Formal opening of Amarillo M System store No. 6
Amarillo welcomes the M System sixth market at 518 North Fillmore in the Randal building with 8 am opening. Music by Eli Hoover from 3 to 7 pm and gift packs of Brown Cracker and Tandy cookies for visiting children. Kersey to manage, with 12 years in similar operations.
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AmarilLo
Rocery
North
Fillmore Street
Randal
Eli Hoover
Tandy Company
Kersey
Heas
Deependont
M System
United States
Southwest
E. J. McCartt
Empany
Dover Town Hall hosts elderly society members since 1918
Nearly 700 persons aged 70 or more gathered at the Dover Town Hall for regular entertainment by a society founded in 1918. The event highlights ongoing community support for senior residents in England.
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Dover
Ngland
Shelf Arrangement Helps In Selection
A survey of M System stores shows women appreciate freedom to shop around and take time, while men favor quick, direct choices. Shelves are organized for easy picks, offering ready made luncheon and dinner options. In Amarillo, many households’ purchases are driven by the male shopper who follows a list and buys promptly.
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M System
Amarillo
Snowless Sledding Captures Houston Children
Houston youths improvise snowless sledding using grass and a wooden runner sled on a knoll. A boy’s discovery of a wet grassy slope substitutes for icy hills, sparking widespread neighborhood sliding as southern imitation of winter fun.
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Houston
Tex
William Walker 105 Hatfield? Nottingham Bricklayer
William Walker of Nottingham aged 105 is described as a bricklayer who worked until age six when he began a strike over a wage cut of half a penny per hour and has not worked since.
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William Walker
Nottingham
England
Hoghoad
Air mail rate cut announced by Postmaster General
Washington reports a nationwide air mail rate reduction to 10 cents per half ounce, lowering postage and expanding access. The piece traces postal history from 17th century couriers to the rise of air routes, noting 18 routes spanning 10,352 miles with over 200 aircraft supporting faster cross country mail service.
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General New
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Washington
Post Office Department
Atlantic
Pacific
Pagan Ceremonies Held In Scotland
Burghead Scotland reports the revival of the eclavie a Piots custom dating before Christianity. A tar clivie on a six foot pole is lit at six pm and placed on Doorie Hill to ward off evil spirits feared to affect next year’s fishing. Villagers gather for ashes and fragments kept as luck bringers for use locally and abroad.
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Burghead
Scotland
Clivie
Cat Like His King Travels Free on Southern Rail
London reports the Southern Railway claims the world’s most travelled cat. Fluffy the tom cat boards a London train at 10 45 handled free of charge to Dover daily. At Dover he waits for the afternoon return train and the railway staff feed him in exchange for his rodent catching skills.
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London
Southern Railway of England
Fluffy
King George
Dover
Advertisements Help Public to Buy Groceries
The M System stores advertise weekly specials for Saturday shopping. The ads list fresh vegetables fruits meat canned goods and staples with prices to help housewives plan a weekend buy. This constant advertising keeps the public informed of prevailing prices and helps thrifty shoppers budget.
Bargains in Wholesale Lots Highlighted by M System Stores
Advertisers push appealing wholesale bargains to the public, noting the M System stores use their buying power to pass savings through to customers. The piece emphasizes the mutual advantage of specials and advertising in distributing lower prices.
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M System
Elephant Hide Patching Biz At London Zoo
The London Zoo starts a new business selling elephant hide patches to museums with stuffed elephants. Taxidermists note elephant hide wears out quickly even when dry and used only for display. Indiarani the zoo elephant's hide is being cut into squares for standing orders.
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London
London Zoo
Indiarani
Dam Bill Produces Acres of Testimony
Washington February 11. The House Irrigation Committee on the Boulder Canyon dam bill has produced about thirty cow acres of testimony spread across 4,200 pages. W B Walters, committee clerk, notes 17 times the testimony over four years with 77 meetings totaling 145 hours. Swing of California, author, said the bill was examined in every detail.
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Washington
House
Ryder Canyon
W. B. Wayters
Boulder Canyon
Walters
Tee
Biles
Fornia
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