Women Drill First Gas Well In McKeesport
In Smoke Hollow near McKeesport Pennsylvania two women Miss Isabella Milmoe and Miss Irma Atwater have formed a company to drill their first natural gas well. Land on leaseless ground was secured and a derrick contracted with drilling to start once setup. The Snake Hollow boom drives rapid land price increases and attracts financing and speculation from new entrants in the gas field.
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McKeesport
Smoke Hollow
Isabella Milmoe
Irma Atwater
Snake Hollow
State man killed in war
Search of American Expeditionary Forces records shows Private Archie L. Rowley of Warren Pennsylvania was killed in action.
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Washington
American Expeditionary Forces
Archie L. Rowley
Warren
Make-Man Tablets Claim Boosts Strength and Vitality
An advertisement touts Make-Man Tablets as an iron tonic that enriches blood and tones nerves to combat war strain. It promises quick strength gains, notes 50 cent box price, and lists Ashland Supply House Chicago as guarantor with monogram M-M-T on each box.
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Ashland Supply House
Madison St
Chicago
Ill
Adv
Clean Coal Means Economy from Kelley’s Blue Ribbon Coal
Kelley & Co promotes Blue Ribbon Coal as a high heat fuel with low ash that delivers more heat per ton and per dollar. The ad urges careful selection of coal to save money and start the New Year right.
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Kelley
H. M. Kelley & Co
Deaths of the British Middle Class Warned by Lord Buckmaster
Lord Buckmaster in the House of Lords warned that Britain’s middle class people earning £300 to £1,000 are being ground down by inflation. He described civil servants, doctors, writers and teachers as the backbone who sacrifice essentials to fund others and warned their destruction would imperil the nation’s lifeblood.
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London
Lord Buckmaster
House of Lords
Great Britain
Stotesbury Accused of Blocking Philadelphia Port Development
Richard Spillane told the Board of Trade at Bellevue-Stratford that E T Stotesbury of J P Morgan & Co vetoed the Foundation Company plan to build a large drydock on the Delaware river. Spillane cited Ballentime evidence suggesting the move aimed to protect Cramp shipyards where Stotesbury votes as trustee.
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Philadelphia
Richard Spillane
Board of Trade
Bellevue-Stratford
Delaware River
E. T. Stotesbury
J. P. Morgan & Co
Spillane
Charles M. Ballentime
Germantown
Stotesbury
Foundation Company
New York
Delaware
Cramp Shipyards
Meet Foreigners on Common Ground Only Way Declares Weber
In Philadelphia on December 30 S E Weber Scranton schools superintendent urged connecting with newcomers on common ground to Americanize them. He condemned tactless efforts that focus on the term Americanism rather than shared understanding.
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Weber
Philadelphia
Athens
Rome
Washington
Harrisburg
Hapgood Out by Refusal of Senate to Confirm Him
Norman Hapgood is no longer American minister to Denmark as the Senate failed to confirm his nomination before the end of the November 19 recess. His commission expired, and he returned to Washington. Hapgood met with Secretary Lansing to review Soviet Russia, amid unconfirmed charges of sympathies toward the Soviet authorities.
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Washington
Norman Hapgood
Denmark
State Department
Senate
Wilson
Hapgood
Copenhagen
Lansing
Soviet
Russia
Attempt Was Made to Bribe Councilmen in Philadelphia
Mayor-elect J Hampton Moore said rumors claim three of the eleven councilmen elect friendly to his incoming administration were approached with bribes to desert him. He plans to confer with the district attorney to halt bribery and corruption. All eleven councilmen denied any such attempts. Moore takes office next Monday as twenty one new council members are sworn in.
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Philadelphia
J. Hampton Moore
Moore
Bishop Weekley to Speak at Sixth Street U B Church
Bishop Weekley of Parkersburg West Virginia will address a rally service at the Sixth Street United Brethren Church Thursday evening. He is a former district bishop and is familiar to Harrisburg area residents, with a large crowd expected to greet him. The church will hold its annual watch night service Wednesday at 10 oclock with the choir under George Troup performing The Great Light. Victory stamps issued for 1920 peace celebration are reported from London.
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W. M. Weekley
Parkersburg
W. Va
Sixth Street
United Brethren Church
Weekley
Harrisburg
George Troup
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Kemp
Cuarantelo
Sue Mame
M. M. Tablets
N. 3Rd St. 10Th & State Sts
England
Buckmaster
Hart Schaffner
Deutrichs
Market St
Harrisburg, Pa
Bishop Weekley
U. B
Barbaice
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