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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1950
Page
19
Classified brief lists a 1949 Plymouth Special Deluxe four door sedan with low mileage. Seller offers to sell equity and provides contact location at Minnesota Courts Cabin 10. Phone 3rd on Fillmore Ph 2-6184.
Washington dispatch notes that American brides are relatively inexpensive to marry, costing about a couple of dollars for a license, while abroad many regions like New Guinea and Nigeria require substantial sums to purchase a bride. The piece contrasts the cheap U S license with higher prices and a culture of bride price in other lands.
Car owners advertise used autos including a 1950 Buick 2-door and 1950 Ford Tudor with Dynaflow, a 1949 Plymouth, and a 1947 Ford. prices range from 965 to 1850 with asks for equity on a Kaiser and multiple contact addresses and phone numbers.
An application for a Wholesale Liquor Permit is filed with the Texas Liquor Control Board. The permit would be used at 504 Madison by Great Western Distributing Co. Owners listed as C. M. Styles and M. L. Angel.
A colonial messenger style piece outlines gendered traditions from South Africa and Assam. It contrasts Bantu girls nicknamed old cats for not being bought with cattle with Kuki Lusha marriage rites where a man must gain parental consent, serve three years, then a further two years before marriage, reflecting arranged and service-based unions.
The piece contrasts courting customs in Alaska and Africa with American norms. It notes a suitor in Alaska moving into an elder’s igloo to prove himself, and a Bashukuma customs require two years of work and 60 sheep as a first dowry. It closes praising American wedding norms of parental support and independence.
Wichita Falls dispatch reports Billie Robert Beeson seven months died when a fire destroyed a family home south of Holliday yesterday. The child was the son of Mr and Mrs J W Beeson. Police and fire units investigated the fatal blaze.
John J. Fenbien executive vice president of Texas City First State Bank was elected secretary as the First District of the Texas Bankers Association held its annual meeting yesterday.
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