Twenty Years Ago News Snapshot From Journal Files
Twenty years ago a fire at Farr view School area was stopped by an early report from Leon Brown who spotted flames. The blaze destroyed Ernest Dimick’s home on Hust Wayne Street, as fire crews faced a fifty mile barrier. Police also moved to shut down alleged gambling joints. Rev. M S Ashton bid farewell at Emmanuel Church and left for New Brighton. Mrs Eudora Alden died after three months with heart trouble at age 80. Mr and Mrs Walter Gasler marked their golden wedding anniversary.
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Farr~view
Leon Brown
Second Avenue
Ernest
Dimick
Hust
Wayne Street
Dudick
Henry Howler
Eudora B. Alden
Daniel Alden
Elgin
Glaucoma risks and early treatment urged for eye health
The article explains glaucoma causes blindness risk and the need for early care. It describes symptoms such as halos, blurred vision, and eye pain, notes that many patients are unaware, and advises an optimistic cooperative approach to treatment while mentioning a series of global conflicts from 1914 era.
Highway Casualty Report Highlights 1945 Losses
Secretary David W. Harris released the casualty report from the Bureau of Highway Safety. In 1945 there were 1,380 deaths and 34,535 injuries on highways, with 52,773 total accidents. Pedestrians accounted for about 60 percent of deaths. rural areas had more fatalities, while urban areas saw 408 pedestrian deaths. The rise included 83 sled riders and 18 bicyclists killed. Speed and careless driving cited as major factors. Harris urged safer behavior to prevent further losses.
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Farr
Peninsylvania
Parsons ‘Trabs
Aks
Secretary of Revenue
David W. Harris
Faraguid
Bureau of Highway Safety
Urvan Scouuna
Dearhean
Lary Harris
January Trivia From A Crummy Classified Page
A reader questions list asks about January’s mythic two faced sons and Bermuda attitudes, wartime commanders Hallwall and Harbor aid, ink and pen costs, TIME magazine’s 1945 highlight, OPA price ceilings on used cars, London fish market names, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s landmark work, the Fourth Estate, and rare two cent pieces.
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Bermuda
Short
Kimmel
Hlawall
Time Magazine
OPA
London
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Driving safety advice message from legal notice
Fragmentary text urges safe driving and wallets, calling for river cooperation and a sane attitude among pedestrians. Mentions law will be applied where help is available and hints at enforcement by authorities.
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Ion
Wayne Valley United Brethren in Christ Church Events
Mrs Miriam Poster Pilor leads Sunday School at noon and morning worship with a sermon titled The Comntors of God. Evening services at 7 30 feature Christian Endeavor led by Vervia Jensen. Prayer service Wednesday night and a spiritual retreat Wednesday at 8 o clock. Rev Leon Tickner pastor of Oniot City United Brethren will be guest speaker.
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Wayne Valley
Leon Tickner
United Brethren Church
Oniot City
Aftermath of World War I Echoes in a Turbulent World
A bleak wartime ledger contrasts the current UN scene with the six months after Armistice of 1918. The article catalogs fronts from Java to Greece, China to Poland, outlining Soviet pressure, Allied countermoves, and rising uprisings in Berlin, Austria, and beyond, highlighting a cycle of conflict and instability.
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Egypt
Asia Minor
Greece
Tatia
Amritsar
Afghanistan
China
Japan
Shantung
Korea
Morocco
Haiti
U. S
Costa Rica
Fpot
Jeremiah
Tee Assembly
United Nations
Tran
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Java
Palestine
Turkey
Wisla
Murmannsk
Vladivostok
Latvia
von der Galt
Russia
Poland
Bavaria
Munist HeVoics
Austria
Gsechoslovakia
Teschen
Portugal
Repubilc
Mt Jewett Soldier Awarded DSC at Gap Gap Penn
Mt Jewett area veteran Edwin M Transeal received the Distinguished Service Cross at Gap Indiantown Gap Pa during a formal ceremony Brig Gen Malcolm J Lindsey post commander lauded his actions in Grosslittgen Germany on March 8 1945 He killed two enemy snipers silenced a mortar emplacement and stopped a machine gun fire as a member of the 885th Infantry Regiment 86th Infantry Division overseas service and honorable discharge announced yesterday
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MT. Jewett
Gap Indiantown Gap
Edwin M. Transeaal
Mt. Jowett
Malcolm J. Lindsey
Trenscatt
Im Grosslittgen
Germany
885Th Infantry
6Th Infantry
Fragmentary ad copy hints at medical or druggist copy
The readable fragments reference a May setting of ambition and keeping in condition. Mentions Druggists and a fax like note. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or names.
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Uotty
M.S. Ashton
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Walter Gasler
Columbus
Cutting, N
State of
Pennsylvania
Hardware & Service
East Main Street
Dial
North Genter St
Arene
Florida
California
Libby
Orchard Park
Spic and
Spon
Sam
Phillips
Jessup & Turner
Nasty Men’s Store
Corry
Jamestown, N.Y
East Main Se
Echan Ee
North Center St
Just
L.L. Johnson and Son Home Furnishings
C. F
Youngsville, PA
Hoste
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