December Potato Month Urges Local Households to Eat More Potatoes
The Pennsylvania Department of Public Safety urges households to observe Potato Month in December, promoting potatoes as substitutes for canned goods. It highlights Pennsylvania potatoes as superior, urges increased consumption to aid cost of living, and notes a December meeting to form a state Potato Association chapter.
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Food Department
Pennsylvania Committee of Public Safety
Pennsylvania
Potato Growers of
Public Safe Committee
Philadelphia
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Potato Association of America
Fraternity to charter Lambda Chi Alpha at Franklin and Marshall
Franklin and Marshall College to charter Lambda Chi Alpha with the Harbaugh Club’s petition granted. The Alpha Theta Zeta chapter will form within weeks, linking a 17 year old Harbaugh Club with Lambda Chi Alpha founded in 1909 at Boston University.
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Lambda Chi Alpha
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Har- Daugh Club
Franklin and Marshall Chapte
Alpha-Theta Zeta
Lambda Alpha Fraternity
Harbaugh Club
Franklin and Marshall
Boston University
Phi Kappa Psi
Tanlac credited by young miner as great aid in recovery
Roy Gorham of Hanover Township Pa says Tanlac relieved his rheumatism stomach trouble and indigestion after months of misery. He gained strength appetite and weight and praises the tonic as magical. Tanlac is being sold at Gorgas Drug Store and other local outlets with a Tanlac representative visiting communities.
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Tanlac
Roy Gorham
Hazel St
Hanover Township
Wilkes-Barre
Gorgas
Carlisle
W. G. Stephens
Elizabethtown
Albert W. Cain
Greencastle
Charles B. Carl
Middletown
Colin
Cleanliness theme spans war effort at Y M C A rally
Dr Edwin E Sparks, president of State College, urged moral and physical hygiene for soldiers at a Y M C A mass meeting. He linked cleanliness to discipline, citing wash days and daily routines, and called for men in camps to have proper guidance and courage. The event featured the Stevens Memorial male chorus and announced future speakers including W A Granville and Arthur Holmes.
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Edwin E. Sparks
State College
Robert B. Reeves
Association
W. A. Granville
Gettysburg College
Cil
Sparks
Stevens Memorial
George W. Reily
George Edward Hawes
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Pennsylvania College
Gettysburg
John C. Atchison
Pennsylvania College For Women
Pittsburgh
Stanley L. Krebs
Arthur Holmes
Pennsylvania State College
Institutes In Full Blast Now Across Five Counties
The state farmers institutes enter their third week with sessions in Cumberland Schuylkill Blair Green Bradford and Schuylkill counties. Lectures focus on soil conservation drainage stock farming and home economics with food preservation. Visitors include national and state speakers as Christmas intermission approaches. Also notes Mr and Mrs Stewart Bolling of Chicago visiting relatives in town. Bolling is first cousin to Mrs Woodrow Wilson.
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Cumberland
Schuylkill
C. E. Carothers
Pennsylvania
National Government
State Committee of Public Safety
Cumberland County
Hogestown
Centerville
Newburg
Wm. M. Patton
Carl B. Thomas
Frank Kline
Blair County
Geeseytown
Bellwood
Tyrone
J. Stuart Groupe
H. Fassett
Eugenia Benn
Geo. H. Rea
Green County
Newtown
Heaver County
Mt. Pleasant Church
Fairview U. P. Church
Wilson
Stewart Bolling
Chicago
Joseph Towne
South Thirteenth Street
Mr. Bolling
Woodrow Wilson
Liberty bonds proposed as cash by chamber merchants
The Retail Merchants' Division of the Habsburg Chamber of Commerce asks members to take Liberty bonds at face value in exchange for goods. Purchases should total half the value of the bonds.
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The
Habsburg Chamber of Commerce
Potato Growers Face Great Task
State officials summon all Pennsylvania potato growers to a December 6 meeting at the Finance Building Philadelphia to organize a state division of the Potato Association of America. The committee includes Marvin E. Bushong C E Carothers John A Sparn R L Watts M B McDowell and a Washington Department of Agriculture representative. The group aims to double next year's potato crop.
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Pennsylvania
State Committee of Public Safety
Finance
Philadelphia
Potato Association of America
Marvin E. Bushong
Commission of Agriculture
C. E. Carothers
John A. Sparran
Velvet and Leather Purses and Accessories on Display
A complete gift show features bags in velvet and leather with beaded frames, tassels, and various handles. Prices range from under a dollar to about twelve dollars, including black velvet, tapestry, and pin seal options, plus a selection of combs, barrettes, and rhinestone ornaments. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor.
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Cosccvcecnses
Panther
Pomeroy
A Practical Gift A Petticoat
Dives Pomeroy Stewart showcases luxurious petticoats in taffeta silk jersey and Heatherbloom shades. Styles include plaited ruffles smooth flounces and tucked hems with prices from 1.00 to 12.50, offering a spectrum of colors and tailored options on the second floor.
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Pomeroy & Stewart
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