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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1925
Page
11
A carpenter and a Kiwanis speaker discuss how water bonds might raise taxes and alter water prices in Amarillo. The worker cites a $4 yearly tax rise and $16 savings from cheaper water, while the preacher warns against underfunding water supply as Temples loss shows. Rainbow potato chips advertised by name.
Real estate ads describe a five room bungalow with hardwood floors, fireplace, built in features, and a yard on 19th street near Washington. Several small houses and lots offered for sale with cash terms, trade options, and contact numbers for inquiries and arranging visits.
A dense jumble of ads and notices from Amarillo in various trades. Mentions paint, beauty services, shoe repair, a dissolving law partnership, cement contracting, a mattress renovator, time service, hair marceling, and salesmen wanted. Includes several addresses and phone numbers, plus a public notice about a beauty shop upgrade.
Classified column itemized losses and wants including several lost belongings such as a leather key holder overcoat scarf and purse with contact notes and rewards. Also multiple rental offers for rooms apartments and houses with addresses and phone numbers. Includes job seeker notices for stenographer and general labor.
Bulk apples in Arkansas supply including Blacks Blackwigs Ganos Ben Davis and Winesaps. fair quality, moderate prices. A few calls at 1 dollar per basket. Apple season ending soon. Oranges Sunkist per dozen by size, lemons 80 cents per dozen, Florida grapefruit, bananas, ripe tomatoes and other fruits offered.
Real estate ads offer multiple five room new houses near San Jacinto Heights priced from 1,850 to 2,000 with cash down options and trade for cars, lots, or other properties. Also listed are a 20 acre Colorado farm, 70 acres wheat, a 10 acre tract east of town, and drug stocks for trade. Trade preferences include Buick cars and Amarillo properties with various payment terms.
Several real estate offers including a 13 room rooming house with $8,500 original cost now $1,350, a six room east front near school at $2,650, a new five to six room home on gravel street with low monthly payments, plus various lots in New Mexico and Texas and acreage on the North Highway. Trades offered including a Dodge Roadster or Ford Coupe partial cash.
Several auction style classifieds list 18 head young cattle and 11 year old bay horses near the city. Also available are a baby buggy, a Moline tractor with three disc plows in good condition, setting exes pure bred Keeler White Wyandotte prizes with first and second pen priced at 2.00. Listings include addresses and names such as 1101 N Fillmore 403 N Tyler GC Wolland 1009 Buchanan DD W Simpson Glenwood Mrs J AL Hennershotz Catry Island ib ect.
A flood of notes covers Amarillo figures from W. H. McAdoo to local garages, cattlemen visits, and police actions. Highlights include Buick-Cadillac Garage boasts, arrests for drunkenness, Lone Star contractors in town, and teachers meetings in Claude. Churchillian quotes mix with city business and upcoming events. Spring energy from West Texas Chamber of Commerce and school bands at the convention shine amid various visits and readings.
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