 50 years.
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Mothers-In-Law Club
United States
Department of Commerce
Llano Manufacturing Promotes Package Type Coolers at 901 Tyler
Llano Manufacturing Company at 901 Tyler Street promotes package type unit coolers for homes and businesses. N M Cooper notes growing interest in air conditioning with 1938 expected to bring more installations in the Panhandle. The firm also markets water softeners to small laundries barber shops and beauty parlors and invites architects contractors and home builders to view displays of softeners and cooling units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler Street
Liano Manufacturing Company
N. M. Cooper
Llano
Panhandle
Llano Manufacturing Company
Llano Company
Tyler
Renovation of Summer Hats Is Featured
Boston Hat Works at 419 Polk Street offers hat cleaning and blocking with a one day service. Terry Pando and Nick Sotier lead the firm, guaranteed quality and workmanship, handling mail and out of town orders for straw and Panama hats.
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Panama
Boston Hat Works
Polk Street
Panhandle
Terry Pando
Nick Sotier
Five Latin American capitals with larger populations than Washington
Five capitals in the Latin American region Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Mexico City Santiago and Montevideo exceed Washington in population according to the source data.
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Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Mexico City
Santiago
Montevideo
Washington, D
Frank's Introduce New Magic Dot Pads
Frank Pollock of Amarillo markets Helene Curtis Duchess Machineless Pads with a red to black dot indicating heat. The Magic Dot signals pad readiness, promising safer, more efficient service with vacuum packing and guaranteed money back if not the finest.
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Frank Pollock
Frank's Barber & Beauty Supply
Amarillo
Helen Curtis Products
Mr. Pollock
Duchess
Edith Richards Retires as Oregon City Mail Carrier
Edith Richards, one of two women mail carriers in Oregon, retires after 20 years serving a 55 mile route near Oregon City. She wore out seven automobiles during her tenure, marking a notable milestone for women in postal service.
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Oregon City
Ore
U.P
Edith Richards
Uncle Sam
Oregon
Plan Tires for New Fast Pace Court 1938
Detroit reports tire makers plan for high speed highways and city traffic with lighter tougher tires by 1950. Fisk research foresees stronger carcass high temp tolerance lower weight redesigned treads and new compounds. Nashfield warns against price cuts as auto costs rise and model changes wait until 1939 lines. Yellow cars and tans signal a brighter sale push into spring and summer.
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North Auloce Newspaper Alliance
Detroit
Fisk Tire Co
Fisk
Nashfield
Courtney Johnson
Johnson
Gates Engineers Solve Problem Of Pumping Panhandle Wells
Gates engineers promote quarter turn V drives for irrigation pumps, noting short centers, no belt house, no slip, and easy speed changes by swapping a sheave. Case histories in Hereford, Plainview, Lubbock illustrate four seasons with minimal wear. Ward Garrison in Amarillo provides details from 208 Arthur Street Gates warehouse.
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Gates
Hereford
Plainview
Lubbock
Ward Garrison
Amarillo
Arthur Street
Panhandle
South Plains
Amarillo Ward Garrison Representative Gates Rubber Co
Bear prowls out of stump cooling in snow then heads north
In Ladysmith Wisconsin a black bear left a hollow pine stump during a roadside brush clearing. The blaze prompted the bear to jump out and roll in the snow to cool off before fleeing northward. Ranger Schmall documented the incident.
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Ladysmith
Wis
U.P
WPA
Schmall
Summer Grease Time at Hand
W M Bill Grigsby owner of the Grigsby Service Station at Sixteenth and Van Buren stresses summer lubricants and changes. He advises draining winter oil and filling with Texaco motor oil for complete summer protection and recommends Marfak grease. The station offers high pressure lubrication and low price wheel repacking and parts cleaning to prevent costly repairs after winter and spring dust and moisture.
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W. M
Bill) Grigsby
Grigsby
Sixteenth and
van Buren
Mr. Grigsby
Texaco
Texas Company
Grigsby Concern
Panhandle
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Mothers-in-Law Club Meeting
E. B. Meyer
Harrison
Washington
West 9Th Dial
Hammond
Koetherizing
McDonald Auto Supply
AMA
Ramey Bros., Inc
General Contractors
Paramount
Motor Company
Pilimore
Expert Hatters Mall
Polk St
Tetas
G. GC
Matthews
Met
P. O
Texas
Amarillo Shade & Equipment CO
Blackstone Cleaners Tos W. 10Th
Arthur
McKnight
Transfer & Storage Co
108 Taylor
Lae
Polk
Paramount Lunch
Frank
Far West
DIAL
Fort Worth
Denver
Rock Island
Santa Fe
M &L Transfer & Storage Company Inc
Johnson-Price Co
Fillmore St
Fox Paint & Wallpaper Co
Anit
J. F. Bromert
D. C
WESTE
Electrics
the Panhandle
Hotel Supply CO
C. M. Williams
Taylor
City Machine & Welding Works
6Th St
Butane Asme Tank Builders
16Th & van Buren
Igatlin Glass & Paint CO
KAY “Uphosering Co
F.H. A. Loans
E. A. Regal CO
6Th Dial
Dr. T. M
Montgomer Optometrist
Oliver Eakle
Pean
E-Z Tight Strip & Cauleing Company
L. N. Pittman
Ow Sedgst Plas
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