Roxana Petroleum seeks bulk storage on Mullan Avenue
Roxana Petroleum corporation of St. Louis filed a petition with city clerk Charles C. MacKay for a bulk storage plant on Mullan avenue between C F L and the Chicago Great Western tracks. The plan calls for five 18,000 gallon tanks totaling 90,000 gallons. Building Commissioner D B Toenjes and Fire Chief Ray Tiller approve the site. A prior petition for Vine street near East High field was withdrawn after objections from the East Board of Education.
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Mullan Avenue
FR. LL & P
Chicago Great Western
Charles C. MacKay
Roxana Petroleum Corporation
St. Louis
D. B. Toenjes
Ray Tiller
First Flights and Wrights Discoveries Memoir in Kitty Hawk
A deep look back at Kitty Hawk era flights and the preservation of early Wright brothers dispatches. The piece recounts Kill Devil Hill dunes, lifesavers, and reporters like Bruce Salley who filed May 1908 war stories. It notes how original papers were saved and later interpreted by historians.
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Kitty Hawk
Wrights
Kill Devil Hill
Nag
Johnny Moore
Manteo
America
Walter Raleigh
North Carolina
Tennessee
Arkansas
A. W. Drinkwater
New England
Drinkwater
Wright
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Bruce Salley
Norfolk
Landmark
Salley
Norfolk Landmark
Washington
the Sun
Baltimore
W. F. Bullock
Times Building
New York
Bullock
London Daily Mail
New York Sun
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Here
Altho
Atlantic
Roanoke Sound
Cleveland Leader
Cleveland
Selley
Weather Bureau Service
Jesse Ward
S. 5
Nottingham
Newton
Machine
Langley
Mars
New York Herald-Tribune
Shingles Demo Promises Permanent Roof Beauty
A Johnson Manville dealer showcases durable shingles in two color styles a restful gray and a warm blend. The display highlights storm anchored construction and a blow torch test to prove strength with lasting color and resistance to wear, warp, or curling.
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Johns-Manville
Water pumpage rises over half a million gallons daily
Waterloo water works reports a jump of about 3.7 million gallons pumped year over year, driven by lawn sprinkling, 400 new customers, and higher industrial use. For six days ending May 38, 1926, 15.5 million gallons pumped versus 11.8 million previously, averaging 622000 gallons more daily.
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George Shoemaker
Waterloo
Divorce Sought by Jeannette Sweeley in Madison District Court
Jeannette Sweeley filed in district court for divorce from Forest Sweeley on cruel and inhuman treatment. They married Sept. 23, 1912, in Madison, Iowa. She seeks custody of three children Margaret 14 Betty 12 Patsy 3 and asks for applicable alimony, plus an injunction restraining harassment and a writ of attachment to prevent disposal of property.
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Jeannette Sweeley
Cascaden Avenus
Forest Sweeley
Madison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roxana
Mullan
St. Louis Company Fetitions Council
Okeh
Mr. Hoover
Times
the Inquirer
Cincinnati
Picayune
New Orleans
Inquirer
Philadelphia
Henry King
Globe
Boston
Cal
San Francisco
Mr. Drinkwater
New York Herald
New York American
Byron Newton
Lfesavers
Estos
Waterloo Roofing & Supply Co
Hast Ltd
Johns-Manville Corporation
Fleming Bldg
Des Moines
Michigan Ave
18Th St
Chiceszo
Ackley—Townsend & Merrill Co
Cedar Falls
Townsend & Merrill Co
Charles City
H. A. Hoger
Dike—Townsend & Merrill Co
Dumont—E
Brown Lumber Co
Dysart Townsend & Merrill Co
Independence
West Side Lumber Co
Nashua
New Hartford
Oelwein—Stone-Little Lumber Co
Osage
L. T. Young Lumber Co
Reinbeck—Moeller & Welter
Waverly—Waverly Lumber Co
Winthrop—St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Co
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