09 Aug 1940
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1940
Page
1
A third guest written column fills in for Old Tack with jokes and quips. It includes old pokes on sales pitches, a parable about originality, a British epitaph, a parachute joke, classroom notes, and social quirks about marriage, banking, and daily life.
A jumble of notices lists job seekers and applicants including a 26 year old man seeking work at a filling station cafe or as a mechanic, a couple for farm work Amarillo Texas mentions ranch care child care and housework possibilities.
Stuttering Sam Mary Dowell says yes maybe to Benny Welles 27 son of the undersecretary of state. She worries about how the Welles may view a girl known as Stuttering Sam.
Paul Stanley, former Amarillo resident and American Airlines sales manager in Nashville, recalls details of a luxurious sleeper plane incident over the Tennessee mountains. Postal authorities seized the plane's mail for inspection, with a disclosed mystery involving a man who allegedly slugged a stewardess and opened the baggage compartment after she swallowed the key.
Hogs offerings 190-235 lb top at 6.45 with 6.30-6.45 range later weak packer bids. Cattle 200-325 head steady. grass stockers steady. calves, heifers and cutters priced. Sheep and lambs active with high end 9.25 for native spring lambs and 8.00-9.90 for others. Financial section shows fund liquidation price 1.47 with offering 1.62.
The ad urges quick action to obtain a stimulant to improve urine flow. It warns of bladder irritation causing frequent urination and nighttime waking, with pain possibly spreading to the back and legs. It promotes visiting a druggist for a bottle of the product and immediate relief.
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