Tack Letters Continued From Page Two
A series of brief appeals requests aid and transportation help. W C Johnson seeks housework support as he nears illness while urging swift assistance. A reader at 501 Monroe seeks a Indiana ride for a family with references and little money. E N Filder at 1300 Van Buren asks help obtaining a cow to feed his 90 year old mother with a good local reference base.
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Indiana
Tack
Monroe Street
Amarillo
Elderly Woman Seeks Housekeeping or Companionship
An elderly woman seeks work due to need, offering to keep house for an elder couple or serve as a companion or do sewing and mending for room and board at small pay. Call 20440 and ask for Mrs. Bush. The notice also warns youths roaming North Buchanan Street about pranks on homes.
Caregiver Seeks Room and Board Job in Monroe Street Ad
Bernice, living at 1004 Monroe Street, offers to care for children in exchange for room and board and small wages. She seeks employment opportunities and outlines her housing and pay terms.
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Bernice
Monroe Street
Hog trade inquiry in Amarillo seeks work for payment
A letter from W. H. B. asking if any resident near Amarillo has a fat hog to trade for labor. He offers to work for the hog and requests reasonable wages if allowed, sent in care of Tack.
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Tack
Amarillo
Nurse with five years’ practice seeks hospital role
A capable practical nurse with five years of experience and four months formal hospital training seeks a position in a clinical setting. She describes herself as middle aged, unencumbered, and ready to contribute to patient care and team tasks.
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Tack
Ten Men and a Cow Lesson in Finance
A parable where ten financiers pool ten dollars to buy a cow that yields ten gallons nightly. They sell 50 share blocks, pay themselves profits, then issue proxies to control votes. The tale ends with a self-serving reorganization and each taking a salary of a gallon a day.
Nighttime theft and youth runaways prompt reader alert
A reader warns that repeating a theft would be bad for the offenders as a group of older youths fled through a dark alley. A Fisk Building purse theft asks for the return of a black purse and keys via messenger to 415 Fisk Building with assurance of no questions, plus a girl seeks housework work.
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Tack
Fisk Building
Reward Offered for Lost Dog in Roberts Street Area
A one year old bob-tailed fox terrier disappeared January 21. He has a tri color head with a distinctive scar on the nose and a white body with a large black left side spot near the shoulder. A reward is offered for the dog’s return. Mrs F G Studdard 742 North Roberts Street.
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Tack
F. G. Studdard
North Roberts Street
Classified requests and stray notices from a local ad page
A mixed cut of personal ads and stray notes appears. A 23 year old willing nurse offers services and household care with references from Miss Dell. A six year old boy narrates a dog poisoning incident seeking a good home for a healthy dog.
Lost Collie Laddie Reward Offered for Return
A 31 year old white collie with a brown spot on the head is missing. The owner Co. E. Langmack at 1411 Hayden Street offers a reward for Laddie's return and provides phone number 20401.
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E. Langmack
Hayden Street
Widow Seeks Match Through Tack Column at Local Paper
A widow asks readers to help her find a steady, employed man of means to marry. She notes property she owns and currently rents, wishing a partner to manage it and share companionship. Contact details for Hughie Farmer appear in the letter.
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Tack
Ambiguous Phrase Hints at Personal Housing Plan
The fragment expresses a wish to reside there and treat it as a home, mentioning serene MRS X Z and care of Tack, but lacks concrete facts or context to identify a location or formal notice.
Graft Saved by Abdominal Grafting of Boy's Arm
Willard Cowdrey, 15, a rabbit hunter, nearly lost his arm after a shotgun wound. Surgeons grafted the arm to his abdomen for nourishment over two months, then detached it as the arm revived. The operation averted amputation and the boy now uses his hand again at Gary Indiana.
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Hamilton
INS
Willard Cowdrey
Wilde
Filgutt Faces City Over Loose Cottage Debris
Filgutt moved his family and furniture to Chicago but left a four room cottage in the street missing parts. He returned for a concrete block foundation and finally removed sidewalk slabs. The board of works seeks guidance on collecting special assessments he owes.
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Filgutt
Chicago
Board of Works
Willie Ritchie Sells Cars and Referees Fights in SF
Former world lightweight boxing champion Willie Ritchie works as a car dealer in San Francisco and also serves as a boxing referee. He balances sales duties with ring duties, staying active in the sport and the local scene.
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Willie Ritchie
San Francisco
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. C. Johnson
East
Ninth Avenue
E. N. Filder
van Buren
Rear
Dear Tack
North Buchanan Street
Minneapolis
Arnold Fields
Associated Press
By Faye Mearss
Agency
East Eighth Avenue
Dial
Miss Dell
Asia
Nepal
Laddie
Hughie Farmer
X, Z
Panhandle
Texas
Pole ST
Gary
Ind
George
Cordelia Gurnee
A Hare
Stnal
Lux
Cotdbia, OS
New York City
R. Hughes
Chesterfield Radio Program
Columbia Coast-To-Coast Network
Lhaerr & Mrans Tosacco Co
Hesterfield
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