Rochester Mills Social Round With Local Families
Mrs. Samuel Mottern and family of Mottern's Mills spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs K Bilder. Mr and Mrs Daniel Kinter of Du Bois were guests of Mrs Ella Hurd on Sunday. Homer Downey, recently employed in Indiana, visits his grandparents Mr and Mrs David Gipson. Miss Helen Hurd spent the week with Punxsutawney friends. Mrs Charles Work visited sister Mrs Floyd Pieres at Punxsutawney hospital. Mr and Mrs Howard Ratligh and children Ethyl Lola Nell Kathryne of Idama r spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs Lisle Jl der. Miss Ethyl Lewis of Beaverdale.
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Rochester Mills
Samuel Mottern
William and Daughters
Virginia
Mottern’s Mills
K. R. Bilder
Daniel Kinter
du Boils
Ella Hurd
Homer Downey
Indiana
Ents
David Gipson
Helen Hurd
Punxsutawney
Charles Work
Floyd Pieres
Punxsutawney Hospital
Howard Ratligh
Ethyl
Lola
Nell
Kathryne
Idamar
Wn. Lewis
Nellie Gray
J. TR. Nider
J. L. Warner
Harry McMahan
Commodore
Watt Wider
Gipsy
Hdna Baun
Juneau
Ord Weaver
Mina Marshall
Louiise Stiteler
Robert Mikesell
Pittsburgh
Margaret Frazer
Butler
Robert McBriar
F.C. Uncapher
James Fetterham
Nancy Black
Susan Stoar
Local social notes and public sale announced
Several residents visited friends and relatives in nearby towns, including Mr. and Mrs. Wn Lewis and Miss Nellie Gray. A public sale in White township offers horses, cows, poultry, farming tools, wagons, bees, and more. auctioneers T. O. Saxton and R. W. George. A one day battery service is listed for Vesta Service Station in Indiana Pa.
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White Township
Indiana
Vesta
Nixon Avenue
Moonshine Offer Stuns Lem Gardener in Dictionary Tale
In Bill Sam's Dictionary by J U Martin Lem Gardener, who liked his drink, nearly got drunk when a stranger offered real moonshine for twenty dollars a quart. Lem lacked the twenty dollars to buy it. The tale appears on page 637.
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J. U. Martin Lem
Lem
Bill Sam
Human Fly climber dies after eight story fall at Hotel Martinique
Honard Young known as the Human Fly falls eight stories while scaling the Hotel Martinique on Broadway and dies en route to hospital. He helped found the Safety Last Society and was 25, with wartime climbs for Red Cross groups. Mrs Young witnessed the fall as crowds of about 20 000 gathered and magic cameras recorded the tragedy.
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New York
Honard Young
Martinique
Broadway
Young
Ferald Square
Red Grass
Escape From Parish Prison By Roof Jump
A prisoner named Nomini escaped from Parish Prison in New Orleans by climbing a skylight, jumping to the roof, and eluding guards after a series of roof feats. The incident followed a prior minor charge and a cross to the gallows room. The report notes difficulty and pursuit but no recapture.
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New Orleans
Nomi
Practical non skid rug attachment prevents slipping
A new rug device uses a rubber coated fabric fastened to the rug underside to grip the polished floor and stop movement without anchoring. The invention promises rugs will stay in place, reducing the need for taps or similar tools.
Cock and Bull Stories Origin Unearthed By British Journalist
A British newspaper man traces the term cock and bull story to tales told at two hostelries named Me Cock and the Bull in a small English village. The piece notes wider roots, including Henry May’s 1522 Atlantic crossing in a makeshift boat after being wrecked near Bermuda.
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Ocean
Henry May
Bermuda Islands
England
Wutery
Mankind Never Satisfied Quote by T Brooks
An aphoristic line reflects on human desire as endless and insatiable, comparing worldly wealth to a chest of virtue and a triangle cirel, with a note crediting T Brooks.
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Brooks
Man's False Gravity and the Mud at the Brain
A quoted reflection compares a false gravity to rivers that move slowly and never sit with mud at the bottom, suggesting that a stiff, unchanging life signals a thick bed of mud in the brain. The passage uses Saville as a referenced author.
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Saville
Fortified coastal forts sold as villas along French Riviera
The French army, refitting obsolete Mediterranean coast defenses, has decided to rent or sell former forts now lying idle. Denting shells and aging masonry, the properties offer cistern water, outer walls, and room for doors and furnishings with modern touches at occupants’ expense.
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Paris
Ainyone
Vietbun
Riviera
Mediterranean
Detroit Auto Industry dominates once tiny plant base
The Detroit industrial workforce shift shows two thirds now in automobile plants or allied factories. From 1944 to today Detroit’s industrial workforce surged from about 112,483 to roughly 820,000, with about 204,000 employed in automotive production or parts. Michigan car output accounts for a large share of national production.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit Board of Commerce
Detroitt
Michigan
Prince of Wales Backs Plain Foods at Banquet
London hosts describe the Prince of Wales as frugal, skipping rich dishes for simple fare. A scene with aristocratic guests failing to win his favor ends with him choosing cold jam and beans. He favors exercise and a cheerful, frugal lifestyle over lavish, seasoned plates.
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Prince of Wales
London
Japanese Students Write Defy in Blood in Tokyo School
A few Tokyo students accused of failing an annual exam declare a strike. Forty successful candidates protest by a blood letter to school directors, blaming the class for their peers’ failure and vowing not to attend until authorities reverse the decision.
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Tokyo
Ikecause
Norwegian Preacher Sparks Labor Unrest in Pinland
A controversial preacher Marla Akerblum was arrested in Pinland causing protests among Bergen's workers. Her sermons urged societal collapse and rejected ownership of land or work, affecting the peasants who followed her, sparking economic hardship.
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Bergen
Norway
Marla Akerblum
Pinland
Maria
Higney
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