Shadow Lawn the Long Branch Summer White House History
Shadow Lawn in Long Branch New Jersey, once built for John A. McCall and later chosen by President Wilson as a summer White House, has a varied history. The estate changed hands multiple times, attracting buyers including Myron H. Oppenheim and Abraham White, with plans for a country club and bungalow colony that did not fully materialize.
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Shadow Lawn
White House
Long Branch
N. J
Shadow
New York Life Insurance Company
Shedow Lawn
America
Henry W Edward Creiger
Abraham White
de Forest Wireless Telegraph Company
White
Tme
Myron H. Oppenheim
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Farm Guide Helps Farmers Distinguish Hard Wheat Varieties
Farmers Bulletin No 680 guides testing to keep seed pure from crosses. It describes durum and common wheat differences in head shape beards and spikelet density. Washington Oct 20 1915 notes 1915 laws harmonizing migratory bird seasons and state limits. also spread of cotton pests and calcium arsenate insecticide formula for fruit trees and other agricultural updates.
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Sam
Durum
Washington, D. C
Farmers
Arkansas
Connecticut
Idaho
Montana
Washington
Maine
Wyoming
Indiana
Michigan
Department of Agriculture
Mountains Removed to Save Panama Canal, Gov Goethals Orders
Panama October 21. Gov Goethals orders removal of two hills named Gold and Contractors from Gaillard Cut to stop slides delaying the canal. Dredges and workers remove earth as slides threaten nearly 200 ships at Balboa and Colon. Experts note Panama mountains are red and yellow clay, prone to slow, base-driven slides.
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United Press
Panama
Canal
Gov. Goethals
Goethals
Gaillard Cut
Culebra Cut
Hills
Balboa
Pacific Terminal
Colon
Atlantic
Two Mountains
Panamanian
Rocky Mountains
Gold Hill
Wholesome Autumn Fun for Children at Home
Simple, safe group activities for evenings include glow pictures made from gum arabic and saltpetre solution and smoke pictures using white card held over a candle. The article warns that older supervision is essential and suggests a prize for best pictures. It also describes making harmless eggs of serpents from potassium compounds, sugar, and nitrate with careful handling and dry storage.
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Dene
Boll Weevil Not Dying Out Warns Agriculture Bureau
The U S Department of Agriculture warns planters in the eastern cotton belt that the boll weevil will not die out soon in any region it has invaded. There is no ground for the impression that the pest is dying in Texas.
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Cotton Belt
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
Marriages Listed For Several States And Towns
A series of couples from Pennsylvania West Virginia New York and Maryland are announced as pairs joining in marriage. Names include Hermann Emlene Berkibile and Al berta Augusta Millard from Johns town Pa and Connellsville. Guiseppe Rinaldi and Annina Ratti from Meyersdale. James Love and Alberta McArthur McFarland from Lonaconing. Walter Clark Tilden and Esther Allen Crump from Frostburg. and others from Cumberland Parsons Laneville Masonville Hartsdale Bedford and more.
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M. Singerly Hay
Myrtle Marian Layman
Connellsville
John Everett Barr
Flossie May Warner
Parsons
W. Va
Frank Joseph Weisenmiller
Margaret May Ackerman
Cumberland
Guiseppe Rinaldi
Annina Ratti
Meyersdale
William Harold Winmagle
Irma Grace Corliss
Altoona
James Love
Alberta McArthur McFarland
Lonaconing
Leon Huber Judy
Laneville
Grace Valentine Marigold
Masonville
James Henry Payne
Carrie Hall
Bedford
Walter Clark Tilden
Hartsdale
N. Y
Esther Allen Crump
Frostburg
Pennsylvania Installs State Highway Patrol Force
A force of 116 patrolmen has gone on duty on Pennsylvania State highways, dedicating full time to the work. Each officer will oversee a defined stretch of road, establishing a comprehensive maintenance system on main routes similar to the French patrol model.
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Pennsylvania
Definite Plans for Annual National Automobile Show
Plans are underway for the Sixteenth National Automobile Show in New York and the Sixteenth National Show in Chicago during January. The New York event runs December 31, 1915 to January 8, 1916 at Grand Central Palace, with Chicago January 22 to 29 at the Coliseum and Armory. The displays will feature passenger cars and a wide accessory division.
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New York
Chicago
Grand Central Palace
Coliseum and Armory
Property Transfers in Cumberland Heights and Green Ridge
A series of transfers include Cumberland Heights improves Lots 16 and 17 in block 8 to Creede W. Wilson for 8 dollars, Horton and Georges Creek Valley Coal Co. to Sullivan Brea Coal Co. near Carlon for 18 dollars, and Continental Trust Co. deeds to David W. Fr. Uhl and Charlies RB Ball each for 10 dollars. Additional parcels include King Realty Co. to John R. Littlefield on Washington Street extended for 10 dollars and assorted orchard tracts in Green Ridge with 10 dollar equivalents, plus a Mt. Savage property transfer from Union Mining Co. to William M. Farrer for 2500 pounds and Holzshu Realty Co. to Dagar J. Duwnson for 10 dollars.
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Cumberland Heights Improvement Co
Creede W. Wilson
Cumberland Heights
Horton and Georges Creek Valley Coal Co
Sullivan Brea. Coal Co
Carlon
King Realty Co. Et al
John R. Littlefield
Washington Street
Continental Trust Co
David W. Fr. Uhl
Orchard Tract
Green Ridge
Charlies RB
Ball
John WW. Neebaum
Orchard Teada
Kine Realty Co
Somerville Avenue
Antonio Carbonard
Michele Longo
Eckhart Flat
Union Mining Co
William M. Farrer
Mt. Savage
Holzshu Realty Co
Dagar J. Duwnson
Propery
Hes Street
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Cail
Taft
J. B. Greenhut
Greenhut
Georgia
Hermann Emlene Berkibile
Alberta
Augusta Millard
Johnstown, Pa
T York
Ates
Madison Square Park
Bowery
Everyeek
the Cumberland Press
Cumberland Press
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