Utility rate reductions urged by public utilities bureau
The public utilities bureau advocates municipalities initiating rate proceedings or negotiating to cut electric rates based on present costs. It cites Virginia Electric and Power Company lower costs postwar and urges broad reform to establish valuations, justify future readjustments, and empower state and local regulation. The report highlights electricity as most urgent, with gas and telephones less so.
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Theu
Bureau
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Richmond
Bauer
Norfolk
W. E. & P. Company
State Corporation Co
Public Utilities Bureau
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
Semi-Pros Defeat Frederick Athletic Club 6-0
Winchester Semi-Pro football team beat Frederick Athletic Club 6 to 0 with line rushes by Harrell and Parker, a Baker to Haymaker pass, and Harrell scoring from the three yard line. Hack Wilson coaches Hose Company No 5 in Martinsburg, preparing for a benefit game December 11 for injured Paul Carper.
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Winchester
Frederick Athletic Club
Harrell
Parker
Baker
Haymaker
Jack Harrell
Marylanders
Hose Company No. 5
Martinsburg
Hack Wilson
Nat Hawkins
Brunswick
Paul Carper
Three-Year-Old Helena Green Recovers Hen Biddy
Helena Green of Indianapolis uses amateur detective work to locate her hen Biddy. Police later arrest an Indianapolis man and his son on a larceny charge after recovering Biddy and a yard full of stolen goods including coal, chickens, a rifle, and 100 auto tires.
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Helena Green
Indianapolis
Biddy
Helena
Simple home remedy for catarrhal deafness and head noises
An advertisement suggests Parmint in hot water with sugar as a home treatment for catarrh related deafness head noises loss of smell and taste and mucus drainage. It claims nearly ninety percent of ear troubles are catarrhal and that Parmint can relieve distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker’s Drug Store
You Pay Toward Cost of Government In 1922
A 1922 analysis shows taxes rising 60 percent from 1921. Per capita tax reaches 116 dollars, with total US taxes at 15 billion. State and local taxes total 85 per capita, federal 31. National income is ~50 billion. Sixty percent of federal spending covers war costs. constructive public works only 15 percent.
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United States
National Association of Manufacturers
National Committee For Economy
Welcome Guests at Home and Child Rearing
The piece contrasts hosting guests with child rearing as key cures. It notes how ancestral worship guides behavior and cites Chinese practices. It mentions Chinese and Japanese employment in silk cocoons as a large household industry affecting millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Will Ask For State Vote On Layman Act
Norfolk delegation plans to seek Virginia Legislature action if Congress amends the Volstead act to lift the federal prohibition on beer and light wines. Delegate Vivian L. Page says a wet plan will be presented to repeal the Layman act and permit regulated production and sale in Virginia.
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Norfolk
Congress
Vivian L. Page
Virginia
Page
Public sale of valuable personal property near Wadesville
By decree of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia the trustees in Warren Rice and Luther Pannett versus Harry M Sartelle et al announce a public sale at eleven o clock PM on Wednesday November 30 1932 at the Sartelle farm near Wadesville Virginia. Items include tractors wagons hay cattle hogs horses and farm equipment with cash terms and removal required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court of
Winchester
Virginia
Warren Rice
Luther Pannett
Harry M. Sartelle
Wadesville
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John Charles Thomas Josef Bonime & Symphony Orchestra
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SSTAR
Standard Oil Company OF
New Jersey
Federal
China
U.S
Patent Office
Stanley
Burbank
Hen Dodge
Burbank Bragg
Lee W. Stanley Central Press
The
Associated Press
Cobra’s
United States Department
Washington
State and War
State, War
Navy
Bay Serephitiee Panchet
Reltaht
Gvaanvenir
Dean
Honolulu
Handley- S. V. A
Braddock & Boscawen
Sts
Goodrich Safe
Silvertown
Ford
Etta Kett
BY Paul Robinson
Gerry
Pontiac
Willys Knight
Sedars
Winchester Chevrolet Company
Comic Page Circus
U.S. Royals
Herrell Sales Corp. Distributors
Loudoun St
R. B. Rogers
Dellinger Bros
Twin City Oil & Gas Corporation
Shell Station
Matinsburg Pike
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Big Sister
Central Press AsSociation, Inc
Byles Forgrave
Buddy
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