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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1940
Page
4
Oregold orange drink from Amarillo Dairy Products is described as healthful and tasty with the peel removed for a pleasant flavor. The ad promotes Oregold and a pasteurized milk chocolate, highlighting city-wide delivery, Grade A milk sources, and a plant visit invitation at 421 West Fourth Avenue.
Health writers tout fresh raw vegetable juices as powerful builders of health and digestion. Juices from carrot celery spinach beet and cucumber are sold daily from 1608 Goliad Street Amarillo for retail customers with delivery by calling 7966.
Amarillo firm Gatlin Glass and Paint Company expands with a floor sanding department at 417 East Tenth Avenue. The unit stresses personalized service, honest appraisals, and customer satisfaction with guaranteed workmanship. Inquiries invited. contact 2-1424 or write to the address.
Amarillo Shade & Equipment Company at 118 West 10th introduces the Allweather metal awning. It promises year round use with adjustable louvers to block drafts, provide light and ventilation, and add security with burglar proof features. It installs quickly on existing window hangers and operates entirely from inside.
The Bush Drug Co at 500 Taylor Amarillo owned by Mr John Bush offers mail orders for Franklin Serum Products including Black Leg Serum and Calcium Gluconate. They carry a full Franklin line at standard prices and provide free delivery on drugs and sundries with cut rates on leading lines and phone service at 8281. Americans consume about five tons of rattlesnake meat annually.
A feature on precision watch and clock repair by Hugh E. Skiles of E. E. Finklea, Inc., 608 Polk Street. Steps include initial examination, free testing on the Paulson Time Micrometer, complete teardown, defect checks, meticulous cleaning, solvent baths, alcohol rinse, rust prevention through sawdust, dust removal with a blowing instrument, careful handling with tweezers, peg wooding, and final reassembly with correct oil weight and grade.
Mrs Fannie Lee Belles a veteran dressmaker has opened the Dressmaking Studio at 111 East Seventh Avenue Amarillo in downtown quarters. The shop features modern equipment including a button machine for making and covering buttons and offers dress design alterations and remaking services. For information call 9358 or visit the studio.
The report notes sweet potato cultivation is the second largest agricultural industry in Texas, following cotton, highlighting its growing significance to the state’s farming economy.
A court investigated Kay E Edmonds after she failed to answer a jury summons. Despite a feminine name, Edmonds is described as a 21 year old woman, conflicting with Colorado law that prohibits women from serving on juries.
The Elliott-Greer Company at 508 Taylor Street announces exclusive Amarillo agency for Columbia Carbons and Ribbons. The article notes high quality tissue, inks, and rigorous testing from raw to coated paper, with guaranteed blemish free Columbia brand products available through Elliott-Greer.
The Rainbow at 907 North East Eighth Avenue offers Old Time Dances every Tuesday with the Sons of the West orchestra. Saturday nights feature Round Up dances with the same band.
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