Directory of City Officials and Education Board Names
A historical list of city government roles and officials including aldermen city marshal clerk treasurer trustees school board county education board officers patrols and road revenue chairmen with partial names such as E B Vickery G H Moore W M Housley T J Smith W P Rider J L Wal Th Christian and others.
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E. B. Vickery
G. H. Moore
W. M. Housley
T. J. Smith
W. P. Rider
W. H. Jones
G. de Vaughn
J.L. Wal
Townsend
Christian Rise
M. Davi
Porte
Tax Reaviver
J. HE. Peck
Baker Trustees City School
J. M. Brooksher
County Pol
Iceman
W.M. Rice
John Evans
Evans
W. J. Free
D. O. Johnson
W.tl. Jones
W. J. Hightower
County Board OF Education
W. B. Lowe
Johm Tf Moore
Treas C
Meaders
A. Dockery
Music That Is American
The negro slaves’ spirituals are praised as the sole distinctive American music by critics. Kerlin notes the honor of the black slave and predicts a future master composer may emerge from these sacred melodies. Dvorak is cited as a forerunner, with poetry possibly echoing the slave’s yearning and suffering in epic forms.
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Robert IT
Kerlin
Dvorak
Unknown prehistoric tribes found in Japan census
Census officials report unknown mountain settlements in Crystal valley Yamanashi. Explorers describe wild men with long hair bark clothes who hunt with bow and arrow. They are said to be descendants of samurai who fled after a historic defeat in Chichibu. A second village near a river in the same prefecture remains unfamiliar to Japanese speakers.
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Japan
Crystal Valley
Yamanashi Prefecture
Chichibu
Yamanashi
Little attentions costey and a lunch bill remark
A friend of a friend dined at a regular place paying 6 pounds for a lunch and 3.60 dollars. He claims extra charges for services from staff including waiter head waiter cloakroom porter doorman washroom attendant and room space for printing the note.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Tradesman's Turn to Laugh in War Time Economy
A Youth's Companion reader recalls Civil War gunmakers' surge in wages to fifteen shillings to one pound and a feast of high living in Birmingham. With postwar slump, unemployment rose and meat prices soared while fish fell out of favor until a fishmonger mocked the trend with a tub of herring labeled Gunmakers' Ducks.
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Birmingham
England
Fortresses on the Ocean a New Naval Architecture Concept
The United States Navy began a system of artificial Gibraltars creating a marine fortress between Luzon and Corregidor in the Philippines. A stationary stone battleship carved from rock houses a 70 foot deep crew pit with 15 foot thick walls and multiple lit decks while turreted guns guard Manila Bay.
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United States Navy
Luzon
Corregidor
Philippine Islands
Manila Bay
Fresh Air Ventilation Tip for Cold Weather Homes
In cold weather keep homes ventilated by opening a top window an inch or two to draw out stale air and a bottom window to admit fresh air. When rooms connect, open windows in adjacent rooms to maintain continuous circulation and freshness.
Dialogue Amid Dis tress Over Motorist Assistance
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt captures Henry and Mr. Gadspur stopping to hear a motorist in distress. Gadspur offers to help while Henry notes he already understands the message.
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Henry
Mr. Gadspur
Birmingham Age-Herald
Woman diplomat noted as Armenia's honorary consul in Yokohama
The Armenian republic appoints Diana Agapeg Apcar as honorary consul in Yokohama Japan. Widow aged sixty one, Apcar has long aided Armenians and urged peaceful, democratic international relations. Credentials were sent to Kanagawa prefecture and Japanese foreign ministry.
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Republic of Armenia
Apear
Yokohama
Japan
Diana Agapeg Apcar
Apcar
Republic of
Armenia
Ohan Jamian
Kanagwa Prefecture
Foreign Office
East and West News
Mental Gymnastics Ad Impresses Schenectady Mayor
Mayor Lunn of Schenectady cites a newspaper ad praising a mental gymnastics correspondence course. He recalls a man who completed three months of the program and became a millionaire, noting the man had money before and after the course and has not lost any since.
