Tack Letters Sell Quilt Tops and Trade Chicken Wire
Multiple short notices published as a community help page. Mrs L T offers quilt tops for sale and asks 50 dollars printed. Mrs E B Shaw seeks trade of 200 feet of heavy chicken wire and building materials while promising to bake cakes. Mrs IVA Packnett requests work from painting to nursing and housing options to earn living. Mrs A K seeks a live-in companion for an elderly couple. a reader requests sweet milk and clean country supply for a quart weekly.
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A. K
Dial
Decorator Seeks Work Through Panhandle Paint and Glass
J H Rhoden painter and paperhanger offers services with first class references and flexible pricing. He just completed a small job and urges all interested parties to contact him via Panhandle Paint and Glass Company between 8 and 9 am, telephone 9164.
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Times
Panhandle Paint and Glass Company
J. H. Rhoden
Widow seeks steady job as cook and housekeeper
A 38 year old widow states she is a good cook and housekeeper, neat and pleasant, with a school aged son, and seeks steady employment. She asks for consideration for suitable domestic or related work.
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Tack
Steady work sought by Earl with sewing and hotel skills
Earl seeks hourly, daily, or weekly steady employment option. He offers hand ironing, dish washing, cooking in hotel or cafe, maid or housekeeper duties, quilting and sewing, and fancy work. Willing to stay nights and provide top references. Dial 4497. Farmers, here's help note on depression era.
Fool Farmer Foreshadows Hard Times and Satire
A dated monologue mocks farmers, bankers, and merchants as it laments economic hardship of 1931. The speaker ribs press attitudes with playful lines about debt, proverbs, and public figures, urging practical thrift while critiquing finance and media figures. The piece ends with a pointed jab: FOOL FARMER.
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Hoover
Garner
Europe
Working women and job eligibility in Amarillo
A reader argues that married women should not occupy jobs while many single women seek work. The letter notes husbands with families needing support and mentions married women holding positions in Fisk Building offices.
Reward Offered For Lost Dog English setter pup missing
Rol la Cartwright offers a reward for the return of his six month old male English setter pup missing since Saturday morning from 1705 Hughes. The white dog with lemon spots on head and body was last seen at home. owner E R T agrees to pay one dollar reward.
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Tack
Hughes
Rolla V. Cartwright
Fragmentary vow to improve service in wartime plea
The speaker notes many men with dependents and urges better service, warning that the current state harms families and may prompt decisive action. The fragment reflects strain and demand for accountability.
Proposal to Hire Married Men and Single Women
The speaker argues against holding down jobs by women in the building. Four elevator girls who are married have husbands with jobs to support them. The question is raised why the job should go to a married man or a single girl instead. The tone suggests workplace gender and marital status bias.
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Vaan
Ays
Palais-Royal
Firestone Oldfield
Firestone
Uac
Dept. Department
Weldenhoff
Ama
Brake Department
Harrison
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Louis H. Eee
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AVS
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Old Tack
Erasmus Tack
Amarillo News-Globe
Mane
Amarillo
Ways and Means
Earl
Walter Winchell
Fool Farmer
O. K
John Public
Fisk
Good Cats Cafe
Parker Sheaffer Waterman
Walter Fuern
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Ation
Conklin Whal
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