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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1939
Page
7
Multiple classifieds seek domestic work and housing arrangements. Emily Sherrod in Spring Lake Texas offers cooking cleaning and childcare for room and board. Other notices seek housekeepers and a farm home for livestock expertise. A small dog named Blackie is missing with a reward offered.
In Los Angeles a theft suspect slipped from an eighth floor fire escape as detectives formed a human chain to stop him. Ray A. Squires fell to the alley, while detectives Underhill and Burch battled to save him. Squires led police to a silk cache worth about $2000 before the fall. The chain collapse saved two officers, but Squires died.
Akron Ohio story notes a landlord who opened his apartment to stray pigeons, prompting their boom to about 300 birds. Humane agent A C Blosser calls it a puzzling case as eviction attempts fail and pigeons evade removal. The tale also mentions a kidnapped parrot amid the avian upheaval.
Blosser contemplates reversing the pigeons homing instinct after their sudden flight and disappearance. He bears the responsibility to devise a method to prevent the birds from returning home and seeks ideas.
Marian Carpenter of 1002 Arthur Street reports her blind dog Carlo a black Collie with white neck and feet disappeared after Monday night. She requests help locating him and notes he is old and may be injured if not found promptly.
A jumble of help wanted and personal notice items from a historical classified page. Entries include a colored laundress offering laundry and housekeeping, a middle aged couple seeking work with references, a girl seeking a roommate near business college, another couple desperate for work, an offer to rehome birds, and a man seeking cafe dishwashing or janitorial work with references.
A young girl offers housework and child care, prefers nightly return but will settle for room and board and small wages. She provides 301 Pierce Street contact and phone number 2-1930. Also notes a small black dog has been lost and a request for help locating it.
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