Bell Co to Seek Phone Rate Increase in Pennsylvania
The Bell Telephone Company announced plans to raise rates on most of Pennsylvania's 802000 telephones effective May 1. The new schedule, filed April 1 with the Public Service Commission in Harrisburg, is expected to boost gross revenue by about 6 percent, equating to roughly 3 million dollars based on 1928 earnings. Some services will see larger increases.
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Philadelphia
Bel Telephone Company
Pennsylvania
Public Service Commission
Harrisburg
New Jersey
New Jersey Public Utility Commission
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Hearing Set On New Rates For Phone Subscribers
A hearing will be held to gather subscriber views on proposed rate changes. The case is described as separate in all respects from the Bell company of this state’s current application.
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Bell Company
Trenton Detective Martin Gaffney Slain in Railroad Yard
Trenton New Jersey March 28 1922 railroad detective Martin Gaffney was shot in Pennsylvania railroad yards. A freight car on a Newark bound train was found opened soon after the shooting. Three shots struck Gaffney and a band of robbers is suspected. He is survived by a wife and family.
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Martin Gaffney
Trenton
N. J
Newark
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Gaffney
James Doolan
Frrnest Kroh
Princeton Junction
Waverly
Dudson Street
First bananas shipped to London fail to sell
The initial consignment of bananas sent to London could not be sold at any price and was abandoned to rot as no buyers existed and consumption was nil.
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London
Boy May Sue Teacher Over Window Push
The mother of Harold Yoland, senior at Wilmington High School, says penmanship instructor Burton Bacon pushed her son through a window after he ran up the stairs two jumps at a time, cutting his head face and hands. She threatens legal action if the school board does not discipline Bacon. Bacon denies the claim saying the student insulted him with a vile name in front of the teacher.
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Wilmington
Wilmingto
Harold Yoland
Pine Street
Wilmington Idea School
Burton Bnacon
Bacon
Board of Education
Yoland
Nurse from Glassboro Secretly Weds Doctor in Panama
Alsy Marie D Siebert an army nurse from Glassboro New Jersey and Dr H S Milligan of Springfield Ohio married secretly at Ancon Panama February 27. The union grew from a Panama hospital romance as both served there for years. Mrs Milligan returned home in February due to her father’s serious illness. A London club house for university women is proposed modeled after Paris New York and Washington institutions.
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Glassboro
Panama
N. J
Alsy Marie D. Siebert
H. S. Milligan
Springfield
Ohio
Ancon
Republic of Panama
London
Paris
New York
Washington
No Excuse For Staying Away From Church Ad
A 1924 letter from Liederiek Maryland praises a Westinghouse electric range for cooking and keeping meals warm with minimal electricity. Mrs Harry Brert of College Park endorses the unit and urges others to consider electric stoves for home efficiency.
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Westinghouse
Lange
Harry Brert
College Park
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Obenderfer-Dronenburg Company
East Patrick St
Illinois
Liederiek
Maryland
McDougall
Columbia
Hodemus Ige Cream CO
Frederick, Md
Erick
G. L. Baking Company
Court Street
Carroll Street
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