City Government Directory and Church Listings
A historic directory lists city officials and county posts including mayor, aldermen, treasurer, clerk, tax collector, coroner, surveyor, notary, peace officers, road and education authorities, and registrars. It also notes Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Church of God services with pastors, sermon times, and Sunday School details for Auraria and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Free
D. O. Johnson
W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
A. B. Keith
County Board OF Education
W. B. Lowe
J. M. Ridley
W.T. Dowdy
D. Pierce
D. W. Caldwell
Carl Shultz
John H. Moore
W. L. Ash
Rk. C. Meaders
T. F. Christian
Auraria
W. A. Hutcheson
J.P
Cane Creek
Luther Justus
J. P. Cramby
L. B. Hatfield
N. P. Chestatee
J. M. Wilkins
I. P. Davis
W. M. Wehunt
J. P
B. H. Higgins
N. P. Dahlonega
W. P. Rider
A. R. Ray
N. P. Frogtown
G. L. Jones
N. P. Hightower
J. N. Satterfield
N. P Jones
N. P
Porter Springs
J. B. Ricketts
J.M. Duckett
Wanted workers for guaranteed hosiery orders Norristown PA
Help wanted for selling hosiery to men women and children. Earn one dollar per hour full time or spare time. No experience needed. International Stocking Mille Norristown Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Stocking Mille
Norristown
Einstein theory expeditions to Australia for eclipse observations
Dr Robert Trumpler of Lick Observatory conducted preliminary eclipse photography in Tahiti in April and May. He will join expeditions to northern Australia on September 21 to test Einstein’s relativity against Hinstein’s theory by photographing star positions during totality and comparing with expected deflections by the sun’s gravity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papeete
Tahiti
Robert Trumpler
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
California
Australia
Hinstein
Doctor Trumpler
Pinstein
Einstein
Postmaster General Buys First New Stamp at Office
Work purchases the first of the new special delivery stamps at Washington post office. The 1902 stamp featured a bicycle while the latest issue depicts a motorcycle.
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Washington City
Passport vises expensive in Belgrade Slavia
Belgrade reports passport vises costly for American travelers as officials charge ten dollars per passport and three ten dollar passes at each frontier. A business traveler paid twelve dollars in three months. A Slavia official cites reciprocity and blames the U.S. State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Jugo Slavia
Europe
State Department
Jugo-Slavia Foreign Office
United States
Improvement on tractor attachment increases bearing area
Popular Mechanics Magazine describes a tractor upgrade that replaces round wheels with two large sprockets and forward cast steel arms. A track tread loops around the sprockets and an idler wheel to boost bearing area and pull power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics
Queen Mother Defies Time At 78 Active Public Life
Queen Alexandra, now seventy eight, remains highly active and engages with the public. She attends events such as a Regent's Park cart horse parade, a concert for disabled soldiers, and the Richmond horse show. She limits evening outings and retires early after a game of Patience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Queen Alexandra
Regent's Park
Richmond
Cobbler Recovers $100 Hidden in Customer Shoe
Warsaw Indiana man Thomas Ross placed $100 in bills and several checks in a shoe for safekeeping before a trip to Florida. A local cobbler, while repairing Ross shoes, found the money and checks and returned them to the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ind
Thomas Ross
Winona Lake
Florida
Ross
Volcano In Action Near West African Coast
A British freighter captain reported a volcanic eruption about six weeks ago off the West African coast near the Kamerun Nigeria boundary. He witnessed a peak 11,000 feet high with heavy smoke and lava flows five miles offshore, but found no signs of nearby inhabitants and continued his voyage.
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Biafra
Kamerun
Nigeria
One Journal in Greenland Leads Local Literacy Efforts
A British bark captain deems Greenland’s journalism primitive. Moeller, the Dane who runs Greenland’s only newspaper, edits and prints it, distributes it, and teaches natives to read. He skates biweekly to sell the paper and has expanded content from crude drawings to daily affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Moeller
Formed new vocal cords after resection
Dr H Burger reports in Nederlandsche Tijdschrift v Geneeskunde that in three of four cases after resection of a vocal cord the tissues formed a new cord. The operation used a slit in the thyroid cartilage and deeper sidewall work yielded better restoration with good voices in most cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Burger
Nederlandsche Tijdschrift v. Geneeskunde
Amsterdam
New York World
Government to Save Gold by New Electrical Precipitation
A New York dispatch reports the United States assay office on Wall Street will install Cottrell electrical precipitation to recover suspended gold and silver from smelting gases. Superintendent Isaac H. Smith says annual net savings could reach eight to nine thousand dollars. In Kansas City a rare white squirrel was captured after felled oaks revealed its nest, and the animal now resides in a Birch Tree cage.
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New York
United States Assay Office
Wall Street
Cottrell
Isaac H. Smith
Kansas City
Shannon County
American Investment in Canada in 1920 Totals 825 Million
Estimated American investments in Canada for 1920 reached 825 million dollars, more than half of prewar Canadian investment. Breakdown includes bonds purchased 287 million, industrial investment 50 million, western lands 7 million. About 80 million of the industrial total went to the pulp and paper sector.
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Canada
Stray Stories Excerpt About Economy Lecture
An immediate result line from Stray Stories recalls a dialogue about a promised lecture on economy. The exchange shows anticipation of impact as the speaker plans to use last summer's influence for this summer.
Legend of Pele and Kama Puna Suppresses Lava Flows at Kilauea
The tale recalls an ancient pact between Pele goddess of the volcano and Kama Puna pig god promising lava would not reach Hilo or Puna. Reports note Makapuui Makaopuhi activity for Halemaumau altered Kilauea’s look, yet observers say Pele is not dead, only sleeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pele
Kama Puna
Hilo
Puna
Kana Pua
Kama Puaa
Halemaumau
Ruth
Honolulu
Makaopuhi
Kilauea
Hawaii
Father Bet on a Boy Twin Girls Arrive For Lattin Family
An expected arrival in Santa Rosa California drew a wager between rancher Ray Lattin and Dr J R Swisher. The father wanted a girl and offered the doctor no pay if a boy. The doctor would be paid double if a girl. The next morning twin girls were born. Papa Lattin agrees to a quadruple fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Lattin
Santa Rosa
Cal
J. R. Swisher
Papa” Lattin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baker
G. H. Moore
A. West
Jos. Townsend
A. J. Smith
T. F Jacksonkon
W. J. Jone
Nity Marshal
Win, Housley
Trustees City School
I. Head
Treas
Jos Lf
Moore
J. M. Brooksher
W. Cain
W. B. Townsend
T.F. Christian Hor
J. M. Davis
Ste Ene
Uey Pink Wan
Ees
John Evans
G H McGuire
Dahlonega
Moore & Earlys
Martin
Harney Station
Omaha
Nebraska
Frontier
Firestone
Oldfield
Regal Coats Sauna Tor
H. Head
Queen Mother
Alexandra of
Britain
Chicago
J. L. Nichols
Mr. Nichols
East
Stork
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