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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1928
Page
7
The Boy Scout and Girl Scout fund drive has raised a little over $5,000 toward a $15,000 goal as of today. Fifteen committees pace the drive while a miniature oil derrick at Fifth and Polk illustrates progress, with the well drilled to 5,000 feet after yesterday.
A Texas mother in San Antonio touts California Fig Syrup as a quick remedy for childhood ailments. The testimonial claims improved appetite, energy, and digestion, noting long endorsement by physicians and urging buyers to insist on the full name for genuine product.
Mrs. C. E. Palmer will entertain members of the Twentieth Century club. Amarillo firms pledged to fund contributions, each thousand dollars adds a new mark, as groups replace Community Chest funding with new contributions for constructive purposes.
A blaze at the Fred Douglass Negro school on Johnson Street caused about 2500 in damages. The center section with seats desks and books was ruined while two rooms were less affected. Classes were dismissed but may resume tomorrow after inspection by Superintendent W A McIntosh and contractor George Parr. The fire began around 1110 PM. cause is undetermined.
Interstate Commerce Commission received an adverse recommendation from Examiner Hassell Davis on the Pecos and Northern Texas railway 66 mile Hale Center to Palmerton Texas line. The proposed route would run parallel to the Fort Worth and Denver South Plains railway, a Pecos subsidiary of Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe.
The United Press reports in Hong Kong that in a two day clash with nationalists at Shektong City Fayuen district one hundred communists were killed and more than 200 captured. The communists had held the area for over a year and their radical leader was ordered to retreat to Chingai where he was routed.
A women’s club gathers tomorrow afternoon at 2:50 o’clock at the home located 806 Palo Duro Avenue for a community event.
The article charts the rise of Chiang Kai-shek and the fall of the Soong sisters Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Sun Yat-sen. It details their changing roles from two prominent Shanghai heiresses to key figures in China’s political upheaval and exile.
Advert says Skinny women can gain pounds with Tronized Yeast ironized tablets. Claims two tonics in one weight building yeast and strengthening iron, with rapid gains and improved blood. Safety asserted and money-back guarantee offered.
The Canton government armies press northward as General Chiang Kai-shek captures Hankow and moves toward Nanking and Shanghai. Madame Sun Yat sen, widow of Sun Yat sen, becomes the living repository of his ideals, opposing the Nanking government and retreating to Shanghai while Chiang seeks her support. A subsequent split in 1927 sees Madame Sun refusing to join the Nanking regime and condemning it as a militaristic farmers and labor exploit.
In a surprising turn during a journey ending in Japan, a visitor sought consent from the aged mother of the Soong sisters for Mies Meiling to marry him. Meanwhile Madame Sun departed Shanghai secretly aboard a Soviet ship headed to Moscow.
A report traces events around Madame Fun and Madame San, noting Chiang Kai shek ally Miss Melling’s marriage months after. Madame Fun joined the tenth anniversary of the Russian revolution in Moscow and aided refugee circles seeking a China return to power. The Canton uprising was crushed last December, leaving Madame San elusive, with Berlin residency and possible U.S. speaking plans cited in rumors.
A fragmented list shows Johnston Home in Estelline and Huxford in Happy along with Thompson Bros. Co. Hedley and Memphis, J. W. Hutto in Talia, Pioneer Hardware in Wellington and Dowden Hardware in Plainview, indicating a regional network of hardware businesses across multiple Texas towns.
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