Cities Spend Vast Sums on State Street Improvements
A survey of 104 Pennsylvania municipalities shows total 1925 spending of about 24.0 million dollars on streets and sewers. Per capita sewer spending ranges from 4.62 to 6.10, with New Castle Butler Sharon and Ellwood City cited for local projects and sewer connections. The report notes widespread home-building growth tied to sewer and paving upgrades and previews a national railroad championship meet in Philadelphia next summer.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Housing and Town Planning Association
Commonwealth
Planning Association
Association
New Castle
Bulletin Today
Butler
Sharon
Ellwood City
United States
Canada
Prize In Duel Ends With Stabbing Lover Clash
Detroit flapper Viola Lakanen recalled two men Frank Lepenski and Verlie Monroe fought a knife duel for her affection. Lepenski was stabbed nineteen times amid the confrontation as police documented the events.
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Viola Lakanen
Detroit
Frank Lepenski
Verlie Monroe
Lepenski
Crude Oil Production Dips to 2,002,150 Barrels a Day
The American Petroleum Institute reports US crude oil production fell by 14,000 barrels daily in the week ending December 26, averaging 2,002,150 barrels per day. Mid-Continent fields averaged 1,078,300 barrels daily while California produced 629,600. Imports at major ports averaged 103,429 barrels daily. Receipts of California crude and refined oil at Atlantic and Gulf ports averaged 91,857 barrels daily.
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International News Service
New York
United States
American Petroleum Institute Today
Mid-Continent
California
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Two Applications for Divorce Filed
Mrs. Jessie May Fulkerson filed for divorce from Charles F. Fulkerson on cruelty grounds. They wed June 1924 and lived together until January 1925. Ethel Schuring seeks divorce from Frank Schuring on cruelty grounds. They married October 1920 and separated December 1925. Cruelty alleged began three months after marriage.
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Jessie May Fulkerson
Charles F. Fulkerson
Ethel Schuring
Frank Schuring
Hubbard reports stolen automobile
Hubbard authorities issued a lookout for a 1923 Ford touring car with Ohio license 875-804 stolen from Hubbard Ohio. Police asked the public to report any sightings or information leading to recovery.
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Hubbard
Hubbard, O
Man Wins Seven Year Fight for Divorce in Norfolk
Norfolk, Va. Dec. 30 After nearly seven years of court action, George W. Semones, a Norfolk merchant, obtained an absolute divorce from his wife Bessie now in Dayton Ohio. A Chinaman named Tom Joe, a former chef at Mrs Lemones restaurant, was named co respondent but was not contested by the wife.
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International News Service
Norfolk
City
George W. Semones
Bessie
Dayton
Ohio
Tom Joe
Lemones
Export Business Should Improve During 1926 Good Times Ahead
G. R. Meyercord, president of American Manufacturers Foreign Credit Underwriters, argues 1926 will see better export conditions as the public accepts hard work over fanciful cures. He notes exporters are learning to offer reasonable credit terms, boosting overseas sales, while warning against quack remedies to farmers amid spotty global demand.
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G. R. Meyercord
American Manufacturers Foreign Credit Underwriters
New York
Lewis
Ogy
President Coolidge
Blake and Jake Sent to Huntingdon Reformatory
John Blake and Warren Jake, arrested for stealing an automobile owned by Dr. John McConahy, were transported to the Huntingdon reformatory this morning by Deputy Sheriff Frank Johnston.
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John Blake
Warren Jake
John McConahy
Huntingdon Reformatory
Frank Johnston
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