Road Building Boom Seen Across United States
The United States faces a great road building era with the nation set to have a vast highway system. About 1.26 billion dollars are available this year for road work through federal state and local funding. Over 700,000 workers will build and patrol roads, plus 200,000 more in machinery and material plants.
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Chicago
Jan. T
National Roads Congress
J. KB. Pennybacker
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Ford Wins Patent Infringement Suit
Henry Ford won a Supreme Court damages suit brought by the J. K. Ignition Company alleging Ford Motor Company infringed on a patent for a cell used in Ford machines. The case involved several million dollars.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Supreme Court
J. K. Ignition Company
Ignition Company
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Sait
First Bonus Bonds Sold in Oregon
Oregon state bonus commission sold the first block of ten million dollar veterans bonus bonds to Ralph Schneelock & Co. Portland at its initial sale.
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Oregon
Salem
Ore
Oregon State Bonus Commission
Ralph Schneelock & Co
Portland
Arbuckle Breaks Silence In Plea For Fair Judgment
San Francisco January 17 Roscoe Arbuckle spoke outside the courtroom on his second trial for the death of Virginia Rappe saying he is innocent and asking the public to withhold judgment until a 12 member jury decides the case. He described suffering the tortures of hell from the accusations and emphasized his desire to prove his innocence and win back the public’s esteem.
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Arbuckle
Minta Durfee
Santa Fe Starts on Line Construction
TOPEKA Kansas January 17 First major new line construction by any Western railroad since the war began was announced by the Santa Fe a new branch opening up 100000 acres of wheat land would be built through Stanton and Grant counties in Kansas J R Koonts general freight agent said plans do not include extension of a new line of 50 additional miles to Springfield Col as petitioned by citizens of Baca county Colorado.
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Topeka
Kan
Western Railroad
The
Santa Fe
Stanton
Grant
Kansas
J. R. Koonts
Springfield
Colo
Baca County
Colorado
Chemical industries topic to open Pilgrim Congregational talk
Dr. H. K. Benson will discuss Chemical Industries of the State of Washington before the Men’s Club at Pilgrim Congregational Church on Tuesday evening. R. C. Erskine will speak on My Home Town.
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Chemical Industries
State of Washington
H. K. Benson
Pilgrim Congregational Church
R. C. Erskine
Business Leaders to Speak at First Methodist Dinner
Representatives from several Seattle business houses will be among the speakers at the Men s Brotherhood dinner of the First Methodist church at 6 30 p m Tuesday.
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Brotherhood
Seattle
Men's Brotherhood of the First Methodist Church
First successful overhead trolley line in Richmond 1887
A historic note records the completion of Richmond Virginia's first successful overhead trolley line in 1887 marking a milestone in urban transit. The achievement highlights the adoption of electric streetcar technology and its impact on city development and mobility.
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Richmond, Va
Income tax forms for low incomes available in Northwest cities
Income tax forms for persons with incomes not exceeding 5000 for 1921 will be available at the internal revenue collector offices in Seattle Tacoma and Spokane on Wednesday. Persons with no dependents with income of 1000 or more must file a return, and heads of families must file if income exceeds 2000 regardless of tax due.
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Internal Revenue Collector
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
County Eyes New Neeley Bridge East of Auburn
County Engineer Thomas R. Beeman seeks bids to replace the old wood and steel Neeley Bridge two miles east of Auburn with a new 198 foot span at an estimated cost of 14000 dollars.
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Neeley
Thomas R. Beeman
Auburn
Coman Divorce Suit Withdrawn as Kansas City Divorce Granted
Spokane reports that attorneys for Senator Edwin T. Coman withdrew his divorce suit against Mrs Sallie Wilcer son. Separately, Mrs Coman secured a divorce in Kansas City Missouri last Saturday, ending the marriage.
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Coman
Spokane
Edwin T. Coman
Coman T
Sallie Wilcerson
Kansas City
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