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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04
Why, Indeed?

From th" New York sun
Why doesn't that Polish chess prodigy
chang" his name from Rzcschcwski to Jest.
rhcSsky?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

inv that Var between England and AmeFI'"s
is sure, as the United States must yi1b II
cvitably gravitatc into an alliance eoortain Siin
Germany" Yes, indeed That's as '"nsr hsrs,
us that the moon is made OF green o"v Who
and that Mr.. Shaw is II sensible l''u" w."
always says exactly what he means
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04
. NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks Wi Thinking Philadelphans Subjects They
Kno,U Best

Rochurk plant. Money orders sent in to
their Philadclnhia plant BY their customers
ALREADY amount to $4,000 n day. This in
addition TO their regular mail. This amount
equals the money order business for one day
for the entire city whom became postmaster
seven years ago. Christmas time in previous
years the money order business in rhladrl-
nhia amounted to about $4,000. This year
il Win be &1nN 600 n hnN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

Seven thin girls squeezed through ,ots ,Is
bars and escaped from the New York S,,Snt S,".tS
Rrformatory ut bedford. Fattcr ones ,,otes S'%,S
between the bars. The motto OF lne i,,o lH,',' me
appears to be, "Give me liberty or give NV
fat since | can't have both.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

\ dispatch from Baltimore says '!h. ,%s
more Than 500 900. 900 changed hands at va ,gS
four big Maryland race tracks during the t,,LU lin
days OF racing just ended: which Is Wio"dd Wo"d
million or so of an amount that "o"'
make the game unsayOry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04
A FOUR. WEAR PROGRAM FOR
BIIII AnI-I DIIlA

Things on wnicm tue people expect the usw
administration TO concentrate Its at .utiOn:
to- BtiOrurt riuCr bridge.
drUdOck big enough TO accommodate the
largest Sh,pS.
Dcrciopmcnt Of he rdpid transit system.
corr utiOu hail
! Jut'dtn0 for me Free L,Jrury
dn irt huSeHn.
Rul1r0,m '1it Of The 'rdtrr SvppI.
UoDitS tC occOr modCtc the Pcpuldtiou
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04
DO WE SEEK A DUMMY
OR A SUPERINTENDENT?
The Kind Of Man TO BE Elected to
Head the School System Depends on
the Answer to This Question

TI'IIE oppoytunitics for constructive service
offered bv the phiIndrlrhia school system
are such rs to apocal 70 the oblcst cXpcrts
on o,lucatton in the whole country.
Yo, tIc Bourd of puhlir Educotion has NOT
been abe TO ogrrc ON thc man 70 ,rrvn os
supcriutrudrut Of schools. Ar its November
meeting neither of the two candidates voted
on received tho necessary sunnnrt ~ secure
his o,crtion In ,hc mon,h tb,t hos irtrr.
ycucd it has brrn imnn.sibIc to orrrr ON
either of tLc o,iyinoI mon whose names ycrr
submitted or to unitr ON ony one cl.c,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04
Survival of the Fittest

From III" St. Paul Pioneer Press
In this lay Of unstable government, we
AN AFFORD to b" proud 0f system that has
proved workable for Iii years
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

There il always the chance that BY tRe
time we have the largest navy in the worIu
We won't need it; not because peace @ Va,
thrown her mantle over us. but because wv, W"'
may have discovered newer and more I'd"
grruIIS implclaCntS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

Governors are also helped to their agree
mpnt that it il cxpedient to exempt mort
cages from the income tax by the knowledge
that such a tax makes house owner pay
twice where once should be enough.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

The thrilling serial "Thc Ring and It's
Keeper" is still being developed by the
Lockwood committee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

"Wash your face! You look like q
chorus girl! :" said n New York magistrate
to a sixteen year old girl. But that may n..
have been the reason she didn't WASH ne'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

Mrs. Eliza Daggctt says she thinks 10
more of rUnnng for mayor Of AttIeo3IITC. IIo.
Mass, than she does Of cleaning house. lie, dS,
s.mlr will hardly affect men the way .sn, Sn,
Supuoscs. IIouScclcanng is something '""'
uppdIlS any man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

Having occasionally swallowed moI1 more
then lie rul comfortably digest, the prronSsc'
ban on immigration shows that lncle Han
is seriously thinking of going on d'e' w
Il while.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

