L and N Emloyees Magazine details rail profits and safety record
The L and N Employes Magazine for June reviews railroad revenue use, noting 151 days cover expenses, with 24 for fuel and 69 for materials. It highlights safety spending of 323.7 million over eight years, with 22.3 million for automatic train control. It lists pensioned staff and documents the dedication of the L and N Golf Club of Louisville on Detoration Day.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisville& Nashville Railroad
George W. Conway
Louisville
South Louisville
Samuel G. White
Hostler
Cartersville
C. H. West
Latonia
T. M. Burton
Crossing Watchman
Manother
L. & N. Golf.club
L. & N. Golf Club
Kentucky
L. & N. Railroad
Mapother
Castleberry Strawberry Hub With 400 Residents
Castleberry Alabama a town of 400 on the Louisville and Nashville line midway between Montgomery and Mobile ranks as a major strawberry shipping center. In 1928 farmers dedicated 4000 acres to berries and during the six week shipping season 500 carloads were sent to the Epicurean palates of America.
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Castleberry
Ala
Louisville & Nashville
Montgomery
Mobile
Cas
L and N Railroad Survey Shows 1741 Enrolled as Active Students
A survey by the L and N railroad found 1741 employees enrolled as active students with International Correspondence Schools and enrollments rising by 125 monthly. Resident instruction classes for apprentice mechanics operate at main shops with weekly two hour sessions during working hours.
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L. & N. Railroad
Open Air Concert By Athens Band
Limestone County Concert band plans first summer open air concert next Tuesday evening on the east steps of the courthouse in Athens Alabama. Prof R B Goodin of the University of Alabama Million Dollar Band will direct the 30 piece group with more concerts to follow throughout the season.
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Athens
Ala
Limestone County
Court House
R. 8. Goodin
University of Alabama
Farm Notes from Birmingham on June Agriculture Fields
Birmingham June 11 AP The farm production outlook is improving after a backward spell with many crops still behind schedule. Corn shows good stands, cotton is spotty, haying begins this month, and clover alfalfa suffer winter damage. Wheat harvest starts, hog prices ease, and southern crops overall are late but advancing. Autaugaville expands Duroc hog shipments. Fertilizer sales hit a record $3,250,000 with a $125,000 patronage dividend.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ae Son
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Plans For Building 40 Worker Homes In Athens
At a chamber meeting in Athens on June 11 a committee was named to solicit funds and organize a company to build 40 houses at about 1000 dollars each. The project aims to expand the Volunteer Knitting mill and add a 50000 dollar mill addition. The mill owner pledges to double payroll and guarantee reasonable local rents for the homes.
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Athens
Ala
Chamber of Commerce
Delegate Story Attends Mobile Vet Convention
Claud E. Story, delegate from the local post of the Spanish American War veterans, traveled to Mobile for a two day convention of the organization. The meeting was set to conclude today.
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Claud E. Story
Mobile
J C Directors Gather Tonight
Directors of Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce meet at Junior Hall in regular session to discuss routine matters and focus on industrial development the group has pursued for months.
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Decature Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kicked By Mule Breaks A Finger
Charlie Hardy of Somerville route 1 suffered a broken finger and chest impact from a mule kick. Doctors say the injury is not serious despite the severity of pain.
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Charlie Hardy
Somerville
Route 1
Hardy
President Coolidge to Vacation at Cedar Island Lodge in Wisconsin
The article notes President Coolidge will spend a modern rustic summer in northern Wisconsin along the Brule River. He selects Cedar Island Lodge linked to Ming the principal lodge by a rustic bridge. The estate faces the river with rustic exterior and modern interior amenities highlighted.
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Coolidge
Brule River
Wisconsin
Cedar Island Lodge
da Clay Pierce
Duluth
Ming
Dinternational Illustrated
Newareei
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Ellenen Notes
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
LaSalle Extension University of Chicago
W. Daugherty
Anniston
Near
S. L. Bright
Magazine St
Corbin
Lee Tolbert
Avenue D
G. B. McArthur
Pensacola
Fla
Henry Klein Palmer
Albany
E. Moutoln St
Grove’s
Southern’ Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
General Nobile
Citta di Milano
Kasia
Arctic
Sone
Pole
Duroc
Autaugaville
Autauga County
Danville
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O’neal
Farm Bureau
United States
Great Britain
Story
J. C
One-Four-O Tire Company
Fender
Goodyear
Agency For Houdaille
Decatur
Hartselle
P. O
Sheffield
Aniston
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