Labor Day festivities planned in Amarillo
Amarillo observes Labor Day with a community picnic at the Tri State Fairgrounds expected to draw thousands. A double header baseball game, children's and adults contests, and dancing are organized by the Central Labor Union, Tri-State Fair Association, and The Globe News Publishing Company. A free barbecue at 5 PM will feed 5 000, with charges only for dancing, ball games, and concessions in the Automobile Building.
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Fair Park
Courthouse Records and Vehicle Registrations Summary
Court records show a warranty deed from Ben P Manning to Susie Elliott for ten dollars at Famous Heights Lot 5 Block 2. Vehicle registrations list Naomi McCoy of 910 Tyler Street with a Chevelle Coupe, Witt Springer of McLean with a Ford Coupe, Lawrence Bacon of Lubbock with a listed Es sex Ternap, Floyd Hayes of 209 North East 10th Avenue with a Chevrolet Coach, M Perry of Lubbock with a De Soto, and T Dendy of 711 Virginia Avenue with a Ford Coupe.
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Naomi McCoy
Tyler St
Downtown sewer line replacement on Eighth Avenue approved
The city commission authorized immediate replacement of a small six inch sanitary sewer line on Eighth Avenue from Taylor Street to the alley between Polk and Tyler Streets as an emergency measure. City Manager Bill Durham cited sewage backups. plans for a 15 inch main by city engineer E N Stanley were approved.
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Eighth Avenue
Taylor Street
Polk and
Tyler Streets
Bill Durham
E. N. Stanley
Night Parking Law Change Up in Amarillo District
Amarillo city officials consider amending the all night parking ordinance to restrict parking after midnight in a smaller area bounded by Tyler Pierce Streets and Second Tenth Avenues. The plan would replace towing charges with car tagging enforcement, following a proposal by Robert Crudgington of Herring Garage.
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Amarillo
Robert Crudgington
Herring Garage
Crudgington
Ross D. Rogers
J. N. Vernon
H. Ernest Smith
Tyler
Pierce Streets
Second
Tenth Avenues
Rogers
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Commission
Four Felony Terms Suspended in Local Court
Four penitentiary sentences were suspended in 47th District Court this week after guilty pleas before Judge Henry Bishop. Jack Reed received four years for forgery. Raymond Hardy and Marshal Ratliff drew three year suspended terms with $3,000 recognizance bonds. Charley Thornton got 18 months for liquor law violations and A. S. Covey one year, also suspended. Frank Roddy’s burglary and theft charge was dismissed on new trial grounds.
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47Th District Criminal Court
Henry
A. S. Covey
Frank Roddy
Request for Regular Eye Doctor Visit to Town
A local reader asks for an eye doctor to visit monthly, citing many children with eye problems found in a school examination and noting a Red Cross nurse was present last spring. The writer promises gratitude to the doctor and the town.
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Red Cross
Widow seeks laundry or housework with room and board
A widow with three children asks for laundry work at $1 per week or full housekeeping for room and board. She offers rough dry for an average family and asks Tack to print her plea. Contact 818 Alabama Street.
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Tack
Alabama Street
M. F
THEY'LL WORK FOR HOUSE Dear Tack
A reader asks Tack for a winter housing arrangement in exchange for work to support three children with two in school. The writer offers character references and expresses urgency in finding lodging and work opportunities.
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Tack
Widow seeks rooming house to manage on commission
A widow requests assistance finding a rooming house or hotel to manage, offering to run it on commission if preferred. Also offers a female police dog to a caretaker who will treat her well.
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Tack
Alligator Expert Shares Tricks From Florida to Georgia
An anonymous letter writer describes gator catching methods learned in Florida and Georgia. The essayist claims experience with many gators and discusses approaches to entice and handle them, noting the need to avoid monotony and the local interest in alligator control.
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Tack
Florida
Georgia
South
State Game Commission
Three Minute Relief From Periodical Pains
An ad promoting B. Cc or B. CC a pharmacist prepared relief claiming relief in three minutes. It asserts use for common colds headaches neuralgia muscular aches fever and nervous distress without habit forming drugs. Available in 10 and 26 cent packages wherever drugs are sold.
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B. C
Alligator Catcher Describes Gator Market and Pelts
A Texas narrator recalls how men hypnotize alligators to place them in wagons for market. He notes hides make billfolds and clothes, claims wearing alligator pants for years, and details catching methods using bait and later soup ingredients, joking about becoming a weather prophet.
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Plainview
The
Humane Society
Amarillo
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Billy) Vanderbilt
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Long Island
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Tomatoes
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Laserr & Sirens
Tomson
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