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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1931
Page
7
A Mosaic of reader letters discusses cotton policy, Hoover era doubts, and social concerns. Texans request jobs and help, praising The Major, seeking a home for winter, and advertising painting and sales positions amid Depression era wider hardships.
A letter from F. E. Miller of Sudan Texas seeks help locating cotton pickers in Amarillo for A. F. Cope of Amherst Texas. Miller promises housing and forty cents per hundred pounds with workers of any race and aims to field a large crew by next week.
Classified note seeks well connected salesman or saleswoman for silk and cotton dresses in New Mexico and nearby, with dry goods or ready to wear experience, permanent position, weekly pay and liberal commissions. contact W. C. Trapp at 607 Lincoln Street. Also included is a bicycle recovery plea and a personal notice seeking Catholic single men.
A batch of personal ads seeks companionship and help. A lonesome widow seeks a genuine male friend 35 to 45 in Amarillo until late September. A widow in Stinnett wants a gentleman 40 to 48 with means for outings. Also a mother offers child care during Fair Week and a farmer seeks an elderly farm helper, preferably a German woman, for milking and housework.
A reader submits a letter about a Singer sewing machine for sale and asks for guidance on placing the ad. The missive references a previous column and seeks information on pricing and availability.
Writer seeks companionship and proposes to publish in the column to correspond with ladies. Requests readers to make introductions and share replies through the newspaper.
A detergent claim says Mel'o softens hard water reducing soap use and preventing scum. It asserts Mel'o creates abundant suds and improves cleaning with or without soap, urging purchase at the grocer.
A reader writes that maintaining a buffalo herd will cost the state one to two hundred thousand dollars yearly and questions the value of the project while agreeing with Hoover and the Farm Board. The letter frames taxpayer concern over public funding.
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