Montgomery Ward Opens Amarillo Store Saturday
Montgomery Ward & Co introduces its Amarillo branch at 710 to 714 Polk Street with an 8:30 am Saturday opening. Manager L F Hamersly outlines a get acquainted program and customer first policies as staff briefings note the store carries three floors of merchandise and services, including home goods, apparel, and a radio repair shop.
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Polk Steet
L. F. Hamersly
Amarillo
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News-Globe
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Thomas Pace
Fort Worth
Ward Amarillo
Ward
Montgomery Ward & Company
J. F. Hamersly
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Ward's Store Opens Amarillo With 129 Employees
Montgomery Ward & Co. opens its new Amarillo store Saturday morning employing 129 men and women on a 40 hour week under the NRA wage setup. The store promises innovations and easier shopping than in former years.
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Amarillo
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Dead Turtle’s Head Responds to Adrenaline
In Appomattox Virginia a mounted dead turtle heart in a store window beat again after adrenaline injection. The monster turtle was caught on the James River near Gladstone and its severed head was displayed. After 12 hours the heart action faded, then revived in five minutes.
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Appomatox
James River
Gladstone
Turkeys Found In Five Foot Black Snake
Harrisburg dispatch reports two small wild turkeys were found in a five foot black snake that had been killed by Leo Emerick of Fayette County.
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Harrisburg
Leo Emerick
Fayette County
Expansion of Firm Reflects Efficiency
During the 20 years ending 1904 the firm adopted typewriters and adding machines to speed orders. Montgomery Ward & Co. expanded globally with a new Kansas City store and by 1910 sales neared 27 million dollars. A Fort Worth store opened, followed by Portland Oregon in 1913 and a New York City division for eastern lines. The Chicago house outgrew its plant in 1908 and Michigan Avenue Tower was sold as Fort Worth became the regional center.
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Homes
Kansas City
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Fort Worth
Portland
Ore
New York City
America
Chicago House
Chicago Avenue
Larabee Street
Michigan Avenue
Key City
Budget Plan At Montgomery Ward Lets Purchases Be Deferred
Montgomery Ward offers a spending plan allowing customers to buy furniture appliances fixtures plumbing and more with a nominal initial payment and the balance deferred over a period aligned with family budgets. The service aims to enhance home enjoyment and labor savings while promoting higher living standards.
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Montgomery Ward
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Ward’s Amarillo store showcases modern display design
A Montgomery Ward store in Amarillo emphasizes visible merchandise on low mahogany tables with glass partitions and sliding-door stock rooms. Wide aisles, well located departments, up to date lighting, rotating fans, and an air controlling system ensure comfort and a bright shopping environment.
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Montgomery Ward
Amarillo
Ward's
Montgomery Ward Policy Benefits Local Producers
The policy of Montgomery Ward & Co. has always been to pass on to the buyer the savings from bulk purchasing and to favor local producers to reduce transportation costs.
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Montgomery Ward & Co
Ward & Co Deploys Millions from Low Capital Base
The Montgomery Ward company now controls resources totaling millions of dollars, expanding from an original capital investment of 2500 dollars.
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Montgomery Ward & Co
Scientist hunts rattlers as summer hobby
Berkeley reporter notes Joseph B. Slevin of the California Academy of Sciences is in the desert east of San Diego chasing rattlesnakes for his collection. With 37 years of snake hunting behind him he has not been bitten. He recently captured as many as 200 rattlers in a single den and now hopes to take two or three daily using an electric torch and a forked stick.
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Berkeley
Cal
Joseph B. Slevin
California Academy of Sciences
San Diego
Nellie the Horse Shines After 31 Years of Service
Chehalis Washington August 11 Nellie a horse owned by farmer Thomas Hamon is performing excellent work after 31 years of service with the farm and continues to contribute to daily tasks and farm operations.
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Chehalis
Wash
U.P
Nellie
Thomas Hamon
Montgomery Ward’s Catalog A Remarkable Publishing feat
A. Montgomery Ward founded the company after early work in a barrel factory and as a traveling salesman. The catalog’s size required specially designed type and a printing facility beyond any single U.S. house, illustrating the scale of the enterprise from its inception.
