Five thousand dollar apple tree guarded by cage in New Jersey
In Gloucester county New Jersey farmer Lewis Mood sold a branch of a red exceptionally large apple tree to a major nursery firm for a reported five thousand dollars. Mood receives $1,000 cash and $4,000 in royalties at two cents per bud from progeny trees. The tree is under a stout wire cage and will undergo exhaustive tests before market release.
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Ferrell
N. J
Lewis Mood
Harrison Township
Gloucester County
Mood
United States
Jersey
Woodbury
Old Mortgage Satisfied in Clinton County
A mortgage for 650 dollars dated November 8 1845 against the Haaged farm in Beech Creek township Clinton County was paid at the Register and Recorder office in Lock Haven. Original holder William G. Jackson later moved to Nottingham Virginia. The amount was paid within a year but not cleared on the books until now.
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Philadelphia
Beech Creek Township
Clinton County
Office of Register and Recorder P
Kift
Lock Haven
William G. Jackson
Nottingham
Star RZ Cephei Sets Speed Record in Harvard Study
Harvard astronomers report RZ Cephei, a tenth magnitude variable star in Cepheus, travels through space at about 2.5 million miles per hour. Using a long-term photographic sky patrol and comparisons of plates from 31 years apart, the team links its high velocity to possible ejection from globular clusters.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard College Observatory
Harvard
Cepheus
Earth
Egypt
Harvard Observatory
Arequipa
Peru
Pension Line Shrinks as Veteran Numbers Drop
Washington reports the federal pension system cost 255 million dollars in the last fiscal year, with 253.8 million paid as pensions and maintenance at 1.39 million. Civil War veterans on rolls dropped to 193,881 while widows and other veterans declined. 130,736 pension claims were settled and 2,269,767 checks issued, with 82,615 claims pending.
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Washington
Mexico
Regular Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Sion
One Ton Candle for Caruso Shaped in New York
A one ton memorial candle for Enrico Caruso, five feet base diameter and 16 feet tall, was completed by Antonio Ajello & Bro. in New York at a cost of 3700 dollars. It will be shipped to Pompeii to stand in the Church of Our Lady of Pompeii for 18 centuries, burning 24 hours on All Souls Day, on the order of an orphan asylum benefactor.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Antonio Ajello & Bro
Pompeii
Italy
Caruso
Church of Our
Nebraska items mix fires deaths and meetings in brief
A roundup of Nebraska items reports Luther College dormitory fire in Wahoo causing about 10000 in damage, a fatal saw incident near Callaway, and a Cedar Bluffs shooting death. Also notes the State Bar meet in Omaha and Nebraska Realtors gathering in Lincoln, plus church revival converts and local civic actions.
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Midwest Implement Dealers’ Association
Omaha
Luther College
Wahoo
W. S. Lattin
Callaway
State Bar Association
Frank Laga
Comstock
Nebraska Realtors’ Association
Lincoln
New Methodist Church
Endicott
Sand Point
Idaho
Herrold Bloomington
Kearney
Nebraska Automobile Association
American Automobile Association
Jacksonville
Fla
Nebraska editors and public notices obituary and events summary
A compendium of Nebraska items notes Henry Allen Brainerd a veteran editor and press historian born 1857 in Boston. Fred Oberst killed in Blair. police raids shut punch boards in Fremont. $50,000+ raised for state university stadium. child burns from Eskimo costume at Omaha Christmas. Acting Governor Barrows pursues salary claim. death of James H. Currie ofBradshaw. Hereford exhibitors win ribbons in Chicago. Omaha's poor fed at Ernie Holmes restaurant. $80,000+ in federal fines for prohibition. EK A. Brown dead. school boards convention moved to January in Lincoln. Al Snow Nebraska’s oldest Odd Fellow. university memorial stadium work to begin. inquest into John Leek death with 11 bullet holes. Gordon winter playgrounds and skating pond. J Marshall Hopley new manager at Tekamah store. Fairmont churches merge. oil drilling at Lakeside Sheridan county shows activity.
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Fred Oberst
Blair
Fremont
Brenner
State University
John Childe
Omaha
P. A. Barrows
Altho
James H. Currie
Bradshaw
Board of Trustees
Cotner
University of Bethany
L. C. Oberlies
State Board of Control
Nebraska
Chicago
Santa Claus
Ernie Holmes
A. S. Rohrer
EK. A. Brown
Friend Sentinel
Friend
Association of Nebraska School Boards
Lincoln
al Snow
York
Beatrice
Memorial
Avery
John Leek
DeWitt
Gordon City
J. Marshall Hopley
Farmers’ Union
Tekamah
Fairmont
Lakeside
Sheridan County
Jlocal
Alliance
Council Bluffs
Three Flat House Promoted as Smart Investment
Promote a three flat income property designed to resemble a private residence. The plan shows two three room flats on the second floor with private baths and a first floor owner unit plus a future sixth room expansion. Beds in each three room flat can be stored at night to reclaim living space.
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ill
How to Be Warm in Winter from the Commerce Department
The Commerce Department housing division advises inspecting homes to save coal and money. Seal drafts, install storm doors or double windows if possible, plug cracks around windows and doors, adjust hinges and locks, weather strip, and insulate attics and basements. Close dampers, keep chimneys clean, lock and shade windows, and set room temperatures around 68 to 76 degrees with efficient ventilation.
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Commerce Department
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Grand Island
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