Wardell Was Right Wardell Was Right
Polly Devitt, a twenty three year old general assignment reporter, confronts Tom Wardell, managing editor of the Morning Breeze, who refuses to hire women reporters. After proving herself covering an accident, Polly secures a trial. Wardell later offers marriage instead of continued reporting, confirming he was right about women reporters marrying.
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G*anorna
Tom Wardell
Morning Breeze
Polly Devitt
Mr. Wardell
Kentucky
Miss Devitt
Wardell
Polly
Ted Lowry
Tom
Towner
Binney
Tie
North End
City Desk
Wom
Pally
Cock of the Rock Dances as World’s Most Beautiful Bird
A National Geographic correspondent describes the cock of the rock performing ground level courtship dances in the Venezuelan jungle near the Brazilian border. A crowd of flame colored males and dull mates watch as the dancer circles, wings lowered, tail pumping, then another male takes its turn. Other birds in the hills, including tiny black-coated and blue capped individuals, also dance in dusk shadows while locals nickname them gigolos for apparently female-led performances.
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National Geographic
Shark Search for Food Drives Relentless Sea Hunt
A Baltimore Sun writer notes sharks never sleep and endlessly sweep oceans for prey. From shallow bays to Greenland waters, these omnivorous hunters roam in vast numbers, their ghostly eyes ever alert. The piece reflects on mankind’s growing but cautious understanding of sharks and the eerie impression their appearance leaves.
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Bay
Baltimore Sun
Sunill
Greenland
To Pay Through the Nose Idiom Origin Summary
The phrase to pay through the nose means to be charged excessively. Its 17th century use is noted, with etymology linked to nose taxes in Odin legends and Sweden, and Danish practices. Brewer and Grimm discuss poll taxes and nose penalties, while Weekley suggests a money bleed metaphor from earlier language.
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Brewer
Odin
Sweden
Trish
Weekley
Long Welsh placard bears 58 letter village name
The Anglesey village Lianfairpwngwyngy pogerychwyrnd tobwillandis Mlogago och gains a full name placard marking Prince George's visit. Locals shorten it to Lianfairpwilgwnagyll meaning the Church of St Mary by the white hazel pool.
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Anglesey
London Holyhead
Prince George
Lonmion Times
Squirrels Live Chickeree and Gray Squirrel Habits
The excerpt notes that the red squirrel nests in orchards barns and attics, causing more noise than two boys, while the gray squirrel is shy and forest-dwelling across ridges with oaks beech and maples. In favorable locales they gather in sizeable groups and live amicably.
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Chickeree
Aids to Agriculture and the Tractor Revolution
Urban communities overlook the tractor revolution as power farming grows. The shift reduces required labor while boosting individual output. Chemists with fertilizers and biologists selecting climate resistant traits contribute to a development as significant as railways and ships.
Chinese Climbing Perch Travel But Don’t Climb
A historical note describes the Chinese climbing perch, its overland travel between pools in southeastern Asia, and experiments on inducing tree climbing. The fish uses spined gill covers and tail motion for propulsion, has an air chamber above each gill, reaches ten inches, and shows no external sex differences.
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Asia
China
Zinc Globe Letters Tell of 1870 Paris Siege Mail
During the 1870 siege of Paris the German lines blocked zinc globes carrying letters dropped into the Seine. French authorities later recovered eight legible letters dated December 1870 after they spent over thirty years in the river. A fisherman later found a zinc ball and revealed the obscure postal experiment.
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Paris
Arts
Post Office Administration
Seine
Villeneuve Saint Georges
Villeneuve
Local notes from Dixonville and surrounding area
Miss Sue Patsolic suffers scarlet fever while D R Bolgin visits his wife in Clearfield hospital. Esther Shugarts of Indiana visits her parents Mr and Mrs Muir Frew. Dorsey Lightner injures a finger near Cherry Tree. Marie Zerfoss a patient in Indiana hospital. Edward Patterson of Altoona visits sister Mrs Carl R Bence. Mr and Mrs Pat Stapleton welcome a baby boy. Other travel and visit items include the I G Miller family in Clymer, Brigham returning from Altoona, Miss Lois Tampt visiting in Altoona, and Wm Swindle’s remains taken to Somerset county for burial. Mr and Mrs Jethro Jacoby return home after a visit with her mother.
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Sue Patsolic
D. R. Bolgin
Clearfield Hospital
Esther Shugarts
Indiana
Muir Frew
Dorsey Lightner
Cherry Tree
Marie Zerfoss
Indiana Hospital
Edward Patterson
Altoona
Carl R. Bence
Pat Stapleton
Dye
Albert Snyder
Joseph Liptak
Kenneth Leasure
I. G. Miller
Clymer
Mr. Brigham
Lois Tampt
Wm. Swindle
Somerset County
Jethro Jacoby
Currys Run Preaching Service and Weekend Visits
Currys Run church announces preaching service with Sabbath at 11 o clock and Sabbath school at 10. Eva Muffley of North Washington township spent the weekend in the home of Mr and Mrs J J Sell. Mildred Digin and Gertrude Pollock of Indiana called in the McCurdy home Sunday evening. The mymp patients are all well and able to return to school. John Craig spent Saturday night with Lawrence McCurdy at his home.
