Texas Insurers Mortgage Trends Highlight Big Players
A 1930 overview shows the ten largest out of state insurers and the ten largest Texas insurers together held over 80 percent of Texas insurance assets, yet reduced real estate mortgage investments by about eight million dollars. Metropolitan Life and Prudential dominate national mortgage totals, exceeding all Texas life insurers and the ten largest Texas and outside companies combined. The Robertson Insurance Law is noted as a factor on non Texas firms mortgage growth, while a curious personal note asks for a well educated man aged 60 to 65 who appreciates finer things and home life.
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Texas
Robertson Insurance
United States
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Texas Life Insurance Companies
Meropolitan
Prudential
Wanted Help Wanted Notices From A Reader
A reader seeks part time or hourly work listing for a good cook and a student job with flexible hours. Notices include a small sandwich shop hire offer for an experienced cook with board, a student needing work with December to January availability, and a general appeal for Christmas income with varied skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Amarillo College
Grain markets clash over farm board wage fate
A reader letter warns editors and the grain trade about the farm board’s impact on prices, arguing cooperation with cooperatives would boost farmers’ prosperity. It cites Memphis and Dallas fundraising efforts to oppose the farm board and calls for public support of marketing act implementations.
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Farm Board
Tack
Board of Trade
Democratic
Repulican
Congress
Texas
Memphis
Tenn
Dallas News
Dallas
J. L. Redus
Route A
Spearman
Tex
Canyon
Amarillo
Local Advertiser Seeks Repair Help and Missing Fencer
A resident offers home repair services including laying plaster patching roofing concrete stuccoing painting and gas stove adjustments. He seeks a contact for a past bracelet repair by a dark complexioned man driving a dark Ford with Iowa number 18 3833. Jean Elwood asks for details and a street address.
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Iowa
Jean Elwood
Debate over gasoline tax use and farm board actions
Readers discuss whether gasoline tax revenue should fund roads or schools and defend the farm board's market actions. The letters reference Judge Gough, Senator Watson, Hoover quotes on speculation, and the search for new wheat markets abroad amid price pressures.
Young Graduate Seeks Ride to Carlsbad Caverns
A young university graduate seeks a ride to Carlsbad Caverns, either round trip or one way. Willing to take a passenger. Contact Room 1220 Herring Hotel.
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Carlsbad Caverns
Herring Hotel
Hospital Stay Sparks Family Appeal for Help
Reader assistance is requested as a family seeks support for a husband currently hospitalized. The message urges community aid and mentions the medical crisis without detailing injuries.
Von's Pink Tablets touted for stomach ulcers relief
A Missouri Valley reader credits Von's Famous Pink Tablets with ending 25 years of acid stomach and ulcer pain after two days. He quit a daily stomach pump and soda doses and now eats without after effects. The Omaha Von Company invites letters and further information.
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Von
Edd Sproul
Missouri Valley
Towa
Mr. Sproul
Ladies' Dresses with Sizes and Material Yardages
Details list girls dress sizes 8 through 14 with fabric yardage for size 12. Notes include 2 percent yards of 35 inch material for the large view without contrast and 2 percent yards for the small view with sleeves. contrasting material requires a full yard. Also covers a ladies dress with slender hips in sizes 38 through 52 with 4 and 5/8 yards of 39 inch material for size 46 and crosswise cutting options.
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Price Ldc
Lonely widower seeks aid through column request
A letter from Tack recipient asks for assistance from readers. The writer, a unemployed widower at 412 East Thirteenth Avenue, requests a size 7 shoes, size 38 undergarments, and a basket of groceries, asking the columnist to publish to reach donors.
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East Thirteenth Avenue
Santa Claus
Tack
Tack and the Bias in International News
A reader accuses AP and UP of capitalist bias while praising the Labor press and Federal Press. He claims distorted Russian coverage masks truth about politics and international affairs, urging scrutiny of how news is shaped before reaching farmers and workers.
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Tack
Associated Press
Russia
United Press
Federal Press
Capitalist Critics, Russia, and Labor in U S Conditions
A reader argues that capitalist writers skew reports, praising Russia while ignoring U S workers. He cites gun violence against strikers, high profits for owners, and widespread idleness, urging fair treatment and labor perspectives.
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McClellan Chev. Co
Leo Waggoner
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Emery Witt
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Tom I. Smider
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MR. I. M
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Masonic Lodge
Knights of Columbus
Round House
Real Santa Letter
Chicago
D. B. Robertson
F. Flyerdale
Detroit
Martin J. Ryan
Kansas City
E. J. Manual
St. Louis
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Cleveland
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Trade Canyon Home
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China
Germany
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