Farm Tour Covers Potatoes Across Somerset Indiana Counties
Auto Tour stops at 4 Somerset County growers and visits 16 counties. Banquet at Somerset Country Club hosts 125 with C. C. McDowell as toastmaster. Stops include Fisher Brothers near Jenners and Byran Lewis near Johnstown. Dealer pototo equipment and yields noted. Also coverage of Indiana county history and a later state game commission update on hunting regulations for the coming season.
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Pennsylvania
Indiana County
Somerset County
Berlin
Somerset Country Club
CG. C. McDowell
Russell Friedline
Jenners
Fisher Brothers
Byran Lewis
Johnstown
Lewis
Coudersport
Potter County
Columbia
Lehigh Counties
Louis Reitz
Union County
Reitz
Lewisburg
Lehigh County
Somerset
Indiana
George and
Albert Botaford
Willam
Brown and
Clark
Public Sale of Household Goods in Smicksburg
At the late residence of Mrs. G. Weston Smicksburg on Saturday September 8 at 1 PM. Three piece velour living room suite three piece wicker suite dining room suite gas range cook stove gas or coal kitchen cabinet sewing machine bookcase sanitary touch dressers beds rockers chairs radio kitchen tables dishes cooking utensils jars and many other articles. Terms made known on day of sale.
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Flousenoia Woous
Weston
Smicksburg
Newspaper Subscription Offer in Indiana County
The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette announce a subscription offer for residents of Indiana County at 5.50 per year while out-of-county readers pay 6.00 per year. The notice targets R. D. residents and outlines the price difference.
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Progress
Pittsburgh Poat
R. D
Indiana County
Beech Disease Threatens U S Forests From Fungus Influx
Dr. R Kent Beattie of the U S Department of Agriculture warns a new beech disease, caused by an imported fungus and aided by the felted beech scale insect, has reached Maine after devastating Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The pathogen mirrors chestnut blight in its potential spread.
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R. Kent Beattie
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Maine
United States
Pennsylvania
Final step nears in Clara Clara Bedreckengost case
Clara Bedreckengost, a 20 year long case from Armstrong County, awaits the third and final operation at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh to change her sex. Dr Ivan N Boyer and Joseph Wadding led the discreet transfer from the county home due to family poverty while reporters from eastern cities visit to learn of the remarkable malformation and latent male traits. The final operation hinges on Clara’s recovery from prior procedures as she remains under care along Rural Valley Road.
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Clara
Bedreckengost
Armstrong County
West Penn Hospital
Pittsburgh
Clarence
Ivan N. Boyer
Kittanning
Joseph Wadding
Dayton
Kittaning
Clark Schreckengost
Eskimo Dogs: One of Best Known Arctic Work Breeds
Eskimo dogs, known by many names such as huskies and malamutes, are valued sled and draft animals with a long Arctic lineage. The Eskimo Dog Club of America notes they originate in Greenland and Labrador, feature sturdy builds and thick coats, and vary in color from black to buff. Weight ranges 65 to 85 pounds, height about 25 inches at the shoulders.
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Greenland
Detroit News
Eskimo Dog Club of America
Labrador
Arctic
Vocabulary for Pictures of Nature Poor diction in nature writing seeks sharper place descriptions
A St. Louis Home columnist argues that readers crave vivid, concise nature prose. He cites Thoreau Burroughs Ruskin Maeterlinck and other masters to illustrate how precise word choices reveal shades of meaning. He urges writers to prune adjectives and seek fresh expressions that yield gems of English.
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St. Louis
Democrat
Thoreau
John Burroughs
Ruskin
Maeterlinck
Origin of the silo traces to Teutons and Romans
An article cites New Jersey agricultural authorities on the silo’s origin before barns, noting Teutons used pits for storing fodder and Caius Julius Caesar popularized the concept for feed. The term silo derives from Latin silus meaning cellar, with early silos first as ground pits then elevated structures on rough New England shores.
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New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Teutons
Julius Caesar
New England
Dickens First Fiction Published in 1888 Monthly Magazine
The Lafayette Journal and Courier recalls Charles Dickens’s historic debut story A Dinner at Poplar Walk in 1888. Dickens describes his first effusion dropped into a dark letter box and a triumphant walk to Westminster Hall, eyes dimmed with joy and pride.
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Charles Dickens
Monthly Magazine
Poplar Walk
Dickens
Picot Street
Westminster Hall
Lafayette Journal and Courier
What Is a Million A look at time in large numbers
A playful exploration of a million in time. It notes there are fewer than a million days in the Christian era and a million hours reach back to the Battle of Trafalgar. It also links two million minutes to World War II and estimates ten million casualties yielding about five per minute.
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Pew
Rome
Trafalgar
Presidential Succession Act Text Adaptation 1884
The act explains succession rules when the Vice President becomes President, stating the Vice Presidency remains vacant and the Senate is presided over by the President pro tempore elected at each Congress. The President pro tempore does not become Vice President but receives the Vice President's salary. If both the President and Vice President die, the Secretary of State serves as acting President until a President is elected.
