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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1931
Page
5
A telegram style plea features two notices: a suitor seeking a Panhandle wife with home life, a brakeman with a house and land, and a farmer offering to work on a farm for half pay or small wages. Names Panhandle Pete and Tack appear amid brief personal appeals and address hints.
A letter from Mrs Ewell Stowers of White Deer Texas seeks steady farm work or a housekeeper position with elderly or working couples preferring night home time. Other readers offer sewing washing typing and sock darning services as unemployment rises with notes on oil prices and farming.
Mrs Lou Haney asks for return of about ten dollars in cash lost Friday around 10 30 am, carried in a blue handkerchief including a one dollar bill a silver dollar a five dollar bill a quarter and three pennies she offers a reward and says she will never know how she will appreciate the help return to 310 McMasters Street.
A Guymon Oklahoma letter writer urges swift state action before a disaster, comparing potential actions to current Texas Panhandle conditions. The note criticizes Hoover for inaction and calls for broader outreach, referencing a Kansas move and Red Cross involvement.
A description notes potential demand for skilled housekeepers to double service by handling various garments. It suggests hiring by hour or day, with work at the employer’s or the worker’s home, indicating ample employment opportunities for garment care tasks.
Elmer Stone appeals for companionship in Amarillo. He describes long loneliness and requests help finding a nice young lady aged 20 to 25. He states he has recently moved to the area and is seeking connection through contact.
A shopper lists experience in store or beauty work and asks for possible opportunities. The note includes a contact line with the name Op. B. B and address 1400 Lincoln Street seeking assistance.
A reader requests an arithmetic tutor for an hour of instruction from 8 to 9 PM and offers contact by telephone 2-2019. The note asks for someone to teach fractions and related topics as part of a special course.
A widow with two sons, ages 14 and 15, asks for a small furnished house to rent in exchange for dressmaking work and provides references. Call 6929. A five year old requests a real young Collie or Police pup and asks his mother to call 2-1470.
A brief plea from a parent with a two year old seeks any employment offering child care, housekeeping, washing and ironing. The writer asks for print publication of the letter to help find work and expresses gratitude in advance.
A reader asks Teak for assistance to obtain something they need to support their one child. The writer explains the husband has searched everywhere without success and offers to take on housework and clerical tasks.
A widow with no children seeks housekeeping or housework care of children in Canadian Texas. She offers to work for small wages and asks for help through your column. Box 463 Canadian TX. Also requests help selling a De Luxe washer. Equity offered at 35 dollars after payments of 69.50 total.
A brief appeal seeks clothing assistance for boys in need. Local donors and charities are asked to provide usable garments to support families facing economic hardship.
A subscriber asks for assistance with school clothes for a nine and a ten year old. She explains financial strain due to unemployment and seeks overable garments or items that can be altered to fit boys starting school soon.
The applicant offers laundry, housekeeping, and cafe work with strong references. They provide 208 North East Fifth Avenue and phone number 2-3071 for contact.
A person writes requesting hotel maid work and states a willingness to leave the city. The note asks for printing the request and confirms the preference for hotel housekeeping employment.
The speaker states no other income and urgency for work. They offer skills in housework, cooking, and housekeeping and express willingness to take ranch work if wages are fair. They thank the reader in advance.
Disabled veteran seeks a ride to Southern Oklahoma, Duncan preferred, notes inability to drive and lack of funds. Distinguishes between health and overall capability, mentions not being an invalid.
A man in Amarillo explains he will do any reasonable thing to pay for a ride to Oklahoma to visit his uncle. He has relatives there but cannot afford transport, is awaiting a compensation claim, and offers to surrender weapons before boarding. He invites anyone willing to help.
The Board of Trustees of the Amarillo Independent School District and the Amarillo Junior College District will receive bids August 17 1931 at 8 PM for a depository for all district school funds for the biennial period from September 1 1931 to August 31 1933 GEO M WADDILL Secretary Amarillo Independent School District and Amarillo Junior College District
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