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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1950

Page

2

Notice Passed For Publication By News Globe Board

Notice to the public states the document has been approved for publication by The News Globe board of censors listing Izzard Allingham Bartlett and others. The notice names Mrs Sarah Winter, Mrs Bob Babb, Lewis Nordyke, Joe Hess and Charley Underwood as part of the approval slate.

Theews-Gliobe Board of Censors Es Izzard Paul Allingham N. D Bartlett Ereer Ane Sarah Winter Bob Babb Lewis Nordyke Joe Hess Charley Underwood

Talk of the town and medical notes mix in winter winds

The column blends weather chatter with forecasts, a note on ACTH cancer research credited to Dr. O Pierson, and praise for Damon Runyon Cancer Fund organizer Winchell. It highlights the tension between productive workers and parasites, and ends with thanks to Frank Heath.

Tack Winchell O. Pierson Academy of Medicine Pierson Armour Laboratories of Chicago Damon Runyon

Guitry Fifth Bride Walks Out On Wedding Night

French playwright Sacha Guitry faced a dramatic setback as his fifth bride reportedly left him on their wedding night and has not returned. The incident unsettles the artist’s circle and raises questions about the match.

Winchell Sacha Guitry

The Mysterious Wedding Night Departure Tale

A veteran newspaperman recalls rumors of couples who fled on their wedding night. He cites Sam Houston and a young town beauty who married then the groom deserted her soon after. She later wed again and had three children while the first husband remained single.

Sam Houston

Town Struggles With Flu As Winter Clears

The town endures a severe flu, few remain untouched as a heavy snow helps clear the situation. A political secret Tack keeps is central, likened to an old hen on a dumb egg. He won’t reveal it, citing a promised confidentiality, and people will notice it later.

Beware of magazine solicitors in Amarillo frauds warning

A note warns housewives about a woman from McAllen Texas who collected ten dollars from neighbors for a children’s magazine subscription that folded. It urges local, well recommended sellers and home-town dealings to avoid fly-by scams. It reports thousands of dollars lost yearly to unscrupulous solicitors and cautions against accepting anonymous offers. It ends with a parable about the press and a mother explaining its nature.

McAllen Tex Amarillo

Leading Lady's Glove Lost Near Army Tech Village

A tan fleece wool glove with red leather hand and matching cap set, believed lost near Pig gly-Wiggly Grocery at Polk and Fifteenth of Army Tech Village near Building 12 on Friday January 6. Call 2-5770 if found. Also gives contact for collection and other notices including kittens, child care, and farm job wants.

Universes Within: A Curious Creature’s Nightly Wanderings

A whimsical description portrays a creature that devours paper and ink, with an uncanny mind and a magnificent heart. The piece emphasizes its restless nature and suggests it never rests, inviting a playful reading of the imagined entity as a companion to readers.

Hereford Lettuce Growers Forecast Big Rise

Jimmy Gillentine praises Hereford lettuce farmers after a strong year selling top grade lettuce worth around one million dollars. He predicts growth to two million dollars next year as Hereford continues to expand its agricultural output.

Polk Street Jimmy Gillentine Hereford

Mayor Joe Jenkins on aging and the dead among us

Mayor Joe Jenkins quips that aging begins when one knows more dead people than living. He suggests there may be truth in the remark as a reflection on growing old and perspective.

Joe Jenkins

When once a man is mayor I add him as such the rest of life

A brief opinion piece reflects on how the title of mayor defines a person beyond term limits. It argues that the community regard should honor former mayors with the title tied to service, shaping their legacy in local memory.

Albino Quail Letter Notes Rarity on High Plains

A reader from Dumas reports killing a white quail on New Year’s Day and plans to mount it. He says white quail are rare in his area, with only a half dozen sightings in a 25 year period, and explains albino animals occur as natural freaks across species.

Tack Dumas Jesse Bennett

Duck Origins and Household Health Advice Echo in Vintage Tone

A quirky antique aside explains the Pekin duck’s wild mallard ancestry while offering curiously practical home remedies. It warns that walking with a cold can worsen illness and notes pneumonia remains serious despite new remedies. The piece adds a compliment about the reader’s value to the world.

