January Building Permits Total $897 009 In 1970
The inspections division issued 18 permits for new houses valued at $512 150, compared with 17 permits for 211 000 a year earlier. Non residential projects totaled 261 052 with seven repairs to nonresidential properties worth 32 950. The month also saw 174 heating inspections 447 sub standard inspections 235 electrical inspections 155 plumbing inspections and demolition of 11 residential buildings containing 18 housing units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Freeman Hill
Hill
The Lost Generation Revolt of Youth and Style
In a vivid reminiscence, a narrator recalls bohemian rebellion from age fifteen to seventeen, naming The Lost Generation, flappers, and parents’ prudes. They describe Charleston dances, speakeasies, flash fashions, and the tension between emancipation and propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faith Baldwin
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Elinor Glynn
William Faulkner
My Generation Revolt in the Red Hot Roaring Years
The narrator recalls youth rebellion and pop culture of their era. They describe early celebrity crushes Clara Bow Joan Crawford and actors like Rudolph Valentino and John Gilbert. The piece contrasts puritanical politics with teenage defiance and slang, ending with a reflection on growing up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Bow
Joan Crawford
Rudolph Valentino
John Gilbert
Rural free mail delivery begins in Charles Town
Mail service launches in Charles Town West Virginia on October first 1896 under Postmaster General William L Wilson a native of the area bringing nationwide postal reforms to the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
W. Va
Post Office Department
William L. Wilson
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South Main St
Kwik Burger
Montke
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Hedgecock’s
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Ward ST
Greensboro
Asheboro
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N.C
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