Growth of Chicago Telephone Company Surges in 1916
The Chicago Telephone Company reports major 1916 gains with four new exchange buildings and 75 miles of conduit. About 56,000 additional telephones were installed, reaching 560,000 in service, while private exchanges near 360 boosted capacity and daily calls rose to 2.5 million, peaking near 2.9 million before Christmas.
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Chicago Telephone Company
Exchange
Austin
Fulton Street
Lakeview
Sheffield Avenue
Calumet
Wabash Avenue
South Chicago
East Highty-ninth Street
Lawndale
Humboldt
Warrenville
Illinois
Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Electric Railway
Loop District
Washington Street
Franklin
Market Streets
Main
Central
Kildare
Irving Office
McKinley Coffce
West
Thirty-seventh Street
McKinley
Prospect
Calumet River
Ninety-fifth Street
Chicago River
Irving Park Boulevard
Farm Loans Offer At Six Percent Interest
Farm loans in Alton Illinois advertised at ten years time at six percent interest. Loans repayable in installments. Contact A. B. Diekman of Alton for details. Amounts not exceeding seventy five dollars per acre.
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Diekman
Alton
Il Nois
Place of Dust in Nature
Dust plays a crucial role in nature providing diffused daylight and color to skies. It enables sunrises and sunsets, softens light, and shapes the appearance of deserts and mountains. Without dust, life would differ vastly with constant glare and total darkness after sunset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Charm in Southern City and Its Historic Sights
The article surveys Charleston's old districts with colonial homes and thriving Afro American life. It highlights Fort Sumter Sullivan's Island Poe's Gold en Bug Fort Moultrie Osceola's prison remains Magnolia Gardens Drayton Hall and the mossy, scented scenic beauty along the Ashley River, inviting March visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Charleston
Fort Sumter
Sullivan’s Island
Edgar Allan Poe
Golden Bug
Magnolia Gardens
Ashley
Drayton Hall
Physical Fitness Big Asset in Modern Life
The article argues no woman cannot be well and urges embracing fitness. It links ill health to higher doctor costs and lost earnings, and says strength improves social life and family duties. It concludes by urging self-improvement over pity and notes a social shift toward fitness.
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WM. G. Zesch
Midway
Leyden Avenue
Riverdale
Chauncy Ave
Grand Cross
F. J. Higgins
Wabash
Webster
LaSalle St
Henry W. Schnoor
Dolton
Chicago Street
Holtos
Walter Magay
Riverdale 524
W. P. 133
Geo. Tuch
Indiana Ave
137Th Street
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
West 137Th St
Frank C. Ott
Edward F. Dillner
Chicago St. Dolton, Hi
Frank Seestadt
Blacksmid
Gus. Nordhoff
Sheffeld
Tiouse
Phil Sehmi
Robby
Ind
Skast
Grant Bros
Telephone CO
Chicago
New
Magnolia
Bell Telephone Building Commercial Department
Traction and Subway Commission
Messrs. Parsons
Ridgway
Arnold
Chicago Surface Lines
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