Amarillo Laundry Boss B A Ames Heads Texas Conference in San Antonio
A. H. (Bob) Ames owner of Amarillo Laundry and sponsor of the Kwitcherkik kin trademark is in San Antonio arranging the Texas Laundry Owners Association convention set for January 6 to 8. He serves as acting president after H. F. Fletcher’s death and will preside at the gathering. He recalls starting Amarillo Laundry in 1911, growth to about 500 000 annually, and his long running Shirt Tales publication.
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A. H
Bob) Ames
Amarillo
San Antonio
Texas Laundry Owners Association
Mr. Ames
H. F. Fletcher
Texas Laundry News
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Will City League
Episcopal Church
Kiwanis Club
Ten Drown As Ship Crashes At Harbor Pier
United Press reports in Trieste that the Jugoslavian steamer Topola struck a harbor pier at Sushak Slav quarter of Fiume, throwing about 200 people into the water. Two bodies were recovered with search continuing.
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Harbor Pier
United Press
Trieste
Plats
Topola
Sushak
Fiume
Fillmore Pass North Street Underpass Set to Start
Work on the North Fillmore Street underpass with an estimated cost of 175000 will begin once materials are delivered and permission to advertise for concrete pipe steel cement gravel sand and lumber is granted by the city commission to City Manager Bill Durham. E N Stanley head of the city's engineering department will set the opening date for sealed proposals after determining quantities for the city portion. Engineering departments of Fort Worth and Denver and Rock Island must decide their share by December 15.
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North Fillmore Street
City Commission
Bill Durham
E. N. Stanley
Fort Worth
City to Begin North Fillmore Street Underpass Work
Col. Ernest C. Thompson announced the tentative start date around December 15 for the North Fillmore Street underpass. The project, larger than East Third Avenue, will employ Amarillo residents, prioritizing those with family responsibilities, after preliminary steps and a board’s damage assessment under $22,000.
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Ernest C. Thompson
North Fillmore Street
East Third Avenue
Divorce Led to Marriage in Elko Local Tale
Elko Nevada on December 10 reports attorney H A Castle notes a case where Mrs Eliza beth Johnson while en route for a divorce in Reno stopped to see Castle, then a stranger, and after her divorce returned to marry him. In Austin Texas chartering news lists Cattle Hotel Company Whit a Falls with capital stock of 30000 and four incorporators.
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United Press
Elko
Nevada
H. A. Castle
Elizabeth Johnson
Reno
Castle
Austin
Texas
Cattle
Whita Falls
R. G. Scheurer
P. Menke
L. R. Scheurer
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Bob Ames
OF Texas Association
Helen Furhman
Ivor Lloyd
New York
E. R. Furhman
Richmond Tobacco Company
Virginia
Helene Chadwick
Forrest Stanley
Santa Claus
Radio Rink Panhandle Highway
King Brady
Herring Hotel
J. C. Hurst
Westfield
Dad
8Th
Polk
Anhandle
CREDI
Fillmore Pass
Glenn Skinner
Lone Defender
Rin-Tin-Tin
Tri-State
North Fillmore
Amity
Gillette Blades
Sheaffer
CUTEX
Andies
N. Fillmore
Carolina
San Jacinto
Congress
Mennen
Duska
Toys and Dolls Toy Dept
Eastman Kodak
Kodak Coquette
Kodak Petite
Beau
Ronson
Amos ’N’ Andy
Mariutch
Paramount
Movietone
Fisst
We Paramount Fistures
Cats Ties
Moe ‘Beaune
The
Air
Krazy Cat Kartoon
Paramount Sound News
Evelyn Brent
Polk Street
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