Alaska Roadhouse Memoir From Tangled Lakes Journey
The writer details a horseback trek from Tangled Lakes to the Richardson Highway, noting a fall by Dr Bribach, resilience on the ride, and a 16 year old visitor from Fairbanks curious about traffic lights. He contrasts Fairbanks whiskey culture with Alaska’s need for homes and prudent economics, describing fishermen and booted winters, caribou sightings, and Paxson Roadhouse midway between Valdez and Fairbanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
Fairbanks
Alaska
Alaska roadhouse serves fishermen and hunters seasonally
The article describes a Paxson area roadhouse with twenty sleeping rooms open mid May to mid October, hosting travelers and Fairbanks fishermen. It notes poor Alaska fishing near Paxson Lake and stronger catches farther from the highway in Tangled Lakes, and cites hunters aging into their later years as a common theme among visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
Yukon
Alaskan Range
Paxson Lake
Summit Lake
Paxson's
Local residents seek part time morning and after school work
A colored married man seeks four to five hours of morning work with references, may be reached at 4849 or 1500 North Washington Street. A high school girl, Doris Dickson of 415 Jackson Street, seeks after school housework and child care with typing ability and references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Washington Street
Will
Doris Dickson
Jackson Street
Army parade to feature Fort Bliss unit at Tri-State Fair
Amarillo will host more than 500 Army officers and men for a day at The Tri State Fair with a Fort Bliss anti-aircraft unit parade and defense display. Bill Gilstrap of Han son Post leads plans inviting tri state Legionnaires and Drum Corps to join Friday October 3. The event includes a three inch gun battery an anti aircraft searchlight platoon and a 28 piece band plus a weapons demo at the grand stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
American Legion
Bill Gilstrap
Hanson Post
Tri-State
Legion
Post
Fort Bliss
Missing German Shepherd Rex Seeks Return at Polk Street Yard
Mrs Waggoner reports her gray German shepherd Rex missing from 1829 Polk Street and offers a reward for his return. Call 2-3879. Also notices a widow seeking hourly housecleaning work at 1321 Ninth Ave with phone 9154 and describes prior clerk, alterations, and dressmaking experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Street
Rex
Tack
Ninth Avenue
Bennett
Wakefield Station Seeks Experienced Worker
A 27 year old man with filling station and truck driving experience announces availability for work. He invites contact at Wakefield Station located at 1700 Canyon Highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
1700
Canyon Highway
Help Wanted in a Motherless Home Reader Cozy Camp
A reader seeks work in a motherless home at Cozy Camp Cabin 1. They ask for tasks, duties, and lodging options, noting interest in caregiving, maintenance, and companionship roles. The request reflects a desire for steady, respectful residence and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Cabin 1
Job Post Seeking One-Day-Per-Week Work Option
Individual seeks a single day of work per week near 1104 B Pierce Street. Open to roles across flexible schedules and local assignments. Contact details not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Pierce Street
Elder widow seeks housekeeping for elderly couple
Middle aged widow offers to keep house for an elderly couple or lady. References available. Call 2 3907.
Job seeker seeks half day ranch farm choré man position
65 year old Black woman seeks half day work from 9 to 2 on a ranch or farm or in town. Honest, dependable, with references, willing to work for pay. Call 4849 at 1500 N Washington St. Also notes finding a child’s blue felt hat and a request for a position in a motherless home at White House Camp Cabin 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Small set of books for home or office use
A concise note requesting a few compact books suitable for home reading or morning work in an office. The message includes a contact line with the number 6615 for follow up.
