London slum district fights house improvements
Reports from London describe Limehouse Fields residents resisting slum clearance as authorities move to pull down aging Victorian houses. The district is depicted as a decayridden area with foul odors poor paving and rampant disease, highlighting a bitter battle over housing upgrades.
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Conternational
London
Limehouse
Thomas Burke
Limehouse Fields
Health Department
The
London County Council
Debate over municipal housing sparks strong local protest
The text describes opposition to replacing existing homes with new four-room municipal dwellings in London. It notes Irish residents organizing funds and lawyers to challenge the plan, while critics warn such blocks would destroy home life. Figures like Lloyd George and Stephenson are cited as part of England’s heritage tied to four-room homes.
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London
England
Lloyd George
Sir William Robertson
George Stephenson
London County Council
Western Penna Revenue Decline Mixed Across Districts
Western Pennsylvania saw a small six percent drop in internal revenue receipts for the fiscal year ending June 1926, aided by Pittsburgh’s western district. The state reported total federal income taxes of about $189.16 million, with corporations paying $104.60 million and individuals $84.56 million. Pennsylvania ranked fifth in tobacco manufacture tax, trailing only North Carolina New York Virginia and New Jersey.
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George H. Manning
Washington
the News
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
U. S
Bureau of Internal Revenue
U. S. Treasury Department
Middle
Pittsburgh
United States
North Carolina
New York
Virginia
New Jersey
Federal Agent Set for Mercer County Naturalization Hearings
Mercer Pa Sept 16 A member of the Pittsburgh office of the U S Bureau of Navigation will be here on Sept 28 25 30 to represent the federal government at Mercer county fall Naturalization Court. A total of 144 new applicants will be heard and six old petitions reviewed this term Naturalization Courts in Mercer County have grown into a major event with extended sessions across three days.
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Mercer
Werner
Pittsburgh
U. S. Bureau of Navigation
Naturalization Court
Mercer County
Naturalization Courts
Erie Presbytery Meeting Held in Stoneboro
Sessions of the Erie Presbytery of the Presbyterian church met at the First Presbyterian church of Stoneboro for the regular fall meeting. Ministers and laymen from Mercer county churches attended the session.
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Mercer
Erie Presbytery
Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Toneboro
Presbyterian
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Ete Eet
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Love & Megown
LL. Swan & Co
North Mill Street
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Stoneboro
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