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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1931
Page
5
A reader asks for help with family hardship and housing aid while others seek lost boots and livestock feed information. Citizens request Tack’s column assistance with personal needs and relocation plans in a city setting.
A widow requests help renting her modern four room home at 708 North Buchanan, just half a block from the school. The resident notes the previous occupant has bought a house and the property is vacant. she asks readers to contact her at the back of the lot.
A young married couple, no children, requests a place to live in exchange for housekeeping or modest wages. The wife offers to provide references and childcare. They note the husband is employed but earnings are tight. Contact Mrs Smith at 305 Garfield Street.
A housewife and mother of four seeks any kind of work including cooking, laundry, or house duties to support a family while her husband laborer seeks similar employment. The message appears among a Santa Fe round house bulletin board sharing needs and endurance concerns.
A reader letter laments layoffs among railroad firemen and engineers, urging restoration of work hours to 3800 miles monthly. The writer argues cutting too many workers harms families, urges unity within the B L and F E, and condemns excess miles by some crews while others go hungry. The piece calls for fair division of work amid hard times.
Miss Kidwell, telephone 9309, is seeking clerking work in stores. She offers reliability, prompt service, and a friendly approach to customer needs.
Letter from a pair seeking work in PBX and general office tasks with additional cafeteria and hotel management experience. They request any available positions, in town or out, and express gratitude for any favor shown.
A speaker pleads for division of labor during a poor economy. He praises trainmen and car inspectors for cutting mileage and hours to share work, but condemns many firemen and engineers who continue high mileage. He cites an engineer at about 4000 miles in a month, earning roughly 250 dollars, and urges a three month wage cut to ease hardship for families.
An advertising notice urges buyers to choose St Josephs Genuine Pure Aspirin. It touts 12 tablets per pack, moisture proof wrapping, and preservation of purity and strength. The message claims a 10 cent price for 12 tablets and positions the product as the world’s largest selling pure aspirin at that price.
Fashion notice lists dress designs with sizes from 34 to 44 inches and 8 to 14 years. Details specify yardage for fabrics and widths, contrasting material needs, and prices. Orders requested by sending 15 cents for the Up-To-Date Book of Fashions Winter 1931 to News-Globe Brooklyn.
A speaker laments misaligned expectations about going to the city for charity, noting work should be shared fairly and not show partiality to men. He expresses sorrow at the world’s troubles and urges unity, believing men would rally if they understood the need.
A writer laments ongoing poverty seen from outside and urges the world’s greatest organization to address it. They express disbelief that real remedies are missing and urge compassionate action for brothers and children before it is too late.
Agnes Lyne discusses nine o clock aches in children noting many cases are genuine and not deliberate malingering. The article explores attributions of the bedtime malaise and the child’s belief in illness.
The text advises checking a child's temperature and, if normal, sending him to school despite protests. It suggests discussing with the teacher to gauge work satisfaction, friendships, discipline, bullying, and the emotional climate. If the child is unhappy, parents should foster independence at home to build self reliance.
A huge live stock feeding plant is under construction at Lube Beck. The project, begun in 1933, cost about $100,000 and is planned to accommodate sixty thousand head of cattle and other stock.
A Christmas message promotes practical gifts over trinkets. Camel cigarettes and Prince Albert tobacco are suggested with Humidor packs and crystal humidors for pipes. It endorses a Coast to Coast Camel and Prince Albert radio program lineup airing nightly on CBS and NBC Red Network, with local radio listings urged.
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