Seek Reclamation To Protect Farms in England
London report notes the British Treasury will be asked to fund a multi million reclamation program to drain water logged and flood prone lands. About 2 million acres are unproductive and another 2 million produce half crops, with drains and ditches lacking. Advocates argue jobs, higher yields, and flood prevention. Local authorities have tried drainage schemes on rivers and estuaries in Norfolk and Lincolnshire.
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London
John Bull
Farmera
Norfolk
Lincoln
Ouse
Welland
Nene
Jowlands
England
Preacher Mrs Ann B Pender Urges Drainage Reform
Mrs Ann B Pender, wife of a minister and preacher in Newburg X, argues in her Tinsden sermon for central drainage boards backed by the government to reclaim land. She claims lack of drainage harms farmers and cites Huntingdonshire where village population fell as best land left the field.
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Ann B. Pender
Newburg
Central Drainage Board
Huntingdonshire
Princess Ida Rosa Sulkowska Finds Work as Maid in Vienna
Princess Ida Rosa Sulkowska former daughter of Prince Josef Maria Sulkowska who died in 1920 seeks modest earnings as a general maid in Vienna. Once wealthy, she lived in Vienna and Felstritz with divorces and a failed investment, now relying on a per month wage and board.
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Vienna
Ida Rosa Sulkowska
Josef Maria Sulkowska
Princeas Ived
Sulkowska Theatre
Ida Jaeger
Ida Rosa
Jis
Vienna Palace
Felstritz
Funkota
Alexander Tagany
Bernhard von Schmellow
Pole
Georges van Kunowski
Prncess
Amstellen
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Princess
Gunther
Totten
Asan
Charleston Clearing House Association
Bank of Commerce
Capital City Bank
Charleston National Bank
Charleston Trust Company
Kanawha Banking & Trust Co
Kanawha National Bank
Kanawha City Bank
Kanawha Valley Bank Security Bank & Trust Co
People’s Exchange Bank
Pianos
West Side Music Headquarters
RADIO
Sonora
All Electric
WIRTH
Victor Orthophonic
RCA
Majestic Radio
Majestic
Columbia Kolster
Brunswick
Massey Music CO
G. W. Malinoff
Charleston Street
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