Plan to Burn Ships $206 960 060 Bonfire
The world’s most expensive bonfire will light the Potomac below Washington as 200 ship hulks are burned near Mallows Bay. Work begins soon under Army Engineers approval to set groundings as a levee and net barriers to keep debris from the channel.
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Potomac River
Washington
Shipping Board
Mallows Bay
Quantico
James River
Aban
War Department
California crops show strong gains and expanding trade
The article notes egg station receipts near fifty five thousand annually with shipments by rail and truck, county and city projects for roads and bridges, and a push to double cannery facilities as California’s 1925 fruit and vegetable crops promise a record cash flow. It highlights Horticultural output including peaches pears plums apricots and grapes, rising canneries, and Sacramento industrial growth. It also mentions legal actions on firearms and a bridge project across the American river with a 1.1 million cost split between city and county.
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Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Sacramento County
Capital City
American River
Sacramento
Philip J. Deion
America
Father Delon
State Supreme Court
J. J. Henderson
Superior Court
Supreme Court
California
Edward Chambers
Chicago
Santa We Railroad
Bates Packing Company
Pacific Fruit Exchange
Novato
Chamber of Commerce
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Fleishhacker Corporation
Victorville
Mojave
First National Bank
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Chevrolet Motor Company
Chevrolet
F.O.B
Flint
Michigan
Bauer * Slaton
Barstow, California
Feather River
State Highway Commission
Quincy
Oroville
Buck's Ranch
Los Angeles County
Hollyvwood
Lodi
Salem Grammar School
Dave Kettleman
Kettleman
S. P. Crace
Los Angeles
de Lautour
Barstow
Pasadena
South
Judd Ave
Colorado
Billy Anderson
Anderson
Bakersfield
Packard
Randsburg
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