Class 1 Railroads Earn 4.83 Percent on Property Investment
Washington report shows Class 1 railroads in 1925 earned 4.83 percent on property investments from 237,048 miles. Higher freight volumes and efficiency boosted net operating income despite costs. 1925 gross revenue reached 6.19 billion while expenses were 4.58 billion. taxes totaled 868 million. Fourteen Class 1 roads posted losses, spread across districts.
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Washington
Bureau of Railway Economics
Bureau
Bureau Heads Assailed by Colonel Mitchell
William Mitchell late of the army lashed at War and Navy Department leaders describing them as an oligarchy. He announced his resignation took effect and will travel on a nationwide speaking tour starting February 10 in Carnegie Hall New York City. He will also speak in Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia Detroit and other cities. He expressed high spirits and pride in his service.
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Washington
War
Navy
William Mitchell
Army
Frank R. Reid
Illinois
Mitchell
New York City
Carnegie Hall
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Detroit
Columbus
Dayton
Cincinnati
Chicago
Milwaukee
Burbank Claims He Can Cure by Laying on Hands
Santa Rosa Cal Luther Burbank plant wizard claims power to cure by laying on of hands after to heal in two or three hundred cases. He says the power is not supernatural and will not allow the afflicted to be brought to him due to his busy schedule.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Luther Burbank
Burbank
Burbenk
Amherst College Votes 88 to 12 to Allow Smoking
Amherst Massachusetts college students vote 88 to 12 to permit smoking by female students on campus. The measure changes campus policy amid campus life debates at the historic institution.
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Amherst
Mass
Massachusetts Rar College
Temperance groups clash over Volstead act modification
Washington reports the Treasury Department drafting changes to enforce prohibition amid new conditions. In New York the Church Temperance Society, long a prohibition leader, favors legalizing light wine and beer, citing flaws of Volstead and calls for reform supported by a 20 000 member survey, though some clergy question the poll.
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Washington
Treasury Department
New York
Church Temperance Society of the Episcopal Church
James Empringham
Anti-Saloon League
Empringham
Town Hall
Protestant Episcopal Church
Church Temperance Society
U S Plans to Sue Great Food Trust
Washington reports the Department of Justice will file antitrust suits to block the Ward group from absorbing bakeries and forcing divestitures among Ward Baking Continental Baking and General Baking firms. The FTC already cites the Continental case and investigates Ward Food Products.
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Washington
United States
William B. Ward and Associates
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
Ward Food Products Corporation
Ward
General
Continental
Ward Baking
Ward Group
Continental Baking
General Baking
Continental Baking Corporation
Ward Food Products Productions
Nebraska Items and Events Highlight State News
A roundup of Nebraska happenings includes banks’ January deposits up by 10 million dollars, births of triplets to the Pollards of O Neill, and upcoming conventions in Lincoln and Hastings. Other notes cover dog poisonings, a state basketball tournament in Wayne, a Wayne track meet, and various civic efforts in Wynot Beatrice and Omaha.
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United Press
Nebraska Press Association
Hastings
Chris Long
Palm Beach
Omaha
Fred Lutecavish
Cambridge
Liberty
Daughters of the American Revolution
Nebraska
Fairbury
Wynot
Northeast Nebraska Athletic League
Wayne
M. L. Flack
Nebraska College of Agriculture
State Board of Control
School of Wear At
Nebraska School Funds Apportioned Across Counties
Lincoln reports semi annual apportionment of 457416.24 for Nebraska schools. Douglas County receives the most while Oake and Thomas receive the least. About 76 cents per child across 888,924 pupils. Funds derive 227000 from bond interest, 174000 from land rent, and 42000 from land interest.
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Lincoln
John M. Matzen
Permanent State
Douglas County
Oak Oe
Thomas County
Matzen
First US timber claim certificate sent to governor
J W Carson of Edgar mails the Lincoln A certificate to Governor McMullen. The claim near Beatrice was located two miles west, taken by David D Jones, dated March 1883 and signed by Chester A Arthur and S W Clark from the Beatrice land office. Daniel Freeman of Gage filed the first US homestead. A monument will mark the land now occupied by his widow near Beatrice using a stone from the old state capitol.
