Interstance Commerce Commission weighs rail consolidation
The Commission analyzes merging weak and strong railroads to form balanced systems. It notes reluctance from New York Central Pennsylvania Baltimore & Ohio and western lines to adquirir weak routes. Attempts to group weak roads into systems face barriers as strong carriers refuse to absorb nondividend payers and bankrupt lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstateommerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Ommission
New York Central
Pennsylvnia
Baltimore & Ohio
Congress
Isdom
Pennlvania
Missippi River
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Southwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Frisco
Katy
Cotton Belt
Marriage Licenses Listed for Three Couples
Elmer Ernest and Alma Reynolds wed. D R Magerkurth and Susie Guinn listed. William G Smith and Fatine Dowdle also licensed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Ernest
Alma Reynolds
D. R. Magerkurth
Susie Guinn
William G. Smith
Miss Fatine Dowdle
Wasted Rep Judge Question Outsmarted by Ignorant Judge
A courtroom moment shows a prisoner mocked a judge’s reading ability as the prisoner turns to his lawyer. The judge asks the name while the prisoner quips about newspapers and ignorance. The exchange highlights tensions in a courtroom setting.
Grace Coolidge Returns to White House as First Lady
Eighteen years after a Vermont teacher Grace Goodhue toured the White House and admired a gold piano in the East Room. Now Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, she returns as First Lady, illustrating American democracy.
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Vermont
Washington
Grace Goodhue
White House
East Room
Calvin Coolidge
Land
Marshall News
Gold bullion salvaged from Laurentic torpedo loss
More than thirty million dollars in gold bullion has been recovered from the Laurentic wreck. The liner was torpedoed by German forces during the war, and divers have now secured the valuable cargo.
It Is Not Unlawful to Hunt in Home County
County officials report no license is required to hunt in the county of a resident. A letter from Texas Austin confirms the law does not demand a license for hunting within one's home county. However a license is required to hunt outside the county of residence.
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Home County
W. H. Kennedy
Austin
Kennedy
Americans discard four billion soft drink bottles yearly
Each year Americans discard about four billion bottles from roughly ten thousand bottling plants.
Newcastle School Tax Vote Spurs New Eliasville Plant Opening
Among Young County Schools edited by H H Avants reports Newcastle citizens voting to raise the local school tax to eighty cents. Eliasville opens its new school with 180 plus pupils, seven faculty, and a new auditorium as F L Muston leads. South Bend also opens with five teachers and P M Johnston returning as superintendent. The institute in Graham on December 17 will feature Dean J Thomas Davis and six others. Expenditures for the two county institutes total over 400 dollars, with 600 in other years. Certificate exams seek applicants with filings due by the month’s end.
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Eliasville
F. L. Muston
South Bend
P. M. Johnston
Denton
Johnson
Young County
Young and Jack Counties
Teachers’ Institute
Graham
J. Thomas Davis
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Dean Davis
Pearl Chamberlin
John Tarleton
Chamberlin
Earth Caves In on Farm Ground in Hackberry Community
The earth caved in on a spot of W P Garrison's farm in Hackberry last Thursday night. The cavity measures about thirty feet by thirty feet and depth. Garrison must use a ladder or windlass to gather maize from the spot. Similar collapses have occurred in the county, including an 80 ranch natural well and a 1920 Coleyville incident that swallowed a man’s mules and wagon.
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W. P. Garrison
Hackberry
Paducah Post
Colonel Owsley Honored With French Legion of Honor
Colonel Owsley, commander of the American Legion, recently received the Commander of the Legion of Honor of France. In Paris he told the French people that 4,000,000 or more American soldiers were back of France in its demand for reparations and the Ruhr occupation.
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Owsley
American Legion
Legion of Honor of
France
Paris
Ruhr
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Tomers
Stim
Alexander
Stetson
Keith Bros
J. FP. Alexander Company
R. Commission
King Cotton
First National Bank
Graham, Texas
R. Fe, Lynch
Boyd Street
P. K. Deats
Graham Stewart
Active V P
C. C. Bloodworth
Otto Deats
Thos, Tobin
Ass’t
H. B. Street
H. H. Avants
Newcastle
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