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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1940
Page
10
The Dwight Newby Company at 418 West 10th offers a Christmas sale on National Venetian blinds. Custom measures, wide style and color range, ladder tapes, turn-back rod, chain drive, and lifetime guarantee on working parts and slats. Installation services complete the package.
A long-form notice highlights the Amarillo Business College as a 30 year old institution focusing on Secretarial Science Stenographic and Accounting with a Free Placement Department. It invites enrollment for the January 6 Winter Term 1941 and offers free catalogs. The Chas S Green Building at 60515 Taylor Street is listed as the location. Dwight Newby Company promotes Christmas gift ideas for home decor including Venetian blinds linoleum and wallpaper.
A Christmas present suggestion encourages parents to enroll their son or daughter in a full business course at the Amarillo Secretarial School. The winter term begins January 6 with new classes in shorthand bookkeeping accounting English and spelling.
Amarillo Secretarial School invites prospective students to enroll January 6 for a complete course in business administration, secretarial, and government service training. The school, led by Mrs. Bess Orr Foringer, offers day and night classes with individual instruction, placement assistance, and options for monthly rates or scholarships.
Gladys' Beaty Service at 414 West Tenth Avenue Amarillo markets distinctive hair styling for holiday events. The shop touts years of experience in shaping and finger waves, tailoring styles to individual faces and occasions while offering Dermetics skincare for daily routine and sun wind protection.
The article notes the world's longest electrified railway runs 620 miles from Brenner Pass to Reggio Calabria in Italy, highlighting its vast length and route through diverse terrains.
A historical note highlights Monongah West Virginia December 1907 mine disaster where 358 men died. The piece then shifts to a Christmas promotion for Madsen's Dining Room near Amarillo, advertising all day turkey or chicken dinners with trimmings, reservations, and special holiday menus, plus a warm greeting and a travel-map display inviting international visitors registering from many countries.
At maturity the banana bunches hang with fingers pointing upward, a display direction opposite to that seen in stores. The passage notes this natural orientation contrasts with commercial presentation and underscores unique growth patterns.
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