Freight Congestion Forces Conference on Embargoes
Florida officials awaited a conference between rail executives and the interstate commerce commission as congestion worsened. Railroads and postal services boosted crews and used all means to move goods including fruit shipments. the Southeastern Express Company warned of embargo risks and Tampa faced relief measures with double tracking planned to aid freight movement.
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Fla
Florida
Interstate Comp Commission
Lake City
Southeastern Express
American Railway Express
West Coast
Hoskins
Tampa Board of ‘Trade Gros
Vonendey
American Ace Express
Miami
Points North
Seaboard
Brooksville
Waldo Tampa
Ely
Tampa
East Coast Citiens
Atlantic
Mitchell sentence backed up in house
In Washington Ded 23 The coat tried and sentenced William Mitchell for his criti the government all services died in the house today by mative Wainwright of New York a Republican assistant of war
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Washington
William Mitchell
Mative Wainwright
New York
Smokers Pay Billions for Tobacco in 1925
Washington records show smokers in the United States spent about 1.624 billion dollars on tobacco products in 1925. Cigarette consumption reached about 80.9 billion sticks, with women driving a large share of cigarette use. Government tax receipts from tobacco rose, signaling a year of growing prosperity and higher taxes on cigars and other tobaccos.
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Washington
Nicotine
United States
Treasury
Thomas, R. Marshall
Goovernment
Flashy life bits and oddities from across the globe
A collection of brief items: Frieda Hempel criticizes women smoking while touring Europe. Attlesboro reports a year without major crimes or fatal car accidents. Nicky Arnstein faced hard labor in Leavenworth per Warden Biddle. Moscow notes Americans buying over half Russia's fur trade. Dresden dates Rubens painting to former King August. Espinho records a shipwreck near shore caused by a gale. Kansas City cites $9 million spent to destroy chemicals for synthetic rubber. Fort Madison notes Mayor Tower’s fining for traffic offenses. Savannah item hints at a marriage related scene with a bath reference.
Murphy College President Dies in Brooklyn
The Rev. Dr. Elwell Alexander Bishop longtime president of Murphy College Tennessee died after a brief illness in Brooklyn at Methodist Episcopal Hospital. He was visiting New York for work ten days before his passing. He had led Murphy College since 1912.
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New York
Elwell Alexander Bishop
Murphy College
Vierville
Crisis Looms in Battle at Mukden
Dispatches from Mukden report Chang Tso Lin retreating toward the city as General Kuo Sung Ling pursues. Japanese forces guard the six mile zone around Mukden and plan to disarm retreating troops while awaiting a stable government. A separate Tokio dispatch says Chang’s army is in full retreat toward Mukden with Kuo close behind.
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Foreign Office
Tre
Kuo Sung-Ling
Sores Maries Chang Tso- Lin
Sandbovia
Eatler
Liao River
Mukden
Kokusai News Agen
Chang
Kuo
Six Mile
London
Chang Tso-Lin
Loan Sought to Shield Markets in Brazil
Sao Paulo leader Joao Faria says a government bill proposes securing a loan to protect coffee markets. The funds would be placed in London as Hoover opposes New York bankers funding Brazilian state loans. The bill, introduced by the government majority, follows a push to valorize coffee prices.
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Bro Janeiro
Brazil
Bao
Aize
Joao Faria
Sao Paulo
London
Ceery
Faria
Hoover
Acan
New York
Memphian Killed in Auto Accident Near Memphis
Memphis Tenn Dec 23 One dead one with a broken back a son Raymond 22 and daughter Elizabeth 14 injured two others. A Nashville Chattanooga St Louis passenger train wrecked the auto near Avlin station on Poplar Pike. Train crew and passengers removed the injured from the wreckage. The car was demolished.
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Memphis
Tenn
W. White
Raymond
Elizabeth
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Ecules
How Doctors Treat Colds and the Flu
Doctors and druggists now recommend Calotabs for colds grippe influenza sore throat or tonsillitis. Take one or two Calotabs with water. no salts or nausea. Next morning the cold vanishes the system is purified and appetite returns. Family size with full directions only cents at any drug store.
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