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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
3
Irvington weekly Gazette announces increased advertising and printing costs have risen since the war, but subscription prices stay the same. It asks patrons to continue support and pay higher bills for both advertising and subscriptions to sustain the paper’s quality in the coming year.
An appeal begun December 19 1920 unites American Belief Administration American Red Cross American Friends Service Committee Joint Distribution Committee Knights of Columbus Young Men's Christian Association Young Women's Christian Association and others under Herbert Hoover and Franklin Lane. The drive seeks food and medical relief for destitute European children, urging public support and Red Cross participation via the Irvington Branch and local campaigns.
A proposed Ontario government purchase would acquire virtually all MacKenzie power holdings in and around Toronto for 82.854 million, including suburban railways and the Electric Development company at Niagara Falls. The agreement ends two years of talks between Sir William MacKenzie and Sir Adam Beck, leaving only the Dominion Power company at Hamilton privately owned.
Rio de Janeiro reports gifts to Belgian royalty during their visit. King Albert received a varied tourmaline collection. the queen got Brazilian diamonds and rare butterflies. Crown Prince Leopold received large photographs and a jeweled poniard from Parababa. Hope Bush hosted friends in the Bush Building on Westland Street.
Louis Katraly of Coatesville Pa visited Philadelphia to see city sights. He approached a department store window to greet a wax figure of a girl, smashed the pane, and grabbed the figure about the waist. A policeman intervened before the kiss.
W F Davis of Guthrie uncovered $1100 in War Savings stamps under a false bottom of an old valise found while moving a house. The bag, once stolen from a local hotel, belonged to traveling man David Secko of Enid.
Washington reports from the secretary of agriculture show a 21.2 percent jump in farm land and improvements from March 1919 to March 1920, with prices now about two and a half times 1910 levels. The rise reflects land scarcity and War-era expansion, while acreage has contracted since the armistice as pasture and low-grade lands are returned to use.
An eighteen year old Austrian stowaway spent hours aboard a raft in New York Harbor after abandoning a risky approach to enter the United States. Rescued by a tugboat captain who located him, he explained he hoped to be washed ashore and was taken to Ellis Island for deportation.
Local post office reports December 20 to 25, 1920 processed 16000 pieces of outgoing mail and 16000 pieces of incoming mail. Notices list for sale parlor and office heater in first class condition, inquiries directed to Gazette office Weather Prophets. Firemen’s Reception scheduled January 19 1931 at Town Hall and Pastime Club Minstrels January 26 1931. Kept asking druggists for Earls Best cathartic pill. Rest of text references Sleepy Hollow Ichabod Crane and headless horseman with garbled phrasing.
A sweeping look at Cyprus with its Greco Roman past and sacred sites maps a region where legends of Aphrodite mingle with Crusader history. The Azores, Bermuda, and related Atlantic outposts are traced as potential mid Atlantic stops, volcanic histories, and colonial ties shaping their modern exports and strategic roles.
Willet recently opened a mall order business in this city under the name of Crawford. The note references a connection to an Amer ford and mentions a 18 label.
Great Lakes iron ore shipments rose to about 50 million tons for the season led by Duluth to Two Harbors and Ashland docks. Current totals show 47,707,872 tons shipped from the head of the lakes with about 30,000 tons pending.
A 1920 revised edition of the Profit Has Grossed Another River outlines a sharing plan involving the Lord & Cincinnati, O, William O Ragan, Burnham Company and the Burnham aged sixty six gardener at Ludlow Roler Corporation. The plan, once circulated among mill and office workers, aimed to walk across the Ohio on a wooden river-walk today. The river-walking stunt reportedly drew a hearty response from employees as the plan progressed.
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