Leap Day Reforms to Move Leap Year Day to June
An article by John Armstrong surveys leap year history from Egypt to Rome and reviews proposed calendar reforms by the League of Nations and World Calendar Association. It explains intercalary days, Julius Caesar, and Augustus corrections, then notes a plan to move leap day to June as an extra Saturday between June 30 and July 1, signaling minimal disruption.
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Ute Journal of
World Calendar Association
Speciffic
John Armstrong
St. Bonaventure College
Allegany
George Washington
Scotland
Julius Caesar
Gregory
Caesar
Tanis
Canopus
National Museum
Washington
Karl Densius
Orientaliat
Weypt
Egypt
Goda
Rome
Sosigenes
Augustus
Macrobius
Rwell
Cmy
Buck
Weiter
League of Nations
Switzerland
America
World Salenday Association
Jenp
Timental
Europe
Tam
Dean Madden
New York University
General business conditions show slight February gains
Trade and industry showed little February improvement and faced a stagnant overall tone. Yet signs of relief measures, notably the Glass Steagall bill, and rising currency in circulation offered cautious optimism, with credit conditions improving and bank failures declining.
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Congress
Glass- Steagall
National City Bank of New York
Ford Company
Evrl
York Cotton Exchange Service
Bradatreel
Twenty Years Ago Items From Journal Files March 4 1912
Fifteen chairs by Corry Chair Co photographed at Lillie studio on South Street show new patterns and form a handsome line. Ajax Iron Works builds larger oil well engines of 42 and 50 horsepower. Falconer High School basketball meets Orange and Black at home tonight. Ray Chester McGuire of Corry passes registered pharmacist exam. Hugh Delury returns from Kane for a short visit. S B Bayle of Drie seeks Republican Assembly nomination in town on business. Ewing Whelmore travels to Erie for automobile show.
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Corry Chair Co
Lillie
South Street
Fragmentary quiz queries from Concord page 7
The source lists several questions: when the Concord school was erected, the area of England, the date of the Battle of Trenton, the governor of New Hampshire, and the county detective. It also asks who wrote a line about letting the devil cross prayers, directing to page 7.
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Concord
England
Trenton
New Hampshire
Mayville School Principal Resigns After Three Years
Mayville on March 1 announces E. H. Le Barron resigns as Supervising Principal of Mayville schools. The action becomes effective at year end. He will pursue further study in education, having spent summers at Columbia University pursuing an M.C.A. degree.
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Mayville
Mar
E. H. LeBarron
Board of Education
LeBaron
Columbia University
MC A. Depres
Washington Sees Japan Avoiding Conflict With U S
Washington observers say Japan lacks interest in clashing with the United States as Tokyo presses ahead in Manchuria and Shanghai. Secretary Stimson’s letters and treaties are debated while Geneva talks stall on disarmament and the Yangtze crisis looms.
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Charles F. Stewart
Washington, D. C
State Stimson
Borah
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Japan
Manchuria
Shanghai
le Stimson
Washington
Stimson
Orient
Geneva
Ond
Capitol Hill
Gunman Halts Hold Up at Erie Plant Office
C M Hutchinson of Erie City Manufacturing Co restrained an attempted robbery at the 1080 W 12th Street plant office. The green spectacles man demanded a $200 check and warned of a gun, but Hutchinson struck him, ending the hold up before 1 p.m.
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Erie
Mar
C. M
Colonial Party Enjoyed by College Women's Club
The February meeting of the Col lege Women's Club was hosted last evening by Miss Ina Austin at Maple Avenue. Twenty members attended in Colonial costume. President Mrs Genevieve Johnson led the business session. A committee including Miss Dorothy Morrow, Mrs Johnson and Mrs Marion Postlethwait will liaise with the Corry Relief Fund. Cards were played with awards to Miss Charlotte Waller and Mrs Ethel Mosier. Refreshments followed before adjournment to plan the Ward meeting with Mrs C P Eaton on North Center street.
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College Women’s Club
Ina Austin
Maple Avenue
Miss Austin
Ida Lawson
Genevieve Johson
Genevieve Johnson
Dorothy Morrow
Johnson
Marion Postlethwait
Corry Relief Fund
Scrambled Yobber Rushes Out Before Hutchinson Move
A scrambled report notes Yobber rushing from the office ahead of Hut chinson as Tim waits for action. The terse account hints at a tense moment with no clear outcome or official statement.
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Hutchinson
Tims
Belevina Released From Warren General Hospital
Roas Te Bevevina, who was shot while deer hunting in Meat Township and hospitalized since November, has been discharged to his home at 811 Fifth Avenue. His condition improved after a period of critical concern and he is now recovering.
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Augustus
N.C. Abbott
Owe
Opiers
Othiers
Warren, Mar
Roas TE. Bevevina
Warren General Hospital
Meat Township
Fifth Avenue
Bevevina
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Falconer High School
State Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners
Ray Chester McGuire
Hugh Delury
Kane
Son
S. B. Bayle
Drie
Assembly
Ewing Whelmore
Tur
Uncle Sam
United States
Whangpoo
Miss Fortune
Far East
Tokio
Nippon
Albeiiy
Samba
Erie City Manufacturing Company
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Frank C. Chapin & Sons
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