High Hopes Held by Business Men of 1925
American business leaders express optimism for 1925 with expectations of peak prosperity. Executives from United Steel, Standard Oil, and Pacific railways foresee continued policy support, full plant operation, and stable wages, while addressing oil overproduction and storage challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mfpica
Associated Press
W. York
Dawes
H. Bary
United Steel Corporation
Congress
United States
Ilius Kruttschnitt
Chern Pacific Company
Kruttschnitt
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Teagle
Shortest Docket In Years Faces Recorder
Judge Fort opened a light docket on court day after holidays with only three drunks and few offenders. The recorder collected a $25 bond from Ike Ross for damaging Hightowers Book Store, and Marshall Pouncey listed 59 street tax delinquents to be re-summoned with options to pay $5 total if they appeared or default.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Fort
Ike Ross
Hightowers Book Store
Marshall C. B. Pouncey
World Flyers Promoted in Largest Peace Time Advance
Secretary Weeks approved promotion plan for round the world flyers. Govt Lowell H Smith moved up 1000 files, Lieutenants Wade Nelson and Arnold up 500 files each. Officers to be extended in reserve and regular grades. locally ill at Mrs Thorpe Athena Avenue.
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Associated Press
Washington
Weeks
Lowell H. Smith
Wade
Nelson
Arnold
Pershing
Ogdenband Harding
Few Sensational Results In 1924 Boxing History
New York December 29 1924 boxing season ends with color but few dominant developments. Notable events include Georges Carpentier’s American tour, Louis Angel Firpo’s fall from heavyweight contention, and two veteran champions passing on. Abe Attel Goldstein dethrones Joe Lynch for bantamweight title in a colorless 15 round Madison Square Garden bout. Johnny Dundee relinquishes featherweight title for failing to make 126 pounds, later losing to Kid Sullivan in a nonrecognized 130-pound division.
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Associated Press
New York
America
Georges Carpentier
Louis Angel Firpo
California
Abe Attel Goldstein
Joe Lynch
Madison Square Garden
Johnny Dunde
Eugene Criqui
Dundee
Tittle
Kid Sullivan
Young Stribling Turns Twenty In Boxing Ring
Atlanta reports that W L Stribling known as Kid Stribling celebrates his twentieth birthday, born December 26 1904 in Bainbridge Georgia. The rising light heavyweight has spent four years in the ring facing top contenders and earning a growing reputation across the country.
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Atlanta
Young
W. L.) Stribling
Georgia
Squared
Tittle
Bainbridge
Wiliam Lawrence Stribling
Stribling
Country Jail Empty For Two Long Days
Sheriff Harvey reported that Sumter County jail was entirely devoid of occupants on two consecutive days. He said the November term cleared the criminal calendar and released prisoners, with no crimes reported since, predicting the jail would stay empty if offenses stay within police and justice courts.
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Harvey
Sumter County
Justice
Slight Fire Loss At Smithwick Home
A rainy spell kept volunteers indoors until Sunday when Chief McArthur's squad was called to H. W. Smithwick's Brooklyn Heights residence. Flames issued from a defective flue causing small damage to the fireplace, with firefighters returning after a brief, uneventful response.
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Smithwick
Americus
McArthur
H. W. Smithwick
Brooklyn Hights
Population boom threat and hope in 250 million US
A. B. Wolfe of Ohio State warns the United States could reach 250 million if current growth continues but expects women to limit births. He cautions that without rapid agricultural gains living standards would fall as populations rise and urges recognizing the real value of human welfare over sheer size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
A. B. Wolfe
Ohio State University
American Statistical Association
Wolfe
Plfe
Indictments Sought by Shepherd in McClintock Case
Chicago reports that state attorneys await medical reports on the exhumed body of William D. McClintock as William D. Shepherd promises a full legal vindication and plans to indict detractors. Shepherd plans an independent investigation after the official inquiry, while his attorney cites libel risks from published accounts.
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Chicago
William D. McClintock
William D. Shepperd
McClintock
Shepperd
William Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Albuquerque
N. M
Young McClintock
Shepherd
Thomas A. Newman
Robert H. Stoll
Harry A. Olson
Miss Pope
Dams
Ice floes suspend Mississippi river traffic to Helena
Memphis Tenn December 29 all river traffic as far south as Helena Arkansas is suspended due to great ice floes blocking the Mississippi. Dozens of packets and other river craft forced to the banks. Dispatches to steamboats report the Father of Waters is virtually frozen between Cape Girardeau and Hannibal Missouri.
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Yvhe Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Helena
Ark
Mississippi
Cape Girardeau
Hannibal
Ice Jam Forms Below Niagara Falls in Early Winter
A substantial ice jam stretches from Horseshoe Falls toward Lake Ontario in the Niagara River below Niagara Falls New York extending about 16 feet thick. The fresh winter buildup marks an unusually early, sizable accumulation for the season.
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Niagara Falls
Associated Press
N. Y
Niagara River
Falls
Horseshoe Falls
Lake Ontario
Million-and-a-half Fire Destroys Corinth Block
A massive blaze in Corinth Mississippi destroyed fifty stores and offices, burning for over six hours in bitter cold and leaving more than 1.5 million dollars in losses with about half insured. The west side of the courthouse square was obliterated as the fire threatened the entire district.
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Associated Press
Corinth
Miss
Courthouse Square
Dancer Heroine Rescues Child in Atlanta Fire
Miss Lila Buchanan seventeen year old Atlanta dancer proved a heroine in a Sunday apartment fire. She dashed to an upper floor and rescued the two year old baby of Mr and Mrs W T McKnight. Building owned by her father suffered about seven thousand five hundred dollars in damage.
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Atlanta
Lila Buchanan
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Squared Ring
Ty Jivion
U. S
the Associaated Press
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Geville
Tyger
Don
Eaton
Clayt
Oklahoma
Cadio
Okla
Allen
Aline
Fred
George Taylor
M. B. Taylor
Alton
Ill
State Insane Hospital
Tokio
Iime
Niagara
Texas
Dennison
Pottsboro
Here
Valley View
Paradise
Tampa
Fla
Harding
Ohio
George Hardin
Dr. Harding
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