Real Estate Slow in August on the North Shore
August slows land deals as brokers report vacation pauses and seasonal drift. Walter J. Smith and Co. near closing several acreage trades and McGuire and Orr manager George Englehart notes small transfers that hint at a brisk autumn. Niles Center thrives on an L branch boom while Wilmette, Winnetka, Hubbard Woods see varied activity and Britton Budd cites a future population rush from the LL extension.
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North Shore
Wall Street
Atlantic
Lakes
Michigan
Wisconsin
Walter J. Smith and Company
Glencoe
Smith
George H. Englehart
McGuire and Orr
Englehart
Winnetka
Hubbard Woods
Linden Avenue
Wilmette
Niles Center
Britton Budd
Chicago, North Shore Andilwaukee Railroad
Evanston
Clerk Carrier Exam At Wilmette Post Office
An examination for the clerk carrier position will be held at the Wilmette post office on Tuesday August 5. Applications and information available at the post office.
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Wilmette
Mrs Henry A Pope visits daughter in Plum Lake Wisconsin
Mrs Henry A Pope of Lake Avenue visits her daughter Mrs Ed win Badger at Plum Lake Wisconsin.
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Henry A. Pope
Lake Avenue
Edwin Badger
Plum Lake
Wisconsin
Northwestern Realty Courses Added This Fall
The School of Commerce at Northwestern University expands its policy to include a comprehensive real estate curriculum. New courses cover real estate principles finance land economics valuations and appraisals with offerings at the downtown Chicago and Evanston campuses.
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School of Commerce
Northwestern University
Ralph E Heilman
Chicago
Evanston
Dean Heilman
Fred Babcock
William Babcock & Son
Walter E. Lagerquist
Elmer A. Claar
Baird & Warner
Lagerquist
Claar
Chicago Board
Y. M. C. A. School of Commerce
Village Garage Building Bid Plans Await Next Meeting
The village advances its garage project with multiple contractors submitting tenders for a £7,000 building on the Main Street lot. The contract award is set for the upcoming August meeting of the council.
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Village Garage
Jugen
Main Street
Rural Land Values Drop Across Nation in Survey
A 1920 to 1924 agricultural survey shows farm land values declined by over eighteen billion dollars nationwide. The Midwest bears the largest losses with grain and livestock areas hardest hit. Iowa plough lands fell from 257 to 169 per acre, Ohio from 132 to 96, Illinois from 213 to 148, while South Dakota dropped 59 percent.
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Union
Middle West
United States
Iowa
Ohio
Illinois
South Dakota
Farmland values rise in several states aided by irrigation
The report credits irrigation projects and five years of development for holding land values in many states. Some southern states show solid results while strictly cotton regions like Vieteam and South Carolina decline despite high cotton prices. Texas and Oklahoma post above 1920 levels with New Jersey entering the higher class. Total farm land value estimated around 1823 billion with the 1920 census base at about 72.5 percent.
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Texas
Oklahoma
New Jersey
Vieteam
South Carolina
Igy
Department of Agriculture
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First Mortgage
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