Unknown Action Planned In Telephone Case Still
Judge Bachman defers to City Attorney R. Bandy on appeals while Inter-Mountain Telephone faces a Railroad and Utilities Commission order for free service between Kingsport Bristol and Blountville. The company continues toll charges pending further action and timing details remain unclear.
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Inter-Mountain Telephone Company
Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Kingsport
Bristol
Blountville
Albert Parlets
Inter-Mountain Company
E. K. Bachman
Bachman
Parlett
Bandy
Y. R. Bandy
Utilities Commission
Commission
Bundy
Commmisson
Cumberland Telephone Co
Why Emigrants Leave Home in Ambridge Pittsburgh
Immigrants in the Pittsburgh district report rising prosperity and rising expenses. A man who settled in Ambridge says with a year's European savings he could buy basic clothes, while in Ambridge his one week savings outfits him head to toe.
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Pittsburgh
Ambridge
Ohio River
Europe
Gas Industry Grows Fivefold in Workforce and Capital Since 1890
Despite rapid electrical industry progress the gas industry now employs five times as many men and has twenty times the capital compared with 1890, reflecting extensive growth and investment in the sector.
Want Ads Tie Seller and Bargain Seeker Together
The Times highlights its want ads as a connects buyers and sellers, offering a quick way to locate items for sale and reach potential buyers through classified notices.
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Times
Channel Smuggling Revived Along Kent and Sussex Coasts
Smuggling traffic is said to be revived along the Kent and Sussex coasts according to sailors. Ports once known for cross Channel trade in brandy lace and silks attract smugglers again due to lower exchange rates and weaker coast guards aiding profitable illicit routes.
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Kent
Sussex
Quiet London traffic praised for American reader
An American businessman lauds London's quiet efficiency in traffic and courtesy. He notes calm, steady flow at crossings, directive traffic police, polite conductors and staff, and compares favorably with New York for speed without noise. He argues Londoners move quickly yet without hubbub.
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Associated Press
London
America
Newark
W. S. Ashby
Daily Chronicle
New York
Post Office Alert to Protect Public Against Swindlers
Washington reports a government drive to curb mail fraud. Fraud orders remove misleading circulars from lists and hearings may lead to prosecutions. Recent cases target oil stocks Southwest land schemes and fake cures and goods sold by swinders through mail campaigns.
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Post Office
Post Office Department
Washington
United States
National Treasury
Postmaster General New
Gull s Come Back
Kittiwakes have appeared in flocks off Helgoland as migration from northern haunts continues. Authorities urge protection to help re establish breeding sites for the species known for its three toed feet and its use of Helgoland as a hatchery.
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Helgoland
Mills Face Hard Times in Lancashire Cotton Trade
The Associated Press reports dull business in Oldham Lancashire as 74 mills show losses on capital and profit and loss accounts totaling 50 million dollars. Efforts to boost the empire's cotton growing are underway to offset the downturn.
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Oldham
Lancashire
Lancashire Spinning Mills
Tunnels Menace Crews of Trains
Washington reports that tunnel air exposes engine crews to extreme heat up to 136 degrees and carbon monoxide in most tunnel trips. Tests show risk of suffocation or exhaustion within 20 minutes if stalled. Fresh air via train braking system is judged the best mitigation over masks or respirators.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Ex Crown Prince Sues for Return of Lands in Oels
Breslau Oels near Breslau, a 20 000 acre former principality with two castles, is the site of a legal bid by the exiled Crown Prince to reclaim personal property from the Prussian state. The case follows a wartime treaty and a failed approval by the Prussian diet amid broader Reichstag efforts to expropriate Hohenzollern assets.
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Associated Press
Breslau
Oels
Braunschweig
Prussia
Reichstag
Nearing Three Million Dollars Handled by Tennessee Education Dept
The 1922 23 annual report shows total funds of 2 990 872 33 for education in Tennessee. Shelby County received the largest county share, while Van Buren had the smallest. The report details elementary high school vocational and library allocations and special funds dispersed to counties and programs.
