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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1931
Page
5
A 50 year old widow describes her background in business and seeks employment as a housekeeper or companion for an elderly lady, or care for children. She desires a refined home and offers to exchange references and consider various work, including a motherless home. Contact via Tack.
A reader asks columnist Tack to confirm if the large python shown at the fair is alive, noting a prior sighting of a similar-sized but real animal. The letter states the current specimen appears consistently artificial and seeks definitive living status.
A reader identifies as a widow at 510 South Grant Street asking for help locating a cheap used car. She prefers a Ford coupe or sedan, or a Chevrolet, and emphasizes it must be reasonably priced to assist with daily tasks like taking in washing.
Public notice items include a plea from Mrs J M H seeking office cleaning or child care work at a reasonable price, a baker with seven years’ pastry experience offering services, a child’s appeal for a lost kitten, a 160 acre farm trade offer near Abernathy and Lubbock, and a young woman seeking room and board with housekeeping and waitress experience.
Ammarillo residents raise a purse to send Jesse an 11 year old girl who was blind and unable to walk to Mayo Hospital Rochester Minnesota months ago. Mrs Berg of Rochester shows interest in the child's welfare and Kem seeks information about her.
A plea describes 14 000 bales of cotton waiting in Winters trade territory with no pickers. Winters and Wingate need 1 000 workers now earning about 2 dollars daily. Farmers offer transport. readers urged to contact Winters Chamber of Commerce or Wingate Bank. Also a 19 year old seeks farm work as housekeeper cook with references.
Mrs J M Spencer from Panhandle Texas appeals for aid to clothe and warm five children. She seeks a mattress quilts and blankets as her husband is unemployed and offers their family’s Panhandle address to help.
Residents say miles south of Abilene the cotton crop ranks among the largest in years. Early returns show yields averaging about half a bale per acre and improving as harvest proceeds.
A resident asks for help locating a light tan coat and purse stolen from a car Wednesday night. The owner offers no questions and requests return of keys and items, noting the purse contents and coat were gifts. Also included are notices seeking information about a child’s walking ability and a job-seeking request from a married man.
J. M. Clark of 728 North Garfield Street appeals to ranches in Amarillo seeking stock care and farming labor. He has substantial ranch experience and references available, and will take any honest work to support his wife and two children.
In the Winters area of Texas, around 35 cotton farmers face unemployment issues. The message asks for publicity to aid these farmers and aid unemployed people on the plains.
A speaker seeks good honest employment, preferring work with a business person or light ranch tasks at a fair price. The note expresses frustration at having hit the last notch and hopes for a straightforward job opportunity.
Betty Dean Riner lists need for private room and board or steady job in drug or retail stores. Also offers four Persian kittens for sale, two months old and full blooded. Ends with note she seeks companionship as a widow of 36 with eight years public work experience.
An ad claims B-C provides fast relief for headaches and nervous tension in minutes. It notes the produto from two North Carolina druggists with a safe, speedy formula for various pains and a 10¢ to 25¢ price range.
A notice from a reader desiring correspondence with a refined gentleman aged 43 to 55. He recalls Amarillo as his home and notes he never misses the papers. OO. K. expresses a polite bid for social letters and friendship.
Phoenix officials expect revenue from traffic fines to offset part of the speed enforcement budget. If all motorists obeyed laws, officers might lose their jobs as the traffic detail would be unnecessary.
The ad touts Ford cars as sincerely quality built with durable parts. After thousands of miles of driving, owners will still say it’s a great car and will have saved money on operation costs repairs and depreciation.
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