Tax Assessors Announce County Valuation Rise in Lawrence
Lawrence reports total taxable property valued at 107,614,765 up about 33 million from last year. The Pain Company leads corporation taxes at 391,717, American Woolen Company follows with 838,228. Heaviest individual tax falls to Arthur Sweeney and Franz Schneider Jr. trustees at 18,148, Currie E B Meigs of Lowell at 18,882. There are 19,004 taxable polls.
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Lawrence
American Woolen Company
Arthur Sweeney
Franz Schneider, Jr
Currie EB. Meigs
Lowell
Lecturer Urges Privacy of Home for Social Workers
Mrs Eva Whiting White Bryn Mawr College lecturer urged students at Boston University College of Liberal Arts to respect home privacy. She said no worker should enter a home without invitation, stressing boundaries for social workers in practice.
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Eva Whiting White
Bryn Mawr ‘College
Boston University College of Liberal Arts
Turkey bids for city inmates revealed hours after bids
City Purchasing Agent Cronin reported bids for turkeys for inmates across institutions. Western Tom turkeys led at 34 to 58 cents per pound with a low bid 0.082 cents cheaper than other offers pending inspectors’ quality checks. About 1835 pounds in 12 to 15 pound birds will supply City Hospital Consumptives Home Long Island Deer Island and related facilities, plus 80 pounds of chicken.
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Cronin
City Hopital
Long Island
Robbers Steal $10,000 in Goods from Baroness D Etredliis
In Tong Beach New York on December 21 robbers looted the summer residence of Baroness Jeanne D Etredliis taking tapestries and other valuables valued at $10,000. The baroness is reported to be in Paris.
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Tong Beach
N.Y
Dea
Jeanne D'Etredliis
Paria
Persistency Wins on First Pension Check
Persistency finally overcame delays to secure the first pension payment covering a period yet to be detailed. The outcome signals progress in meeting retirees’ financial timelines and supports ongoing advocacy for timely benefits.
Chinese Chow Dogs Guard Auto In Mrs Means Photo
Mrs. Ma mie Means of 80 Columbus Avenue owns ebout & Chows and in a pictured scene with War Hang and Chow Mein explains their one man trait. War Hang is noted as a premier sire and the dogs are praised as vigilant guardians of automobiles and homes.
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Mamie Means
Columbus Avenue
Ebout & Chows
Pres
Wat Hang
Bureau Engraving Prints Nearly Twenty Three Billion in FY End
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produced about 23 billion dollars in liberty loan bonds stamps gold notes and other currency certificates in the fiscal year ending June 9. Liberty loan engraving largely concluded with the April completion of the fourth permanent coupon bonds.
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Bureau of Engraving
Washington
Liberty Loan
Internal Revenue
United States
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Free Training for Cripples Aids State Widens Vocational Education
Ernest Hanson and J. S. Dodge of the Boston Blind and Cripples' Union announced that Blinded and crippled residents may obtain state funded vocational training. The state now spends $20,000 on such education, available at the State House through the bureau of vocational training for civilian cripples in the Department of Education.
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Ernest Hanson
J. S. Dodge
Boston Blind and Cripples’ Union
State House
Bureau of Vocational Training
Department of Education
Bill Seeks to Penalize See Blocs in Congress
Washington December 21 A bill by Representative Ansorge Republican New York would forbid formation in Congress of blocks based on pursuits or geographic locations to influence legislation.
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Congress
Washington
Ansorge
New York
Knickers Make Debut at Bradley-Martin Ballroom
New York on December 21 reports that the first knickers of the season appeared at an afternoon tea dance in the Bradley Martin ballroom hosted by the Club de Vingt. The fashion drew mixed attention among guests, with many accepting the option as proper while others, especially hotel veterans, spread gossip late into the evening.
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New York
Frrance
Deb
Bradley-Martin
Club de Vingt
Dansant
Paroles Granted to 14 Prisoners in Christmas Maneuver
Commissioner Thomas C. O'Brien granted paroles to 14 prisoners serving minor offenses at Deer Island and Charles Street jail as a holiday gesture. He recommended to the courts that 15 additional prisoners serving time for more serious offenses be pardoned.
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Thomas C. O’brien
Deer Island
Cherles Street
Proves His Right to Pension After 18 Years
George W. Brown of 2% Broadway has finally received his Civil War pension after 18 years of trying to prove he served in the navy under the alias Frank Dennings. Born in North Berwick Maine he joined at a New York recruiting station by substituting for another man and later learned the true identity he had used.
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Lawrender
United States
Frank Dennings
George W. Brown
Broadway
Brown
New York
North Berwick
Navy
Dennings
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