Tack letters and making money in Amarillo column
A plea seeks a cash buyer for house and furnished furniture in Amarillo with a proposed five year lease and profit terms. A reader offers to pay $250 toward debt, 10 percent interest, and monthly payments, hoping to secure a contract allowing early payoff. Also notes lost items and help requests including a found article, a coat, and a wedding ring reward by MRS R G BYNUM.
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Amaillo
Amarillo
Tack
Fairmont
Maryland Street
North
South Third Avenue
North Loop
R. G. Bynum
North Maryland Street
Just Stay With Me Dest
The message riffs on football picks and opinionated sports banter. It mentions Sandies versus Harvesters and Westerners, with a playful wager tone about the caller’s confidence in a past pick. No clear event or outcome is provided.
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
An advertising pill claims rapid fat loss by taking Kru Schen Salts each morning with hot water and cutting pastry fatty meats potatoes butter sugar. It promises weight loss in three weeks plus increased energy and vigor with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Drug Co
City Drug Co
Post Office Drug Store
America
Four Old Maids Seek Beaus Aged Sixteen to Twenty Six
Four women aged sixteen to nineteen ask for help finding beaus they prefer a man with a car but will consider others. They state they want suitors between sixteen and twenty six and request letters sent in care of Tack. The note closes with gratitude and repeats the care-of instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
North West
Fourth Avenue
Tack. M. K
Alice Payne
R. E. Peters
Earth, Tex
Welfare Association
Harvesters vs Westerners betting notice sparks Turf clash
In a combative letter chain a Canadian Texas reader taunts the Harvesters and Westerners over a football bet and warnings surface about a cotton balance near McLean. A widow seeks work and shelter while others praise car service at Plains Chevrolet and Amarillo sand supply contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Plains Chevrolet Company
Jesse Rogers
O. W
Lollapalooza
Amarillo Retail Sand & Gravel Company
Eighteenth and Harrison
E. D. Moore
Famed scientists meet in a lifetime div
A letter from Virginia Johnson of Dimmitt Texas urges that a Canadian wild goose laid the golden egg be taught to children. The(sic) note reflects a broader interest in science and storytelling within a family audience.
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Ramey
Mr. Ramey
Virginia Johnson
Dimmitt
Tex
Goose Tale and Job Request From Texas Towns
A letter from Iola Taylor of Quitaque seeks work in ready to wear stores hotels or domestic service near Amarillo due to dependents and need. A local note from Dimmitt recounts a dinner featuring a halfbreed Canadian wild goose claimed by gooseologist Edwin Ramey from his flock, a first of its kind in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Quitaque
Woolworth
Amarillo
Iola Taylor
Tex
Edwin Ramey
Dimmitt
W. A. Wright
Ramey
Texas
Canadian wild goose facts on matrimonial habits
The speaker Mr Ramey describes the peculiar habits of the Canadian wild goose noting their fidelity as they mate but once. He highlights that this strong commitment governs their pair bonds and breeding behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ramey
Carter's Little Liver Pills Restore Bile Flow
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate two pounds of bile daily, curing sourness and lethargy by freeing bile flow. It warns against substitutes and urges asking for the red labeled Carter's pills, priced 25c at all stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
C. M, Ca
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Robert A. Millikan
California Institute of Technology
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Williams
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Jand J Mennen
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Barbara Gould
Loretta
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