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Nashville
Tenn
State Department of Education
P. L. Harned
Hih
State Department
Jeanes
General Education Board
Hamilton
Knox
van Buren County
Shelby
Davidson
van Buren
Hamilton County
Rickett County
Shelby County
Marion County
Beer Production In Germany Declines Sharply
Germany’s beer output fell to 33 million hectoliters last year from 70 million before the war. In 1922 production equaled about 871 million gallons, roughly 15 gallons per person, with brewers blaming public poverty and temperance activity for the drop.
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Associated Press
Munich
Germany
German Republic
Fire Hall Roof Collapse Kills Two Firemen in Brooklyn
New York reports a dramatic blaze at Plaza Hall in Brooklyn last night. The roof collapsed trapping firefighters. initial tallies cited ten dead and forty seven injured, many among the fire crew.
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New York
New Plaza Hall
Brooklyn
Plane test begins to prove transcontinental mail route
Airmail tests start with two mail planes flying coast to coast from California to New York and Hazelhurst field to the Pacific coast. One craft carried 3,400 letters and papers while over 6,000 special delivery items awaited transport though not all could be shipped.
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Hempstead
N. Y
San Francisco
New York
Hazelhurst Field
Pacific Coast
Airplane Mail Service Inaugurated in Frisco
San Francisco launched an air mail run to New York with a plane carrying 64 pounds of first class mail after a 28 hour service start.
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Frisco
San Francisco
New York
Transcontinental planes at Omaha inaugurate pioneer flight
Two aircraft to blaze transcontinental route from New York to San Francisco meeting en route between Omaha and Grand Island. Paul Henderson and officials attend as Omaha hosts night radio guidance from Omaha flying division. Beacons mark five landing fields plus thirty auxiliary points guiding pilots along the 2680 mile corridor.
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Omaha
Grandstand
Paul Henderson
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Iowa City
North Platte
Cheyenne
Bandits Loot Mail Cars on Oklahoma Passenger Train
Masked bandits looted mail and express cars of the Missouri Kansas and Texas train near Okesa Oklahoma, overpowering crew members and fleeing with about twenty registered packages. A sheriff's posse from Osage county pursues the bandits who escaped in motor cars. loot value not estimated.
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Oklahoma City
Okesa
Okla
Osage County
Outlaw Gang Robs OK train in Osage County
Four men led by a suave outlaw robbed the Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train south of Okesa Oklahoma. The mail and express cars were rifled of registered packages. authorities search eastern Osage County for the crew. The veteran ringleader warned against violence and restrained a brutal accomplice.
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Oklahoma City
Okesa
Okla
Osage County
Battleship Seattle Goes Ashore in Dense Fog
The cruiser Seattle flagship of the battleship fleet ran aground in Puget Sound during heavy fog. The vessel is not believed to be in danger but salvage and inspection crews are swift to respond.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
President Coolidge Opts for Reasonable Clemency Stance
Washington report says President Coolidge will adopt a reasonable attitude toward clemency for wartime violators while acknowledging those already imprisoned are receiving just punishment for their crimes.
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Washington
Coolidge
Victors
Thaw Granted Ten Day Visit To Mother Under Guard
Harry K. Thaw, the man who killed Stanford White, has been allowed a ten day visit to his mother Mrs. Mary Thaw at her home near Cresson. The visit, approved by the court, will be supervised to guard his health and ensure security while he remains in the state hospital.
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Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
Sanford White
State Hospital For
Mary Thaw
Cresson
Thaw
Belmont Agrees to Race Papyrus Against American Three Year Old
Ben Irish says August Belmont sent a cable agreeing to a race between Papyrus and the best American three year old but a signed agreement is awaited before plans are finalized.
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London
Ben Irish
Papyrus
Barrett and Company cotton factories liabilities listed
The liabilities of Barrett and Company's defunct cotton factories in Augusta amount to 2 730 000 dollars, with a schedule filed here today detailing the sums owed by the defunct operations.
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Augusta
Barrett and Company
Decline in German brewing tied to education and fashion
Educational work on the evil effects of alcohol is blamed for much of the decline in bear drinking, while beauty standards push women to slenderness and abstemiousness. The 1904 German brewing workforce of 442,000 has fallen to about 100,000.
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Germany
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