Punxsutawney Area Shoppers and Visitors Busy Weekend
Mrs Ray Aultman and Ethyl Shank were Punxsutawney shoppers on Friday. Ashlay Woodle Nay Jeffries and William Oberlin returned Saturday with bucks after a mountain hunting trip. Homer Downey left for Indiana for work. Mrs R M Dodson visited on Friday. Cal vie Pollock and son Calvin of Freeport spent days with her mother Mrs John Snyder. Frank Potts family shopped on Saturday. Mrs Thomas Barclay of Sagamore visited daughter Mrs Carl Gray. Mrs Ord Weaver was a caller Saturday. L Warner and family of Commodore spent Sunday with Ella Hurd. Mrs Luie Depp called Saturday. Mrs Cevilla Work returned from Indiana. George Jeffries spent two weeks in Pittsburgh returning Saturday. May Pollock of Freeport spent six weeks with grandmother Mrs John Snyder returning Friday. Mrs Bert Adaing of Belsano spent week with her mother. Dan Hagen bought a Nash sedan. John Fetterman Heilwood spent Thursday in town. Harry Davis Cardiff caller Sunday. Gerald Croyle Heilwood caller Saturday eve. Walter George Brushvalley called at J Garret’s Monday eve. Bert Fetterman Pitcairn visiting relatives. R V Duncan and M Troxell spent Sunday with Daas Paul of Belsano.
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Ray Aultman
Ethyl Shank
Ashlay Woodle
Nay Jeffries
Harry Richardson
Howard, Wells
George ‘Richardson
Homer Pifer
Charles Bowers
William Oberlin
Homer Downey
Indiana
R.M. Dodson
Samuel Pollock
Calvin
Freeport
John Snyder
Frank Potts
Thomas Barclay
Sagamore
D. L. Warner and Family
Commodore
Ella Hurd
Luie Depp
Cevilla Work
Robert
George Jeffries
Pittsburgh
May Pollock
Bert Adaing
Belsano
Nancy Carney
Dan Hagen
John ‘Fetterman
Heilwood
Harry Davis
Cardiff
Gerald Croyle
Walter George
Brushvalley
J. Garret
Subscription gift promotes The Progress in The Christians Stocking
A reader advertises subscribing to The Progress as a Christmas gift with a weekly issue and a gift giver card. An overheated stove caused a fire at Homer City destroying Joe Di Petro’s dwelling early Sunday morning.
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Progress
Indiana Progress
Indiana
Homer City
Joe di Petro
Merely Giant Pig or African Rhino in Africa's Game
An old feature discusses the rhinoceros as a rival to the elephant for strongest land animal. It notes its African range, fossil history, decline due to hunting, and its horn valued at about 20 dollars per pound. It describes the rhino’s appearance, habits, and cooperative tick birds that guard it.
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William D. Boyce
Africa
Asia
Indian Archipelago
Europe
North America
England
Therope
Siberia
China
Fiis
Grave remarks at luncheon spark graft critique
Mrs Bertha Landes mayor of Seattle decries political graft as disrespectful to Americanism. A parallel joke recounts a movie actor in a dinner party where a guest o honors a duke faces a humorous exchange about champagne. The tale contrasts propriety with excess in a moral framing.
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Bertha A. K. Landes
Seattle
Gray
Not So Good Golf Story from the Neighborhood Course
A man on a Sunday round encounters a foursome of women slowing his pace. After they finish two or three holes he vents to four bystanders. The women explain they are beginners and learning, prompting a lighthearted exchange about pace and courtesy.
Sol new month proposed between June and July
A Cosworth calendar proposal suggests a new month named Sol placed between June and July. The calendar has 18 months of 28 days with the 28th day as Saturday. the 365th day becomes Year day with no weekday, and leap years insert an extra day between June 28 and Bol’s first day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosworth
England to tag whales in search of breeding grounds
England plans a program to tag whales to study their migration and breeding sites. No concrete plan exists yet, with authorities awaiting a practical proposal from a maritime expert. The breeding areas of whales remain unknown, according to British officials, who seek further data and facts.
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England
Washington Star
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