Lost items in move from Amarillo to Morton

Mr and Mrs David Keele report a missing box from their Morton Texas move on Saturday January 7 containing two blankets a bedspread shag rugs and bathroom rug sets. A generous reward is offered for the return as these were Christmas gifts.

Amarillo Morton David Keele Morton, Tex

Early American Vernon Ware dish offer listing

Seller seeks interested buyers for Early American Vernon Ware including six brown plates six pink vegetable bowls six pink butter plates four brown saucers four pink cups and pink salt and pepper set. Pink hobnail Cambridge crystal complements the set with eight plates eight dessert eight goblets and eight sherbet glasses.

Pink Hobnail Lamps For Sale By Caller

A buyer seeks to sell pink hobnail and pink brown lamps that do not match a home color scheme. The caller requests contact at phone number 3-6464 after a specified time to arrange sale or inquiry.

Widow Seeks Domestic Job to Support Baby

Mrs. Lee In A Northcutt of 2201 South Houston writes that she, a widow with a seven month old baby, is seeking any kind of work preferably in a home where she can keep her child. She is willing to do most anything.

Tack Lee Northcutt South Houston

For sale: black wool winter coat size 13

Coat in excellent condition price negotiable due to small size. Contact the seller at the listed number 7794 for details and arrangements.

Concrete slabs offered for disposal by Mrs Raines

Concrete slabs for terraces offered free to anyone who can haul them away. Contact Mrs J B Raines at 2614 Rule by phone 32349.

J. B. Raines

Will Baby Sit Will Do Baby Sitting at Night

A reader advertises evening babysitting services reachable by phone at 3-6744.

Tack

Pig Lost Near River Road School

A gilt hog weighing about 145 pounds is missing from roughly one mile north of River Road School. Contact the owner at phone number 2 5479.

Tack River Road School

Colored girl seeks private home work in morning

A colored girl writes seeking a job in a private home or small apartment house, preferring morning hours, and provides address 407 North Madison rear for contact.

North Madison

Trade coupons for Gunn Bros or Green stamps

Reader offers 100 Queen Bess silverware coupons in exchange for Gunn Bros or Green stamps. Call 2 3871.

Gunn Bros

Request for roommate to care for wife in exchange

William R. Dees offers a private bedroom at 2308 North West Fifth in exchange for a female companion aged 20 to 30 to stay with his wife at nights. The ad seeks discreet arrangement and personal companionship within the home.

Tack William R. Dees North West Fifth

Trade offer for twin folding carriage and walker

Mrs L R Sterling of 812 Lake St advertises a willing trade or sale of a twin folding carriage and walker. She seeks a twin folding stroller and training seat or chair in exchange or purchase.

Wants Office Work in Small Pennsylvania Office

Applicant seeks typing and filing clerk work in a small office. Claims two year degree from a Pennsylvania State Teachers College and five years teaching experience prior to marriage. Recently employed as a typist in the Army and has additional related experience.

Pennsylvania State Teachers’ College

Man seeks interview on manuscript and title work

The author states experience with typing manuscripts in tax material and abstracts of title and invites an interview. Contact by telephone at 20302, Apt. for arrangements.

Apt

Will Do Housework and Child Care Offer

Colored girl seeks housework tasks including ironing washing and child care. References available. Address 1300 South Harrison.

South Harrison

Widow Seeks Gentlemen for Companionship and Marriage

A 60 year old widow with a home and income seeks mature companionship. She desires a gentleman near her age to share interest and potential marriage, inviting interested suitors to respond.

Helen

Woman Seeks Part Time Cleaning Work

A middle aged woman seeks four hours daily five days weekly work cleaning or dishwashing in a cafe. She offers local references and asks callers to contact 20698 and ask for Mrs Wilson.

