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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1932
Page
5
A reader questions how to fund public schools and state colleges amid tax strains and overproduction of teachers. He notes overbuilt state colleges, district consolidations, and looming tuition fees, arguing scarce jobs push many graduates abroad or out of teaching. He offers personal tax data and seeks work at 908 North Taylor Street.
A 32 year old writer seeks farming work offering board room and small wages. He expresses steady reliability and a preference for dairy farming including milk production, yogurt. He claims no bad habits and willingness to work anywhere.
Letter from a married applicant with a wife and three children requests employment after two years as a grocery clerk and four years in other duties. He expresses willingness to perform almost any job to earn a living.
A rambling letter era invites readers to cook a sandhill crane and a red rooster. It ends with a signature from A A Potts of Texico New Mexico. A family seeks help selling household items including a radio rug birds cages and cages. A 19 year old girl offers to work and lists an address on Jackson Street.
Last summer a yard contest in Amarillo offered about 250 dollars in prizes but no payments were made. Organizers planned chamber of commerce support yet contestants lament the unpaid prize and costs for lawn watering and maintenance.
Edward J. Owens of Boston reports relief from coffee related indigestion after using Pape's Diapepsin. He says headaches, belching, sour taste, and gas disappeared, allowing him to enjoy meals late at night and sleep well. The tablets are sold by druggists and stop heartburn and related symptoms as soon as trouble starts.
A reader accuses organizers of delaying Christmas prizes, noting promised money, excuses, and a lack of funds from the chamber of commerce. The letter asks Tack to investigate while defending the women who were promised cash and urging payment. The note ends with a call for employment, a lost keys appeal, a laundry job ad, a rental offer, and a political jab from Texas residents.
A reader offers blunt weather forecasting critique suggesting guineas as a remedy and praises John Garner for President, comparing him to Abe Lincoln. The letter expresses confidence in a future forecast improvement and endorses a political figure.
Mrs. Mae West of St. Louis writes she dropped from 170 to 150 pounds in four weeks after using Kruschen Salts daily. The ad promises safe weight loss with half teaspoonful in hot water each morning and offers a money back guarantee at local drugstores Fox Drug Co City Drug Co.
The article notes Herbert Hoover opposing a federal wage cut, arguing it would set a bad example and harm buying power. It discusses farm and ranch produce prices and the tax burden during a prosperity period, stressing the need to maintain wages for responsible officials and workers.
ZEMO claims to soothe itching and burning skin and to draw out heat and sting. The ad cites relief from ringworm eczema rashes pimples and other skin and scalp irritations with prices 35c 60c 1.00 and extra strength 1.25 available from druggists.
A reader from Bellview New Mexico notes power has fallen to 40 percent since 1928 and many men are making their own clothing while women consider cotton stockings. The letter, signed OTT Hutchins, reflects wartime era frugality and self sufficiency in daily life.
Ray Small Mangale states he is not doing laundry work to defray his expenses at West. The note references a cash flow concern and an implied need for income.
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