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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1928
Page
3
Yako leff, 25, famed head of North Manchuria bandits, died at Hand aohedze near Harbin after killing his lover and her mother then shooting himself. police and troops had closed in, following the swift raid he orchestrated on the Harbin express.
Miss Clara Howell nurse at St. Joseph's infirmary is in serious condition with concussion after a man struck her in the head with a pistol and attempted to force her into a car on a Fort Worth street corner. Police report she was waiting for a streetcar when the attacker drove up, brandished a revolver, and shoved her into his coupe.
Victoria officials announce an Ol English Christmas Festival beginning December 22 at the Empress Hotel. Harold Eustace Key, noted Canadian festival director, will feature a revival of England’s oldest Christmas customs as described in Washington Irving’s Christmas at Bracebridge Hall. The program spans several days with activities like mumming wassailing and Twelfth night rites.
A patchwork piece mixes rural memories of Georgia farming with railroad notes from Amarillo and Denver. The author recalls childhood toil for ten cents a sack, then shifts to railroad committee formation, locomotive repairs, and upcoming South Plains freight and passenger service with named crews and stations.
In Fresnillo Mexico the first Mexican railway is completed after clashes over cross border symbols. A US citizen and Mexican flag exchange on the paired locomotive pilots as crowds cheer, marking a historic milestone about 700 miles south of El Paso.
Central to Juarez and El Pano, Pettibone travels on Rock Island. Santa Fe orders 04,000 tons of rails from Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. and partners Ili nois Steel and Indiana Steel. Rock Island awards Seminole station contract to T. S. Leake Construction for about 20 000 dollars. Western Air Express reports perfect safety and punctuality in two years. Chicago and Northwestern to seek damages after collision derailing six cars and 6 000 dollars rail damage. Pullman Sleeping Car Co. maintains 7,000,000 pieces of bed linen and towels in use. Railroad timing relies on 193 watches and 33 clocks per hundred miles. Santa Fe offers reduced round trip rates.
Those desiring to attend the annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy may plan to travel to Houston for events from November 15 to 20 during the American Royal Live Stock Show.
Kansas City reports dates from November 17 to 24 for the Texas State Teachers association in San Antonio and notes holiday rates for Christmas and New Year period.
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