Snow plow shelter urged as village weighs transit needs
Trustees discuss a covered shelter for a new snow plow to aid future removals and consider ways to prevent crossing delays when long Pennsylvania trains block Sibley boulevard. A bank property seeks concrete paving at Calumet Sibley Center and a no-fee bowling permit is approved for a Lutheran parish building. Bell Telephone predicts Dalton District population reaching 40 000 by 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohr
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sibley Boulevard
Dalton
138Th Street
Suhr
Bell Telephone Company
No statue of Old Man Whitbaugh looms in Golden Valley
In a Montana exchange a native calls attention to the lack of a monument for pioneer cattle king Old Man Whitbaugh on a hill in Golden Valley. The tale notes bitterly cold winters and a humorous image of the figure with hands in pockets against the plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Harry Daniel
Thrift Magazine
Man Whitbaugh
Golden Valley
Maryland boys raise pine cones for seed program
Dorchester county leaders fostered a pine cone collection project with 4-H clubs that ships cones to the College Park forestry nursery. Seeds from the cones will grow loblolly pine seedlings for future sale to Eastern Shore farmers for highways and farms, with 85 cents per bushel paid to shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Maryland
J. P. Brown
Dorchester County
W. R. McKnight
State Forestry Nursery
College Park
University of Maryland
Hooper’s Island
Crapo
F. B. Trenk
Dorchester
Hog Cholera Ravages Northampton Hogs in Virginia
In Northampton County Cape Charles Virginia roughly 2000 hogs valued at fifty thousand dollars are dead or dying from hog cholera. The disease began in lower Northampton last fall and has wiped out whole pens. Veterinarians inject serum, farmers push vaccination to protect next year’s pork supply as meat shortages rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Charles
Northampton County
Northampton
French Farmers Face Deep Price Drop and Rural Exodus
Paris reports a dramatic 80 to 35 percent fall in farm product prices since May fueling a rural crisis. Deputed leader M. Pierre de Monicault blames low production costs lag and farm credit terms, noting rising farm sales and growing urban migration as farmers abandon fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Pierre de Monicault
Chamber of Deputies
France
M. de Monicault
Engagement Intimation Triggers Public Paper Copy Demand
A man bursts into a shop and, in a distressed tone, demands copies of a newspaper after finding an intimation of his engagement in the journal. He protests loudly, saying both he and his fiancée are extremely upset and angry. The clerk watches cautiously as the scene unfolds.
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Jed Oil and Paint Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan Avenue
Wabash Avenue
State Street
Branigar-Spies
C. Reich
Indiana Avenue
Phone
Riverdale
A. C. Reich
Telephone Riverdale
John Ravesfoot, Jr
South Holland
Harvey
Dolton
Lincoln School
Triangle
State
Wm. C. Ludwig
East 138Th Street
Oak Street
F. W. Propper
Michifran Avenue
Illinois Street
New Street
Blue Island
P. O. Box
Chicago
Illinois
Wm. Holleman
Peter J. P. DeYoung
Woodlawn Avenue
Ill
Gladstone’s
Mohawk
Hamilton Beach
Alban P. Reid
Davenport
Joseph Eason
Frederica Street
Eon
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
H. G. Wills
Edbrooke Ave
Riverdae
Price
159Th St
South Park Sanitary Plumbing CO
W. J. Cecilio
East
115Th Street
Ting
G. Gallegos
Riverdale Bank
William Lotz
WM. C. Zesch & Son
Avalon Ave
Saginaw
Isaac Shilling
159Th Street
South
Holland
Walter R. Stroh
Forest Avenue
Dolton, Ill
A. W. Hamann
Roseland
St. Michigan Ave
Telephone
Anthony Basile
Joseph Radtke
Pullman
Lincoln Ave
Amerian Magazine
Bankers Realty Petition
Bankers’ Realty Syndicate
Board of Local Improvements
Calumet Sibley Center
Chicago Road
G. I. Vulcanizing and Battery Shop
Washington Avenue
Texas
Virginia
Earl Deyoung
Michigan Ave
Carl Dieck
Lincoln Avenue
Frank C. Ott
Chicago St
A. J. Allen
137Th Street
Cleartone
Ray C. Manthey
K. L. Sherrill
Leyden Ave
Gladstone
Bldg
Sieben Cab Service
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