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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1939
Page
3
Autry Studio at 118 Fast Fourth markets portraiture as an Easter gift and keepsake. Jerry Autry promotes fine art photography, claiming photographs live forever and urging quick appointments by calling 2-1922. A bride and groom recall valuing past portraits, while a young woman laments missing her father’s memory.
Bozeman Printing and Letter Service at 344 35 Blackburn Building promotes mimeographing as an efficient way to mail groups of letters. They offer five methods including letter press, photo-offset, printing, multigraphing, and mimeographing with a fast, clean process and pride built on 12 years of operation.
Gatlin Glass Company of Amarillo introduces a new wallpaper line selected by Mr. Gatlin at 417 East Tenth. The expansion complements Mountain and Plains paints varnishes and enamels and builds on the firm’s Handy Sandy floor sander reputation.
Mrs Ruby Ladlam expert quilter now resides at 607-B Jackson Street Amarillo. She uses an electric quilting machine and offers plain and fancy quilting styles along with spreads and bed coverings. She advertises reasonable rates and quality work, inviting inquiries for fine quilting for bedrooms.
The San Jacinto School of Beatty Culture in Amarillo advertises shampoos, finger waves, manicures, facials, and permanent waves from 25 cents to $1.00 with Wednesday discounts of 40 cents. The school, at 2715 17 West Sixth, trains operators under instructors, with ten student models slated for a spring fashion show Monday night.
Hundreds of shoppers watched as a monkey named Jocko chased a police officer and jumped on his shoulder. Instead of biting, the animal kissed the officer’s ear, drawing laughter from the crowd.
Freeman's Flowers promotes planting sweet peas larkspur morning glories sweet William and perennials now with dahlias gladiolas and canvas to come soon. They offer seeds bulbs potted plants and floral pottery from Hull Bouer Monmouth plus California and Colorado roses and cut flowers.
Tourism records list Madsen's Dining Room in Northeast Amarillo on Route 66 as a longtime purveyor of old fashioned all you can eat chicken dinners with hot biscuits gravy salad dessert and drink. The restaurant offers group banquets and special plate lunches with steak option by advance order via Mrs Madsen at 20278. A tourist quips about driving 500 miles for a Madsen chicken dinner and patrons from around the world are noted on the register.
Speed Ravey, a clock specialist and jeweler at 427 Polk Street in Amarillo, offers repair of new and ancient clocks and free delivery by phone. He shares a building with Modern Cleaners and can be reached at 2-2612.
A London police notice includes a humorous darts themed description of a wanted man. The paragraph lists a quirky sequence such as standing to the left, tiptoeing, cupping a hand behind the ear, starting on double 13 and aiming for treble 19 before finishing on double 17.
Albert H. Fernandez retires as cashier of First National Bank ending a Fernandez era in Brownsville. The piece recalls the family’s 19th century private banking start, use of Mexican hard money, pesetas and silver, and a Rio Grande railway robbery tied to large Mexican silver shipments with bandits hanged in Brownsville.
An drew Kaiser felled trees near Gronlid Saskatchewan when he suddenly collapsed, awoke with a severe headache and nine missing teeth, and believes he was shot though lips were unharmed. Police or authorities are not mentioned.
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