Otley Social Notes and Far Reef Railway Valuations
Otley hosts and visits feature prominently with multiple local households hosting guests from Knoxville Galesburg Pella Reasner and Leighton plus sick lists for Mrs Levi Dykstra and Mrs William Lille. Farther afield figures include a Nijni Novgorod case fining a man for an attempted self harm obstacle and Panama Tehuantepec rail traffic in 1913 handling 130.5 million in goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otley
Levi Dykstra
Jake Wonda
N. Heimstra
Knoxville
Pete Wonda
Chas. Frazer
Galesburg
Frazer
S. de Bruin
Oskaloosa
M. C. Kuisaard
Ethel de Moss
C. Mae Omber
Nijni Novgorod
London Lancet
Panama
Beauty and Utility in Town Back Yard Farms
Chicago Herald suggests transforming neglected city backyards into productive spaces with gardens of 25 by 60 feet or larger. Ideas include hidden lawns, cold frames for early tomatoes and lettuce, dwarf fruit trees, shrubs, a pergola dividing flower and vegetable beds, grapevines on the pergola, and extensive vegetable crops with tomatoes lettuce radishes onions rhubarb peppers eggplant and corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Town Extends Glad Hand to Asbury Park Visitors
The mayor of Asbury Park New Jersey forms the Glad Hand Committee to welcome visitors with a cheerful hospitality drive. All citizens are invited as charter members and a slogan promises no frowns in the town. Ministers urge warm welcomes and return visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
N. J
C. E
Hetrick
Weehawken
Jersey City
Hedge fences help to make town attractive
A reforming view on garden design from Antoinette Rehm and Perrett in Beauty For Every Dooryard advocates native plantings, massed shrubs, and hardy borders. They praise un clipped barberry, privet, and other shrubs for city spaces, noting cost efficiency and year round charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antoinette Rehm
Perrett
Boston
Rochester's Fine Bridge Attracts Attention In Park
The substantial and handsome Rochester bridge built 1910–11 of cement and granite features a forty eight foot span with eight foot rise semiellipse and six parallel arches. It rests on two piers and endured the March 28 1913 flood, remaining largely intact with a monolithic structure and five foot sidewalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesee Valley Park
Rochester
Genesee River
Portland Adds 100000 Roses in City Beautiful Drive
Portland Oregon expands its rose landscape with the planting of 100000 bushes. The City Beautiful committee of the Rose Festival Association led the campaign to beautify the city, extending its rose display by fifty six miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
City Beautiful Committee
The
Rose Festival Association
Civil Service Exam in Pella for Clerk or Carrier
An open competitive Civil Service examination for post office clerk or city carrier will be held May 8 1916 in Pella Iowa. One vacancy exists for substitute city carrier with more to fill from the eligible list within at least one year from the exam date. For further information, apply to Gee Tunis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Examination
Pella
Bella
Iowa
Gee Tunis
Post Office Secured in Pella Iowa by Vice Board
The vice board obtained control of the Pella Iowa post office, marking a significant development in local operations. Details on officials involved and next steps were not disclosed in the available text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella, Iowa
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Love Bros
Puritan Drug Co
T. Plette
Lowe Brothers
Rochester’s
Genesee Park
F. & I. Lecocq
Blommers & Co
U. 8S. Post Office
Oldart
Munn & Co
Scientific Americat
Q Unh & Co
Noncwar
New York
Washington, D. C
Reangh Cas
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