Tack Letters Continue From Page 2 Help Requests
A column of requests for aid and work appears with several neighbors seeking assistance. Mrs. Ed Phillips from White Deer Texas asks for help for her ill husband and children. Mrs L L Whittington seeks housework and nursing work near John Son Street School. An admirer asks for publication for near Tack area. T. J. Baggerly offers a horse and harness for sale before leaving town. Mrs Hallwork requests fruit and vegetables canned on halves and any work. Beulah Johnson seeks any kind of work with references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Whittington
McMasters Street
Tack
Widow seeks work in Wichita for herself and daughter
A widow in Amarillo asks Tack for help in Wichita. She has an eight year old daughter to support and no money. She is willing to take any kind of work, including home, laundry, or cafe work, to make ends meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spear Tack
Amarillo
Tack
Wichita
Reader thanks Tack after job help and notices hardship
A reader thanks Tack for helping secure work months ago. She explains six weeks of unemployment, supports a mother, and offers to contribute the best local service or goods as proof of gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Jobbers' Booth offers permanent work with nearby home
A reader from Alaneed Texas seeks employment help via Tack with a six room house five miles from town. They prefer a driver, may accept an old child in schooling, and request old furniture or rugs to be picked up since there is no telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FPR
Crisp
Alaneed
Texas
Tack
Mr. King
Fair Grounds
King
Potter
Carson
Clyde Wallen
Yarnall and Royal
Highway Construction CO
Tulsa
Oklahoma
S. Pierce
Amarillo
Boy Seeks Work To Stay In School In 11th Grade
A 17 year old high school sophomore writes that he must work to remain in school. He can cook in a boarding house or wait tables in a cafe and will consider any job. He provides his name initials B. and address 310 Fillmore Street.
German girl seeks steady general house work job in Wichita Falls
A German girl aged 18 seeks permanent general house work in Wichita Falls Texas. She can furnish references and requests help finding work. She mentions her shoemaker brother as unemployed and capable of various common labor tasks.
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Georgia A
Supreme Shoe Shop
Ohio Street
Wichita Falls
Texas
Tack
Ladies Ignore Tax Hike on Cigarettes Says Author
The excerpt notes that young men middle aged men and elderly smokers have quit cigarettes in favor of pipes but claims women continue smoking despite higher prices from Uncle Sam and Pop Sterling. The passage ends mid sentence reflecting a personal viewpoint on tobacco use among women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Pop Sterling
Police Dog Boy Reported Found by Reader
A reader reports a German police dog named Boy found with a wart over his eye and a cut ear. The dog wears harness remnants and answers to Boy. Information to return him is requested at 311 North Taylor Street.
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Tack
Boy
North Taylor Street
Furnished Home For Rent On North Fillmore Street
Help wanted notice from Mrs G seeking a quiet couple to rent a two room furnished house at 1204 North Fillmore Street. No children or pets allowed. Payment needed to cover meals.
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Tack
North Fillmore Street
Lonely father seeks a middle aged woman to help at home
A nearly blind man, left alone much of the day when his brother is away, seeks a kindly woman past middle age to cook and tend him. He offers board and a reasonable wage to the right person, and invites responses.
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Brother
Desperate widow seeks work in city apartment house
A widow with two children seeks employment opportunities including cleaning an apartment or running a rooming house. She is also willing to do laundry at home and asks for a trial. Contact at 617 East Sixth Avenue.
Passenger Seeks Ride to Dallas for Gas and Oil Help
A traveler asks for a companion who can supply gas and oil for a trip to Dallas. The note requests transport support and any willing driver to accompany them, highlighting financial need.
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Tack
Dallas
SEEK WOMAN FOR HOME FOR BATCHED FATHER CARE
Classified request seeks a housekeeper to assist an elderly ill father and a brother living together. Applicant should provide daily care duties, cleaning, cooking, and companionship in a private home setting. References preferred. Share contact for interview and rates.
Let That Pay for Their Transportation
A brief reader letter expresses gratitude for publishing a notice or item that would help cover transportation costs. The writer thanks the paper for providing the information and support.
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ED Phillips
White Deer, Texas
Johnson Street
Hayden Street
Meyers Brothers Wrecking Yard
T. J. Baggerly
Beulah Johnson
West Sixth Avenue
A. P. Parcells
Tri-State Fair Territory
Doc” Parcells
South Grant Street
Mason King
Fillmore Street
Houston Street
East Sixth Avenue
St.Joseph's
Madame Cherry
Paris
Madame Cherry & CO
Thompson Bldg
S. Polk St
Madame E. J. Cherry
Lowncen
Tri-State Fair
Howard Blackburn Taylor
The
I Tailoring CO
VN Co
Polk
Seiberling
Leonard Stroud
Cockrell-Lokey, Inc
Loving Printing CO
7Th St
R. L. McMeans
H. V.robertson & CO. Accountants and Auditors
Amarillo Bidg
G. C. Bruce
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Oliver Eakle
R. A. Duncan
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