Twenty Years Ago News Snippets From August 8 1925
Reports of a chicken thief in West Spring Creek taking seven of ten chickens from Mr and Mrs A D Mahley. Corrylites gain an extra hour of sleep as standard time returns Sunday night. Local athlete Main J Rich visits while attending Boy Scout camp at Camp Thomas near North Springfield. Mount Gretna National Guard unit returns home after two weeks camp. Columbus crossing abandonment hearing next Tuesday before the Public Service Commission at Evie draws interest.
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West Spring Creek
A. D. Mahley
Corryltes
Corry
Main J. Rich
Rich
Camp Thomas
North
Springfield
Pate
Mayville
Mount Gretna
Pennsylvania National
Columbus
Public Service Commission
Evie
Inflation concerns and wartime spending explained
MAX HALL examines inflation as a practical issue, arguing war spending has boosted money in circulation while goods lag. He notes current demand is restrained by munitions cuts, wartime uncertainty, and risk of later inflation after V Day, with officials warning of rising savings yet limited availability.
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Max Hall
Washington
United States
Japan
Patient after operation how long to stay in bed
Medical note discusses balancing bed rest after surgery. It cites risks of pneumonia infection thrombosis and embolism with extended immobilization and notes several hospitals report patients rising from bed within two days or even sooner with early ambulation.
The Army- civilian clash over discharges in wartime
An enduring conflict between military needs and civilian leadership as the Army insists on discharging only those least needed to win the war while civilians demand essential workers stay. It recalls postwar demobilization, with Churchill adjusting rules to reward length of service and wounds.
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Japan
Army
Winston Churchill
United States Army
Proposals Crowd to Reduce Industrial Strife
A flurry of plans to ease labor disputes emerges as Senators Burton Ball and Hatch back a Richburg drafted framework. Secretary Schwellenbach signals support while leaders from the A F L C IO and U S Chamber of Commerce weigh principles. debate centers on arbitration vs voluntary guidelines under the Railway Labor Act.
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Vandenberg
Schwellenbach
Burton, Ball
Hatch
Donald Richburg
Richburg
Eunc Johnston
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
William Green
Thev A. F. L
O. I
Philip Murray
Tabor
Rich Bete
Gt.ilies
Fragmentary text on Japan and authority in Washi ngton
Incomplete excerpts discuss Japan and leadership, mentioning Alli and Hapen and a claim that those who misled the pro Japan must lose. References to supreme authority and the emperor hint at a debate on Japan's future constitution and power, with unclear context and fragmented names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Alli
Ipanese
How’s Your I Q big questions on classifieds page
Classified page presents a quiz with seven questions about history language and literature. It asks about a Hawaii curfew Rhodesia Kiel Canal The Cady in 1422 The Mill on the Floss and thunderclap timing, plus a note on Japanese war minister powers and imperial influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Rhodesia
Kiel Canal
Tokyo
Amica
Russia edges westward reshaping Europe in new strategy
Analyzes Russia's push into Poland Romania and Czechoslovakia arguing military aims drive expansion. Describes Bessarabia Bukovina and Ruthenia as strategic buffers along the Danube Prut and Tatar Pass, with Galicia and regional populations cited as context for Russia’s potential gains.
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Herman RE
Russia
Poland
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Quizon Dine
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Ruthenia
Curzon Line
Ukraine
Bessarabie
Danube
Transylvania Alps
Prut
Moldavia
Bukovins
Galicia
Mrs Amanda Lawson dies at 79 in Columbus area
Mrs Amanda Lawson aged 79 died at 11 50 am yesterday at her daughter Mrs Warren Pargas home in Columbus. She lived in Lakewood and had resided with her daughter. Survived by two daughters Mrs Fargo Columbus and Mrs Erwin Van Dusen Jamestown, a son Bert Lawson Emborlum, five grandchildren and one great grandchild, two sisters Mrs Alex Lawson Jamestown and Mrs George Ross Falconer NY, and one brother Alfred Holemberg Levant NY. Funeral services to be held at Henderson and Lincoln Funeral Home Jamestown with time to be announced. Interment Lakeview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Lawson
Warren Parga
Columbus
Lakewood
Fargo
Erwin van Dusen
Jamestown
Bert Lawson
Emborlum
Alex Lawson
George Ross
Falconer
N.Y
Alfred Holemberg
Levant
Lawson
Swedish Methodist Church
Henderson and Lincoln
Lakeview Cemetery
Ration facts list stamps and validity dates
A wartime community notice lists ration book four stamps for meats fats and processed foods with various validity dates through August to November, sugar book four stamp and gasoline fuel oil coupons with expiration dates, and notes on period one through five coupons plus last year's period four expirations and 1945-48 validity.
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Crawford M, Woods
First Ave
Mrs
Fred Peterson
Walvet
Humphrey Bogart
Alexis
Binder
Shambaugh
Earl Gates
Keith West, T. H. Messenger
Gerald Skinner
Beatrice Keppel
Wing
Willi
Pyco
Vis
Baker's Chocolate
Dora Dnfins On
I. Q
Navy
Europe
Panant
Louis XIV
France
West
Bessarabis
Black Sea
Austria-Hungary
Phillips Jewe
Kolor Brite
East Main Street
Boston House
Sylvester Frontera
Harry Powers
U. S. Wallace
William Ruland
John Casey
Franz
Olverine
woLtehine Spiesman Shoe Store
Edward
Walst
Merton Parker
James Stewart
Guy Rogers
Blancht Keleher
Morris Chapin
Yvok
Lesso
Mrs. Hundee
Jembers
Isses Leong
Caroline Walto
Tec Messon
Greendy
Arlene Morris
Phyllis Atretion
Mary
Natur
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