Truck Weights and Overloads Rule Pennsylvania Roads
State Highway Department inspectors report arrests of truck drivers for overloads as lodometers are used to estimate weight. Trucks must display maximum legal weight. fines range from 25 to 100 dollars with possible six months jail. Classes and speeds are set for commercial vehicles. future checks to continue statewide.
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Wah
Automobile Division
State Highway
Department
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Pladelphia
Scipality
Anne
Pepartient
Public use of public forests announced in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg July 12. The Pennsylvania Department of Forestry will post hundreds of signs in state forests this summer. Chief forest er Gif ford Finchot says signs will be read at thirty miles per hour, with two inscriptions about welcoming visitors and preventing fires. Signs range from 8 by 9 ft down to 30 by 36 in, placed along highways, woods, roads, and trails to inform visitors, invite use, and warn of fire dangers.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Department of Forestry
Gifford Finchot
Pennsylvania State Forest
Pinchot
Canvas Ready Continued From Page One
The article describes needs for nurses comfort and health under poor housing, with plans for two additions to the main hospital building to create private rooms and more ward space. It calls for substantial fundraising, seeking multi-thousand dollar contributions beyond small gifts, to reach a useful fund.
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State Board of Charities
Canvass Drive to Organize Ward Committees Tonight
A local canvassing drive will proceed with committees for four wards forming tonight at 7 30 P M. In the First Ward at Rev N P McNelis residence. Second Ward at the offices of Drs Simpson and Reed. Third Ward at Dr C E Rink. Fourth Ward at Dr A H Stewart. Preparations continue across the county with foreign born citizens meeting at Marsa Hall to hear the appeal and plans for future efforts.
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N. P. McNelis
3000 Strike Continues From First Page In Indiana County
District officers seek direct reports from Somerset locals to push union work as directed by the Johnstown convention. In Indiana County injunction proceedings loom over Punxsutawney Coal Company in Walier where workers allege dismissals for union activity and demand reinstatement and a district scale. The company seeks time to decide. more dismissals cited by miners. Brophy and Judge Langham heard the injunction with a decision expected soon.
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Somerset Field
Somerset
Johnstown
Somerset County
Indiana County
Punxsutawney Coal Company
Walier
Jefferson County
Con Company
Brophy
Langham
Harding and Cummins Discuss Cost of Living in Marion
In Marion Ohio on July 12 Senator Harding Republican presidential nominee met with Senator Cummins to talk transportation problems high freight charges and the cost of living. Harding is expected to stress domestic readjustments to address the issue though specific recommendations were not announced.
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Cummins
Harding
Marion
Ohio
Senator Harding
Senator Cummins
Ot Town
Roland Loses Continued from First Page
The report notes an orderly retreat to pre existing fortified positions and mentions Sarny, a key city 55 miles north of Rovno, having fallen to Soviet forces as the war news continues from the first page Locals are referenced in the recap.
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Ried
Sarny
Rovno
Smithsonian to Establish Solar Water Station in Haqua Hala Mountains
Assistant Secretary D C G Abbot sails to Arizona to set up a Smithsonian solar observing station in the Haqua Hala Mountains to measure daily solar radiation and improve weather forecasting methods. Past work at Calaino Chila and Mount Wilson has shown yearly and daily radiation variation, aiding Argentina’s rainfall predictions.
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Washington, D. C
D. C
G. Abbot
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Arizona
Haqua” Hala Mountains
Arizona Desert
Haqua Hala
United States
Calaino
Chila
Argentine Weather Bureau
Argentina
Culama Station
Smithsonian
Mount
Wilson
Cal
Este
Transfers of land parcels in Green and Blairsville areas
Property transfers listed include Peter Bruner to Irwin L. Pierce for 1 acre and 78 rods in Banks valued at 1300 dollars. G. E. Collins to J. M. Shetler a Third Ward lot in Indiana for 1900. Davis, Deft., to R. A. Kelly a Blairsville lot for 3900. Sarah J. Meekins to Harvey Meekins for 70 perches in Green for 600. Chloe D. Bence to Green township School District for 2 3 of a Green lot. Lelia Shaff's Bdn to Green township School District for 1 4 of a Green lot totaling 266.67. William Rankin to J. W. Rankin in township for 508.33 acres in Montgomery for 10000.
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Peter Bruner
Irwin L. Pierce
G. E. Collins
J. M. Shetler
Third Ward
Indiana
FG. Davis
R. A. Kelly
Blairsville
Sarah J. Meekins
Harvey Meekins
Chloe D. Bence
Green Township
Green
Lelia Shaff
William Rankin
J. W. Rankin
Montgomery
Hand Plow Built From Bicycle in California Farm Scene
A California farmer improvised a hand plow from an old bicycle frame. He attached the plowshare to the frame using two U-bolts and used the bent handlebars as part of the tool. The inventive device is noted in Popular Science Monthly as a clever adaptation.
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California
Popular Science Month
Farm Facts: July Sprays and Orchard Tips Forrops
The column covers timing for second brood moth spray using lime-sulphur and argonate in July, notes rosy aphis and red bug issues in apple orchards, advises thorough spraying and spring planning, and includes strawberry bed renewal, celery care, lamb weight gain, hay harvest timing, meat curing saltpeter guidance, bottled milk checks, butter storage, and a warning motto for henhouses.
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Rosy Aphis
Reese Formula Heals Stomach and Liver Ailments
A reader reports relief from stomach and liver trouble after using The Reese Formula. After two and a half bottles, symptoms diminished, sleep improved, and work stamina returned. The letter endorses the formula as a strong stem and kidney remedy and notes availability through Reese Formula Co and local druggists in Huntington W. Va.
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Aleep
Meath
Reese Formula’ Co
Huntington
W. van
Reese
Cargon
Daugherty’s Drug. Store
Gas Lighting Through the Ages and Economic Shifts
Dr Walter Clark discusses historical lighting from oil and gas to electric filaments. The article notes lamp evolution, cost comparisons, and the late 19th to early 20th century shift toward electricity, highlighting growing efficiency and rising household lighting expenditures over time.
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Steve Jen
Blacklick
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St. Clair & Rinn Co
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Crownsville State Hospital
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Wnnene Board
Care Gazette
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Katherine White
Water St
Prairie State Incubator Co
Kerr
Homer City, Pa
BN NN
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Oakland Ave
Hazel St. Clair
William St. Clair
Ninth St
Kemper Sutton
Bloomfield
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James R. Daughterty
Halas
Timely Hemindern
Pennsylvania State College
Mena
Walter Clark
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