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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1936
Page
5
N. V. Moss, chief clerk of Amarillo water department, explains how about 9,000 monthly water accounts are read, billed, and posted. Meter readings occur monthly with 24 month history, folio numbers assign lots, and bills mailed on postal cards printed in house.
An article details the Amarlillo water works billing process. A mailing list on addressograph plates feeds the billing machine with meter sheets and ledgers. The system produces bills, a carbon sales audit, and postings to customer ledgers, handling about 18 000 entries monthly across districts with daily billings.
A reader offers to work with tractors and repairs and can furnish references. A young woman seeks work by hour day or week with references. A reader found two keys at Ellwood Park and left them with Mrs Avery at the office. A practical nurse, a middle aged lady, seeks work and can furnish strong references.
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem in Capsules as a safe stimulant and diuretic to flush kidneys and reduce nightly awakenings. It promises health benefits and lists symptoms of weak kidneys such as backache and puffy eyes to entice readers.
University of Illinois study finds co-eds rank intelligence first in dating goals, with kindness cheerfulness and conversation ability also valued. Men rate cheerfulness congeniality sex appeal and kindness highly, while beauty dominates female preferences. Both sexes dislike deceit and favor intelligence in their own gender.
F. W. Fischer of Tyler, candidate for governor, argues oil gas sulphur and other resources should be taxed to fund old age pensions. He outlines plans to lift ad valorem taxes on real estate and boost the school fund. He will tour 27 West Texas cities with stops in Amarillo Canyon Tulsa Plainview Floydada and Lubbock among others.
Garage owners in Regina use carbon monoxide from car engine exhaust to kill rats. A tube is run from the exhaust into the building and the motor runs, promising death to rats within an hour.
A 16 year old girl seeks immediate hourly or daily housework and childcare work at 25 cents per hour and cannot work nights. She is a widow with two young daughters, contact Beth at 7046. A 15 year old boy offers farm labor and tractor operation for room and board with small wages, contact Bill at 1801 Buchanan Street. Also a teen asks Amarillo stores for clerk or any available work, currently a high school sophomore.
Indian born American heiress Doris Duke and James Cromwell commissioned precise marble copies from Taj Mahal panels including doors and a Scales of Justice screen. The pieces, carved without cement, feature lily and iris motifs with semi precious stones and will adorn the Cromwell residence in Palm Beach Florida.
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