Remarkable Cogna Brandy Estates Bought For London Houses
In London and Bordeaux reports describe a vast purchase of Cognac estates by four London houses. The collection, valued around ten million dollars, dates from 1811 to 1893 and faces heavy French taxation, with some bottles priced at up to 250 dollars each.
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London
France
C. E. M Stambois
Bordeaux
Chateau de Chesseneuil
St Amant de Graves
Domaine
St. Severe
Maison Lautrait
Tulsa Exposition Plans Varied Oil Industry Contests
Tulsa outlines a nine day international petroleum exposition Sept 24 to Oct 1 focusing on practical oil industry activities. events include women employees typing and counting machines contest safety drills a tug of war and old timers recognition. golf and horseshoe tournaments run Sept 26 27 28 with prizes for winners and runners up.
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Tulsa
Oklo
Exposition
Oldtimers’ Department
Detour removal announced on William Penn Highway
The State Highway Department will remove the detour on the William Penn Highway between Canoe Creek and Yellow Springs via Williamsburg in Blair County this Saturday. The detour, set in June 1926, was part of a plan to complete a new road section that will cut 4.6 miles from the Harrisburg to Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh to Easton routes.
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State Highway Department
William Penn
Canoe Creek
Yellow Springs
Williamsburg
Blair County
Wm. Penn
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Easton
Highay Department
Buckle strap street pump with alligator trim description
A stone kid pair with amber alligator trim costs 10.50. Black patent or trimmed with black alligator priced at 9.50. The trim runs over the instep and sides of the ramp and on the quarter.
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I. Miller
Bridge Worker Falls to Death on Market Street Span
Wilkes Barre scene as W Red Steth age 25 from Pittsburgh dies after losing balance on Market Street bridge over the Susquehanna river. He worked as an assistant foreman in the construction gang and his body was recovered later.
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Wilkes-Barre
Market Street
Susquehanna River
Red” Steth
Pittsburgh
Smith
Author Changes Plea and Later Sentenced
Rockville Conn Sept 15 Leonard Cling novelist created a sensation in his murder trial by abruptly changing his plea to guilty of manslaughter. He had previously pleaded not guilty to first degree murder over the death of his friend Wilfred Irv newspaper man on May 14. Judge Eden Yeemans sentenced him to one year in the Tolland county jail and fined $1000.
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Rockville
Conn
Leonard Cling
Wilfred Irv
Eden Yeemans
Tolland Catty
World War I Headlines From September 15 1917
German submarine shells a British ship near Nantucket Island as U S warships from Maine to Virginia join the search. French and British forces hold new trenches in Verdun and Champagne, repelling counterattacks while public debate questions the necessity of horn-waving on automobiles.
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Nantucket Island
U. S
Maine
Virginia
Verdun
Champagne
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Washington, D. C
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Yarnall Street
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Vefors Common Pleas
Jacobstembash, Jr
Monmouth County
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Japan
Madrid
Smart
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Oxford
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Ibridge
Wheeling
W. Va
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Lakeland
Fla
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New York
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Holderman
Ruth Wider
Tere
Ruth Elder
Arizona
Federal Court
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J. Vultee
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