Harvard unit completes France work and maps new Boureuilles town
The Harvard Reconstruction Unit ending July to October finished its mission in war devastated regions of France. It designed a new Boureuilles town site, surveyed Chermont-en-Arzonne, and drafted water and sanitation plans while non technical members helped build dwellings.
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Paris
Harvard
France
America
Boureuilles
Hale Walker
Carthagena
O. George Lee
Boston
Prentiss French
Williamstown
Mass
Chermont-en-Arzonne
Nathaniel Knowles
Philadelphia
Joseph Hayner
Cleveland
Rupert Giddings
New York
Thomas Wilder
Cincinnati
High Point Chamber Opposes Agents Practice
The High Point chamber of commerce denounces salesmen and promoters who imply chamber approval for their wares or projects. Secretary S R Bivens warns that such tactics will not be tolerated and calls for an official chamber statement of approval when required.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
Whtn
S. R. Bivens
Chamber of Commerce
Bivens
Chamber of Ecommerce
Chamber
Small French Soldier Statue Presented to Ambassador Wallace
A miniature statue of a French soldier with a banner was presented to Ambassador Wallace by a Friends of the Polytechnic School of Paris committee in the American embassy in Paris. The piece, titled For Country, for Science, for Glory, honors American aid to the school. The original statue stands at West Point and was given to the United States Military Academy by the Polytechnic school committee visiting America last spring.
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Paris
Wallace
Friends of the Polytechnic School of Paris
America
West Point
United States
Miitary Academy
Polytechnic School
Theunissen
German breweries seek remedy as near beer sales fall
Economic experts warn many German breweries face ruin due to reduced near beer consumption. The imperial council approves an ordinance allowing breweries to thicken brews by increasing malt content to counter losses.
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Berlin
Imperial Council
Millerand’s Father Ran Wine Shop in Paris District
Paris report notes that Georges Millerand’s father owned a wine shop in a working class district while his mother, a Jewish woman, supported his rise to the presidency of France.
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Millerand's Pather Wine Merchant
Paris
M. Millerand
France
High Class Backs
Princeton notes coach Bob Roper has built a strong Tiger backfield with three sets of high class offensive players. The piece mentions Copper used by native races, tests on ashes firming roads, and onion fishes stealing bait off the western Atlantic.
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Princeton
Bob Roper
Tiger
Western Atlantic
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Theatre
London
British Imperial Antarctic Expedition
Weddell Sea
Antarctic
John L. Cope
Christiania
Cope
England
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Rome
John Huss
Doorn
Hollands
Augusta Victoria
Prince Joachim
Doorn Estate
U. Ofc
Marietta
Southern
Retail Dept
Prezilya Cale
New Orleans
Reily ’ Co
Orleans
London Times
Karo
Corn Products Refining Co
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Corn Products Refining Company
Battery Place, New York
L. A. Mousseau
Vickers Bldg
Baltmore, MD
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