First Presidential Interview Taught by Anne Royall
A Richmond News-Leader note recalls Anne Royall, pioneer journalist, who sat on President John Quincy Adams’ clothes as he bathed, demanding explanations of his remarks. The anecdote, cited in Seventy-five Years of White House Gossip, contrasts modern White House press rituals with Royall’s bold, hands-on questioning during Adams’s era.
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Washington
Anne Roynill
John Quincy Adams
White House
Fdna M. Colman
Anne Royall
State Bank
Potomac
The
United States
Richmond News-Leader
Wolves terrorize towns as harsh winter bites Italy
A Milan Times dispatch notes wolves and wild boars descending from the mountains due to bitter cold and heavy snow. Wolves besieged Prestane Mattegna near Trieste and vanished at dawn while workers defended the station. Two wild boars were killed at San Pietro del Carso, one weighing over 600 pounds. Boars have appeared along the Riviera in Savona and ravaging Umbria. Municipalities offer 400 Lire per wolf shot.
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Corso
Julian Venetia
Milan
London Times
Prestane-Mattegna
Trieste
San Pietro del Carso
Savona
Riviera
Umbria
New Musical Device A Thussian Invents Pinchetone
Thussian musician Giley unveils Pinchetone a box shaped instrument weighing eight pounds with a keyboard and steel comb strings. Hailed by Ippolitov-Tvanov Avranek and Moscow Conservatory players as replacing pianos with stronger tone and better intonation.
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Giley
Ippolitov-Tvanov
Avranek
Moscow Conservatory of Music
Chinese Students Sun Yat-sen University Opens in Moscow
The new Sun Yat-sen University for Chinese students opens in Moscow with about 300 attendees, 80 girls. The program offers academic courses for Chinese abroad, drawing students mainly from Mongolia and northern China. Most come from well-to-do families or seek adventure, revealing a bourgeois background in inquiries. One peasant’s son presented his father, 170 ores and 30 cows, illustrating class assumptions.
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Sun Yat-sen
Moscow
Canton
China
Mongolia
North
Russia
Wheels Within Wheels and a Portrayal of Grittenism
Professor Win Lyon Preis discusses a severely praised book, calling Gritteism biased. The piece narrates a WWI era tale of prisoners Lom and Duck in a German camp, including a grimly ironic letter home from Lom about the comfort found there despite the context.
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Win Lyon Preis
Germany
Brothers
Lom
Duck
Gerniny
Imother
Bavear
His Acuteness and a Nephew's Electrical Path
A Kansas City Star excerpt notes Harmer Fumblegate praising his nephew who left college in Manhattan to seek work with an electric company in Schenectady. Harmer calls him bright and jokes about his spelling of Schenectady, highlighting a family lighthearted moment and a career move in electrical engineering.
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Schenectady
Harmer Fumblegate
Armer Bunter
Vox
Kansas City
WATCH DHINKING WATER High risk in sparkling water
The weekly health talk of the Pennsylvania State Department of Health by W. L. Stevenson warns that clear sparkling water may be dangerously misinterpreted as pure. He notes public reliance on refined modern science and urges caution in assuming safety without examination.
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W. L. Stevenson
Bureau’ of Engineering
Stevenson
Water quality and the need for testing in rural areas
A historical notice urges vigilance on drinking water quality, contrasting modern treated urban supplies with private rural wells. It warns of typhoid risk from untreated sources, recalls past outbreaks, and advises hiring a bacteriologist to test water annually to protect health and families.
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State Department of Health
Department
Commonwealth
Typhoid Fever Water Warning Urges Public Check
A terse public health notice warns residents about typhoid fever linked to contaminated water. Citizens are urged to have their water supply examined promptly and to take preventive steps to avoid infection. The advisory emphasizes vigilance against this insidious threat.
Local residents attend family visits and small trips
Ambrose Mr and Mrs Wm Spicher returned home after a week with Sam uel Spicher near Cherry Tree who has been seriously ill. B C Mulberger and family moved to a new home near Dayton. John Walker took a business trip to Reynoldsville. M T Hamilton, recently employed at Josephine, spent Saturday evening at home. Mrs Alva Learn of Commodore visited her parents B E W Bair. Martha Bair spent days with sister Mrs Turner Starn near Dixonville. Mrs John Walker Mrs S C Walker and Olive visited Mrs Blair Wher. B R B Uber was a business caller in Indiana. Water Smith called at Marton Center Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs George Schurr of Kellysburg and Mr and Mrs Wm Schurr of Insiana visited their daughter Mrs Garney Spicher Sunday.
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Samuel Spicher
Cherry Trea
B. C. Mulberger
Dayton
John Walker
Reynoldsville
M. T. Hamilton
Josephine
Alva Learn
Commodore
BE. W. Bair
Martha Bair
Turner Stanr
Dixonville
8. C. Walker
Olive
Blair Wher
BRB. F. Uber
Indiana
Water Smith
Marton Center
George Schurr
Kellysburg
Wm. Schurr
Insiana
Garney Spicher
Local Notes on Patients and Visitors Across Towns
Quay Overdorft returns home after five weeks in Indiana hospital. Many families and residents, including Rev. and Mrs. Stephens, Myra McCrea, Martha McCutcheon, and George Mock, visit and stay with friends across Indiana, Johnstown, Homer City, Punxsutawney, and nearby towns.
Pennsylvania Agricultural Ranking in 1925
Pennsylvania ranked third in potato production and held top position in blue wheat. It also stood seventh in winter wheat and rye, twelfth in corn, sixth in oats, apples, hay, and tobacco, with sixth in hay and tobacco among all states.
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Pennsylvania
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