Idle workers and vacancies prompt Erie chamber call for public works
In Philadelphia nearly half of textile workers and about 30 000 metal workers are idle. Sheriffs report many home buyers cannot meet payments and vacancy numbers create an unhealthy condition. The Erie Chamber of Commerce says over 5 percent of homes and apartments are vacant and officials are urged to launch public works to provide temporary jobs.
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Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce of
Erie
Colored Agents Wanted for Fraternal Insurance Society
Recruitment notice for Colored agents to organize lodges of an established fraternal insurance society. Offers sick and death benefits with a cash reserve exceeding $600,900. Agents reportedly earn substantial income. Address The American Workmen 716 11th St NW Washington DC.
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The
11Th St
N. W
Washington, D C
Dad as boyhood ideal in a school survey
A New Jersey City survey of 628 school boys finds over half name Lindbergh as their role model while two vote for Henry Ford and President Coolidge. two votes go to Dad. The piece discusses fatherly influence, moral example, and the potential of a Henry Ford flying car after four to five years.
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New Jersey City
Lindbergh
Henry Ford
Coolidge
Edison
Dad
Dominick position on Prohibition Act outlined
Columbia columnist outlines Congressman Fred H. Dominick’s long standing stance on the Volstead Act and Prohibition. The piece notes his anti eighteenth amendment vote, support for enforcement measures, seven years on the judiciary committee, and correspondence praising him from anti saloon league figures while denying any repeal tilt.
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John K. Aull
News and Courier
Charleston
Fred H. Dominick
Third
House of Representatives
United States
Dominick
Mr. Dominick
Congress
Dr. Gardner
Greenwood Journal
Vinson
South Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Wilson
Judiciary
National House of Representatives
Fie Pears
Lick
Watkins
Department of Justice
Willebrandt
Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Urprusa
Supreme Court
Dominick W
Wreed Watt
D W Robinson
Schumpeter predicts synthetic gold near certainty
In a lecture at Columbia University the economist Schumpeter warned that synthetic gold could soon become common. If realized, gold would lose value and no longer serve effectively as money.
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Institute of Arts and Science
Columbia University
Schumpeter
Tax Notice of Aiken County 1927 Tax Levy and Dates
Aiken County South Carolina treasurer announces 1927 tax levy for state school county and hospital purposes. Taxes due by December 31 1927 with penalties rising monthly through March 1 1928. Tax books open October 15 1927 and close March 15 1928 with office hours 9 to 1 and 2 to 5 daily. TOM WILLIAMSON Clerk J D Woodward Treasurer.
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Aiken County
C. Aiken
S. C
Neval Assembly
Court House
Sca
Midskeedaeensibeninn Tae County Board Fund
Ecneiskenieg
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Henry J. Godin
Optometrist
Broad Street
Augusta, Ga
J. H. Johnson, A. I. A
Aiken
Bank of Western
Carolina Building
Prohibition
Columbia
Newberry
Tite Peppe Ale
Great Britain
Tom Williamson
S. Taror
J.D. Woodward
Mils
Aiken City
Rocky Spring
Bethear
New Holland
Sleepy Hollow
Bloomingdales Burcalo
Hammond i
Mt. Calvery Chincapin
Mt. Ebal
Neeston Tabernac
Me‘fier
Oakgrove Hopewell
Perry Hammond
Pine Forest
Round Top Rocky Syru
Wimm Salley Rocky Gr
Shult
Belvedere Windsor
Shaws Fork Aiken Si
Shiloh
Marsuella Ward
Dae
Jackson of
Iver Sleep
Moss Rocks Tyrim Te Smythe Spring Branch Windsor
Taberna Kitchings Mill
Sleeny Shaw Talatha Hammond
Millbrooket
Treadway
Farmers & Merchants Bank
William Schweigert & Co. Jewelers
New York
Tiffany's
Augusta
Georgia
William Schweigert & CO
Land of Evangeline
Maritime Provinces of
Canada
I. V. Wood, Inc
69Th Arcade
R.S. Brown
Dist. P. A
W.E. McGee
Div
P. A. Columbia
Southern Railway System
Chrysler
Ulster
Detroit
C. B. Woolsey
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