Mayors Real Estate Valuations Hit 225 Per Front Foot
Hardscrabble real estate figures place riverfront lots at 225 to 250 per foot front. Harry J. Berrier cites a 50 foot frontage valued at about 28 450 with a 2 000 boathouse and two dwellings at 3 000 total. Witnesses include John Yingst with 45 frontage valued at 20 000 and John P. Guyer listing 225 to 250 per foot front.
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Harry J. Berrier
A. P. Dintaman
Viewers Today
Berrier
Mr. Berrier
Seitz
Front Street
Maclay Street
John Yingst
John P. Guyer
Poor Board
Resources Being Rapidly Developed in Germany
Berlin reports a high level of supervision of agricultural resources under wartime conditions. Credits, supplies, labor, and marketing have been reorganized, with the German Farmers Supply Association becoming the central body for cattle foods and fertilizers. Labor from Poland and prisoners of war are mobilized, and women participate in farming. Cologne plans 1500 acres of peas and widespread potato cultivation.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
German Farmers Supply Association
Belgium
France
Poland
Austria
Cologne
Healthful Embroidery Position for Girls and Women
Article argues embroidery should be healthful free of strain, advising proper chair height to avoid stooping, wearing suitable needles, and open air sewing. It promotes The World Famous Embroidery Outfit with patterns, coupons, and a 75 cent mail order price including postage.
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Mzabroidery
Gene Atiletto
Staff Officer With Cane Leads Deserted Charge at Sedel Raba
Cairo dispatches reveal Major Doughty Wylie, a staff officer, led a bayonet charge up a hill at Sedel Raba armed only with a small cane. The action rallied his men and cleared the position, but he was killed. The hill is now named Doughty Wylie's Hill.
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Cairo
Associated Press
Sedel Raba
Major Doughty-Wylie
French Women Prove to Be Splendid Farmers
Paris dispatch notes that in Meurthe and Moselle women have shouldered farming duties as Germans occupy many communes. Despite horse shortages, they seed oats and wheat, reclaim devastated lands, and keep Paris supplied with key vegetables such as cauliflower, turnips, carrots, peas, and asparagus, with government seed and implement loans aiding recovery.
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Associated Press
Paris
Meurthe
Mosell
Tthis
Chambourcy
Croissy-sur-Seine
Montesson
Clamart
Argenteuil
Education Notes on Community Philanthropy and School Activities
The article surveys nationwide efforts in education and community services. It highlights free eye care for children in Springfield I, state forestry support for rural schools in North Dakota, veteran teachers associations in Berks County, and declining military drill despite rising high school enrollments. It also notes Boise Idaho’s evening school events with free facilities and rotating club sponsorships for family attendance.
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Russellange Foundation
Springfield
North Dakota
State School of Forestry
Boise
Idaho
Mothers
Thaw 19 Confident Of His Own Sanity in Trial
Harry K Thaw testified as the first witness in a sanity trial. He said he believed he was sane after leaving Matteawan and described childhood paranoia and examinations by a federal commission in Manchester New Hampshire. He noted banks in several locations cashed his checks and details of the extradition proceedings were discussed.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Stanchfield
Matteawan
Manchester
N. H
Pittsburgh
New Hampshire
Canada
Cook
Off icers Mess Costs Under Scrutiny by Army Council
London June 28 The Army Council investigates officer mess expenses in new British regiments. Probing charges that high costs burden young officers without independent means, especially in regiments still in England. Commanding officers not at the front ordered to report lowest and highest rates and subscriptions.
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London
Army Council
England
Government Purchase Opposed by Advocates of Merchant Marine
Washington June 23 The Chamber of Commerce survey on developing a merchant marine shows strong opposition to government ship purchase or operation and broad support for subsidies to offset operating cost differences with foreign flags. Voters favor subsidies for U S depen dency mail and freight lines and a government shipping board to study laws. The plan to subscribe to stock in a 30 million dollar marine development company was approved, enabling lending against vessels.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Federal Shipping Board
Chambers of Commerce and Trade
Ex-Judge Jacobs Survives Collision at Wormleysburg Bridge
Ex Judge M W Jacobs and his family escaped injury when the automobile hit a stone abutment at the Wormleysburg low grade overhead bridge. One wheel broke the running board damaged and the windshield shattered. Jacobs suffered slight cuts from glass as occupants were shaken but unhurt. An auto ahead and two oncoming cars reportedly prevented a worse turn.
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M. W. Jacobs
Jacobs
Wormleysburg
Hold Conference Today on Newark Transfer
At a Newark conference this afternoon officials of the International League discussed transferring the team to Harrisburg. League president Edward Barrows said a statement for Harrisburg fans would be issued within 24 hours as officials aim to settle the matter before June 29. He indicated Harrisburg has been treated favorably throughout.
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Newark
Harrisburg
International League
Edward Barrows
Barrows
Mystery of Mound Builders and Ancient Ohio Fortifications
Garrett P. Servis surveys ancient North American sites revealing vast earth and stone structures, burial mounds, and copper work by unknown builders. Notable examples include Serpent Mound in Ohio and a 900 foot circumference mound near Wheeling with sealed vaults, suggesting complex societies predating known tribes.
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Garrett P. Servis
United States
Europe
Ohio
Wheeling
Ohio River
Egypt
Lake Superior
Blackbird
Missouri River
Zeppelins Bomb South Shields Arsenal Distruption
A report from Christiania via the Overseas News Agency says Zeppelins bombed the Armstrong Works at South Shields and nearby naval yards, causing extensive fires. Seventeen dead and forty injured were tallied, with Britain reporting sixteen killed and forty injured in the June 16 official notice. Shields, on the Tyne, hosts major shipbuilding and ordnance facilities at Elswick yard.
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Berlin
Sayville
Today
Christiania
Tatum
Stavanger
Armstrong Works
South Shields
England
Shields
London
Tyne
Elswick Yard
Armstrong Company
Seven Year Old Ford Reaches 98000 Miles in Journey
Dr. C. W. Gillet of Munson Clearfield county notes his Ford has logged 98000 miles in seven years. He toured west to San Jose California then returned east with wife and three children, using 14 tires and spending 3500 dollars.
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C. W. Gillet
Munson
Clearfield County
San Jose
Cal
Gillet
Rocky Mountains
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