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Montgomery Ward & Co
United States
A. Montgomery Ward’s Rural Trade Reform Ambition
The text traces A Montgomery Ward as he travels from St Louis gathering insights on farm life and rural markets. He sees farmer needs and discontent with small town stores and believes in radical merchandising by buying large quantities at low margins and selling direct to consumers to cut middlemen profits. He acts with zeal to implement the plan despite obstacles, driven by strong conviction.
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A. Montgomery Ward
St. Louis
Ward
National Park Deer Taken For Ride At Yosemite
At Yosemite National Park on August 11 a hundred fifty deer were captured and moved in motor trucks from the Hotel Ahwanee area to the park's northern section. The deer had damaged a wildflower preserve and threatened more than a thousand varieties of native blossoms.
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Yosemite National Park
McKinney Oversees 1000 Mile District for Montgomery Ward
F H McKinney southwestern district supervisor for Montgomery Ward & Co covers Texas and New Mexico visiting stores to audit service and stock, assist employees, and confer with managers. Based in Lubbock he recently added New Mexico duties and has been active during Amarillo store construction and stock arrivals. He believes Amarillo can become the district’s outstanding store in the Panhandle.
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Montgomery Ward& Co
McKinney
Texas
New Mexico
Lubbock
Ward
Amarillo
Montgomery Ward Opens Am arillo Store In Rebuilt 25 780 Sq Ft Site
The Amarillo Montgomery Ward building was rebuilt to house a 25 780 square foot store. The renovation included new footings steel columns mezzanine second and third floors air ducts and two large stairways with uniform exterior design and a tire and battery shop.
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Ward
Armarillo Contractors
Montgomery Ward Expands Across Regions in Early 1900s
The first branch store opened in 1904 in Kansas City, followed by a 1910 branch in Fort Worth Texas and a 1913 store in Portland Oregon marking rapid expansion for Montgomery Ward & Co.
Company Enjoys Healthy Growth Since Beginning
Montgomery Ward, which employed one boy 61 years ago, now has more than 25,000 employees. From a 12 by 14 foot back room it grew to over 500 stores nationwide. Initial merchandise under $2,500 vs now millions in Ward customers’ hands. The company, formed a little over sixty years ago, lists many owned and controlled factories.
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Ward's
Officials gather for Montgomery Ward opening in Amarillo
The opening of the Montgomery Ward & Co. store in Amarillo is set for Saturday with high officials from the southwestern division attending. J. R. Denney regional manager will join others including M. Ray Clark, D. D. Prust, and store managers D. G. Hobson, E. F. Conley, and J. B. Stringer. Pace of Chicago oversees display design and F. E B Johnson leads construction supervision with L. F. Hamersly and T. E. Tolbert assisting.
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J. R. Denney
Florida
Arizona
Amarillo
Ward
Denney
M. Ray Clark
Fort Worth
D. D. Prust
Prust
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Amarillo Ward
D. G. Hobson
Lubbock
FE. M. Conley
Pampa
J. B. Stringer
Clovis
Pace of
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F. E B. Johnson
Port Worth
Montgomery Ward & Company
L. F. Hamersly
T. EF. Tolbert
Ward's
Pine Beetle Menace Reported in Crater Lake Park
Government insect control experts predict the pine beetle menace in Crater Lake National Park will be completely checked this year. Reforestation workers will cut 12,000 trees strip bark and destroy eggs and larvae to save virgin timber across nine tree species.
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Medford
Ore
Crater Lake National Park
Judge urges whipping post revival in Barrett case
District Judge Walter A. Briggs convicts Francis Barrett 20 for throwing a stone that cut a child's lip and imposes a suspended jail sentence. The judge suggests reviving the whipping post for such offenses in Attleboro Massachusetts. Doctors in the wilderness of central Alaska undertake a 10 day dog sled trip for medical work.
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Alaska
Ward's Advertising Policy Emphasizes Truthful Claims
Ward's advertising policy champions honesty and factual claims in all ads, with emphasis on mail order honesty since customers cannot inspect goods before purchase. The policy, spread by the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, promotes rigorous verification of statements and precise illustrations to ensure trust and reliability.
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Ward
Associated Advertising Clubs
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