The world is at one on the necessity
for amending the covenant The nteu
States is alone simply in its desire to change
it before membership.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

A Chicago steer weighing 1860 pounds
has been sold for $l.70 pound. Proba6y
all right as a champion-but bum steer Tor
cheap meal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

Greece has reason to fear that If she ia
left to paddle her own canoe Constantine
may rock the boat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

School children in Chicago are served
with lunch for three and five cents. Fine
business The stories told Of undernonr'
ishcd school chiIdrcn have borne good irult,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04
RAILROAD STORIES
How the Railroads and Hotels Once
Worked Together A Tom Scott
ncident-Andrew Carnegie's Part
In the South Penn Rail.
road Project
BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN

THE phenomenal advances in railroad man .
l. agrmCnt in this country. as eXrmpliicd
in the Pennsylvania system, can only be ap-
prCciatcd by those who, in point of years.
have been able to span tie gnp between the
past and the present.
In some respects only is this remarkable
development strikingly apparent.
There came into my possession the other
day n thin, attenuatcd. little cloth bound
volume about rs large as an old fashioned
store book. On the back was stamped the
legend: Book of Rules Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, 1855"
In was n book of instructions, containing
the rules for operation from supervisor down
to fngman. They were direct, concise and
evidently amply sufficient for the traffic ar
rangcmcntS and maintenance of way of
thirty five years ago
The rules governing road operations today
make n fair size volume and yet com
parison will show that the little book of Il
generation ago held the cruX of the elaborate
system of the present.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

When Satan finds some mischief still for
idle hands to do. it turns out, now and theh
that the "misChicf Still' turns out hooch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

Washington cabinet makers seem to be
specializing ON collins for opposition candl'
dates.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

One way to bring about war Is continu.
ally to harp on its likelihood to evcntuate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

TO steer conventions vessel away from
any rocks when Harding visits Wilson, they
will not mention Cox.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

The way to play the finest kind OF poll
ties is occasionally to forget to play politics
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

If knavcS were not also fools, righteous
ness would be handicapped.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04
SHORT CUTS

D'Annunzio is still posturing on tn,
ragged edge of the sublime.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04
A Livestock Collection

From the London Daily Mail,
A goat. n couple of rabbits and some poul.
try, In addition to 1900 in cash, were among
offerings received for the harvest festival
Affection Of Banks Primitive Methodist
Church. Preston. 90
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

II
volume about as large as an old fashioned
store book. On the back was stamped the
legend: BOOK of Rules of the Pennsylvania
Raflroad, 1850
In was n book of instructions, containing
the rules for operation from supervisor down
to ilagman. They were direct, concise and
evidently amply sufficient for the traffic ar.
rangcmcnts and maintenance of way OF
thirty five years ago
The rules governing road operations today
make n Iir-szc volume and yet COM
parisOn will show that the little book of Il
generation ago held the CruX of the elaborate
system of the present.
Tn ANOTHER respect is there Il marked
i difference in the personnel of the system.
There are tens Of thousands of older
Philadclphians who recall with pleasant
memories the famous old Girard House
which stood at the northeast corner Of Ninth
and Chestnut streets.
1t was Philadclphia's great and distinctive
hotel in the heyday of its career. Particu-
larly was it the headquarters of the big men
of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Captain II. A. Chadwick was the propre-
tor in those days, and ono of the interesting
incidents in his career that he was always
fond of relating to intimate friends, had to
do with the PENNSYLVANIA road.
~ gentleman named Anderson who with
his family had been stopping at the Girard.
was about to return to his home in
SuNulUun ana nau secured tickets DN inc
way of Washington" he said in the recital.
Il advised him to 60 over the Pennsylva-
MIA, take a boat down the Ohio to Louis
vile and thence home by way of Nashville.
( | wanted the Pennsylvania road to get the
business. II and its people had done n great
deal toward improving the hotel business in
Philadelphia and was worthy of all the sup
| port we could give them.
''Nr. Anderson took my advice and had
his tickets changed.
-
cussing the matter with Mr.. Anderson asked
If was not afraid that il would hurt my
huvin"Sa. | replied that ] thought not.
The Pennsylvania Railroad sent me n great
deal of business. some Of its leading officials
were personal friends of mine, aud in
tended sending them all the business !
could.
"Thc gentleman suggested that n hotel
proprietor naturally had a great influence in
sending business to a raiIrord. but ii" should
be very careful about exercising it as it
might work great injury to him.
"a few days after President Scott stop
ped at the hotel, as he usually did. and to
! my aStonishm"nt handed me an annual pass
over the Pennsylvania. 1t seems that the
| man who had overheard NV advice to Mr..
Anderson was a western official Of the road
and he had reported the incident to Mr..
Scott
Captain Chndwirk retained his pass
| privilege over the Pennsylvania as long M
he was in the hotel business.
81" transit gloria muudi. That is so far
| a. passes are concerned.
! rINIIE death Of Isaac y. Mckee. Of this city.
i former member Of the Legislature. breaks
| another link between III" present day Of
| great things and their beginnings sixty years
| ago.
Mr. Mckee knew Andrew Carnegie in
| tmut"ly when Il Young man. Carncgic'S
| was Tia" starting point for the hundreds Of
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-06-24
PLAN BIG MUSIC COURSE
College Has engagements
For Next Year. 10 Pay Orchestra