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Eva Muffley
Washington Township
Mr. and
Mra
J. J. Sell
Mildred Digin
Gertrude Pollock
Indiana
McCurdy
Mymp
John Craig
Lawrence McCurdy
Purina study urges rapid culling of cows for profit
Purina Mills research at Gray Summit Mo warns dairymen to cull unprofitable cows to boost margins amid low milk prices and feed shortages. The report explains milk above upkeep adds profit, while unprofitable cows cancel gains, and suggests using Purina blanks to identify money makers versus losers.
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Purina Mills
Gray Summit
Stich & Cow
Dairy Department of
Purina
Local Social Notes and Appointments in Brookline Area
Robison Rev Albert Foust visited his mother Mrs John Foust in Brookline Pittsburgh last week. Miss Wilda Ressler visits Wm Bowers Jerome. George Mack hosts Tessie Bowers and Doris Coleman from Johnstown. Oliver Henderson family visit Bolivar at Crolls. Ralph Johns appointed fire warden succeeding Thomas Gamble. Anna Fisher 82nd birthday reunion with Brendlingers, Kunkle, and Betts in Robison. Russell Burkett hospitalized Memorial Johnstown with improving condition. Bert Young and Georgia from Dilltown welcome a daughter. Dewey Riddell recovering from tonsillitis. Funeral of John McBride in Johnstown. Dewey and James Riddell visit Homer City.
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Tessie Bowers
Jerome
Bart, Mack
Oliver Henderson
Bolivar
Edwin Croll
Ralph Johns
Thomas Gamble
Anna Fisher
Ic. D. Brendlinger
Penn Run
Flora Kunkle
South Fork
William J. Brendlinger
Clyde
Robert Brendlinger
Lemon Brendlinger
James Betts
Robinson
Russell Burkett
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Bert Young
Dilltown
Cherryhill Notes Show Local Life and Hospital Updates
Miss Geraldine Waltemire, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clair Waltemire, is a patient in the Indiana hospital where she underwent an appendicitis operation. William Tyger of Taylorsville was calling in Cherryhill township on Friday. Michael McQueeney was a Penn Run caller on Wednesday. Mrs Waller Fetterman of Clymer is a patient in the Indiana hospital. Miss Twila Engle spent Wednesday night with Miss Nellie Overman and Miss Vanora Hines spent Friday night with Miss Virginia Overman. Teachers and pupils of Penn Run High School attended a show at Indiana on Wednesday evening. Mrs Wilda Johns called on her mother Mrs Emma Cook on Friday. Mr and Mrs Roy McCullough spent the weekend with friends at Pine Flats. Mrs Edna Pyle returned to the Indiana hospital on Wednesday and underwent an operation. Sherman Barnett called at the Pyle home on Friday. Lawrence Lyster was among the callers at Indiana on Thursday. The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette to R D readers.
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Geraldine Waltemire
Clair Waltemire
Indiana Hospital
William Tyger
Taylorsville
Cherryhill Township
Michael McQueeney
Penn Run
Waller Fetterman
Clymer
Twila Engle
Nellie Overman
Vanora Hines
Virginia Overman
Penn Run High School
Indiana
Wilda Johns
Emma Cook
Roy McCullough
Pine Flats
Edna Pyle
Sherman Barnett
Pyle
Lawrence Lyster
Alston Shaffer
Wilbur Shaffer
Five Points
Elsie Park
Ella, Fleming
Paul McIntire
Donnie
Roy Blystone
Alen McFarland
Earl and
Elmer
J. BE
Gon
Clair
Plumville
William Park
J. ‘Hy Park
Luther Peterman
Glenn Jewart
George Edwards
Beyer
Luther ‘Peterman
Irene
Horace ‘Adamson
Bryan Orr
Alexander Bailey
Harry Sink
Mra
Carl Miler
Vandergrift
Miller
E. Blystone
Five Points and Indiana Residents See Busy Week
Washington Township reports show Alexander Bailey and Charles Adamson meet Monday while Alston Shaffer visits the Shaffers at Five Points on Thursday. Dozens of locals including Elsie Park and Ella Fleming, the Blystones, Miller family, and Harman household appear in frequent calls and visits across Five Points, Vandergrift, Plumville, Beyer, Atwood, and nearby towns.
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Washington Township
Alexander Bailey
Charles Adamson
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Wm. Bowers
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