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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1929
Page
7
The Texas Senate approved a statewide highway bond amendment on a 21 to 0 vote, clearing the two thirds needed to place the issue before voters. Supporters expect a tight House fight but say passage is likely with no ad valorem tax to retire the bonds.
A boarding house fight in Brownwood Texas left J. R. Wilson 40 of Town Park dead and two others injured. District Attorney Walter U Early said murder charges would be filed against O T Leonard, a former oil field worker, with an examining trial set for this morning. G W Hill and John Parrott were wounded while trying to seize Leonard's firearm.
Funeral services for W. S. Simkins will be held in Austin this afternoon. Judge Simkins, UT law professor since 1899, died at his home. Born in 1842 in South Carolina he fired the first shot of the Civil War at Fort Sumter and served in the Sumpter battery. Burial is set for Dallas Friday with daughter Mrs. W. H. Lawther in the family.
The Rev. H. A. Shaw of the First Christian Church will direct the song service at the Panhandle District Christian Endeavor convention in Memphis March 8 9 and 10. More than 200 delegates from the Panhandle are expected and the gathering ends with a fellowship banquet Saturday night.
R A Gray of 800 Bryan St Amarillo Texas recounts relief from constipation stomach pains and indigestion after using Orgatone saying it gave quick strong improvements. The product sold exclusively by City Drug Store 517 Polk St with pricing in mail orders one bottle 1 25 six bottles 6 25.
Mrs Sadie Johnson wife of Clarence Johnson testified for two hours in Waco Texas stating the gun that killed her father was accidentally discharged and the window shot through by her husband was from earlier gunfire at dogs rather than Porter’s death.
Hollywood report says Charlie Chaplin, famed screen comedian, shows improvement after a ptomaine poisoning illness complicated by intestinal trouble. He remains under medical care as doctors monitor his condition in Hollywood, California.
Advertisement claims McCoy's Tablets help underweight men and women gain at least 5 pounds and increase energy. It promises a money back guarantee if after using four 60 cent boxes or two one dollar boxes no satisfactory weight gain occurs. Available at any drug store in America.
A Chaplin studio official said the actor showed marked improvement after a restful night but remains in a serious condition at home. If current progress continues, recovery could begin early next week.
An old advertisement touts invisible Zemo as a fast remedy for pimples itching rash and blemishes with skin clearing results in short use. The copy claims twenty years of relief for eczema and urges readers to keep the antiseptic on hand with outings of 60 cents or a dollar.
Prizes totaling 90 dollars are offered to school children for posters promoting fire prevention. March 29 is the local contest date, with the winner advancing to a state contest for 100 dollars. Amarillo event sponsored by Williams Cartwright Ordway Saunders and Williams Boyce insurance agencies.
Fifty three Yale students will receive commissions in field artillery and engineering corps of the United States army when they graduate in June. The group includes 31 from the college and 22 from Sheffield Scientific School. The Yale ROTC has 400 cadets and Major W C Pritchard predicts 63 commissions next year and more than 100 in 1931 as the program expands.
Josephus M. Daniels former secretary of the navy will speak at memorial exercises in Des Moines on March 24 honoring Edwin T. Meredith former secretary of agriculture. The two cabinet members were close friends and Daniels had visited Meredith previously.
In Orange City Iowa Flemish residents work in wooden footwear with discomforting wool socks. J Van Hoff runs a growing wooden shoe business turning out a pair in 45 minutes selling for one dollar. He sells four to six pairs daily as a sideline.
Two individuals return home following departures from Washington. The fragment notes they both left the capital and now proceed to their separate destinations.
Passenger bus services in Venezuela are expanding quickly in both numbers and business, signaling growing demand for intercity travel and regional mobility. The trend suggests intensified competition among operators and potential impacts on travel times and fares.
R. W. Caruth was abducted on a downtown Dallas street corner on Wednesday afternoon. His captor forced him to drive to the town’s edge where he was robbed of $22 and his car. The vehicle was later found abandoned in South Dallas. No arrests reported at the time.
Redfield South Dakota reports a city hall project costing 20000 dollars while the treasury holds over 54000 dollars in cash and 230000 dollars in assets. The city also owns a water system modern fire department equipment and storm sewers showing careful municipal service.
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