Dust He Was, Now His Name Is Mud Insured Misery and Aid Requests
A jumble of archaic prose describes a failed farmer's ruin from debt and vice and ends with a plea for help. The letter then shifts to insurance trouble at The Business and Professional Men Insurance Co, detailing an unpaid assessment and claims suspension, followed by appeals for a home for a seven year old girl and a man seeking farm work after unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Thomas Fletcher
Date Street
Plainview
Texas
Mr. Fletcher
State of Texas
Business and Professional Men Insurance Co
J. A. Jinnings
Tack
J. F. Fletcher
Ias
Would Feed Men Instead of Dogs
A reader from Route 1 Stinnett Texas argues that scraps for a lost dog should feed hungry people instead. He notes the waste of food while families with a wife and baby lack meals and urges prioritizing human need over pets.
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Tack
Abie Braginstine
Route 1
Stinnett
Texas
Reader letters seek work and flour mill math query
A set of letters asks for employment including a ranch or farm job from a reader and a mother needing work as a housekeeper or clerk. An inquiry into flour milling yields a rough split of 33 pounds high grade flour, 18 pounds low grade, and 9 pounds byproducts per bushel with high grade flour selling around 95 cents a sack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Barnie Boulware
North Buchanan St
O. W. Shellberg
South Fillmore Street
Ameri
Flour quality and mill woes span United States
A letter discusses a shift to the highest grade flour, noting low grade flour is exported and that raw material cost is a minor factor. Manufacturing and distribution costs dominate prices, while many mills nationwide are closed or in trouble and can be bought cheaply. The writer cites E R T Young. The content also includes job-seeking pleas from Velma Wheeler seeking laundry or housework work and a caregiver offering child care services at North Johnson Street.
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United States
Tack
Velma Wheeler
North Johnson Street
Sow Lots In Vegetables Plan Urged For Amarillo
A letter from Memphis Texas proposes using vacant city lots as fall truck patches to grow turnips mustard lettuce radishes and more. The reader suggests Amarillo adopt a similar program with parcels around the city and asks residents to seek county agent guidance and push for authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Texas
Amarillo
O. K
Widowed Mother Seeks Work From Audrey Bennett
In a plea for assistance, 18 year old Audrey Bennett offers to work to support her widow mother. Audrey provides her address at 105 South Monroe Street and asks local residents to contact her with any job opportunities.
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Tack
Audrey Bennett
South
Monroe St
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Goldie
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