Winifred Black Sails A Life Of A Houseboat Dream
Elmer B. Davis, once a seafaring family man, buys a houseboat after hard times, finding a simple life with a carpenter, a catfish meal, and daily papers. He rejects money worries, enjoying a carefree, sensible pace by the water. Copyright 1932 King Features Syndicate Inc.
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Winifred
Black Elmer B. Davis
Mr. Davis
Elmer B. Davis
Elmer Davis
Tears
Australia
Elmer B Davis
Davis
King Features Syndicate, Inc
FARMERS FORECAST WHEAT PRICE VOLATILITY IN PANHANDLE
A reader letter warns Panhandle grainers may not recover seed costs as wheat could hit $2 per bushel if Farm Board actions push prices. The writer contrasts past Hoover era profits with potential hardship for laborers, urging a return to simpler farming methods.
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Panhandle
Congress
Farm Board
South America
Hoover
Over $670 Million Lent by R F C to Railroads Farmers Banks
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation reported to President Hoover that $670,000,000 in loans have been made since February. About $170,000,000 went to railroads, $75,000,000 to 450,000 farmers, and the remainder mainly to banks, with 70 percent in towns under 5,000. An estimated 10,000,000 depositors gained safety for their funds as bank failures dropped to normal rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hoover
Department of Agriculture
Negro Choir to Sing Sunday at Municipal Auditorium
The choir of Carter's Chapel Colored Methodist Church will present 1.5 hours of negro spirituals at the Municipal Auditorium Sunday afternoon. The 20-voice group is directed by Mrs. W. H. Wilson with assistance from Mrs. G R Tomlin. The free program starts at 3 o clock and is well known in the Panhandle.
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Panhandle
Gray
Hutchinson
the News
Clarendon
Texas
Municipal Auditorium
Carter's Chapel
Colored Methodist Church
W. H. Wilson
G R. Tomlin
Fatal swim challenges claim two young lives in Texas
In Gilmer Randall Nelson 12 stepson of El dorado Ark C M Palmer drowns while trying to swim ashore from a skiff on a Texas lake. His body is recovered with revival efforts failing. In Byers Carl Tomlin 15 drowns attempting to swim across the Binchita River with George Dyer attempting a rescue and Tomlin’s body found four hours later.
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Gilmer
Tex
U.P
Randall Nelson
C. M. Palmer
Eldorado
Ark
Byers
Texas
Carl Tomlin
Binchita River
Here
George Dyer
Tomlin
Ointment Promises Quick Itch Relief and Germ Kill
An advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment as a quick acting germ killer and skin healer. It claims three applications remove itch rash ringworm eczema and rawness while restoring skin to a healthy itch free state. Odor described as clean and pleasant with a money back guarantee. Sold by all drug stores.
Widow seeks work practical nurse and housekeeper
A middle aged widow offers to work cheaply as a practical nurse and housekeeper with good references. She notes her father is a disabled World War veteran and asks interested parties to call 7869.
Pony missing from home after Tuesday night
A owner reports a small Shetland pony, black with minimal white, lame in his right hind leg, either strayed or stolen from a residence after 10:30 pm Tuesday. Any information or assistance is urged.
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Tack
Family Struggles as Father Unemployed and Mother Bedfast
A speaker explains the strain on a family with a unemployed father and a bedfast mother for two months. She offers to manage the home and children or seek work in a cafe to support them.
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Mother
Lottie Pope
South
Monroe Street
Mother Seeks Work to Support Three Children
A middle aged mother describes her need to find employment to support her three children. She outlines her situation and desire to contribute financially while seeking steady work.
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Tack
Personal Ad and Reward Notice for Pony Return
I can be reached by telephone 4773 or 2 1934. Louis C Stevenson Jr, 3700 Van Buren Street. I will pay a reward of 1 dollar for the return of this pony. Anything that's honest. I am a middle aged widow seeking work. I will do housekeeping or caring for children or any honest job.
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Lincoln Street
Tack
Smith
Louis C. Stevenson, JR
van Buren Street
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Jack
East Seventh Avenue
Amarillo
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N. C
D. B
Grant Street
R. F.C
Bob Babb
The
News- Globe
Mr. Babb
Johnny Anderson
7869
J. W. Smart
Milroys
Harrison
Burbanks
Milroy
Wright
Taylor ST
New York
TaylorSés
Pictorial Review Fashion Quarterly
Louise
Nell
Lux
Cockrell-Lokey
Seiberling
Cix
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