30 Jul 1918
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1918
Page
1
A wartime note urges farmers to invest in Liberty Bonds for national security. It stresses personal duty and family sacrifice while praising farm women's Society for organizing monthly social days. It seeks cooperation with existing patriotic farm groups to spread war work through Farm Woman's Society channels.
A fragmented Society of Wren piece lists township chairmen and their spouses across numerous areas, including Valley, Brush Valley, Armstrong, Shelocta, Centre, West Mahoning, Smickaburg, and more. It notes women must form a congress to stay connected with war movements, as traveling speakers can’t reach every farm due to farmers’ busy schedules.
Ho H Steving and Co. were taking and embalming as night calls received prompt attention. The items list Philo 74 Orlee, 1, two phones, and reference to Hearsey and Auto Cars.
The region including Cambria, Somerset, Indiana, and Clearfield counties plans mobilization to convert manufacturing plants for war work. Mr. Tredernick will attend a Pittsburgh Chamber meeting led by Robert Garland with regional officials and representatives from surrounding states present. He aims to gather actionable information for advancing regional war efforts. J. L. Nix leads Indiana County sub-region.
A letter from A Soldier's Father urges reestablishing a Indiana band to lift spirits and honor soldiers. He cites Prof Cogswell and Prof Stauffer, recalls past bands funded by local citizens, and asks fathers and mothers to ensure music returns to accompany servicemen leaving for war and future celebrations.
In Paris a vast supply effort by the Y M C A for American troops in France shows the scale of aid. Orders total hundreds of millions of cookies and bars of chocolate, millions of cigarettes and jars of jam and marmalade, all contracted to be exhausted before Christmas, illustrating the Red Triangle’s reach and the fighters’ comforts.
Reported meteoric advance by French and American forces across a broad front north and west of Paris describes the collapse of German positions around Soissons and Reims, with Chateau Thierry entering French control. Allies push toward the Aisne as German resistance falters, capturing prisoners and guns, while air power and artillery continue to sweep districts north of the Marne.
A commercial apparatus uses Gaylight to illuminate scenes at night with automatic repetition for any period. One component is a display fermature for show windows, the other is the moving picture machine. It operates on either direct or alternating current and can project, reverse, and rewind for repeated viewing.
A reflective piece on viewing the world through a tunnel, noting beauty in contrast and the mind’s view of happiness. It contrasts how health and trouble shape perception, urging sensible appreciation of life’s blessings without deprivation.
The article recounts how Goldsmith’s play arose from a misadventure in Ireland. A traveler, lost and asking for an inn, was directed to a private residence where he requested supper and assumed high manners. He only learns his mistake at daybreak when settling up.
The shorebirds are highly beneficial in controlling crop pests through their insect diet. Slaughtering these game birds deprives farmers of valuable allies, as even species like quat, grouse, and pheasant eat insects in small amounts. Hawks and owls also perform useful pest control, and their persecution is a serious mistake.
A retired song manufacturer left over eleven hundred dollars to found a shelter for homeless cats and dogs. He specified the money must not be touched until the year 2163, when he believes it will have grown to two hundred million dollars.
A Seattle piece features a curious wooden clock with a three and a half foot diameter case and a minute hand over four feet long. The clock is said to be more than 225 years old, though the case carries no guarantee. The works sit in a Douglas fir leg section, one end carved with face numerals, and the item is expected to endure for years to come.
The article notes no uniform approach to governor terms across states. It cites that two states elect governors for one year, twenty-one states for two years, New Jersey for three years, and twenty-four states for four years.
General Low Wallace stated that before writing Bon Hur he had no firm religious convictions. As the story grew and the Christ figure took on reality, his entire outlook changed, and upon completing the work he found himself a devout Christian for the first time.
A brown dye for leather can be prepared by boiling half an ounce of Spanish saffron and a quarter ounce of annaita in water to extract the color, then adding some alcohol to fix the hue.
A sales pitch promises profits from magazine subscriptions to support Thrift Stamps and Baby Bonds. The caller offers regular delivery of Saturday Evening Post Ladies' Home Journal and Country Gentleman and urges readers to subscribe, claiming they will receive light reading matter regardless of price and to call Bell 116-W for delivery.
Advertises San Cura Ointment and San Cura Soap as cures for piles eczema and skin conditions. Includes testimonial from Rev W F Gilbert Titusville Pa claiming twenty years bleeding piles cured by a 40 cent jar two years ago. Notes Daugherty Bros sell for 80c 60c and 1 20 per jar with a money back guarantee.
A Red Cross Auxiliary gathering at Saint Church on Saturday evenings under Rev Lawrence of Juliana praised. Thirty-one names added. more expected. Mrs VOD Edwards of Washington street celebrated with 40 friends at her home, refreshments served, evening extended. Doe Wolfe alumni plan ninth annual reunion for September 1 at Wolfe homestead near Penn Run. Mrs Miriam Bowers 63 died July 6 in Pine township. funeral followed with burial at Harmony Cemetery. survivors listed including Abra Ben Waltermire and others.
In Rockford on July 20 a memorial program for Tyan Walker turned into a patriotic demonstration after news arrived that he was alive. The event culminated with a flag raising at the village church.
One hundred German prisoners are temp employed by laborers around the grounds at Camp Wadsworth Spartanburg. They are under strong guard, humanely housed and fed with regular prisoner rations, yet expected to complete their full work quota.
Veterinary surgeon finds a tiny tongue clip stops early crowing in Raton roosters. Result leaves almost all roosters silent as the town cools its dawn chorus.
Shuttle, Washington July 20 Ten thousand pint bottles of milk noon pass the hammering shipyard workers in Ship Builders. milk gives pep and vigor, replacing beer for many tradesmen. Milk consumption rising with steel yard work, praised by veteran W R Bayley as improving skin, vision, and effort. supply limits daily stock.
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