Pennsylvania Blue Sky Act Proves Efficient, Study Finds
A two year report by the Pennsylvania State Securities Bureau led to conclusions that the Blue Sky Act has been effective. The bureau notes strong legislative, judicial, and market support, with the Supreme Court upholding the act and registrations booming while some applications were refused or canceled. Total face value of original securities refused was 44.854 million, with 66.451 million registered and 996.0 million under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Securities Bureau
Cameron
Walter J. Fallows
Einar Barford
Bureau
Senate
Banate
Herm Yard
Law and Bureau
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
Aes
Gold beating stays much the same since Pliny's era in New York
The article profiles New York gold beaters who climate the craft into 1925, producing 250000 packs of gold leaf annually from 500 workers. It describes the long process from melting to final rolling, layering with ox gut skin, and precise hammering across several hours, yielding 12800 sheets per lump and vast coverage.
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Pliny
New York
America
E. C. Hannay
Ancient Thebes
Jon
Pliny the Elders
Tempus
State Bureau Quashes Fraudulent Stocks Rise in Registration
A 1754 report notes dealers could offer stocks and bonds in the state with leading city and New York banking houses complying. It highlights fewer high pressure applicants among agents, signifying many undesirable salesmen left. The bureau, backed by major banking groups, defended the act’s preventive aim against fraud and cited a 1934 Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling upholding constitutionality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bureau
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Investment Bankers’ Association of America
Pennsylvania Bankers’ Association
Bennate
Cadwallader M. Barr
Allegheny County
von Mosenglvkehr
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Haynes Loses More Power In Prohibition Drive
Prohibition Commissioner Roy A. Haynes loses control of the Detroit River enforcement zone, now under Collector C. D. Ferguson of Detroit. The area from the lower Detroit River to Port Huron sees intensified anti smuggling measures as General Andrews and Ferguson reorder patrols. A dozen more agents are slated for the Vermont Buffalo New York border front. Haynes was in Kentucky on what dry headquarters describe as missionary work.
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Washington
INS
Roy. A. Haynes
Detroit River
Internal Revenue
C. D. Ferguson
Detroit
Port Huron
Ferguson
Lincoln C. Andrews
Prohibition
Haynes
Kentucky
Beer Spending Surges Above Laundry Bills in 1920s Era Data
Chicago August 5 Americans spent four dollars and fifteen cents per capita on the kind of wash near beer, while laundry costs averaged four dollars and seven cents per trip. The data from the Laundry Owners Association shows an overall spending pattern with average expenditures topping twenty seven dollars for a vacation, eighty five for jewelry and forty nine for money.
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Chicago
Aten
Marriages and Local Notes From Indiana County Chronology
Ten years ago rail plans in Pennsylvania may halt branch trains if service changes into Indiana. weddings in Ithaca and Pittsb urgh noted along with a storm scare near Erie. Recent and older deaths, sheriff’s reunion, and multiple local nuptials populate the Indiana County record with teams, individuals, and places like Deckers Pointe and Blairsville.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Indiana
Clarence Wendell Otla
Terro Haute
Ind
Edna Allyn Cogswell
Mra
Hamlin
Pittssburgh
Frank J. Myers
Marjorie Martin
New Cumberland
Allen Irwin Ryan
Amanda
Manilla Potts
Rochester Mills
Albert 5
Moorhead
Hugh Moorhead Nerie
Lake City
Jennie Linghmide
Chicago, Il
Deckers Point
Samuel S. Barr
Clark Decker
Alex Stephens
Pike's Peak
Indiana County
William Dixon
Derry
Sheriffs’ Organization of
Fleck Hotel
Marion Center
Creps
Jacob Creps
M. F. Jamison
John
James McGregor
D. C. Mack
H. P. Lewis
T. S. Neal
D. Elmer Thompson
Josiah Neal
Latitia Balentine Johnston
Pitcairn
Alexander Balentine
Est Church Street
John A. Stitt
Blairaville
Joseph Ochler
Margaret Weamer
South Mahoning Township
Amanda Patterson
Bairdstown
Samuel Mahan
Blacklick Township
Frederick Jelly
Blairsville
George Frec
Rayne Township
Jno. Mann
Cokeville
J. B. Meiisaac
Matilda B. Murphy
Ligonier
T. Homer Stewart
Seward
Indiana Theatre vaudeville bill opens with famed comedians
Tomorrow night Indiana Theatre presents a rich vaudeville program. Headliners include Harry Gribbon and Co in a new skit Meeting in the Dark, Fay Elliott and King in Who's Who, Betty Washington with violin and song, Hart and Francis jugglers with Airplane Headpitters, and Chaplin's The Woman of Paris with Edna Purviance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Theatre
Harry Gribbon
Hart and
Francis
Charlie Chaplin
Paris
Edna Purviance
Rio Grande flood costs El Paso homes and land
Rio Grande overflow floods thousands of acres of cotton land near El Paso Texas. Scores of people are made homeless as relief measures and county officials coordinate response while reclamation efforts resume.
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EL Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
Flood Damages Reported Along Rio Grande Rise
Flood workers report heavy damage at the town of Fablens with homes destroyed and more washed away as high water threatens additional inundation. Farmers move to high ground while livestock seek shelter, amid concerns from New Mexico rainfall and potential national aid. Authorities assess the Rio Grande flood's reach from the Rocky Mountains toward central regions.
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Rio Grande
Fablens
Rocky Mountains
New Mexico
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Hope Jones
Wurlitzer
Stan Laurel
Rupert of
Hee - Haw
Ben Lyon
Anna’ Q. Nilsson
Pennsylvania
Wees
Wealéi
Helen R. Martin
John Gilbert
Conrad Nag
Norma Shearer
Hedda Hopper
Phyllis Have A
Woman of
Lana
Charles Chaplin
B. F. Keith
Nisaragy
Ssi
Nicaraguran
Targatt
Ayagura
API
Nicaragura
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