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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1928
Page
2
A child recalls grandmother’s fading sight and the unseen world of fairies goblins and elephants in the yard. The narrator believes eyes differ and that adults dismiss these visions though the father once saw them too. The piece probes perception memory and wonder across generations.
A Panhandle district agent for Masterbilt Tailoring of Dallas Texas will open a local agency in the Greene Building around September 1. The move marks expansion for the Dallas based company into the area with plans for dedicated sales and tailoring services.
Governor Smith begins his campaign with a late night Newark city hall platform speech amid large party crowds. He to leave for Syracuse for a dinner and the state fair the following day after a weekend in Spring Lake New Jersey amid a series of smaller demonstrations along his route from Deal to New York.
An Amarillo column mixes weather, local opinion, and daily life. The writer discusses a cold snap, heavy fur on wildlife, cattle feed needs, and plans to present a school enrollment issue. He critiques Texan schooling rules, comments on bare legs trends, and shares personal anecdotes about marriage and a missing police dog.
The Amarillo Milk Company reports price shifts in the city with wholesale milk moving from 8 to 10 cents per quart and a recent rise tied to spring markets. Retail prices fluctuated from 9 to 12 cents per quart amid market adjustments.
A fragmented obituary style card notes Sorl ie’s death and Borlie’s remarriage to Grace Hellebor in Hoxton. It traces Borlie’s career from a Buxton bank clerk to Kelloge Johnson Rhoe, Grand Forks cracker factory owner, and head of the A G Herilie Peed and Feel Company. It records his birth in Albert Lea on April 26 1874, schooling, and 1926 election as Republican governor with reelection two years later.
A local appeal describes a male dog found in better spirits, wearing a leather collar and blue groove in color with white markings. The contact number 6164 is provided for the owner to claim the pet.
Curtis discusses midterm farm relief and amendments to warehouse law. He recalls Republican Congresses enacting measures after World War I to help farmers, noting Wilson vetoed an emergency tariff act. He claims the war finance corp could be authorized to extend aid to agriculture.
Fragments describe Medora Duncan praising Lions and work with crippled children in Amarillo and Monta Fe New Mexico. She notes Shrine and Fiesta events, meeting Rev. Ernest Mobley in Oklahoma City, and excitement over historic sites and tourism while asking for her newspaper copy.
A fragmented column reflects on political tactics in the Senate, aviation policy, and global trends. It notes calls for defecting measures, the need for a capable ministry, and the United States reliance on private initiative for aircraft development. It also discusses Russia’s progress, the metric system, and Hawaii’s census showing Filipino migration outpacing Japanese presence in foreign population.
District Attorney W J Plesher lists a heavy docket with murder and related charges. Ben Stratton and J L Cheshire face deaths or new trials, and others such as G Adams, Roy Edens, R C Spears, J J Bishop, Otis Fleener, Gerturde Burras, Harold Giving, and P R Williams await Sept 4 to Sept 24 hearings on varied offenses including bigamy swindling forgery and violation of liquor laws.
Courthouse records show transfers including Cotten to McDavid on lot 17 block 13 valued at 1050 and Grimm to Anna Grimm on part of lot 6 block 91 valued at 1750 among others. Vehicle registrations list United States Gypsum Co City Walter Irvin Inc Ford and numerous individuals with makes such as Buick Durant Chevrolet Studebaker Dodge and Pontiac. building permits note J L Lamascus repairing a frame dwelling at 1807 EB Sixth Street for 300.
Parmington New Mexico August 28 A franchise to furnish natural gas to Farmington has been granted to Howard L Bean of Amarillo in a field with HM Pedderson Denver Hope Engineering Findlay and Quebedenus Bros Albuquerque. The plant will cost eighty thousand dollars and will be in operation before winter.
Three French women, two German and one Italian, confronted diplomats at the palace gates. Five, including Miss Stevens, refused to pledge no disturbance and were detained after a brief struggle as guards dispersed a protest by banner bearing women from the international council of the National Woman's Party.
After retiring last night Sheriff Wiley Pollard chased a prowler at his home. The unidentified man fled in a car as Pollard fired six shots, with bullets believed to hit the rear of the vehicle. The incident began when Sid Hedgecake’s daughter spotted the intruder.
The Bourne Workshop of the New York Association for the Blind employs 108 people, 95 of them totally blind, producing nearly a thousand brooms daily and billions of maps for wholesale customers across New York and nearby states. Brooms carry a Lighthouse seal and say made by blind workmen, with sales routed through sighted staff.
Paris reports indicate many nations will adhere to the Kellogg Briand pact after its signing by fifteen major powers. Officials say formal ratification by parliaments is required only for adhesion. Russia and Afghanistan may be invited, and Gustav Stresemann is ill. Kellogg will travel to Dublin with Ireland's Cosgrave before returning to New York.
Helen Francis, not married, says she met James two weeks earlier in Oklahoma City. She recounts James ordered her into the murder room as he pulled a gun, with Schmidt and James scuffling in the hall and Jackson confirming tension before the shooting. Mrs Schmidt arrives from Los Angeles as the body heads to Des Moines for burial.
At the Amarillo hotel Lions club luncheon three speakers shared remarks. Coach Russell Smith outlined Sandies schedule and training aims for a championship run. John G. Farmer of Fort Worth pledged Rock Island Railway support for crippled children and Panhandle welfare. Neal Ainsworth urged Amarillo to improve its status as a key jobbing and trade center through better advertising. Meeting adjourned at 1:80.
The Lions club awards Miss Medora Duncan, nurse for crippled children in the Panhandle, a vacation in recognition of her tireless service over the past year. She has visited Trinidad and Santa Fe during her trip.
Judge B F Fronabarger of Canton and former teacher to J W Culminent Amarillo attorney and Martin Littleton New York congressman visits Amarillo today. The jurist professor is hosted by District Attorney W J Flesher during the stay.
Receipts and bids show steady to higher markets in East St. Louis and New Orleans. Cattle and vealers command strong prices while sheep and lambs vary, with top bids reaching into the mid-teens for slaughter steers and upper-teens for fed yearlings, and cotton markets pressured by pests and weather.
Eastland visitors Mr and Mrs J M Tanner from Amarillo are at J H Tanner’s 607 Polk Street home for several days. Mrs Menke near city hospital after surgery. Mrs Clayton Pate and daughter visit with Mrs Raby Munroe then return to Quansh. A cross between cabbage and radish noted. Market ticker lists numerous stocks including American Sugar, Anaconda Copper, Baldwin Locomotive, Baltimore & Ohio, General Electric, Pan-American Petroleum, Phillips Petroleum, Radio Corp of America, Shell, Sears Roebuck, Texas Pacific, Missouri, Kansas & Texas and more.
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