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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1946
Page
12
A local ad urges homeowners to insulate against cold with John Weeks Insulating Company offering estimates by phone 26316 or at 510 East Tenth. It promotes asbestos siding and rock wool materials, notes potential gas bill savings, year round comfort, and a financing plan to ease cost.
Raindrops fall at about two and a half feet per second during drizzle. Larger drops in a typical shower reach about ten feet per second, per the U S Weather Bureau.
Historical account claims explorer DeSoto and his men served the first pork meal in what is now the United States, during a 1640 encounter in Georgia, marking an early culinary milestone in the region.
One hundred two Amarillo High School students announced candidacies for school offices. Primary voting is next Thursday with a run off the following week. Candidates span queen, senior and junior posts, congressmen at large, and student secretary positions.
Mrs. Marie Doane, a prominent hat designer, offers custom winter hats in Amarillo from her salon at 2604 Fillmore. She provides a wide selection of materials including unusual pastels and smoked white, plus feathers for dinner hats and severe suits. Due to high demand, the salon closes Wednesdays and Thursdays. other days by appointment.
Elliott-Greer Company at 508 Taylor Street showcases the new Eversharp CA capillary action cartridge fountain pen. The pen promises lifetime service, cartridge ink color changes, and years of smooth writing under watchmaker standards.
Copper derives its name from the island Cyprus where it was first found and called cyprium later cyprum and finally copper.
Scientists estimate the Pacific Ocean could accommodate twenty islands as large as the United States in addition to existing landmasses, leaving extensive water areas still.
In Memphis on October 13 police squads rushed to a new grocery meat market after a crowd of about 300 surged in. Advertisements promising unlimited meat led to near riot as Tony Ciaramitaro opened the shop and shoppers battled for meat, weapons drawn by the crowd as canned goods toppled to the floor.
Amarillo Southwestern Life Insurance representative Claude A. Hipps says the principal executive sustains a business value. when the leader dies, value shrinks 25 to 50 percent. He cites a Texas example of a widow misvaluing a firm until a $10,000 life policy funded by the business clarified true worth. He argues life insurance can offset death related shrinkage.
Harold S. Van derbilt allegedly created contract bridge in 1925 during a bridge game aboard a steamship traveling from Los Angeles to Havana. He based the game on plafond a French variant of auction bridge.
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