Help Wanted Notices From A Colorful Personal Ads Page
A collage of help wanted pleas includes piano teaching at reasonable rates by Miss Morris contact 23919 after 4 PM. a colored woman seeks part time work, child care, cooking, and housing at 200 Harrison Street. someone seeks painting or basement work and contract references at 1202 B Johnson St. a middle aged man seeks yard work, basements, and painting. a middle aged woman seeks general town care work at Box 206 Frida NM. a couple seeks an experienced cook in exchange for housing and $4 weekly. and a request to rent housing in exchange for services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Street
Tack
Johnson St
Frida, N. M
Personal Ads for Evening Work Seekings Contacts
A middle aged café worker contact requested. References required. Address Mrs Cushman 201 Liberal Street Dalhart Texas. A colored woman seeks evening job and cooks or maid skills. Address Ella Gilmore 312 West 3rd Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Gilmore
West 3Rd Ave
Need a mouser to adopt a cat seeks a caller
Local notice requests a home for a mouser cat. Call 7343 if you have a cat to spare and are willing to place it in a good home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Doan's Pills Relieve Backache From Kidney Trouble
Many sufferers find relief from nagging backache by addressing tired kidneys. Kidneys remove acids and wastes from the blood, about 3 pints daily, and kidney disorder can leave poisons in the blood causing pain, fatigue, and swelling. Ask your druggist for Doan's Pills, used successfully for over 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Doan
Mexico City Opens Camera Playhouse for Select Dramas
Mexico City revives legitimate theater by establishing a camera playhouse to present selected dramas and comedies. The project focuses on creating a formal venue and program to showcase stage works through filmed performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Camera Playhouse
M Liss Opens 13th Season Of Maskers
The Black Mask Players launch their thirteenth season with M Liss a three act comedy drama of intrigue and humor. Aubrey Jackson as The Law and Phil Scarborough as the villain face a staged murder before the audience. Sharjeen Barker stars in the title role with FE W Chaddock opposite. The show directed by Dr R P Parcells runs at 8 15 p m in the High School Auditorium sponsored by the Sam Houston Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Mask
M’liss
Smiths Pocket
Aubrey Jackson
Phil Scarborough
Lahoma Jeniks
Sharjeen Barker
FE. W. Chaddock
Maxine Higgins
Aileen Byrd
Jack Pate
Dolly Lynch
al Clark
R. P. Parcells
Sam Houston Band
Reds Seized In France Amid Curfew Raids
Sixteen Communists were arrested and revolvers in 75 millimeter gun shells and 50 000 Communist tracts seized during raids in Paris western suburbs during a three day curfew ended at noon. Six arrests received Paris court sentences from three to ten years. German controls in Paris ordered camouflage and total blackout from dusk to dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
Paris
Lille
Nanterre
Suresnes
Colombres
Courbevoie
Pampa Printers Form Local Union and Seek Charter
Twelve Pampa printers organized a local union, elected officers including H. Wampler as president and Max Wade as vice president, and applied to the International Typographical Union for a charter in Indianapolis. Amarillo advisers Tex Smith and Duard Trafton assisted at the initial meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pampa
International Typographical Union
Indianapolis
Ind
Amarillo
Tex Smith
Duard Trafton
New Clubs Open At Social Center For Girls
Two new clubs launch at the Social Center for Girls on Lincoln Street. The senior group met with 13 attendees, 5 PM start, cooked supper, then a short business session followed by roller skating and dancing. Meetings run Mondays 5 to 8 PM for ages 14 to 18 with rotating meal committees. An upcoming officer election and committee appointments were noted. Adult girls over 18 meet Tuesdays at 8 PM with dinner prepared by members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Center
Lincoln Street
Margaret Eichbauer
Fichbauer
Zagreb Executions Reported Over Bomb Attack
German radio from Berlin says fifty Jews and Communists were executed in Zagreb for allegedly being the intellectual originators of a bomb attack on the Zagreb telephone exchange. The court martial sentenced them on Sept 19. more than 12 German soldiers were reportedly wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Zagreb
