City Buys and Sells in Tuesday Commission Session
Two bills of sale were entered. The Amarillo Gas Company offered to buy the city main from Third Avenue to its plant for 1555 dollars, with the city having laid the main to the electrical plant. The Ridge mere Addition water system cost 6707 dollars, paid with 10 year warrants, and the Thompson pool heating plant plus a violet-ray filtration system were purchased from J D Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Gas Company
Third Avenue
Southwestern Public Service Company
Ridgemere
Thompson Pool
LeVerne Calhoun
Ridgemere Addition
E. N. Stanley
Tudgemere Addition
J. D. Tucker
Amarillo Trade Week Planned for Early October
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce officials announce a four day Wholesale Trade Week inviting principal jobbers and manufacturers from Texas Oklahoma Missouri New Mexico and California to exhibit lines in Amarillo. Merchants from many cities in the 600 mile wholesale area are expected to buy for winter and spring as models in men and women wear are shown. Mannequins will be Amarillo’s prettiest young ladies and special window displays plus street entertainment planned for opening night. A banquet for exhibitors and merchants will be held on the third or fourth night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
New Mexico
California
M. E. Morton
Taste Test Proves Superior Roasting Method
Hills Bros. Coffee promotes Controlled Roasting a patented process for even continuous roasting. The ad touts uniform, unvarying flavor, vacuum cans to keep freshness, and the Arab trademark. Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri. 1981.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hills Bros
Soldier Loans Bring $462,300 to Amarillo
Loans made on adjusted service certificates totaled 1 541 applications. Hospitalization claims numbered 49 and 78 sought disability allowances. Disability compensation appeared for 47, lost certificates 8, lost discharge 35, burial 6. Bonus sixty dollars monthly claimed by 3, 117 for adjusted service certificates. Two widows received compensation and eight requested headstones. Ten thousand dollar life insurance requests 12 and 160 new files opened. Work noted in Adjutant Floyd L Sloan office for Hanson Post and Ladies' Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Américan Legion
Floyd L. Sloan
Hanson Post
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Flashes of Life in Briefs Across Cities
Governor Pinchot wins after a false start in a picnic match race. J C Schramm says 10,000,000 pianos are out of tune, risking America losing its musical ear. Trainmen look forward to runs. Miss Martha Butler took a job shift. A stenographer’s shoe delay spans two and a half hours. 95 kinds of Brussels sprouts, 120 lettuces, 194 carrots listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hershey
Pinchot
J. F. Hklone
Secretary of Property and Supplies
Minneapolis
Minn
J. C. Schramm
National Association of Piano Tuners
America
Hazleton
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Martha Butler
London
Watford
Harrow
City Briefs Highlight Local Social and Shopping News
Mrs. M N Cohn returns from New York City after three weeks buying fall and winter goods for Cohn's Clothing Store. Mr and Mrs Russell Cochran wed Sunday in Childress and honeymoon in Colorado and New Mexico after visiting Mr and Mrs Joe Killough. Mr and Mrs T M Wilson and grandson James Lester Randall of Mart Texas visit J W Dodson in West Tenth Avenue after vacations in Colorado. Mrs R L Bass from Clifton Texas travels to Shawnee Oklahoma to visit relatives after two months as guest of Mr and Mrs A K Bass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. N. Cohn
New York City
Cohn
Russell Cochran
Childress
Colorado
New Mexico
Joe Killough
West Seventh Avenue
Cochran
Sybil Fletcher
Killough
T. M. Wilson
James Lester Randall
Mart
Texas
R. L. Bass
Clifton
Shawnee, Okla
A. K. Bass
Jackson Street
Two Men Arrested on Counterfeit Charge
Secret service men announced that two men, Richard Cobb and Arthur Floyd Holt of Roll, Oklahoma, were arrested in connection with distributing counterfeit dollars in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle region. A third man was sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Secret Service
Arnett
Okla
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Richard Cobb
Arthur Floyd Holt
Roll
Saxophone Invention Credits Point to Adolphe Sax
The saxophone was invented in 1842 by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian instrument maker. This single invention reshaped wind ensembles and has endured as a staple in jazz and classical music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolphe Sax
Gymnasium Contract To Be Let Thursday
Amarillo College will award a $6,000 gymnasium contract at Thursday’s Amarillo School Board meeting in the municipal auditorium. Bids will be opened then after the frame structure’s approval to ensure the building is ready when school opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo College
Amarillo
Bidding Opens for New Sixth Street Building Project
Northwest corner of Sixth and Buchanan hosts a bid opening as about 14 local contractors are expected to bid on the new building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth and
Buchanan
Indians Organize Farm Club at Red Rock Oklahoma
The Otoes formed a farm club modeled after 4 H with Trumann Dailey as president and Mrs. L. Faw Faw as secretary, marking what is believed to be the first Indian farm club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rock
Okla
U.P
Trumann Dailey
L. Faw Faw
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Waco
Tex
Cecil Smith
Ernest Holmes
Smith
J. W. Dodson
West Tenth Avenue
Indians
City Drug Store
Harry Johnston
Tulsa
Herb Juice Corp
Dallas, Tex
National
Omple Ordway Saunders Company Llo Build
Ron
Jae Sonat
C. H. Stennett, Jr
Memphis
Tenn
Italco
Joseph F. Colar
Chicago
Youst
Mina Glorine York
Bloomfield
Laws
Mews - Globe
Goodyear
Goodyear Pathfinder
Goodyear Tires
Goodyears
Pampa
Borger
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