Bell System Reports Growth in Stations and Earnings
Abstract of AT and T annual report shows Bell system total telephone stations rising to 4,264,462 from 3,939,000 and daily calls near 18.96 million. Toll and exchange lines tally 9,830,718 miles of wire. plant additions total 26.64 million dollars. Net earnings up, with undivided profits at 13.60 million, assets 680.0 million, surplus 30.76 million, and depreciation 40.48 million. Cattle and market notes follow with Kansas City price trends and livestock receipts for the week.
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Bell System
Bell Companies
Opco-opera Company
A &Rand
Bell
Kansas City
Texas
Oklahoma
Associated Press
Eae
Rickart
Woodmen Notice and Local Partnership Dissolution
Notice urges Woodmen to attend the regular meeting Friday March 26 and warns absence will be noted. Wiley & Elliott merchants of Tabor dissolve their partnership by mutual consent. Clarence Elliott retires, selling to J W Wiley who continues the business.
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Wiley & Elliott
Erchants of
Tabor
Clarence Elliott
J. W. Wiley
Little Ella McNerney Tribute Poem by Joe McGee
Poem laments the loss of Little Ella McNerney, comforting readers with faith. It recalls her bright presence and urges Grandma to grieve with hope, noting Heaven's blessings and the Father’s sacrifice. Written at the request of Ella’s grandmother Mrs. W. W. Smith.
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Joe McGee
Move to Marlin for Batte Family
Mr J L Batte plans to relocate to Marlin with his family, leaving Bryan next Monday. Friends express regret but extend best wishes for their new home.
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Marlin
J. L. Batte
Bryan
Moral Courage and Sharing Candy Lesson
A schoolteacher defines moral courage as doing what is right despite orders. A student argues true courage also means sharing, even when others call him stingy, noting the candy taken for himself yesterday.
Notable 17th to 20th Century Events on This Date
A chronology lists events from March 25 across years: John Carver’s Plymouth leadership reelected in 1621, Lord Baltimore’s Maryland landing in 1634, a 1655 Annapolis battle between Puritans and Royalists, 1744 Massachusetts authorizing lotteries, 1825 University opening, 1854 California city incorporation, 1858 Kansas constitutional convention at Mineola with adjournment to Leavenworth, 1863 Confederates capture Brentwood Tennessee, 1865 Fort Steadman captured by Federals near Petersburg, 1872 first issue of the Chicago Inter Ocean, 1886 death of Philadelphia banker Joseph W Drozel, 1894 Coxey’s Army movement from Massillon to Washington, and 1908 Roosevelt urging corporate and industrial legislation.
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John Carver
Plymouth Colony
Lord Baltimore
Maryland
Annapolis
Massachusetts
Oaklawd
California
Virginia
Kansas
Mineola
Leavenworth
Brentwood
Tenn
Fort Steadman
Petersburg
Confeder
Chicago
Joseph W. Drozel
Philadel
Phil Banker
Coxey
Army of Common Weal
Ates
Massillon
Washington
Roosevelt
Bodies Found in Farmington River in Tragic Fire of Family
Simsbury Connecticut March 24 The bodies of Mrs Amos Miller and her two children were recovered from the Farmington river The children were found tied together before drowning A note from Mrs Miller suggests she killed the children then herself amid low spirits by the men.
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Simsbury
Conn
Amos Miller
Farmington River
Gusher Opens New Oil Field Near Muskogee Oklahoma
A gusher was struck on the Spaulding farm outside Muskogee, Oklahoma, creating a new oil field in the center of the country. The well capacity is not yet known. March 24.
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Muskogee
Okla
Spaulding
Fatal stabbing in Roanoke leaves man dead
Roanoke March 24 H E Me Namara collided with an unknown Black man who fatally stabbed him and then fled the scene.
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Roanoke
H. E. Me. Namara
Fire Damages City Government Building in Mexico
King Burns reports a blaze that destroyed a city government building in Mexico on March 24. The chamber of deputies calculates losses at 150000 pesos.
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King Burns
Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
Boy’s Suicide Follows Harsh Scolding in Philadelphia
A boy, reportedly scolded by his mother during March, ended his life in Philadelphia. The incident, linked to parental reprimand, underscores concerns about child welfare and emotional distress. Further details were not available in the readable text.
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Philadelphia
March
Fane
Atter Galle
Mrs Sankey Secures Divorce From John Sankey
New York March 24 Mrs Sankey has obtained a divorce from John K Sankey eldest son of the late Ira D Sankey the evangelist famous for Moody tours. Mrs Sankey alleged misconduct Mr Sankey denied the charges.
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Sankey
New York
European conference in principle agreed for next year
Constantinople dispatch reports that a European conference is absolutely agreed upon with the program the date and place to be settled next year.
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Constantinople
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Com
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Keople
Road, Jr
Emmel & Maloney
Ella McNerney
Ella
Cent Store
Sand
Lindley
YO Darinre
ED Valley & Glo
Acthan Confam
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AL BR
First National Bank
Merg
S. Higgs
Bradford, Alabama
Sanders Bros
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Learfist
Hensarling Bros
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