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Lincoln
United States
McMullen
J. W. Carson
Edgar
David D. Jones
Chester A. Arthur
S. W. Clark
General Land Office
Beatrice Land Office
Daniel Freeman
Gage County
Beatrice
State Capitol
Nebraska spends about 1.12 million monthly in 1925
The state treasurer reports average monthly expenditures of about 1,120,000 for the executive and judicial agencies, highways, university and normal schools, penal and charitable institutions, capitol construction, and various state activities from July 1 to December 31, 1925.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Muskrat Trapper Parks Sets Seasonal Record in Holt County
Dawson Joe Parke traps 1 024 muskrats in twenty four days along Holt county lakes, selling pelts at 1 25 each for over 50 dollars daily. He trapped 3 000 last winter and predicts stronger results this season.
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Dawson
Joe Parke
Holt County
Jack Rabbits Threaten Farm Areas near Bridgeport
Jack rabbits have become so numerous southeast of Bridgeport that farmers report crop and tree damage. They have drafted a petition to the county commissioners asking for a bounty to kill the pests.
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Bridgeport
Here
Bayard farm yields high beet tonnage record
Bayard resident Peter Neu, living on a Dierk's Brothers farm in Lincoln area, holds the North Platte Valley beet tonnage record with an average of 21.75 tons per acre on 43 acres two miles north of town.
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Bayard
Peter Neu
Dierk’s
No Trace Found of Storm Victims in Snow Storm
Intermittent search continues for J. A. Shea salesman and Jiladys Dunlap who disappeared after their stalled automobile was left in a snow bank near here during a December blizzard.
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Bayard
J. 8
Shea
Jiladys Dunlap
Here
Nebraska hog buyer ships west for premium California price
Bridgeport D A Sharp, western Nebraska hog buyer, reports purchasing hogs worth $10 000 in the region over the past weeks. He ships the Nebraska stock to California where he says they fetch a premium price.
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Nebraska
Bridgeport
D. A. Sharp
California
Fremont Elks Buy Bonds for New Home
The Fremont Elks raise 15000 dollars in bonds as the group moves to build a 50000 dollar lodge on a newly purchased lot. The site is fully paid for.
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Fremont
Elks
Old Landmark Again in Use
The basement and first story of the old University hall are back in use, remaining portions of a veteran building long noted in the area.
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Lincoln
University Hall
Unusual White Corn Crib in Red Willow County
Otto Pucels of Danbury stores 6000 bushels of white corn, an immense crib noted as perhaps the most unusual sight in Red Willow county.
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McCook
Red Willow County
Otto Pucels
Danbury
Senate Edge Tax Bill Near Passage With Night Sessions
Washington reports indicate the senate will pass the tax reduction bill by week’s end and send it to conference with the house before presidential signature. Debate on income tax publicity and inheritance tax provisions heats up as amendments face votes amid likely conference agreement on house reductions.
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Washington
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
George Washington
Senate
House
Smoot
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Norris
Nebraska
Keller
Tennessee
Many Prelates Plan to Attend Holy Congress
Chicago prepares for the twenty eighth International Eucharistic Congress with about 1,000,000 pilgrims expected. Delegates include Very Rev James Kuklinski C R Warsaw Archbishop Edward Ropp Warsaw Archbishop Joseph Teodorowicz Lemberg bishops of Siedlce and Kauxice six monsignors and Warsaw pastors. Delegates from sixty Spanish dioceses will attend and a party of 300 Belgians is noted.
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Chicago
North
Cass Street
James Kuklinski
C. R
Warsaw
Poland
Edward Ropp
Joseph Teodorowicz
Lemberg
Siedlce
East's Death List 33 in Worst Storm of Years
The region from Georgia to New England endures a brutal winter storm with a death toll of 33 and extensive property damage. New York City faces about 2.2 million dollars in street clearance costs, while many areas remain snowbound for days. Boston reports five deaths, and eight died in a New Britain Connecticut building collapse, with further storm fatalities elsewhere.
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East
New York
Gale
Georgia
New England
New York City
Boston
New Britain
Conn
Jury Spares Colored Man's Life in Southern Trial
In Coushatta Louisiana a confessed slayer of white planter John S Glover avoids the gallows as state troopers guard the court. Joseph Hardy 20 a colored farmhand isConvicted of second degree murder and given life imprisonment which equals fifteen years in Louisiana.
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Coushatta
Joseph Hardy
John S. Glover
Louisiana
Coolidge Hotel to Rise in Chicago With 2000 Rooms
Chicago plans a new 25 story 2,000 room hotel titled the Coolidge to honor the President. The project will cost about 5 million dollars and add a major boost to the city's hotel capacity.
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Chicago
Coolidge
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