Amarillo Celebrates Texas Conservation and Beautification Week
Amarillo participates in a five year West Texas beautification contest with reports by Fred H. Galle. Judges will score beautification efforts including home painting, property improvements, and rural beautification at the W T C C convention in San Angelo. The city aims to win the Loveling cup with strong gains in streets, parks, Llano Cemetery beautification, and courthouse area landscaping.
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Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Acto
Fred H. Galle
West Texas
Galle
Maury Hopkins
West Texas Chamber
San Angelo
Amarillo Lumbermen
Llano Cemetery
CWA
Brown's Lotion Promises Quick Itch Cure All Family
Advertisement for Brown's Lotion claims it cures all itchy conditions and contagious sores including itch ringworm and athlete's foot. The liquid formula is 100 percent active and sold by Randal Drug Stores and other drug stores.
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Randal Drug Stores
Railroads Fight to Hold Market Amid Public Interest
Article notes railroads plan continued operation against competitors and that their earnings fund schools. It highlights a Santa Fe Rock Island service trip for Phillips Petroleum officials, bridge and track repairs after April rains, notable railway staff changes, and a rare optical disc shipment to Caltech. It mentions regulatory moves. nine miles of Davis to Sulphur line abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Phillips Petroleum Company
New York City
Bartlesville
Okla
Pullman
Phillips
Roald Amundsen
Herman W Clutter
C. A. Barber
F. L. Myers
J. B. Briscoe
E. L. Connor
Clinton Division
Interstate Commerce, Commission
The
Davis
Sulphur
Oklahoma
Amarillo Sees Beautification Drive Grow Citywide
Through the West Texas committee, Amarillo reduces water rates for lawn irrigation this summer. Trees at Thompson Park have been replanted and several beautification projects completed. Mr. Galle notes the city had its most prosperous year for beautification.
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West Texas Committee
Thompson Park
Galle
Amarillo
Girls of the Future and Rail Traffic Improve
A playful verse contrasts girls of the future with fishing lies while noting Amarillo railroads and branches gradually improve. The brief item mixes light poetry with a regional update on freight and passenger traffic gains.
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Amarillo
St Louis Man to Speak at Dalhart Church Meeting
F W Detweiler of St Louis Missouri, representative of the Presbyterian foreign missions board and former missionary, will be the main speaker at the Amarillo Presbytery gathering in Dalhart. Moderator Thomas A Stump will open the session Wednesday afternoon and a public Communion service is set for Thursday morning. Dr R Thomson and elders E L Roberts and L C White will attend from Amarillo.
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F. W. Detweiler
St. Louis
Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church
Amarillo
Dalhart
Thomas A. Stump
White Deer
Central Presbyterian Church
E. L. Roberts
L. C. White
Tack Letters Continued From Page Two
A fragment of a column lists personal notices including a request for a 35 to 40 year old woman, a plea from a neat caller, and a dog found notice for a setter. A reader from Palo Duro Camp reports a found dog and owner by description. A 23 year old offers housekeeping, cooking, home nursing, and childcare at 918 Houston Street.
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Ector Reeves
Rock Island
J. H. Stegar
Ector
Polk Street
P.O. B
Tack
Palo Duro Camp
Houston Street
Would Keep House Dear Tack
Job seeker MAY JOHNSTON of 514 South Webb Street Stamford Texas requests help finding housekeeping hotel work. She notes laundry experience and ability to do most kinds of work.
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Tack
May Johnston
South Webb Street
Stamford
Texas
Farm Hand Wanted in Briscoe Texas for Stock and Milk Work
Advertisement seeks a farm hand in Briscoe Texas skilled in stock handling and milking plus general farm tasks. Applicant must be free of disease. Small wages offered plus room and board. Posted by M. A. Wadsworth.
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M. A. Wadsworth
Briscoe
Texas
Amarillo Plans A New Library For 200000 To 225000
The proposal calls for converting the old library site to a new facility costing about 200000 to 225000 dollars. The modern library would serve colleges clubs conventions and business meetings from Kansas City to Los Angeles and Fort Worth to Denver. A men’s section would be created to encourage male use alongside a women’s reading area.
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Amarillo
Mid-West
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Fort Worth
Denver
Winnipeg
Canada
Relief Work Resumes In Amarillo With Drill Tower Repair
In Amarillo relief efforts resume after CWA end. Carpenters receive work cards to finish the firemen's drill tower on Fourth Avenue and Madison Street, the first substantive task since demobilization. Streetimprovement plans include caliche surfacing on Twenty fourth Avenue between Polk and Washington Streets, pending relief worker assignment.
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CWA
Amarillo
Fourth Avenue
Madison Street
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Polk
Washington Streets
Smith
Convention and library appeal from Mrs Decker in need
A letter from Mrs Anna M Decker requests a Southwest convention hub with equal lines for professions, rich decor, a top library, and ample facilities for guests. The note ends with a personal plea for a regional cultural center and mentions a lost black leather purse found by a couple at 701 Louisiana Street.
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Louisiana Street
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Albuquerque
N. M
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Denver Messenger
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Santa Fe Slaton Division
Mrs. Baker
Herring Hotel
Corning
N. Y
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Calif
Vera
Loretta Hamilton
Tucumcari
Delbert Hughes
West Second Avenue
Mr. Hughes
Santa Fe Water Service Department
H. C. Moore
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Topeka
F. B. Hagler
Ted Helmcamp
Rock Island Division
Mrs. Helmcamp
G. M. Whipple
Santa Fe General Office Identification
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Arlington Downs
William Danver
Old Tack
Washington
Roosevelt
Frazzle
Kari
Mr. Nobel
Sam Insull
America
Arkansas
Santa Fe General Office
Tues & Wed
Harrison
K. C
McIlroy's
Lee's
Brookfield
Ade
Wheaties
O. K
Girls OF the Future
Howard Chandler Christy
Elise Ford
New York
McClelland Barclay
Babs Shanton
Park Avenue
Associated Press
Franklin Lee Stevenson
Hoxwell Brothers Funeral
Taylor
Carpenters
Southwest
San Antonio
St. Paul
Anna M. Decker
Blackburn Bros
You, Tack
Alabama Street
South Palk Street
O. R. Tingley
New Mexico
Cutiura
W. D. Elston
Fairview Cottage
Asheville, N. C
Ticura
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp
Malden
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