Aldermen Discuss Taxes and Street Works At Last Night Meeting
City officials debated city finances warning of a possible 15000 borrowings if expenditures run unchecked. Aldermen urged immediate collection of unpaid taxes while outlining street repairs on West Fifth, Washington, Madison, and Park avenues, bridge work, water mains on South Street, and other small cost items. Water meters and rates were not settled. other business included a request for a concrete flag, repairs to Middle Alley, and bids for coal for the Municipal Electric Plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicodemus
Board of Aldermen
Culler
McGaffrey
Madison Street
Park Avenue
Carroll Creek
Pike Company
North Market Street
South Street
Drum
Fraley
Carrell Creek
United Fire Company
Sfood College
Ion Park Avenue
College
Patrick Street
Abbott
West Patrick
South Market Street
Moose Band
East Patrick Street
Armory
West Fifth Street
Elm
Municipal Electric Light
J. MM
Newnon
Eds
Maryland Brie ¥ and Supply Co
Ira E. Biser
Markell
Ford
George’s Creek
Mount St Marys Edged by Seton Hall 5-2 in Opener
Mount St Marys opened the season with a 5 to 2 loss to Seton Hall as Wineke pitched well for the Mountain nine, who had only two days of practice. Both teams scored in the first, Seton Hall added two runs in the fifth on errors, English drove in two in the sixth, and Eck scored the Mountain's final run on a single. Rice Tek and Jkuty led the home hitting, while English and Rice for Seton Hall paced the offense. the game ended after seven innings to allow Seton Hall to catch a train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount St. Marys
Seton Hall College
Mountain Nine
Wineke
Seton Flall
Two Dead Men Appointed to Office in Belvidere
In Belvidere New Jersey on April 1 the county clerk received two certificates appointing deeds commissioners. One appointee has been dead two years and the other one year.
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Belvidere
X. J
Tariffs Suspended For Industrial Railways By ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended new tariffs filed by railroads that would end allowances to industrial railways until July 30. United States Steel and other iron and steel firms are exempted. About 4000 shipments were halted. The decision targets rebates from trunk lines to iron and steel affiliates in the eastern area. Experts estimate annual loss to U S Steel at about 9 billion dollars if the changes take effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Steel Corporation
Iron and Steel
Tertiory
Steel Corporation
Commission
Mail Clerk Held For Theft In Transit Between Cities
William R Baum a railway mail service clerk is held on $10000 bond in Harrisburg charged with stealing 20000 in currency from mails on July 4 1912. The two packages each contained 10000 and were mailed from St Paul to a New York bank. Detectives traced expenditures beyond his salary of 1200 annually and noted real estate dealings a bank account a safe deposit vault and an automobile. They say the government spent more than the amount stolen to solve the case. Baum married Jan 4 and spent a Palm Beach honeymoon as inquiries continued.
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Harrisburg
William R. Baum
United States
Alarshal James W. Snyder
St. Paul
New York
Postal Service
Baum
Palm Beach
Fla
Alarming Roosevelt Expedition Rumors Reach Peru
A Buenos Aires cablegram reported alarming but detail-free rumors about Theodore Roosevelt's expedition from Iquitos Peru. No further specifics were given and officials such as Frank M. Chapman said they had received no communications. Mrs Fiala also said there were no recent messages from Anthony Fiala.
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New York
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Theodore Roosevelt
Iquitos
Peru
Amazon
Roosevelt
Frank M. Chapman
American Museum of Natural History
Anthony Fiala
Life Is Real and Ife Is Earnest Poem Fragment
A reflective verse argues against laziness urging readers to seize the day and fulfill duties before time runs short. It contrasts sleeping with purposeful effort, praising sunlit scenes and the glory of nature while warning wasted talents. The piece closes with attribution to Cc M. Barnitz and a stray line about Chile’s tea trade with Argentina.
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Kier
Ife
Mshi
Ine
Cc M. Barnitz
New Algerian Onion May Be Valuable In America
A reader describes Allium triquetrum, an onion tribe plant from southern Europe and Algeria, promising as a vegetable. Bulbs grow deeply in good soil to yield large white tender underground portions, with odorless green leaves enabling a delicate edible stem. Experiments by Dr. Frabut of the Horticultural Society of Algiers suggest potential, pending Atlantic tests for northern climates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Algeria
Frabut
The
Horticultural Society of
Algiers
Proper Distances For Fruit Planting Guide
Distances in feet for small plots to receive cultivation. Distances specify row spacing and plant spacing within rows. For trees in rows, spacing is the same between rows and within rows.
Promising New Fruits and Their Future Roles
The agriculture department notes rising market demand will drive new fruit varieties. Winter apples with good storage may lead to targeted plantings, while summer apples gain from east coast demand. New fruits like avocado and mango see limited cultivation, and the Eastman apple thrives in dry cold regions. Cement expands farm construction replacing lumber in part, with bees in winter requiring careful cellar ventilation.
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Agriculture Department
Eastman
Mississippi Valley
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Seventh Street
Gaver
Swastika Realty Company
Harman L. Gaver
MT. ST. Mary's
Seton Hall
Y A
LYNCH
Negress
Muskogee
Ola
Marie Scott
Lemuel Price
Wagoner County
Womman
Elim
T. R
God
Nature
Ius
Chile
Nyone
RexeKe Keka
Reynos
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
England
James E. Doll
Trederick, MD
DR. Leon
North Market ST
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