Monroe postmistress earned thirty cents daily in 1900s
Ida Kellar serves as Monroe county fourth class postmaster for twenty years in Malaga with her eighty year old mother as assistant. The wage depends on stamps cancelled. rural delivery and auto reduce business, yet locals praise the post office as a social gathering spot for villagers.
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United Press
Malaga
Florida
Ida Kellar
Monroe County
Miss Kellar
Lucinda Kellar
William HW. Taft
Uncle Sam
Gert
Traffic Club to Form in Amarillo Tomorrow
Permanent organization of a Traffic Club for Amarillo will be made in the Amarillo hotel dining room tomorrow noon when the shippers and railroad men meet. After officers are elected the report of the constitution and by laws committee will be given. The nominating committee is composed of P. N. Montgomery chair man A. E. Drake Y. H. Sparrow and W. F. Land. R. F. Cook heads the constitution and by laws committee with E. B. Foy A. J. Denham and F. B. Poole. More than 60 attended the first meeting on March 6. A large delegation from the Jobbers and Manufacturers association will attend tomorrow's meeting.
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Amarillo
S. J. Cole
P. N. Montgomery
A. E. Drake
Y. H. Sparrow
W. F. Land
R. F. Cook
E. B. Foy
A. J. Denham
F. B. Poole
Jobbers and Manufacturers Association
Cleveland Airport Sets World Model for Urban Airfields
Cleveland’s 1000 acre airport, rated ATA and built as a free, obstruction-free field with 4200 by 3600 feet in use, showcases concrete taxi strips, underground wiring, and advanced weather and radio facilities. Major Berry highlights conformance to Department of Commerce rules, drainage with a central sewer and French drains, and an administration building with pilot sleeping quarters, post office, and control tower.
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Israel Klein
NEA
Cleveland
Department of Commerce
John Berry
AIA
Berry
Society of Automotive Engineers
John Nolan
Cambridge
Mass
Nolan
Cleveland Field
U. S. Weather Bureau
New York
Weather Bureau
Washington
Customs and Immigration Office
Stone Files Petition for City Commissioner Seat
Lester Stone, first to file for city commissioner, submitted a petition with over 300 signatures to the city secretary this morning. The petition is under review against qualified voter lists and faces a deadline tomorrow afternoon.
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Lester Stone
Mr. Stone
Beams Service Dispatches Big Overseas Messages
Under the organization of the beam radio service by the United Kingdom, over £60,000 in messages were sent abroad from South Africa last year, a rise of about £160,000 from 1927 figures.
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Beam
United Kingdom
South Africa
Emerald Oil promises quick relief or money back
Soft Coins Money Back promotion by Post Office Drug Co. and Fox Drug Co. touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a powerful penetrating oil for pain soreness and bunions with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved within 24 hours. It claims to ease swollen veins and enable full foot comfort for many users.
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Money Back
Post Office Drug Co
Fox Drug Co
Moone
Meone
Post Office Drug Ie
N. Fillmore
Oliver-Eakle
7Th and Polk
Fox
Zemo Clears Pimples and Eczema Fast
The advertisement touts invisible Zemo antiseptic liquid for pimples itching rash and blemishes with quick relief. It claims 20 years of use easing stubborn eczema and urges keeping a bottle on hand from druggists at 60 cents or 1.00.
Mothers Promote Mild Musterole For Children
A vintage ad extols Children's Musterole and Masterole as mild remedies for chest colds sore throat rheumatic pain and stiff neck in children. The copy claims quick relief without the blistering of mustard plasters and promotes ready to apply jars for instant use.
Des Moines Orphans Get New School Funded by Dr Smouse
Des Moines crippled children receive a $250000 gift from Dr D W Smouse of Los Angeles to fund a new school named the D W Smouse Opportunity School. The facility is planned for Des Moines and slated to open next September aligning with Mrs Smouse and the doctor's ties to the city.
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California
D. W. Smouse
Los Angeles
Des Moines
Lars
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