Middlebury College Has Engagements
For Next Year. To Pay Orchestra
$1,000.
Middlebury, June lS-Although no
announcement has yet been made Mid
dlebury College is to have next season
one of the finest music courses given
anywhere in the country
The season will open November /
with concert by the Philharmonic
Orchestra Of New York, Josef Stran-
sky conducting. The orchestra will
receive $1,000 for coming to Middle
bury.
Later will come the tlonaley String
Quartet, now ranked as the finest or
ganization of its kind in the country.
Another engagement is that Of Rein
aid Werrenrath, the famous American
baritone. A two-piano concert is to be
given by Guy Maier and Lee Pattison,
two young men who have won high
standing for their unique recitals.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-06-24
MANCHESTER prPoT

Mr. and Mrs l.arkin Of Troy. n T..
WIRE called here By the illness of Miss
Sarah jane sheldon.
There viii be- regular meeting Of
Adoniram Lodge Ne q. Il. a A. n. Al
their rooms on Thursday evening
June Path.
Or j. l.. Loycjoy. a former prae-
titioner here. but now living in IVES
ton. was visiting friends here Tor a
short time recently.
Harry Sidney went to Philadelphia
SATURDAY and brought his wife's
mother home with him to assist in tho
care Of Mrs Sidney who is III
Mr. and Mrs Robert Smith and chill
dren and MIR. and Mrs Reuben Taylor
OF Bennington, were Sunday guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Reed making the
trip in Mr. Taylor's new Ford.
The Rutland Railroad has been inn
proving the appearance of'their prop
crty about the local station by the put
ting of Of some crushed stone. Sew
eral carloads Of this would add very
to the improvement
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-06-24
DETROIT FOURTH CITY
OF UNITED Stairs

Washington. June is-An Increase
Of more than 1l3 per cent in the last
ten years was shan in the census
returns for Detroit, announced today
Cleveland increased ~ per cent. The
figures are:
Detroit. ss3 .73s. Increase ST. s73, or
1874 per cent.
Cleveland. 7s6 $50. increase 2s6I78
or - per cent.
With the announcement u the pop
Citations Of Cleveland and Detroit. the
definite ranking q the oountry's u
large cities has been established. New
York and Chicago remain first and
second cities, respectively. Philadei
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-06-24

phia Is the Only one OF the - whose
1920 population has not been announc-
ed, but il is unlikely that the Pennsyl-
vania city's rank AZ third largest in
TIE country will be changed. Detroit
had jumped into fourth and Cleveland
into fifth position, forcing s.. Louis
into sixth. Boston into seventh, Balti-
more into eighth and Pittsburg into
ninth place.
Los Angeles advanced from 18th
rank TO 10Th and displaced Buffalo. ~
well a. retaining the h0nor " being
the largest city west Of s.. Louis san
Frzncisco retained 18th rank and Buf-
faio dropped from l0.h 70 18th. while
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-06-24