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Senate
District of Columbia Governed by a Three Member Commission
The District of Columbia is run by three presidentially appointed commissioners, none of whom are DC residents, with a three year term for two and a term tied to the President for the third, overseeing police, parks, schools and all city functions. A Senate committee and a House committee shape district law, while the mayor of Washington is a frequent nickname for the House District Committee chair.
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District of Columbia
United States
United States Army
Senate
House
District of
Clamita
Civil Service
Cleveland Plain Center
Lammergeier Bird of Prey From Europe to Remains
A description of the lammergeier or bearded vulture, its appearance and behavior, its historical abundance in Europe, and rare reports of lamb and child thefts attributed to the species. The article notes the bird’s striking plumage, powerful wings, and perch or flight habits, alongside a historical Swiss anecdote of child abductions.
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Europe
Indianapolis News
Uri
Hundwyl
Canton of
Appenzell
Hts
Origin of punctuation and its early use in Alexandria
The text traces punctuation from its origin in Alexandria within ancient learning, noting its initial use to aid poetry. It explains that early readers struggled until sentence division by period, colon, and semicolon emerged in the ninth century. The comma and dot conventions evolved to the modern forms.
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Alexandria
Head or Tail of Coin and Mint Mark Features
Description explains obverse and reverse sides of coins and medals. It notes that U S coins show the eagle or emblem, the name United States of America and It pluribus unum on the reverse. It mentions sovereign portraits on obverses of medieval and modern coins and inscriptions in oriental issues.
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United States
United States of America
Swift Misquote Attributed to Gulliver About Two Blades
The passage cites Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels claiming that making two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow where one did before would greatly benefit society. The quoted wording appears in Part 2 Chapter 7 during Voyage to Brobdingnag, reflecting satirical critique of public policy.
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Jonathan ‘Swift
Brobdinguag
President Jackson Tree Lover in White House Grounds
A portrait notes Andrew Jackson as a devoted tree enthusiast. The article recalls his nickname Old Hickory and mentions his Hermitage estate near Nashville as a premier historic site.
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Jackson
White House
Andrey Jackson
Mermitage
Nashville
Pean
Weddings of a Week Highlight Local Nuptials in August
Willard F Wright and Blakaville and Mids Mary Lee Masters of Indiana wed by Justice W H Jackson on August 21. Edwards Knepper and Testa Knepper, both of Home R D 1, married by W R Calhoun on August 22. Joseph Duke and Margaret Maydock of Rossiter wed in this place on August 28. Duke and Maydock are coal miner families with local roots and ties to Adrian.
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Willard F, Wright
G¢ Blakaville
Mary Lee Masters
Indiana
W. H. Jackson
Williard F. Wright
William Masters
Duke Maydock
Joseph Duke
Misa Margaret Maydock
Rossiter
Register and
W. R. Calhoun
George Duke
Mra
Ann Maydock
Adrian
Isenberg and Gromley Tie The Knot At Commodore
William Isenberg a Green township farmer and Ada Gromley of Cockport were married at Commodore on August 22 by Justice Norman Keith. Ada Gromley is daughter of J A Gromley. Davis Libengood and Blairaville residents were wed August 26 by Register W R Calhoun at the Court House. Davis works as a salesman.
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Isenberg-Gromley
William Isenberg
Green Township
Ada Gromley
Cockport
Norman Keith
J. A. Gromley
Davis Libengood
Cameron Davis
Indiana
Mae Libengood
Blairaville
Register and
W. R. Calhoun
Court House
Davis
World Fair Ends October 31 With Record Attendance
Chicago reports the Century of Progress Exposition will close on October 31. Attendance so far this year tops 8.5 million, bringing two year totals to nearly 31 million. Officials say demolition will wait until after the closing date and all exhibits remain intact until then.
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Chicago
Stolen Car and Truck Recovered. Suspect Arrested
Thomas Barkely, 25, of Dixonville, was arrested Sunday August 26 on larceny charges for stealing a car from Dixonville and a truck from Rochester Mills. The car was found abandoned in Rochester Mills and the truck in Dixonville. Barkely confessed and is held in the Indiana county jail in default of bond. Over 620 firms listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Thomas Barkely
Dixonville
Rochester Mills
Warkely
Indiana County
Witty Exchange Sparks Family Quip on Generations
A humorous dialogue features a wife claiming her husband seemed an angel at marriage while he jokes he must still manage without clothes or hats. A young man ponders when children stop being a worry, only to hear an old man reply his oldest child is already 65.
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Farm Extension News
Stagner
Board of Game Commissioners
Public SA Ae
Gina
Boy
Pennsylvania Threshermen
Pennsylvania Threshermen and Farmers Mutual Casualty Insurance CO
Harrisburg
J. L. Ayers
Oak Street
N. H. Barkley
Livermore
HOLT
Marion Center
Dale Marshall
Beyer
L. Stewart
Homer City
M.C. Stewart R. D. No
Homer City, Pa
Bilo
Wright
Edwards Knepper
William Edwards
Testa Knepper
Home, R. D. 1
Reglater
Archie Edwards
Oliver Knepper
The
New York Stock Exchange
Labor
First National Bank
PENNA
Elgin
Waltham
Hamilton
Luxenberg
Indiana, PA
Mate
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