Flag Display Urged to Honor American Allied Flags
The Executive Committee of Public Safety adopts a rule urging proper display of the United States flag and allied flags. Citizens should keep flags bright and well preserved. The committee also calls broader display of Allied flags, noting difficulty in obtaining the Italian flag and urging quick correction to honor Italy’s allied effort.
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America
Executive Committee of Public Safety
United States
Italy
Letter to Farmers on Advertising Along Rail Line
A citizen urges farmers to avoid unattractive non agricultural ads on rail line buildings. He argues such painting devalues farms near transportation, while well kept features like trees fences livestock raise property value and pride. He warns ads tempt profit but harm farm practice and owner wealth.
General Manager highlights 100 percent flag tribute to workers
The piece notes mining firms and Heilwead plants earning the 100 percent flag for perfect teamwork and high productivity. It mentions slogans like 5000 men with 6000 bonds and cites Foster Ming at Edri winning 316 to nothing with all hands rewarded. Smaller industries also claim high scores above 100 percent.
Indiana County Hon ors Flags for Fund Drive Success
Thirty-two districts earned Honor Flags for hitting quotas with each doubling flag. Under Mrs. John P. Elkin leadership Blairsville and Clymer led campaigns while Indiana Borough lagged. Individual subscriptions totaled 1,966,200 dollars, county quota 1,710,400 dollars, banks underwrote 2,126,900 dollars, leaving 166,700 to banks. Campaigns report authentic figures from J Blair Sutton.
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Indiana
John P. Elkin
Blairsville
Clymer
Indiana County
J. Blair Sutton
Note From G 6 A Day Deliveries Urged By Chamber
A communication from the Council of National Defense reached the Chamber of Commerce urging reduction to one daily delivery per route, restricting special deliveries and charging for samples. Merchants are asked to adjust by Monday and locals to cooperate with the merchants to implement the order.
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Council of National Defense
Chamber of Commerce
Graduation list of graduates at Presbyterian Church
Graduation section lists graduates from the Presbyterian Church ceremony held Sunday evening. Names include Gevirede Buchman Lena Buchman Harriet Conner Sylvan Einstein Leng Ferguson Kenneth Goodwin Nora Goff Harry Ttumes Nellie Musack Julia Johnson Louisa Lintner May Mitchell Robert McClure Frank Pound Pearl Stuechel Thelma Pratt Martha Stokes Emmy Stokes Emma Shepherd Ada Smith Dorothy Tit tle Ralph Wynn Jonas Baughman Mary Kohl Katherine Short James Turner and Dewey Devinney Memorial.
State College Dean Honored by Alumni Gift
Four hundred graduates from the chemistry department at Pennsylvania State College present Dr. G C G Pond, dean of the School of Natural Science, with a $5,000 Liberty Bond third issue in honor of his thirty years of service. The gift is led by M H Teas, class of 1897, and coordinated by the alumni committee.
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State College
Chemistry
Pennsylvania State College
G. CG. Pond
School of Natural Science
Wy MH. Teas
Marion
Virginia
Keep Your Body Well Kept With Haarlem Oil Capsules
Elderly readers are urged to stay hale by keeping kidneys and bladder clean and active. The ad promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as the only reliable, imported remedy to drive toxins and uric acid, claim youthful vigor, and are sold by all first class outlets.
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Haarlem
Human Brain Weighs Heavily Among Living Creatures
A report notes that aside from whales elephants and porpoises no living animal matches the brain weight of humans. It cites Professor Donaldson estimating 11,200,000,000 nerve cells in the human brain and outlines studies of neural cells across brain divisions and their functions with several investigators active in the field.
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Donaldson
Barnacles Keep Warships Busy With Heavy Cleaning
Crew of 200 aboard a single ship spent a full day scraping 600 tons of barnacle and seaweed from its sides and hull. The rapid growth built up in under two years of travel, increasing coal use by 26 to 40 percent to sustain normal speed.
World religious adherents listed by faiths
The article estimates global religious adherents across major groups. It cites about 160 million Christians, 270 million Roman Catholics, 170.9 million Protestants, nearly 400 million Confucians and Taoists, 210 million Hindus, 220 million Muslims, 140 million Buddhists, and 12 million Jews.
Enthusiast described as romantic observer of life
A vivid portrait portrays the fanatic in pursuit of beauty with overactive senses and imagination. The thinker is labeled a worshipper and enthusiast who magnifies ordinary things, likening a bacteriologist to exaggerate typhoid to a horse and a gazelle and to Aristotle.
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Aristotle
L. L. Meneken
New York Mall
Man's Complex Makeup Described As Machinism
A historical note explains that man contains eighteen or more simple bodies in his constitution. It lists hydrogen oxygen nitrogen carbon sulfur fluorine chlorine bromine iodine phosphorus arsenic silicon sodium magnesium iron aluminum boron and vanadium.
Red Cross Benefit via Over the Top Film Showing
The Red Cross gains support as the film Over the Top is paired with The Spirit of the Red Cross. James Montgomery Flare produced the charity short, and Strand Theatre owner Maneuver Silverman pledges 10 percent of Friday gross to Indiana Red Cross efforts aided by a special Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra score.
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Red Cross
United States
James Montgomery
Maneuver Silverman
Strand Theatre
Altogna
the Red Cross
T His
Pittsburgh Festival Orchestras
Regulations for shade trees in Indiana Borough Pa 1918
Regulations relate to planting, protection and control of shade trees in Indiana Borough Pa approved May 6 1918. Restrictions cover permits by Shade Tree Commission for cutting pruning injuring or removing trees on public highways and prohibitions on planting without approval and on tethering animals to trees.
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Iniliana
Shade Tree Commission
Indiana
Shade Tree Mission
Panlane
Penn
Daif
Shade ‘Tree Commission
Were
Hess L
Shade Tree Commission rules for public highways in Indiana Borough
The document sets regulations by the Shade Tree Commission governing trees on public highways in Indiana Borough. It details protection measures, prohibited actions, and penalties for violations, including requirements to maintain clearance, prohibit salt or electrical wires near trunks, and penalties or jail time for repeat offenses.
Incoherent Page Fragment on German Atrocities
Fragmentary note from a newspaper page discusses German atrocities and U S entry into a conflict. Contains garbled phrases, unclear names, and partial sentences, reflecting OCR errors rather than coherent reporting.
The German genius told through wartime atrocity photography
A speaker named Van Illiz illustrated his lectures with self taken photographs of executions and other atrocities by the German forces. The images aimed to reveal the void and disturbing cleverness behind wartime brutality as he discussed the era's dark ingenuity.
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America
van Iilliz
Mans
Will and estate divided among descendants in Mahoning township
In a contested will dated September 6, the estate of the deceased is apportioned among heirs. Specific bequests include money sums to grandchildren and children, with the executor named and portions deferred to the surviving spouse. The document notes real property in Mahoning township and a special division of property among heirs, with conditions and timing indicated.
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Frances
Househall Wand
Mahoning Township
Cerin
Onl Forest
Lesvos
Seidlow
Lbs
Dade Shay
Hota Wyterseig
Minaie Bowers
Clare Tayder
Mary Oh
McWee
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