Nitro West Virginia for sale a war plant city
The War Department offered Nitro West Virginia as a complete town including 737 manufacturing buildings 1 675 homes sewerage system banks hotels hospitals moving picture houses and more for 70 million dollars The site housed a major smokeless powder plant and could be repurposed for chemical manufacturing or paper and wood pulp processes with an 18 mile gauge railway a vast water system and administrative district facilities.
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War Department
Nitro
W. V2
United States
Ordnance District Salvage Board
Market Street
Philadelphia
White House garden party honors convalescent soldiers
Mrs. Wilson hosted about 300 veterans from Walter Reed and Naval Hospital along the White House south lawn, assisted by Mrs. Marshall and others. Guests arrived by army transports and ambulances as the Marine Band played, then mixed with the President and First Lady, who served ices and cakes.
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RS. Wilson
White House
United States
Walter Reed and
Naval
Marine Band
Wilson
Joseph Rychard
New York
Mr. Wilson
Senator Fletcher Improves After Car Injury
President Wilson sent condolence to Senator Duncan Fletcher who lies seriously injured at his home on Massachusetts avenue after being struck by a Capital Traction Company car Thursday evening. Reported improvement suggests he may be up in ten days but no visitors are allowed and his family remains away on vacation.
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Wilson
Duncan Fletcher
Massachusetts Avenue
Capital Traction Company
Senator Fletcher
New destroyer Marcus named for hero at San Francisco launch
The United States destroyer Marcus was launched in San Francisco to honor Lieut. Arnold Marcus who died heroically aiding the submarine A-7 at Manila in July 1917. Mrs. Marcus sponsored the ship as Secretary Daniels praised the officer's gallantry and selfless duty.
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Margaret Monteiro Berry
Overton
Bradley Hills
Farragut
William Donald Carmichael, Jr
North Carolina
Berry
Lieut
Robert Oul
Virginia
France
San Francisco
Arnold Marcus
United States Navy
Manila
United States
Marcus
Paul Cowles
Chicago
Central Division
Associated Press
Navy
Daniels
Annapolis Naval Academy
Lady Young
Sir Popham Young
Government of India
Plane lands on roof then flies off over Newark building
Edwin H. Ballough, formerly of the Canadian aviation service and now a local aviator for a dry goods firm, landed a plane on the army quartermaster stores roof in Newark on August 22 with one passenger. The craft circled the 987 foot long roof at about 700 feet, then taxied, took off again, a feat once done in Paris a year earlier.
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Newark
N. J
Edwin HE. Ballough
Canadian Aviation Service
Army Quartermaster Stores
Paris
Government at a Glance diagram by National Library Service
A complete authoritative diagram showing relations of government bureaus and branches. Printed by U S Chart Co. handsomely in 20 cent mail copies. Box 683, Washington, D C.
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National Library Service Bureau
U. 8 Chart Co
Washington, D
Corby Cakes Pass Rigorous Expert Inspection Promises Purity
The firm states every ingredient used in Corby Cakes undergoes strict expert analysis to verify 100 percent purity. Analysts confirm no compromise on quality and emphasize consistent standards across all products.
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Uncle Sam
W. Va
Hay Fine Business Center
Bellevue
The
Bellevue Farms Lunch Co
N. Y. Ave
Washington
F Street
Columbia Theater
Geo. Plitt Co. Inc
GERAD
STAG
Leek
Motor Corps
Mra
Senate
Red Cross
J. Campbell Cantrill
James Baward Cantril
Thompson Buchanan
York
George Barnett
Marine Corps
Irving Chase
Narragansett Pier
Barnett
Narragansett
Chase
Brazil
A. de S. Moreira
Southampton
Long Island
New York City
May
H. W Rogers
William Morton Grinnell
Morria Evans
Henry C Corbin
Chatham
Henry Weaver Hamilton
Chevy Chase
Charlotte
George Mallette Ferris
Connecticut
James M Luke
Anna Mae Luke
Mr Luke
Detroit
Mrs . Patterson Perry
Norfolk
Boston
Adirondack Mountains
Wade H. Ellis
Ellis
American Bar Association
Atlantic City
Mr. Fletcher
Frisco
Dalin &Hg
Fianes
Corby Baking Company
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