Wilson

Will Do Edgings And Lace Panel Stretching

Will do simple edging on scarves pillow cases and similar items very reasonably. Also will stretch lace panels and table cloths. Phone 2 5038.

Ironing Offered in Exchange for Curtains

A person offers ironing services in exchange for bedroom and living room curtains. They are willing to iron by the hour and provide contact via phone at 3-2849.

Tack

Wanted: Three or four room house in San Jacinto

Mrs Sterling Guthrie seeks a three or four room house in San Jacinto by February 6. Expecting third child. husband starts school February 27. Can pay up to 45 dollars a month. references available. Address 3710 A West Fourth.

Tack San Jacinto Sterling Guthrie

Lost negatives in downtown incident

A woman and her daughters report losing a package of negatives downtown on Saturday afternoon while intending to develop them at Walgreens Drug Store. The unnamed parties note the negatives would be of no use to anyone if found.

Walgreen Drug Store G. B. Warren North Grant Amarillo Texas Tack

Glidden Birth Sparked Barbed Wire Boom in Texas

Born on this day in 1813 in New Hampshire, Joseph Farwell Glidden helped invent barbed wire, a invention that transformed western Texas. Though he never visited Texas, his work spurred fencing that opened vast ranch lands after the Civil War, reshaping the Lone Star state. Legend claims the wire kept hunting dogs out of his wife's flower bed, a detail tied to pansies in the couple’s story.

New Hampshire Joseph Farwell Glidden Texas Glidden Lone Star Midwest Galveston

Ranch job seeker seeks work in Amarillo area

GI 28 single male offers experience with tractors and farm machinery. Available to relocate anywhere. Contact Francis Blackford Box 533 Amarillo Texas phone 3 3454.

Francis Blackford Amarillo Texas

Widow seeks Christian husband with good home life

Middle-aged widow offers to cook and care for a good, respectful Christian man who does not swear. She is tall, fair, with two children, affectionate and a one-man woman seeking a lasting, honorable relationship.

Tack

Two 5 month old yellow kittens to give away

Two very cute yellow kittens about five months old are available for adoption. Interested parties may call 2 6040 to inquire.

Tack

Lost brown suede glove between 901 Jackson and 414 West Tenth

A brown suede left handed glove is missing from the alley area between 901 Jackson Street and 414 West Tenth Street. A telephone contact is provided for recovery and a reward is offered.

Jackson West Tenth

Job seeker seeks room and board, good with elderly

A 19 year old man describes himself as steady sober and reliable. He urgently needs employment and would prefer a position offering room and board. He notes good rapport with elderly people and asks for suitable opportunities.

Hadacol Praised At Famous Hot Springs Spa

In Hot Springs Arkansas a Hadacol health office showcases customer testimonials praising the tonic. Mrs Jennie Webb credits improved digestion and energy after using two economy bottles. Arlene Arivette reports her son Jimmy regained vitality after courses of Hadacol. Mrs Joan Waers began Hadacol recently amid optimism about its benefits.

Hot Springs National Park Ark Hadacol Hot Springs Jennie Webb Cones Road Webb Arkansas Arlene Arivette Maurice Street Jimmy Joan Waers Jimmie Arivette

Hadacol praised by families and friends inHealth ad

Besotted testimonial extols Hadacol as a vitamin and mineral tonic curing indigestion nervous weakness and digestive complaints. It cites multiple users including a husband and relatives who improved after taking the liquid supplement with a money back guarantee and price points for trial and family sizes.

Baby carriage and Lincoln engine offered for sale

A used baby carriage is available for the asking price and a 41 Lincoln engine is also offered with no clear plan for disposal. Contact by phone at 4641 from 325 East Twenty Fourth Street.

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Frank Heath Weir the Sundowners Aries Stinnett North Woodland Aroun Clarendon Roy N. Chastur Leo Smith Lelia Lake J. D. Jerden North Roberts Eagle Lion Films Frank Ayres Chico Scott Larry North Spring Pig Ncohis Western Fence CO Colorado Fuel & Iron Product Dudley J. LeBlanc LeBlanc Corp
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