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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1940
Page
4
The Amarillo Shade and Equipment Company touts Redwood Awnings as durable for windy conditions and year round protection. They can be painted to match homes and may lower long term costs, with displays at 418 West Teeth and phone 25.
An Amarillo beauty establishment Neil Kidd's Personality Beauty Shoppe at 710 Tyler Street advertises electrolysis as the physician approved method for permanent removal of facial and body hair. Mrs Kidd notes that tweezing and chemicals harm hair roots, offers free consultation and privacy, and cites training from the Kree Electrology Institute with a local phone contact 5504. Also included is a short, unrelated note about four proofs Earth is round.
P O Cleaners advertises a one dollar offer: four garments cleaned and pressed for one dollar, with free extra dress or salt for purchases totaling a dollar. Located at 120 Fast Seventh Avenue across from the old post office, cash and carry pricing applies. The ad highlights Super-Hi-Tone cleaning and family day promotions with summer wardrobes and made to measure J L Taylor suits. W T Rose owns the business and showcases patterns for fitting customers.
The Woody Electric Company at 411 East Fourth Avenue offers comprehensive electrical appliance repair. B. W. Woody and F. N. Martin lead refrigeration, radio, and automotive services with Jimmy Foster heading the automotive department. They stress year round refrigeration checks and rapid service, with a focus on dealer service for institutions lacking their own shop. Call 2 4661 for speedy help.
Fishermen are reminded to visit TMm and Roys Gun and Key Shop at 517 Tyler Street for rods reels and small item repairs. They offer fast economical service and city wide delivery call 2 0771 day or 2 4643 night. Also at 411 East Fourth Avenue for radio and electrical appliance repairs with delivery and drop in options. The Woody Electric Company promises expert work and satisfaction guaranteed. The first session of Congress began September 29 1789 and lasted 210 days.
Blackstone Cleaners at 208 West Tenth Avenue offers Neva Moth mothproofing insured by Hanover for six months. Free summer storage with no extra storage charge and optional pay later. suits and dresses priced at 50 cents for cleaning and pressing.
In Amarillo and the Panhandle, many graduating girls will seek education for a good position in beauty culture. The San Jacinto School of Beauty Culture announces a banner class starting June 10, offering thorough training, flexible payments, and strong job prospects as managers, cosmetic demonstrators, instructors, or salon operators. The school is the Panhandle’s oldest and largest with 17 years in Amarillo.
London veterans of the World War gaze at new summer fashions for the modern army as mills in Lancashire and Ireland spin millions of yards of a cotton fabric to produce a bottle dress that is loose and comfortable for hot months.
A German wartime by product, luminous stockings glow in darkness and show as ordinary stock ings by day. They were demonstrated to visitors at the Leipzig Fair as a curious innovation from the war era.
Scientists say flatfishes originated from a sea perch species that lounged for prey. The reclined posture shifted eye placement to the upper surface and the ventral side lost its colorings.
Ravey, longtime Amarillo watch repairman and jeweler, offers a large stock of watches and jewelry at rock bottom prices from his 417 Polk Street shop. The sale includes a complete stock with many items in the window and features free pickup and delivery to shoppers. C. R. Sinclair, formerly with Goodman Watch Factory in Montgomery, Alabama, partners with Ravey. Call 2 2612 for details.
The Caucasus region, now in Russia, was seen by ancient Greeks as Prometheus plight site and the land where the Argonauts pursued the golden fleece, linking myth to geography.
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