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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1948
Page
7
An ad-like line shows a firm with 16 years of service on a highway, promoting its reputation and presence. The fragment hints at a business identity that has long operated along the road, standing as a visible marker of reliability.
Sid Veazey promotes Lone Star All Aluminum boats at Sid's Garage 826 Georgia Street Amarillo. 12 ft models at 150 dollars 14 ft models from 175 to 200 dollars FOB Amarillo. Boats praised for light weight safety tanks airtight construction and unsinkable buoyancy. J Ernest Stroud and Company offers welding supplies and oxygen acetylene through 501 East Third Avenue Amarillo Texas with phone 8277.
Ted Nichols offers deep cuts on Kem-Tone paint wallpaper and related items at 123 West Sixth. Prices drop from $5.75 to $4.05 a gallon on Acme Paint, wallpaper rolls from 15 cents, and multiple enamels and coatings on sale. Call 2-8368 for painters and paperhangers.
Marshall Deaton, authorized to place subscriptions for all magazines, offers year long rates and home delivery. orders may be mailed to 1005 North Woodlawn St or called 2-3061. In Gant Cats Clean, a Calargus County Laboratory report notes 50 mice released into a basement after a guinea pig escape.
Hartman’s Jewelry in the Fisk Building lobby offers major discounts to clear stock. Watches in stock are cut 33 1 3 percent, and all other jewelry is 50 percent off with three exceptions. Hartman backs watch repairs with 25 years of experience and provides mail service for repairs and stringing pearls.
Mrs Wyatt showcases French antiques including a 17th century Boulle clock with brass inlay and blue porcelain numerals, a Boulle desk, a Vernis Martin sedan chair converted to a glass cabinet, a six by five foot mirror with Florentine frame, a Louis 15th suite with gold leaf, and a variety of walnut and cherry Victorian pieces. The collection spans royalty era items to Victorian seating and marble tops, highlighting museum quality craft and period fidelity.
Car care advice urges readers to bring vehicles to Wilson Battery & Electric Service for a full checkup. The shop, at 208-10 West Sixth, offers trained mechanics and modern testing gear to inspect electrical systems, ignition, carburetor, and motor, aiming for trouble-free summer driving and cost savings. It also services farm tractors with magnetos and generators and electric systems.
An advertisement touts the Clear-Vue window air conditioner with eight inch installation, adjustable features and easy terms, alongside a Western Electric hearing aid pitch by Maynard Drake emphasizing audiometer testing, personalized service, and the Super 66. The piece notes a 1947 tourism expenditure record of 238 million dollars in Canada, surpassing 1946.
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