Berlin
Ministry of Interior Affairs of
Croatia
New National Youth Administration Woodworking Shop
The National Youth Administration woodworking shop will start erection soon as crews arrive from the east. Harold Hamilton says the foundation is complete and walls and roof are ready to install. The shop will move from Twelfth Avenue and Jackson Street to Third Avenue and Monroe Street to allow expansion of activities and support the national defense pattern project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Youth Administration
Harold Hamilton
Houston
Twelfth Avenue
Jackson Street
Third Avenue
Monroe Street
Farm and Ranch Loans Boost Prices in 1941 Conference
Agricultural conditions improved with farm and ranch product prices at their highest since May 1930. The Federal Land Bank of Houston reported rising loan volume, reduced real estate inventory, and more than 40 new loans this year, underlining stability for farmers and ranchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Farm Loan
Herring Hotel
Federal Land Bank of Houston
Land Bank
Land Bank Commissioner
Swan Payne
Houston
Lawrence Ashby
Dalhart
Asbery A. Callaghan
Panhandle
W C. Collins
Channing
J. E. Daniel
Silverton
Robert W. Foster
Canyon
G. C. Hutchison
Tulsa
Roy N. Ivy
Vega
J. G. Logsdon
Dimmitt
P. A. Lyon
Spearman
Geo. L. Muse
Hereford
H. T. Neely
Amarillo
L. V. Nelson
Claude
Arthur Ross
Stratford
F. B. Sumpter
Perryton
Navy and Marines To Operate Joint Station at Fair
Navy and Marine Corps will run a joint recruiting station at the Tri-State Fair as a Sub-station of Amarillo Marine Recruiting Office Oklahoma City and Dallas Navy Recruiting Office. Applicants will be interviewed and receive information on both services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Marines
United States Navy
Marine Corps
Tri-State Fair
Amarillo
Marine Recruiting Office
Oklahoma City
Navy Recruiting Office
Dallas
Barbecue Reservations Climb Ahead of Governor Coke Event
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce says over 300 reservations are made for a Monday Sept 29 barbecue at Jack Hall Ranch northwest of Amarillo. Tickets cost 1.50 and must be in by Thursday noon to inform organizer John Snider. Political leaders from Panhandle Plains states will attend. tickets sold at Chamber offices in blocks. Also note Lake Erie Water Supply System Toledo capacity 110 million gallons daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coke Stevenson
Fountain Works
Amarillo
Navy Takes Seven Amarillo Recruits
The Navy Recruiting Station forwarded seven Amarillo recruits including one aviation cadet Latham Cleo Jackson. Others are Ernest Octavus Graves Jr Charles Wallace Barkley Jr Eliza Ward Wilson Alfred Bryan Babb Richard Eugene Lcudder and Vernon William Welch from Canyon Pampa Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Amarillo
Latham Cleo Jackson
Trainee Loses Draft Card Five Times
CAMP WOLTERS Tex There is Alpha Omega Wiggins of Chicago a trainee glad to be in the army He lost his registration card five times in as many cities during registration to induction Each time the board issued a new one Oil transport requires about 300 tankers and 2 000 000 railroad tank cars along the eastern seaboard
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Wolters
Tex
U.P
Alpha Omega Wiggins
Chicago
Wiggins
Seaboard
Seven Panhandle Youths to Marines Enlistment Nears
The Marine Corps forwarded seven Amarillo and Panhandle youths to the Oklahoma City Recruiting Office for final examination and enlistment. Sgt. Frank M. Bell, Amarillo Recruiting Officer, reported today. Amarillo youths named include Ercel D. Crawford and Charles E. Dunn among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Amarillo
Panhandle
Oklahoma City
Frank M. Bell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paxson
Tangled Lakes
Richardson Highway
Dr. Bribach
Texas
Bristol Bay
Slim
Northland
Paxson Roadhouse
Valdez
Jack Lamb
Rowley Regis
England
H. Card
Milam Street
S. Houston Street
White House Camp
Cabin 9
Miss Morris
Henry
Cook
France
Anadarko, Okla
Oklahoma
NYA Woodworking
Lake Erie
Toledo
Dodge
Plymouth
Chrysler
Dial
East
10Th St
Selec
Good Housekeeping
Proval
Morrow
Thomas
Aveda
Ella
Dy Surance
Eira Sce
Plate Glass and Allied Lines
Automobile Financing and
F. H. A. Loans
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!