Borden's Amarillo Plant Retains Longtime Staff
Veterans at the Mistletoe and Borden's Amarillo plant show stable employment with a long tenure. W A Bill Smith cites a payroll review noting average tenure around four years and two thirds of workers with at least five years, plus many with as long as 17 years. The piece lists key longtime employees and start years from 1908 through 1928.
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Borden's
Amarillo
W. A
Bill” Smith
Smith
Borden’s
George Maggard
San Antonio
Mistletoe and
Borden
Fred Madison
Jack Reynolds
J. D. Maggard
B. D. Clements
Co. F. Anderson
R. C. Randall
Child Found Dead in Gas Filled Bathroom
Aline Rawls, 10, was found dead in a gas filled bathroom at home in Angelo after mentioning plans to bathe. Rescue efforts failed two hours earlier. Officials suspect gas from faulty connections. Parents J Bruce Rawls and family survive. Mr Rawls works for Tidal Oil Company.
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Crane
Aline Rawls
J. Bruce Rawls
Rawls
Tidal Oil Company
Angelo
Clovis Lawyer Aids In Big Potash Suit
Clovis attorney Carl A. Hatch traveled to San Antonio to join W. H. McNutt in an injunction case filed by Pacific Borax Company. The suit seeks to halt McNutt from enforcing a 238,666,666 dollar judgment against the United States Potash Company, awarded by a federal district court in Roswell for unpaid geologist services.
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Clovis
N. M
Carl A. Hatch
San Antonio
W. H. McNutt
Pacific Boarax Company
McNutt
United States Potash Company
Roswell
TACK LETTERS CONTINUATION SEEKING EXCHANGE AND HELP
A reader offers a size 40 or 42 coat for exchange for a sewing machine and Edison records to give to interested buyers. Call 4585 to arrange. A widow seeks a woman assistant aged 20 to 45 for cafe and confectionery work with public contact, offering $3 per ...
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Tack
Help wanted notices and misc classifieds from a local column
Classified pleas include a 19 year old seeking room and board with cooking, a 17 year old offering housekeeping and child care, a request for a second hand wardrobe trunk for cash, and a house shingle giveaway on Adams Street. Also a reader questions how animals perceive weather.
Woman at 504 North Grant Needs Baby Supplies
A reader asks column readers to help a pregnant woman at 504 North Grant Street who lacks baby clothes and sheets. She has two children and her husband is out of work all winter, so contributors are urged to donate essentials.
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North
Grant Street
Seeking Employment and Housing for Rent
The writer seeks any work including yard work or gardening and requests a house in exchange for rent. They describe themselves as good workers and note they live at 814 South Cleveland Street in the back part of the house.
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South
Cleveland Street
Ride request to Albuquerque from Amarillo
A reader in Amarillo seeks a ride to Albuquerque New Mexico in the coming days. Willing to share gas costs and provides strong local references. Contact Auditorium Hotel 102 415 Fast Fifth Avenue Amarillo via Telephone 20020.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Amarillo
Auditorium Hotel
Fast Fifth Avenue
Cooking please I am neat and never fail to please
Middle aged woman seeks work and clarifies she is not seeking a husband. Mrs A. R. K. lists 1009 Buchanan Street as contact. Offers to trade painting, paper hanging, calso mine or rough carpentry for groceries and goods. Also invites ranchers and farmers to trade for services or items.
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Buchanan Street
Help Wanted for Family Support in Ridgemere Area
A reader seeks immediate aid with staples and livestock or a light used car to support a family of five. Offers references and contact at 2628 Brooks Street Ridgemere or telephone 4735. MR. SCOTT.
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Brooks Street
Ridgemere Addition
Scott
Why Not Checks and Confidence in Banks
Arthur Brisbane via Judge William Doran discusses a counterfeit ten dollar bill that passed through five payees before being destroyed. He argues checks offer safer payments, urging Panhandle residents to trust banks and use checks to revive trade, citing President Roosevelt backing the banking system.
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Arthur Brisbane
William Doran
Panhandle
Roosevelt
Four room modern house for rent with work offer
A landowner seeks a responsible couple to occupy a four room modern house rent free in exchange for work. The woman would handle housework while the man would do painting carpentry and paperhanging. Must provide references and furnish own furniture. Call 20860.
Couple seeks farm work in dairy or ranch roles
Middle aged couple offers labor for farm, ranch, or dairy tasks. Man skilled with tractors, experienced across field work. woman a capable cook and housekeeper. Contact 414 South Cleveland Street.
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South
Cleveland Street
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Anderson
B. B. Holland
W. E. Eldridge
W. H. McAdoo
O. L. Nix
Gilbert Walker
J. C. Mitchell
Jimmie Maggard
John Maggard
W. H. Cooper
Odell Nelson
W. M. Maggard
Jesse B. Quinton
Colored
Company
Porter
J. B. Sherman
R. D. Northern
Jewell Malone
Charles Young
D. S. Watkins
O. C. Edwards
Thomas Carr
J. Hunsaker
R. 8. Herrington
Vera Sanford
BE. G. Ryan
E. J. Ryan
Mignon Baker
E. Burleson
Vera Coberly
Q. J. Daniels
W. E. Ford
O. J. Swann
Peggy
Che
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Agua Caliente
Leo Diegel
R. O
Nell
M. G
McMasters Street
Adams Street
Sunkist
U. S
Folger’s Coffee
van Camp
Pinkney
Léc
Wyatt
Winesaps
Calif, Hara
Campbell
Pillsbury
Amarillo Gro. Geo
Morehead Market
Swift
Thompson's
KRAFT
Fancy
Jade
California
Emium
Armour's
EAGLE
Polk Street
Kellogg's
Golden Dale
T.b.davis
West Sixth Ave
Chase & Sanborn
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