Rochester Mills Social Roundup in Punxsutawney Weekend
Mrs G I Pollock and daughters Ethyl and Lola Bell, with Mrs R M Dodson and daughter Gaynalle, visited Punxsutawney on Saturday. Frank McCool and Beddie McMillan from Rossiter joined family weekend picnics. Locust resident Mrs Clyde Dunlap hosted a town call. Martha Oberlin and Ethyl Pollock stayed with Indiana friends. L R Elder and daughter visited Indiana during the week. Mrs Butler Work spent Saturday in Indiana. Walter Pollock, Harry Hill, and Ralph Repine of Bedford spent the weekend at home. Fifty-Fifty. Wasey. Rudner dialogue from The Path finder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I. Pollock
Ethyl
Lola Bell
R. M. Dodson
Gaynalle
Punxsutawney
Frank McCool
Beddie McMillen
Rossiter
Clyde Dunlap
Locust
Martha Oberlin
Ethyl Pollock
Indiana
L.R. Elder
Butler Work
Walter Pollock
Harry Hill
Ralph Repine
Bedford
Maple Grove Community Stitch of Local Visitors and Ills
Maple Grove notes list a series of social calls and visits among residents including Mrs. Dallas Detwiler Grace Detwiler and others visiting Conrad Sleppy and G R Waltemire. Local illnesses cited include Sylvester Ruthmel in Spangler hospital and Warren Lamer post appendicitis.
Uses for Hulke of Old Vessels on the New England Coast
Old schooners condemned for junk may yield value beyond burning. Sails, rigging, deck hardware are removed for cash, while timbers and salt-impregnated planks fetch demand from denters for smoked herring flavor. Hulls may become harbor breakwaters or wharves, or be repurposed as Derrick masts and flagpoles in parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Mfe
Trombone Names Across Languages Hint at Echoes of Roman Horns
A discussion on how trombone names vary by language and origin. Dutch bazain risks bassoon misread, European terms sacquebuse sackbut german posaune echo ancient Latin roots. Observers note multiple roots traceable to the Roman buccina, a shell shaped horn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Italy
America
Weatherwise Spider Describes Web Strategy For Weather
A historical note explains how a spider predicts weather by adjusting its web. When calm and clear, support threads extend widely to catch more prey, sometimes three feet from center to edge. Before wind and rain, the spider shortens those strands to reduce damage and maintain the catching surface.
History of Hats Through Europe and England
The hat was created in Paris by a Schaa in 1404 and grew popular. Popes blessed violet silk hats embroidered with gold and jewels during Christmas, sent to rulers as favors. Spanish Jews wore yellow hats. bankrupts in Germany wore green and yellow hats. England began hat manufacture in 1510 and taxed hats heavily until 1785.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Schaa
Spain
Germany
England
Strike for the Goal to Pursue Your Dreams
A quotation attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson encourages putting all effort into any pursuit. It suggests the risk of failure is acceptable, as the intense effort itself brings lasting peace and a fulfilling life, accompanying you as you age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Divisions of Poetry and Poetic Forms
The text outlines three main poetry classes epic dramatic and lyric with examples. Epics like Evangeline and The Enejd are long narratives about a hero or heroine while lyrics express the poet s sentiment. A dramatic poem emphasizes action and is tied to drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William 4 Wilbur
Bodley Founding His Wife Hidden From Autobiography
May Irene Copinger notes in the Baltimore Sun that Sir Thomas Bodley who founded the Bodleian library at Oxford reportedly married and erected a monument to his wife, yet his autobiography omits any marriage details leaving unclear who Mistress Bodley was or why she is not remembered.