Milwaukee was forced into 18th place.
Washington. d. G., moved from 10th
to isth position. displaeing Newark.
~ j., which dropped into 18th posi-
tion. Cincinnaii, 18th largest city in
1910, noW ranks ~ 10th
New Orleans, through the advance
~ Los Angeles and Washington. was
forced from 18th rank % 18th position.
while Minneapolis retained IL rank "A
18th largest city
The ranking q the cities below Min
neapolJs cannot be determined until
the populations Of Kansas City. Mo,
Providence. X. l.. and Rochester. n. Y.
have been announced.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-06-24
HnNI UNDER SEA MINES
HELL TO RECLAIM

UNDER. SEA , MINI
l. ~ " HELP TO RECLAI
LAND FROM OCEANS GRIP.
When coal mining was first
| undertaken as a commercial
proposition the coal was mined
from the surface outcrops. Later
came the shaft-mlne with IT.
elevators and cars. In the ex
lremities to secure cheap coal
for isolated districts. and 10
get any al all where mines are
early worked out, the coal veins
are followed out under the land.
and IN one instance, under the
Sea. The under-the-sea mines
are quite numerous IN England,
but rs yet only one such mine
has been reported on the North
American continent.
II was nc Fort Rupert that
the first discovery of coal was
made on the Pacific coast, but
the product was exceedingly
poor ia quality shortly later
coal was located al Nanalmo.
on Vancouver island. During
the early days OF mining In this
district the coal was mined from
the beach only, hut as the vein
ran out under the he'd Of the
ocean, II was decided to follow
IL. A shaft, now known as "No.
| shaft" was sunk near the
shore line 10 a depth Of about
100 feet.
Work was started on the "un-
der-sea" mine IN 1881, but the
preliminary work was not com
pleted until two years later, so
that II was in 1885 that the
mine became shipper OF coal.
From the latter date until the
present this milne has been In
continuous operation. with the
exception Of two short periods.
The first suspension WAS caused
by a mine explosion In which
nearly 100 lives were lost. The
second arose from labor troubles
which terminated in general
strike. For more than IS years
the output OF this single mine
has been more than 10000 tons
year. The mine has shipped
more than s.OO0Oc6 tons Of coal.
In addition. acres upon acres
OF sea have been reclaimed. and
made into valuable building
plots for industry and homes
By dumping the waste rock from
the mine along the ocean front.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-06-24

Frank W. Agan was born in Ply
mouth, VT, Dec. 10th, 1869. the son OF
John and Amanda Henry Again. II,
left Plymouth with his folks when h,
was two years old and went to sehCo
in Ludlow
He graduated from Black River
Academy and went to work in tho
wooden mills of Ludlow, in one of the
plants which he now owns, and learn
cd the business, being advanced to an
over3cer's position and becoming q
chemistry and dyeing expert.
While in the dyeing department he
invented a cleanser for wool that was
widely and successfully used Later
in life, he secured basic patents on an
adding machine and combination
vacuum cleaner and sweeper, which he
later disposed Of
A Self-M Made Man
He went to Gilsum, n. H., for three
years, but returned to Ludlow in 1898
and built the plant for treating wool
waste or shoddy, which he owned and
managed unity 1919. He bought an
interest in the Verd Mont mill, just
below Ludlow on the Black river, and
that property for about Is
years. Later he acquired AN interest
in the Ludlow wooden mill which he
still owns and operates.
The Ludlow mill, which was an old
fashioned plant, he equipped in mod
ern fashion, so that both the ''old mill"
and the Verd Mont are now successful,
efficient properties
Frank W. Agan represented Ludlow
in the Legislature of 1904, being chair
man of the committee on manufac-
lures and a member Of the committees
on temperance and the general com
mittee. He has taken an active per=
sonal part in all town and village
activities and in 1902 devoted much
time and energy to the local option
campaign as a candidate for lieuten-
Frank W. Agan, His Politics
He came into the present campaign
at the suggestion of his fellow-towns-
men in Ludlow, 400 Of whom organic
ed an Agan club under the auspices of
which his entire campaign is being
Mr.. Agan has no paid campaign
manager, no publicity director. no paid
workers in any part of the state. His
expenses are being handled
by the local officers Of his club, and
the books are open for inspection at
any time.
His platform is the shortest on
record and his campaign slogan is ex-
pressed in the following words:-
For the present I intend to sdSo-
cate the return Of their personal
rights TO all the people of Vermont. I
believe they are capable of self
government"
Confronted by a demand for the
Of a slush fund and
paid organization Of hired helpers. Mr.
Agan said recently
mot one paid worker. solicitor or
canyaSssr will be- employed by me in
any county Of the state. was sur
prised that some Of my competitors
already have made such arrangements
which are clearly in violation Of the
Lac Of the state
Prank W. Agan Is conducting
clean-cut, open and ab9ve-board cam
paign and we believe in hix platform
and rs methods.
THE AGAIN CLUB or LUDLOW,
Allen d. Bah. Secretary.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-06-24
How n.~ Zealand a.for.st,

