Chicago Real Estate Dealer Shot To Death
Oscar W. Nelson, a Chicago real estate dealer, was found shot to death in his home at midnight by his wife and 13 year old son Walter. Four 45 caliber bullets pierced him. no sign of a struggle. Police suspect a man he was conferring with that night, possibly tied to foreclosure actions, may be the killer.
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International News Service
Chicago
Oscar W. Nelson
Rer
Walter
Nelson
Acton
New Castra School Board Bids Paint Supplies
A three day bidding battle among rival lead manufacturers ended with the New Castra School Board accepting Spencer Paint and Glass Company at 8.60 per hundred pounds for 2600 pounds of white lead. Nine bidders competed. D G Ramsay and Sons won two barrels of raw linseed oil at 0.76 per gallon and Meyer and Weller secured two barrels of pure gum turpentine at 0.55 per gallon plus 25 quarts of Japan dryer at 0.22 1/4 per quart. Eliott and Wardington received 40 pounds of lamp black ground at 0.20 per pound.
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New
Castra
Spencer Paint and Glass Company
D. G. Ramsay and Sons
Meyer and Weller
Japan
Eliott and Wardington
Painters Protest Over Municipal Painting Bid
In New Castle bidders discussed painting materials priced at twenty cents per pound for raw sienna and twenty cents per pound for other items. F J Nolte and Ralph Campbell, painting contractors, protested that janitors should not perform painting work and urged bids favor professional painters to save costs and ensure quality. The board took no action on Nolte’s protest.
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F. ‘J. Nolte
Ralph Campbell
New Castle
Mr. Nolte
Glass And Reed To Stage Debt Debate In Washington
Senator Reed and Senator Glass agreed to a high profile debate on foreign debt reduction. Reed, a Pennsylvania Republican, argues for payment or default on war debts due immediately, while Glass of Virginia urges downward revision. The clash responds to Roosevelt’s proposals and centers on who supported Europe with U.S. money during and after the war.
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Caternational
Washington
David A. Reed
Carter Glass
Reeg
Pennsylvania
Glass
Virginia
Europe
Dollar rally widens as currencies fall on London markets
International News Service reports a sharp dollar rally with declines across major currencies. Sterling falls from the day’s high while guilders francs and marks drop, Canadian dollar edges up. A separate note mentions injections of a pituitary-derived substance into a 9 day old chick causing crowing and a chicken comb growth.
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International News Service
London
Cenbs
Belgas
Board to seek coal bids for schools next year
Hugh M. Marquis announced at the New Castle School Board meeting that bids will be sought for the coal supply for the coming school year with bids opened at the July meeting. The board approved $249.57 for repairs and books, $1658.04 for brushes soaps waste buckets paper and similar supplies, and $406.98 for purchases and repairs by the business manager. A Surrey England woman was killed by a motorcycle two hours after a robin incident. It was noted that obligations will no longer be paid in gold or do do eggs.
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Hugh M. Marquis
New Castle
Runianager
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Dy & Mk
F Luce Mater Eee
Clover Farm
Peoples Realty
Glass and Reed
Mercer
Weshington
Sis
Beaver and
West Washington Sts
Armour's
Big Ben
Lighthouse
Oat ‘Pennsylvanix, Vacuum IL Company, Inc
Central “Penneylvania
Jcomrar
Mobiloil
J. Mda
Js, Donnelly
Fie i
Foreman
R. J. Scott
Arm le Rthan
Self
Surrey
England
Ramsey
Wetherill
Ramsey & Sons ‘Builders’ Supplies
Craton Avenue
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