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Thomas Bodley
Bodleian Drary
Oxford
Irene Copinger
Baltimore Sun
Thomas
Bodley
Barbor family notes and local visits in Clymer
Philadelphia visitor Miss Helen Yambor returns to duties. Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Barbor host E. T. Barbor’s home. Laura Barbor resumes school. E. T. Barbor and Melvin visit Indiana. Randolph mine begins operations. Mrs. Hugh McAllister and Mrs Mose Blakely shop in Indiana. Wayne Harbor visits cousins Melvin and Clair Barber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ross
E. T. Barbor
Melvin
Indiana
Randolph Mine
E. Z. Barbor
W. R. Moorhead
Hugh McAllister
1Mose Blakely
Wayne Harbor
Melvin and
Clair Barber
O. V. Barber
Punxsutawney visits and local social notes
Marion Center and Punxsutawney residents are noted in a string of social items. Edward and Neal Griffith visit with aunt Mrs Mary C Streams. Mrs C Moore hosts Current Events Club. Mrs Alex Tyger and her Indiana-born daughter stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Adam Tyer. Mrs Guy Terpe travels to Arnold for Evangelistic meetings. Mrs Robert Good suffers rheumatism. George L Wells from Indiana visits Punxsutawney. Eleanor Caldwell leaves for Pittsburgh for hospital training. Rev C L Moore attends Johnstown meetings. Mrs J H Holtway visits Punxsutawney. Howard Forsey and Clay Berkeypile visit. Mrs Marie Carnahan and daughters travel to Pittsburgh. David Ross suffers a shoulder injury at State Teachers College. Lisle Kinter visits Pittsburgh. Higher Wages Needed. A joke about a kiss for a penny references a Tarheel Banker column.
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C. &. Moore
West Main Street
Alex Tyger
Indiana
Adam Tyeer
Guy Terpe
Arnold
Ford
Robert Good
George L. Wells
Ruby Shields
Fittaburgh
David Ross
State Teachers College
Lisle Kinter
Pittsburgh
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Citizen’s National Bank
Rochester Mills
Wasey
Rudner
Maple Grove
Glenn Coy
Dallas Detwiler
Grace
Conrad Sleppy
G. E. Holmes
G. R. Waltemire
Tuesaday
Harrison Wise
Royden
Forrest
Mary Coy
Isaac’ Sleppy
Cherry Malotne
John Overman
Budd
Clinton Bowers
Strongatown
George Greene
Belsano
G. BE
Holmes
Chalmers
Olive Decker
Albert Coy
Rezza
Erma McCullough
D. EH
Detwiler
Isaac Sleppy
Steven Jusko
Cleveland
Jay Henry
Punxsutawhey
Spruce
Florence Bennett
Roy McDonnell
Sylvester Ruthmel
Spangler Hospital
Marstellar
Warren Lamer
Maggie Lamer
D. P. McDannell
Roy McDannell
Scott Douglass
Sarah
Mary Bagley
Commodore
Miss Adams
Art
Kinter’s
Louise Biss
Harry Biss
Stifflertown
Rev. McKnight
lBrown
Indiana Progress
Poultry Journal
Indiana Progress Breeder’s Gazette Home Friend
Farm & Fireside Illustrated Mechanics
Pathfinder
Indiana Progress People’s Home Journal Fruits & Gardens
Mother’s Journal
Home Friend
Farm & Fireside
Household Magazine
Poultry Keeper
Pictorial Review
People’s Popular
McCall's Magazine
People’s Home Journal
Good Stories Farm & Fireside
Modern Priscidla
American Magazine
Boy’s Life
Boy Scouts
Christian Herald
Collier's Weekly
Cosmopolitan
Everygirl
Junior Home
Boy
Parent's Magazine
Popular Science
Scribner’s Magazi
Sports
Scientific American
Woman’s Home
Woman's World
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Philadelphia Daily
Ledg
Inqu
Scribner's Magazine
Pennsylvania Farmer
THD
Indiana, Pa
R. Pf, D
Weatherwise Spider
Moorhead
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Marion Center
Edward and Neal Griffith
Mary C. Streams
Silas C. Streams
Philadelphia Street
Gibson Machine Shop and Garage
Indiana Roller Mills
GLOBE
Hetrick & Wilson
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