Eastern roads retrench thousands as layoffs hit rail lines
New York March 17 adverse state legislation and business constriction force major eastern railroads to lay off thousands, cut passenger and freight trains, and reduce maintenance. Pennsylvania reports 15,000 laid off since late 1918 with 40,000 more on part time, while New York Central, New Haven and Hartford, Jersey Central, Lehigh Valley, and others trim services and defer improvements amid wage and fare-law costs.
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Society Notes Highlight Prospect Area Clubs
Mrs. Floyd Thompson hosted a Franklin Street gathering with most members present and visiting guests from Walier Montana. Embroidery and luncheon followed at Prospect as several clubs report routine meetings with hostesses named and upcoming entertainments.
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Franklin Street
Louis Brown
Stephen Brown
John B&chler
J. N. Starbuck
Walier
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Ned Brown
C. W. Witter
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Bracthay Seeks Aviation Trophy in Transcontinental Race
New York March 27 Bracthay plans for international aviation glory after returning from the Pacific coast where he demonstrated loops. He sails to Europe aboard Carmania to contest the Coupe International d Aviation in France next fall. Bracthay aims to race machines of variable speed and may install a 200 horsepower Gnoma rotary in his tractor biplane with backing from a Pacific coast syndicate.
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Kidnapper sought after Michigan girl snatched on train
Monroe Michigan police and sheriff hunt a woman who attempted to kidnap Francesca Castelli aged 10 on a Wednesday evening. The mother Mrs Tony Castelli chased the man onto a moving freight car and the child was released as mother and daughter escaped unharmed. A prior note demanded $100.
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State Board Accepts Work Of Local Firm
Stanley Moore of Black Hawk Construction returned home from Davenport after meeting the state board of control. The board accepted two buildings funded by the Davenport orphans home, a hospital and a school, built by the local firm at a total cost of $60,000.
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Architects to work with committee for Waterloo building
Plans for the Waterloo building at the Panama Pacific exposition will not be drawn until the site is chosen. Clinton P. Shockley and Mortimer B. Cleveland will be the official architects. They have prepared preliminary sketches and will send one draughtsman to San Francisco to study the site and atmosphere. Upon return they will compare notes. Final plans won’t start for about two weeks then will be rushed. Bourbon prince dies in Switzerland.
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Mortimer B. Cleveland
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Silk Special on a Fast Schedule
A Japan Silk Special of seven baggage cars with valuable silks passed Waterloo late last night on the Illinois Central route. The train, valued in the thousands, is making a rapid cross continental run from San Francisco to New York with brief terminal stops for crew and engine changes. Railroads Union Pacific, Illinois Central and eastern lines race to shave time. railroad men watch the cross country trip closely.
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Duel ends famous Trench Noble Line
St. Petersburg March 2 A duel in Stavropol, southern Russia, kills Count de Toulouse Lautrec aged 27 after a quarrel with officer Dgafarof of the Ossetyn cavalry. The count, married to Baroness Hueningen, leaves no heirs, ending the French line. Details to follow from Stavropol. meanwhile the affair dampens talk of military quarrels. Japan Knitwear factories employ many workers but lack modern machinery.
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Y W C A Moves Into New Home
The Young Woman's Christian Association will open its new quarters in the Woods building on Fourth street east tomorrow. The expanded dining room will seat many, with a larger cafeteria open in the afternoon and evening. The convenient location near the depot and shopping area should attract residents and visitors, with rest rooms and reading rooms added for shoppers and passersby.
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Young Woman's Christian Association
Woods
Fourth Street
Ames Glee Club Plans Free Iowa State Concert Here
Arrangements finalize for the Iowa State College Glee Club to sing at Grace Methodist Church next Sunday evening. The free concert, part of a spring tour, features twenty four members plus a cellist, reader, and director. The pastor will offer brief remarks between musical selections as the club, reputed the best yet, draws an expected large audience.
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