New Zealand Is reforesting with
isrch trees 81 extensive area tina,
was devastated by volcano a guar.
ter % century ago.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-06-24
FOwler'S Insurance Agency

over 20 years old representing the following oldest arg
Ere auo burglary and life insurance companies in the
world:
Evening journal., 1920-05-08
2Oi MEsr rMENTY-FOuRTH sTREET

1osorv brick dwelling heater cement cellar gas and
eey gas range heater coal copper screens
and window with sale Lot 25xI5 H. Possession mmed
anv price s6l5O.
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BELLEMOOR.

To-story bungalow bath, porches, ppeess
heater electricity contains 27 It, frontage on Newport PIKE
and is $50 II. deep. Possession in 30 days
Evening journal., 1920-05-08

NORTHEAST CORNER FIFTH AND OhANGE SIHEEfS
The Hotel property having frontage on orange D.
Of [ and extending 30 H. on FIfth ST.
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MAnIsoN srREEr. In THE eOO BLoCK.

Thre-sory brick dwelling containing and bath;
lighting Possession % days very good ocaon Tor
any kind OF mercantile business
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TMENTY-FIRST STREET. IN THE 6OO BLOCK

Handsome thre-story dwelling containing and
hath Porch heat cement cellar electric light
ng floors rs floor Garage in for two Lot
5Ox6o II. Possession June 25th Price $4,000.
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FOR SALE

For immediate possession
2705 Tatnall Street
Ten rooms, bath, porch, heat.
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sHALLcRoss AvENUE-N THE 1900 BLoCE

wostory brick delng and bah porch hot ar heal
as ot i6x5 H. 25th This ideal location
on a good paved street.
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RODNEY STREET IN THE 200 BLOCK

TNvo-story dwelling containing and reception hall
hath marches hot heater electricity
throehout i7x9O H. Possession at This dwelling has
recently been papeed painted throughou Front porch
screened shades heater and screens for the entire
house are included in the purchase price
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llOi-iiO6 WEST STREET.

Two hree-stoy brick dwellings and BATH hot air heat
cement cellar gas electricity throughout both Each lot i6x
90 H. making total of frontage 10 good business section
Possession June 25Lh
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coon PAYING RESTAURANT BUSINESS.

In northwestern section Of the city restaurant and ICE
cream approximately 500 business weekly In an OLD
established adjoining the business property three
story brick rooms and bath with steam heat cement
5xi75 H. Possession be given June 2o hs
will prove profitable investment
Evening journal., 1920-05-08

500 Poplar Street
Seven rooms. bath, newly renovated
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2ii6 MARKET STREET.

An excellent store property utilized for kind or
mercantile business with dwelling attached Possession IN
medaey ideal location in growing business secuon'
and we can assis you with the mortgage.
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102 w. 10Th Street
Tx rooms. bath. porch, heat, gas
/ electric; square plan.
610 West Street

Ten rooms, bath, heater, would
make a dandy roomy house.
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WEST SIXTH STREET NEAR WEST.

Treestoy brick dwelling containing a and bath hot AIR
heater cement two in the rear This prop
rv has frontage converted inexpenVey into
an apartment located in desirable neigDor
hood Possession June 25lh.
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525 and 81 MADISON STREET.

An excellent property IT, front Madison ST. 70 IT,
deep There already doing good business at this To-
cation apartment containing six rooms and bath
Included in hs purchae a investment
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DweIlimgs and Business
Properties For Sale
sos sHIpLEY STREET.

hree-story The heart Of Wminglons busnss d
values constantly increasing Lot ~ Dg ~
with Isl OF a alley loading 10 Fllth 81
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snIIrHNEsT CORNER FOuRTH ND KING

An excellent location suitable Tor any knd OF mcIe Dus
ness This property % It. h St. and Is It. on king 81 Price
very reasonable.