Motor buses shake up rail and trolley systems
Rail and electric companies confront the gasoline motor bus as a competitive force. The New York New Haven Hartford line buys 37 buses for Massachusetts Rhode Island routes to offset losses on sparsely used branches and defend franchise rights. Other railroads follow suit in New England to recoup declining service revenue.
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Steam and Electric
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Unitedates
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New England Transportation Company
Connecticut
New England
New England Railroad Company
Scopes Trial and Public Jests Highlighted in Dayton
The Dayton Tenn parcel recaps Scopes trial noise with quips on Bryan, Darrow, weather, and culture. Notes Darwinism debate, capital punishment, and a planet show while mocking civic life and daily woes. A satirical snapshot of 1920s public discourse.
August ripening hints and 1920s snippets
A collage of mid century quips and notes covering August hat ripening, education quirks, summer troubles, advertising optimism, corn crop optimism, prices, politics, sportsmanship, Scopes trial, Latvia debt talk, speed limits, Main street occurrences, and debt discussions. The piece blends social commentary, light humor, and public notices.
Rockefeller Downgrades Homes in Tax Plan Sale
The Rockefeller family explains the sale of estates including Pocantico Hill, Daytona, Lakewood, and a New York mansion to son John D Rockefeller Jr. to avoid heavy inheritance taxes. They deny evading taxes and frame the deal as a profitable, prudent exchange rather than a tax dodge.
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John Dpd. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hillis
Daytona
Florida
Lakewood
N. J
West Fifty-fourth Street
New York
Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Rockefellers
Juvenile Crime Figures Reflect Record Not Degeneracy
The piece argues that juvenile crime may seem worse only because youths are now processed in court. It contrasts past petty theft with modern urban crime and notes crowding heightens impact, while a small town remains full of innocent bystanders.
Chicago bankers offer 2500 reward for dead bank robbers
The Chicago and Cook County Bankers Association posts a five thousand dollar offer that anyone who kills a bank robber earns 2500. They argue killing is preferable to capture and claim the policy speeds justice, contrasting it with New York ideas and legislative life imprisonment.
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Indiana
Chicago
Cook County
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Bobbed hair debate stirs Nebraska school boards
In Nebraska rural districts schools faced a choice to revoke bans on young women with bobbed hair or lose teachers. The issue drew Bryan belt commentary and a St. Louis Post-Dispatch quote praising bobbed haired teachers as progress toward modern schooling and liberty.
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Nebraska
Bryan Belt
The
Coral Gables
Tennessee
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Headlight Etiquette for Safe Driving
The piece urges drivers to dim headlights when meeting oncoming traffic and to avoid overreliance on glass lenses for glare reduction. It warns bright lights pose a danger to others and emphasizes cautious, considerate night driving.
Farm loan offer advertised for Plattsmouth Neb
An advertisement invites readers to secure a farm loan through John M. Leyda at the Gund building in Plattsmouth Nebraska, with contact phones 2 and 91.
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John M. Leyda
Gund Building
Plattsmouth
Neb
Iimwiewd
Postmaster General Warns of Growing Postal Deficit
The Postmaster General predicts a near 340 million dollar deficit for the new fiscal year, up from 24 million last year and about 12 million for 1924. Congress faces hearings in two weeks to study rates, wages, and service as estimates proved unreliable and higher salaries swell overhead while some classes shrink under new rates.
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New
Joint Congressional Commission
Congress
Coolidge
Post Office Department
Mr. New
The Social Yearning and the Klan Park Ban
A young American woman in Paris who sought society dies by her own hand amid broader reflections on ego, society, and ambition. The Independence Kansas mayor blocks a Ku Klux Klan park meeting, questioning the reach of such an organization.
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Paris
Courts of Kings
Independence
Kansas
Bathing Girl Wades In At Times
A lone bathing girl enters the water at a quiet shore, wading through shallow waves as onlookers watch. The scene captures a fleeting moment of seaside leisure.
Guardianship Final Report in Kenny Goodman Case
In Cass county Nebraska the final report of guardian George W Goodman in the Kenny Goodman guardianship is filed. A hearing is set for July 28 1925 at 9 am before County Court. objections must be filed by that time. A. H. Duxbury County Judge seals the notice.
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Cass County
Nebraska
Kenny Goodman
George W. Goodman
A. H. Duxbury
Sheriff Sale in Cass County Nebraska on August 1 1925
The Sheriff of Cass County Nebraska will auction at 10:00 a.m. on August 1 1925 the real estate of Lucius J Buckley and wife in Plattsmouth The property includes Lots 10 11 and 12 in Block 1 of Stadelmans Addition Plattsmouth Cass County The sale occurs at the south front door of the courthouse in Plattsmouth to satisfy a court judgment in favor of David Z Mummert The case is Stewarts sheriff notice filed June 27 1925
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Clarence L. Beal
District Court
Cass County
Nebraska
Plattsmouth
Stadelman
Lucius J. Buckley
Emma Coburn
South Bend
Henry Brown
Tex Sale
Estate of James Williams notices creditors claims
In the County Court Plattsmouth Nebraska the estate of James Williams deceased announces sittings to receive and examine claims on August 8 and November 4 1925 at 9 am. Claims must be presented within three months from August 3 1925 debt payment within one year from August 3 1925. County Judge signs and seals the notice.
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State of
Nebraska
Cass County
James Williams
Plattsmouth
Said
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