Man in a Wheelchair Finds Hope in Loss and Literature
Dean Van Clute, paralyzed and blind, faced personal ruin yet stays hopeful. After losing wife and child and surviving poverty, he built a Greenwich Village bookshop, gained literary recognition, and maintains a philosophy that pain fuels progress and beauty. His story inspires readers to persevere.
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New York
Dean van Clute
Greenwich Village
Welfare Island
van Clute
H. L. Mencken
van” van Clute
Bad Boys Make Toys for Chicago’s Needy Children
Sixty youthful offenders at Chicago’s house of correction spent the day repairing and making toys from broken castoffs donated by charities. The renovated toys will be given to poor children to ensure they have gifts on Christmas morning.
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Chicago
House of Correction
When Your Cough Hangs On Mix This at Home
A vintage home remedy touts mixing Pinex with a simple sugar syrup to make a cough syrup at home. It claims quick relief, cost savings, and easy preparation without cooking, promising to soothe inflamed membranes and clear air passages.
Too Busy For Spats and Other Hometown Tidings
Flashes of Life reports on Mr and Mrs John Schmidt celebrating 63 years of marriage after a life on the farm with no quarrels. Osage Nation to receive 427,968 dollars in headright distributions to 2229 holders, about 192 each, recalling oil boom days. A Duluth thief in a pig theft case was struck with an ax by a partner waiting outside, leaving the aggressor injured but promising recovery.
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Okla
Duluth
Minn
Wanted Work and Help in the Community Classified
Readers advertise for employment and assistance across services including nursing care day or night. A practical nurse seeks any job, while others request work to earn money or trade for furniture. Names and contact streets provided for replies in Amarillo notices.
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Tack
North Pierce Street
Wanted Apex sweeper front attachment and handle switch
Person seeks a small removable front metal piece and the end of the handle switch for an Apex sweeper. Items were removed during storage. Willing to pay a reasonable price. ContactTelephone 20042 123 West Eighth Avenue.
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West Eighth Avenue
Work for Rooms Offer by Glenn Blair in North Arthur Street
Painter seeks two or three light housekeeping rooms in exchange for work. Glenn Blair offers general labor and cleaning services and is willing to do any task. 906 North Arthur Street is provided as contact information.
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Tack
Glenn Blair
North Arthur Street
Eligible bachelor seeks suitable partner for outdoor life
Middle aged bachelor 5 ft 11 in, of medium weight, non smoker and non drinker seeks a 25 to 35 year old lady. Enjoys church and Sunday school work and outdoor life and hopes to meet a compatible woman.
Share Farming Opportunity in Texas Couple Seeks Half Share
A married couple, Thomas A. Isbell and his wife, seeks a cabin and farm work on a half or share-crop basis in Texas. They describe themselves as steady, honest, and willing to exchange references, with interests in home life, good shows, clean sports, and traveling. Write proposals to THOMAS A ISBELL, Motor Route C, Lamesa, Texas.
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Thomas A. Isbell
Lamesa
Texas
Nurse Seeks Amarillo Area Host Family
Miss Addie Miller advertises as a graduate nurse seeking a family in or near Amarillo to provide room and board and small wages, listing General Delivery as contact.
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Tack
Amarillo
Addie Miller
Letter Defends Kiddies Show Amid Public Debate
A Amarillo reader defends a recent What a Man show, praising Mike Hollander and the production as appropriate and nonsexual for children. He condemns criticism as cheap publicity and argues Amarillo schoolgirls aged 14 to 16 appeared well protected and decent in the show.
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Mike Hollander
Amarillo
Panhandle
What-a-Man Bliley Attacks Audience Show Critics
A writer calling himself What-a-Man Bliley mocks a recent Auditorium show for children. He claims it was pagan and disreputable, while supporters note it benefited Crippled Children with a 45 minute vaudeville program by Mike Hollander and the Texas Blue Bonnet Chorus and Melody Maids.
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Tack
Charles Bliley
Bliley
Mike Hollander
Sunday Globe
Texas Blue Bonnet Chorus
Melody Maids
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