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Mayor Lunn
Schenectady
N. Y
Mr. Lunn
Bewildered Richard Wanders From Farm To Grandmother Visit
Richard BEWILDERED wandered from his farm home to visit his grandmother and became lost for several hours. Frantic search efforts followed until he was found much subdued and frightened, saying he wondered where he was.
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Richard
Fossil Lecture by Professor Diggs Draws Cave Dwellers Talk
A Kansas City Star note reports Professor Diggs will present on fossiliferous cave dwellers in a bone dry lecture. The exchange hints at earlier talk of prohibition being settled, though the event focuses on paleontological remains.
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Diggs
Kansas City Star
Recipe for Longevity From Dr Keen on His Eighty Fourth Birthday
At a January 19 birthday dinner Philadelphia surgeon Dr Keen offered a bright plan for a long life. He rejects old age in favor of accumulated years and urges continuous effort, a mix of work and humor, to avoid ennui and the murder of time.
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W. W. Keen
Philadelphia
Tracing Origin Of The Plow In World History
Primitive women used digging sticks before the hoe and stone implements. Domestic animals brought plows to Africa's east. elsewhere the hoe persisted. Europeans introduced the plow to America, but tillage remains essential for wheat, reducing need for ongoing cultivation.
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Africa
America
John M. Tyler
Europe
Rajput Maharajah’s Luxury Car Described in Trade Note
The Rajputana description details a luxury car for the Maharajah of Bharatpur with a 45 horsepower six cylinder chassis. The interior is finished in solid mahogany and satinwood with mother of pearl inlay and ornate fittings.
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Trade Department
Hig Highness
He Maharajah
Bharatpur
Rajputana
Poor Richard style almanac issued by Agriculture Dept
The Agriculture Department announces a farmers almanac in the spirit of Poor Richard with epigrammatic cautions such as beware false prophets and planting by the moon. It urges growers to secure quality seed and proper moisture, and to consider a leather medal from a scrub bull as a note of ownership. The volume offers seasonal farming advice and an index to government publications on various subjects.
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Benjamin Franklin
Richard
Department of Agriculture
Greece to Honor Webster with Statue in Athens
Plans for a Daniel Webster statue in Athens mark Greece’s forthcoming centennial independence celebration. The 1822 declaration and 1830 recognitions frame the tribute to the New England statesman whose 1824 speech aided US recognition of Greek independence.
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Greece
Daniel Webster
Athens
Turkey
Webster
Pan-Npirotic Union
House of Representatives
United States
New
Blame the Chooser Dialogue Between Father and Kid
A brief theatrical exchange shows a father reproaching his son for impertinence to his mother while the son defends his choice versus the mother. The tension centers on respect and authority within a family scene.
Mineral riches of the Philippines and ore prospects
The Philippines import iron and steel equal to one fifth of total imports. About 500 million metric tons of iron ore lie beneath the islands, with Mindanao hosting the largest fields though mining is costly to start. Luzon fields are smaller and active. Coal deposits total 62 million tons, copper deposits of 500 thousand tons at 2.5 percent are mined, while platinum tin mercury and antimony exist but lack commercial value.
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Philippines
Mindanao
Luzon
Clarence’s Guess In Private School Sleep Mystery
A teacher quizzes Clarence about Rip Van Winkle in the Catskills. Clarence jokes that the sleeper’s long stay was due to gasoline running out.
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Clarence
Catskill Mountains
Rip van Winkle
Turning swords into plowshares idea praised by senator
A senator comments on the proposal to convert swords into plowshares. He notes that many politicians share little knowledge of either weapon or agriculture, implying skepticism about implementing the idea broadly.
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Senator Sorghum
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. P. Wahoohoo
J. A. Abercrombie
J. P. Bunyan Pierce
N. P. Yahoola
K. ©. Jarrard
J. P
Watkins
Dahlonega
J. R. Watkins Co
Memphis
Tenn
G H McGuire
Moore & Earlys
J. d. Watkins
O. Dept
Homer Head
Surfocon
Dahlonega, Ga
Hedford
London Mail
Costey
Brown
Mr. Smith
Mineral
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