Girl Drives President Thomas’s Engine on 200 Mile Run
In Cartersville Georgia on May 18 a 14 year old, Miss Thomas, daughter of President John Thomas, took sole charge of the brass bound engine Tennessee pulling the Nashville railroad special train. Crowds along the route watched a girl at the throttle as the train paused at the station. The locomotive, once driven by President Thomas in his engineer days, remains among the smallest in regular use.
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Associated Press
Cartersville
Tennessee
John Thomas
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad
Thomas
Capitol Syndicate Ranch Again Involved In Suit
In Chicago on May 18 the widow of Amos Babcock sued John V Farwell Jr and heirs. The suit alleges the Farwell syndicate earned large profits from Texas capitol land and cattle deals under a contract with Farwell interests. The case seeks from 1 million to possibly 2 million plus bonuses and notes 1,000,000 cattle on the ranch.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Texas State Capitol
Austin
United States
Charles B. Farwell
Illinois
John V. Farwell
Abner Taylor
Col
Amos C. Babcock
Texas Capitol
Texas
Farwell
Cannot Secure Pastors Amid Low Congregational Salaries
Lockport New York May 18 The New York State Congregationalists meeting here blame meagre salaries for 100 vacant pastorates with average yearly pay only 500 dollars. High living costs hinder even bachelors. Some churches rejected candidates over minor faults like leg crossing hair style or self satisfaction in center aisle.
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Associated Press
Lockport
N. Y
New York
Railroad Time Table Highlights From Major Lines
The page lists train arrivals and departures across lines including Union Station, G., H. & S. A., and Santa Fe. Notable services include No. 4 from the north at 1:55 pm, No. 6 from the north at 6:45 am, and No. 9 local from Palestine at 10:45 pm. Other entries cover Houston routes, Kerrville service, and El Paso connections with multiple West and East bound trains.
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Palestine
Laredo
Union Station
Houston
Galveston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Ics
Concesae Samemee
Waco
Austin
Dallas, Ft. Worth
Houston and
Galventon
Mail and Express
Corbe
Corse
Kerrville
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Victoria
Cuero
Sean” Euler
Santa Fe
Probe of New York public schools under Harvard professor
A broad investigation of New York City public schools will be led by Dr. Paul H. Hamus of Harvard, appointed by the board of estimate. A national staff begins June 21 to study per capita costs, with high schools at 85.07, teachers' training at 90.39, and grammar grades at 32.80 for teaching and supplies.
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Associated Press
New York
Paul H. Hamus
Harvard
New York official Soper sends telegraphed streets talk
Geo. A. Soper of New York, president of the sewer age commission, was to read a paper on clean streets at the New England street conference in Springfield. Detained last minute, he telegraphed an abstract read at the session: Experience teaches for clean streets. We must organize, systematize, deputize, supervise, economize and philosophize.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Mass
Geo. A. Soper
New York
New England Street Conference
Soper
New York Sewerage Commission
French Sign Replaces Post Office at Vercheres Village
A Vercheres dispatch reports a unique event as French-Canadian villagers under a priest's guidance replace the English Post office sign with a French Bureau de Poste sign. Citizens sang patriotic songs and heard the parish priest advocate for the French language in a historic demonstrations.
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Associated Press
New York
Vercheres
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Bureau de Poste
Forgot to Kiss Wife Arrests Husband for Cruelty
In Atlanta on May 18, Mr. and Mrs. T. K. White testified that he left home without a goodbye kiss, prompting her to have him arrested for mistreatment. Judge Orr dismissed the case after a heart to heart talk on matrimonial happiness.
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Atlanta
T. K. White
White
Orr
No Vote No Tax Leader Refuses Property Schedule
Miss Bell Squir of Chicago declares she will again refuse to file a personal property tax schedule in protest against taxation without voting rights. She denounces being labeled as criminal or incompetent and asserts her rational opposition to helping finance a government she feels humiliates her.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Miss Bell Squir
Miss Squir
Board of Assessors
Do You Have the Right Kind of Help
Foley Kidney Pills offer relief for back ache nervousness and kidney bladder ailments. Call 1355-blue for antiseptic laundry and related assistance.
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Foley
Countess Szechenyi Pays to Keep Trams Away
In Budapest the former Miss Gladys Vanderbilt the Countess Szechenyi signed a contract with the city to pay 50 000 to keep a proposed tram line from her neighborhood. She threatened to leave if plans proceeded and Budapest redirected the route to avoid the area.
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New York
Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Budapest
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