Foreign trade of the United States to rise next year
James A Farrell of United States Steel told the National Foreign Trade convention that 1924 foreign trade reached record volume with exports and imports near 9.3 million tons and value over 8.2 billion dollars. He cited rapid growth since 1913 and said production capacity, lower costs, and strong home markets enable continued overseas sales, though fluctuations will occur. Europe remains a major buyer, and recovery in Europe, especially Italy France Belgium and Germany, supports improved trade outlook amid unemployment concerns in Britain.
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United States
Parrell
Farrel
Hixartea
Europe
Muroye
Great Britain
Italy
France
Belgium
Germany
Furrest
Alleged service station thieves enter guilt plea
Pleas of guilty were entered yesterday morning in municipal court by Till Lovett Oliver Moore and Horace Johnson charged with several gasoline station robberies. Lovett and Moore held to grand jury under 10000 dollar bonds Johnson bond set at 2600 dollars. Confessed robberies include Midland Oil and Gas station 2001 Charleston street and three other stations on Pure Oil Coral Creek, Ol Services on Ohio avenue and Virginia street, and Ohio and West Virginia on Maryland avenue and Charleston Street with amounts noted.
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Lovett
Oliver Moore
Horace Johnson
Moore
Johnson
Uth
Midland OM and Gas Company
Chartestan Street
Sugarak
Guver Alcore
Pure Ol Company
Aréag
Bee Street
Tone Pany
Ohio Avenue
Virginia
Treet
Ohio and
West Virginia
Maryland Avenue
Charleston Street
Would Pay for Lunch He Stole in 1885
W Stans Hill postmaster of Williamsport receives a letter from a California resident offering restitution for a basket of edibles stolen in Williamsport in August 1887. The writer says he joined the Salvation Army and wants to square the debt with the owner, though the lost lunch basket remains unidentified. Also notes Brazil power shortages shut plants and disrupted streetcar and elevator service, causing job losses.
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Williamsport
Statuary Hall Rich in Memories at Capitol Building
Historic Statuary Hall in the Capitol is praised for its rich associations. Depictions recall Lincoln, Adams, Clay, Marshall, Madison, Monroe, and Adams. notable events include Lafayette’s visit and the oath of office to Madison. The room’s history extends to religious services and state statues honoring Civil and military figures across twenty nine states.
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Statuary Hall
Capitol
America
Gilbert’ Graavenor
Tha
National Geographic Society
Heil & Chamber of Artistic
Harvard
House of Representatives
Hora Lincoln
John Guiney Adams
Horace Greeley
Andrew Tohngon
Henry Clay
Lafayette
John Marshall
Madison
Monroe
House
John Quincy Ams
Andrew Jackson
Price
Navy Row
Dickens
Congress
Washington
John Ran
Georgeown
Edward
Lincoln
Rhodes Island
Roger Wiliams
Direene
Pennsylvania
Muhlenberg
Robert Fulton
Florida
Tok Garrie
Incomplete List of State Representatives from History
A list presents selections of state representatives with many misspellings and OCR errors. Names include Curry Clarke Sherman Jase Gorrie Smith Shoup Thiness Morian Harlan Kirkwood Glick Ingalls King Carroll Hanson Adams Winthrop Chandler Wallace Morian Benton Stark Webster Stoecklein Stoecktein Rockwell Calhoun Austin Houston Allen Collamer Washington Lee Kenna Pierpont Marquetté.
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Alabama
J. L. M. Curry
Arkansas
James P. Clarke
Uriah M. Jase
Connecticut
Hoger Sherman
Jonathan ‘Jusppull
Ilarida
Iona Gorrie
Kirby Smith
Idaho
George L. Shoup
Thiness
James Shielde
Frances B. Wizard
Indiana
Lew Wallace
Oliver P. Morian
Iowa
James Harlan
I. Kirkwood
Kansas
George W. Glick
John J. Ingalls
Maine
William King
Maryland
Charlee Carroll
John Hanson
Massachusetts
Samuel Adams
Jota Winthrop
Michigan
Lewis Casa
Zachariah Chandler
Minnesota
Henry M. Rice
Missouri
Thomas H. Benton
Francis P. Blait
New Hampshire
Doin Stark
Danial Webster
New Jersey
Richard B Stoecktein
Philip Kearny
New York
Robert
Ingston
George Clinton
North Carolina
Zebulon B. Vance
Onis
James A. Garffeld
Willam Allen
Oklahoma
Sequoyah
Pennsylvania
J. B. Muhlenberg
Robert Fulton
Rhode Iskind
Nathaniel Greena
Roger Wiliams
South Carolina
John A. Calhoun
Texas
Stephen 3. Austin
Samuel Houston
Vermont
Bhthan Allen
Jacob
Plymouth Oil Firm Declares Dividend
Plymouth Gl company, largely held by Charleston interests, declared a regular 3 4 percent dividend at a Pittsburgh board meeting. No cash dividend. 25 cents per share on common stock record July 15. First dividend paid July 31. Walter S. Hallanan presid es, with Henry B. Davenport and others as stockholders. Directors discussed Texas acreage development and bright company prospects.
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Plymouth Gl Company
Charleston
Pittsburgh
Walter S. Hallanan
Henry B. Davenport
H. M. Bertolet
Henry Pry
Job EB
Chaver
E.G. Dawley
Texas
Poola Uger
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Steel Corporation
Elgin
Mary Harrie
Bunderland
Hug
Hyelyn Carey
Penman
Harold Wursthorn
West New York
N. 1
H. D. Porter & Co
Kanawha Nat'l Bank
Dupont
Arter Paint .& Glass 5 CO
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Planta and
Decrran
Capitol Building
Woodstock
Electrite
Office Equipment Company
Quarrier St
Plymouth Oil Firm
Greenbrier College For Women
Lewisburg, West Virginia
Carnegie Hall
TE Greenbrier College For Women
Greenbrier College
Lewisburg
Chamber of Commerce
du Pont Powder Company
Puffer
Lazote
Wilmington
Delaware
8. P. Puffer
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Charleston, W. Va
Mr. Puffer
Singer
Samuel K. Varnes
Devan & Company
Union Trust Building
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