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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1932
Page
5
A reader columns discusses Madam Fraya and reads 1933 predictions, while Tack letters address why the Moon looks larger at moonrise. Reasons include atmospheric dust, refraction, and chromatic effects, with Caldwell offering a scientific explanation of moonrise perception.
Mrs Alva McMahan of Route 2 Happy Texas seeks a cafe partner to help run a place in return for room and board and clothing, declining outside duties like washing for a large family. Also offers piano trade or sale. seeks car or value trade. contact Mrs 5&. at telephone 2-196.
Mrs Ford of 622 West Ninth Avenue asks for a room close in that includes use of a telephone. She requests visitors to discuss arrangements.
Middle aged widow offers skills and experience for local employment near Amarillo. She is ready to relocate and eager for steady work in a respectful position matching her background.
A fragmented Obvious classified page shows a Conoco travel bus visit and several job and home notices. An ad by Owen Boulter seeks a live‑in helper for housekeeping and washing for 12 dollars weekly. A widow Mrs Campbell seeks work and board for her family, preferably on a farm or ranch. The page ends with an ornate, poetic paragraph about Dixie.
Classified notices show several women seeking work in roles such as nurse, housekeeper, child care giver, hotel staff, and office work. They list references, local ties, and willingness to take any honest job to support families, with contact notes for Mrs. A L, A Reader, and Mrs. L R Blackstock. Some items offer goods for sale like a 14 foot canoe.
A past three year reader note urges honest help and discusses column voices. A black and white two year old dog, part Boston screw tail, seeks a home at 507 South Lincoln Street. A mother of 21 seeks work for $3 weekly or by the hour, willing to stay nights to support her two children.
The piece imagines a vast, utopian unity across North and South under a rainbow linking Yankee Doodle and Dixie. It mocks tariff quarrels, celebrates fraternal bonds, and ends by hinting at a humorous tale of two enslaved laborers sharing a cow, prompting readers to turn to the TACK LETTERS page for more.
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