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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1932
Page
6
The Amarillo police department continued distributing official brake-test stickers as 5,000 of about 16,000 vehicles have received labels. The city ordinance requires tests every 30 days, with strict enforcement to curb accidents from defective brakes. Labels are issued to service stations and garages and serve as proof of compliance.
A fragmented list shows vote tallies for several candidates and parties including Norris 1021, Harvey IP 946, Hiram Johnson EB Rep 945, Dill Dem 593, Seta Prog Rep 532, Couzens Rep 532, Heflin Dem 522, Shipstead Farmer-Labor 458, J H Lewis Dem 444, Hoover Rep, with a brief will notice.
A letter to Dear Tack offers help from a jobless daughter aged 18 seeking clerical or home cooking work and a mother seeking domestic or child care. A young couple wants monthly farm or ranch work with wife cooking and husband doing farm tasks, listing contact at 1012 Jefferson Street and Parker's Tourist Camp telephone 9097.
A reader at 2403 South Pierce Street reports a couple actively seeking employment. Both are willing to do any task, including house duties and child care, to earn a living. The message emphasizes eagerness to find work despite extensive searching.
A reader requests contact with the man moving to Paris Texas to discuss work. The caller provides the phone number 2-1629 and signs as a middle aged lady seeking employment. The fragment ends abruptly indicating she needs work.
A classified column item: a woman seeks a business partner investing $75 with potential income of $25 to $30 to start. Also a reader offers to buy a substantial dresser for $5 and may arrange cheap transport to Fort Worth. Two other notices include a lost Buttons the fox terrier and a request for help printing notices.
A brief line reads I will be glad to go into details followed by the name Albert Jarvis and an address 215 North Taylor Street suggesting a personal inquiry or request for contact.
Letter offers a home and wages to a woman to help with housework in a four person family. Seeks interested applicants to send their address and details for consideration.
A reader from Hedley Texas praises Tack and his staff for their helpful writings and humor. Another note asks if Tack’s younger brother could join the staff, complimenting the paper more than the front page. A person seeks work with an elderly couple, sharing a housing need and eight years as a housekeeper for Mrs. Avery Turner, hoping for winter placement in California.
A reader reports finding a pair of children s tennis shoes last Thursday and asks for help identifying the owner. Police advise posting a description and location to aid reunion efforts.
C B Gideon lost part of his ear during a street cafe brawl in Mexico. He carried the severed ear to a nearby hospital, where surgeons reattached it, restoring symmetry to his face.
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