Firm Opens Modern Tire Shop at Seventh and Harrison
Adkisson and Gunn celebrate the new $60 000 tire and service station in Amarillo at Seventh and Harrison with a drive in facility for ten cars and a stock of Goodyear tires. The plant features vulcanizing equipment, five tire specialists, three gasoline pumps and a large accessories stock. The owners report annual tire sales rising from 15000 to 300000 and invite the public to tour the facility with Saturday specials and souvenirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adkisson and Funn Tire and Service
Seventh and
Harrison Streets
Amarillo
Goodyear
Borger
W. A. Gunn
Frank Adkisson
Tyler Streets
L. C
Tvo
Barrer
Gunn
Adkisson
Wichita
Messrs
Goodyear Company
Mail Fraud Cases To Be Investigated In Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas November 11 Postal inspectors have been working on oil mail fraud cases for over three months. A federal grand jury will be empanelled November 14 and will review the inspectors’ findings during a two week session. The fall term of the criminal division will open after the grand jury’s term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Federal Grand Jury
Fur market shifts as dog and cat skins rise in demand
The National Association of the Fur Industry reports growing sales of dog and cat skins in Chicago to suit frugal shoppers. Soon goat skins are anticipated for use, processed into imitation seals, with gray rat hides also turned into faux baby seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Association of the Fur Industry
Kisses Safer Now As Nurses Embrace Mercurochrome
Chicago reports a humorous shift as nurses remove lipstick for mercurochrome lip protection during appendectomy recovery reducing unsanitary kiss marks. The piece jokes that legal filings drop as cosmetic kissing ends and infections decline, noting a 964 to 1 chance of no bug transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Good Roads Hurt Railway Business
F B Walker of the Franklin Automobile Company in Syracuse warns that fewer people travel by rail as automobiles gain popularity. He credits improved highways and cheaper car travel, noting an average three cents a mile for a big car, enough to transport five or six people with air and flexibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Rochester
N. Y
F. B. Walker
Franklin Automobile Company
Syracuse
Rattlesnake Bite Promises Cure Backfires in Columbus
In Columbus an employee Claude Rawlins was bitten by a rattlesnake at an animal store. John Klein a strongman offered to take the bite as a charm promising cure. Rawlins survived but Klein died from the snakebite.
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Columbus
Ohio
Claude Rawlins
John Klein
Rawlins
Iowa Plans State Coal Mining For Government Use
Des Moines reports Iowa will mine coal for state needs following Kansas example. The plan targets land ten miles from Des Moines used as a game preserve and fish hatchery. Prison labor would be employed with nominal pay to inmates as the state seeks cost savings on about 125000 tons of annual coal consumption.
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Des Moines
Executive Council
Move eyed to place state penitentiary nearer Des Moines
The proposal argues for erecting a state penitentiary near Des Moines replacing the Fort Madison prison and moving the reformatory from Anamosa. A central location would save long term railroad fare by reducing prisoner transport distances.
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State Penitentiary
Des Moines
Fort Madison
Anamosa
Three Days Cough Signal Prompts Creomulsion Cure Claim
An advertising claim touts Creomulsion as a two fold cure for persistent coughs and colds. It says creosote plus healing elements soothe inflamed membranes and stop germ growth with guaranteed satisfaction or money back.
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West
Loving Printing Co
OWA
Adkisson & Gunn
Buchanan St
Dial
Texas Sand & Gravel Co., Inc
5Th
Frank B. Salter
General Insurance
Amarillo National Bank
Adkisson & Gunn’s
STONE
Vernon-Williams Co. Inc
Texas
McKnights
Harrison and
7Th Sts
George Parr
W. 6Th St
Adkisson-Gunn
Seventh Streets
The
McDonald Auto
West Texas
Goodyear Tire Dealers
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