Will Welcome Scoutmaster Meets Troop Sixteen Tonight
A social joint meeting of Will Welcome Scoutmaster and Troop Sixteen is set for 7 30 with Samuel E Phillips newly returned from France. Dr Hazen may attend as District Deputy Commissioner. Charles Walters applied last Friday. Joseph Bristol earned one star and moves to Collingswood New Jersey. Charles R Boak passed two star tests. Cubs attended Flag Day parades despite a storm. 11 Cubs went to Har Tig Street Evangelical Church in rain. Next Thursday a supper hike from 5 30 with lunch and six cents fare. three miles walk then ride home at dusk. CUB CUNKLE Scribe
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Eek
Samuel E. Phillips
France
Phillips
Dr. Hazen
Charles Walters
Joseph Bristol
Collingswood
N. J
Charles R. Boak
Har- Tig Street Evangelical Church
Cub Cunkle
Scribe
New Delatone Treatment Removes Hair Quickly
Women learn a new delatone method to remove hair from face neck or arms. A paste of delatone powder and water is applied and rubbed off after 2 or 3 minutes, leaving skin smooth. Use genuine delatone to avoid failure.
Be Prepared Motto of Boy Scouts Examined by G Park Weaver
The article extols the Be Prepared ethos of the Boy Scouts of America. It details scouting aims teaching physical strength mental alertness moral integrity and preparedness to save lives, handle emergencies, swim, enter burning buildings and tie rescue knots. It highlights first aid signaling ice rescue live-wire safety and self-reliance to shape useful citizens.
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Boy Scouts of America
Novo San Blood Builder Promises New Strength and Health
An old advertisement touts Novo San as a red blood builder for weak and sickly people. It claims increased white and red blood cells improve energy, sleep, appetite and mood, with a trial package via H C Kennedy or General A Gorgas and a money-back offer if results are not seen.
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Novo San
H. C. Kennedy
Gen. A. Gorgas
Inter-Patrol Meet of Troop 8 Won by Eagles
The Eagle Patrol won the third inter patrol meet with 32 points at the base of a church. Scout master Jenkins and assistants were awarded gold pins. the Eagle patrol received aluminum cups for each member. Officials praised the event as the most pleasant with Boy Scouts.
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Eagles
Ejight
R. H. Lyon
German
Lyons
Scott
Jenkins
Koehler
Keller
Eagle Patrol
Spotz
Troop 28 Leads Novel Bellevue Park Hike
Fifteen Scouts under Scoutmaster Irvin Martin hiked from Bellevue Park to Penbrook and back in a trail like game through woods and along fences and streams. The group stayed together most of the route despite occasional detours and plans another hike next week.
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Bellevue Park
Penbrook
Irvin Martin
Troop Seven Holds Scout Service in Rainstorm
Forty scouts from Troops 7 and 16 met at Harris Street Evangelical church for a rainy day scout service. Assistant Scoutmaster Bailey sang Be a Hero, J F Virgin gave a strong address, and Mr Flexer praised Boy Scouts of America progress. Camp committee members named were Lloyd Gotwalt John Bogar James Hay William Bodmer and Rudolph Miller.
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Harris Street Evangelical Church
Bailey
J. F. Virgin
Flexer
Boy Scouts of America
Lloyd Gotwalt
John Bogar
James Hay
William Bodmer
Rudolph Miller
Troop 20 Marks First Two Years With 43 Scouts
Since forming on June 4 1917 Troop 20 has connected 43 boys with 14 remain active. Eleven of 18 new applicants passed Tenderfoot tests while three resigned and two were dismissed. The year included 67 meetings six hikes ten scouts average nine miles each. Twenty promotions occurred and a scout was named citys first official bugler. Visitors totaled 110 with 113 outsiders at a joint meeting. A ten day camp hosted 26 boys costing 58 cents daily per boy, no accidents. Signposts were erected in Wildwood Park. The troop aided at the Governors inauguration Armistice traffic Memorial Day parade and July 4 ice water service. Year end assets totaled 96.65 with 15.84 cash in bank.
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Troop 20
Weaver
Wildwood Park
Graveyard Initiation At Troop Seventeen Scout Camp
Troop Seventeen members recount a grisly initiation led by the Scoutmaster and assistant. They marched to the leader’s home, blindfolded, fed, exposed to odors and a graveyard scene, then entered an old church with eerie noises and “spooks.”
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Ralph B. Whisler
Stormiest Cape Prince of Wales Described By Detroit News
The article details Cape Prince of Wales as the world's stormiest location with perpetual winds from the Arctic Ocean. It notes an Eskimo village inland with underground igloos linked by doors, whale air tubes, driftwood from the Yukon, and reindeer meat trade servicing ships.
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Cape Prince of Wales
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Yukon
Cape
Detroit News
Dr John Fager address Troop 2 scouts urged second class
Dr. John Fager deputy scout commissioner spoke to members of Troop 2 this week urging them to become second class scouts. He recalled his earlier tenure as scoutmaster and shared memories of his old troop.
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John Fager
Bernard Cohn
Troop 9 Plans Hike to Rockville Tomorrow
Scouts from Troop Nine announce an overnight hike to Rockville with a Saturday departure. They should assemble at Capitol Street Presbyterian Church Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, with late arrivals meeting at the previous year’s camping site.
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Troop Nine
Rockville
Capitol Street Presbyterian Church
Roosevelt Receives Harvard Law Doctorate in Honorary Ceremony
Harvard University awarded honorary doctor of laws to Rear Admiral William S Sims Major General Enoch Crowder Henry P Davison and the late Robert Bacon. It also conferred master of arts degrees on Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Lieutenant Colonel Charles W Whittlesey of Pittsfield commander of the Lost Battalion.
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Cambridge, Mass
William 8. Sims
Enoch H. Crowder
Henry P. Davison
War Council of the American Red Cross
Robert Bacon
France
Harvard University
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles W. Whittlesey
Pittsfield
Cocoanut Oil Shampoo Promotes Hair Health
The article advises using mal sified cocoanut oil shampoo over common soaps and shampoos due to alkali in detergents. It states a few tea spoons create rich lather that cleanses hair and scalp, reduces dust and oil, and leaves hair silky and manageable. It notes the product is inexpensive and available at drug stores for widespread use.
Big Cargo Carrier Launched at Hog Island
The 7,825 ton cargo carrier Corson, named for the Liberty loan committee of Corson County, South Dakota, was launched late yesterday at Hog Island. Sponsor Miss E. M. Chapin of McIntosh, D. D., christened the ship as the thirty-seventh vessel built at Hog Island, bringing total launches to 289,52.
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Philadelphia
Corson
Liberty Loan Committee
Corson County
South Dakota
Hog Island
E. M. Chapin
McIntosh, D. D
Carson
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Community
Rogers Bros
H. C. Claster
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Harry Cooper, Scribe
Col. Roosevelt
Harvard
Associated Press
Horlick
Jess Willard
Philadphia Press
Gunzenhauser’s
Gunzenhauser Bakery
Harrisburg
Wm. Strouse
Abraham Lincon
Palm Beach
Wm. Strouse & Co
Metric
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Vassar
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