Mexico City Night Schools Teach Thousands to Read
Remarkable progress in literacy in the Mexican capital as the department of public education reports about 15,000 lower class individuals learned to read and write in the first three months. Night schools attract large crowds and lectures in moving picture theaters supplement fundamentals, with expansion planned to other cities. President Obregon supports funding to advance the program.
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Mexico City
Department of Public Education
Mexico
Alvaro Obregon
Grandmas Start 266 Mile Hike From St Paul to Sioux City
Two sixty year old hikers Aunty MelXee and Mrs Clara Morris begin a 266 mile trek from St Paul Minnesota to Sioux City Iowa. They average eight to ten miles daily through winter as experienced walkers.
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Sirs
MelXee
Clara Morris
St. Paul
Minn
Sioux City
Towa
Bee Sting Fatal for Caldwell Farmer
Harry Collord, a Caldwell area farmer, died within an hour after being stung on the right temple by a honey bee. Coroner Thomas J. Lewis attributed the death to a stroke of apoplexy triggered by the shock of the insect bite on a weak heart.
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Caldwell
N. J
Harry Collord
Matilda Collerd
Thomas
Lewis
Hillsdale residents visit kin across towns in friendly calls
Mr and Mrs James Clark of Indiana spent Sunday with his mother Mrs Carina Clare Me and others including Mrs Hugh Shaw and son. Several locals, Miss Genevieve Louck of Purchase Line and Virginia Wellman, visited relatives and returned home. Visitors from Commos ore and Hbensburg joined relatives for Sunday calls. Leona Sunderland of Glen Campbell and the Spichers of Johnstown were among those visiting. A Weseyan Methodist church preaching is announced for Sunday evening at 7.
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Hillsdale
James Clark
Tndiana
Carina Clare
Wugh Shaw
Prank. Trhubte
Parneshore Saaturday
Genevieve [Ouck
Purchase Line
GB. Getty
Misa Virginia Wellman
Silat
Cannella
Ginter
Getty
Ty. Wimner
Victor Hamilton
Commosore
Mra
Noki Fuller
Hbensburg
Lavina Clark
A. Tlunkin
Rowland Claypool
Irae
Ing
W. M. Bowers
Glen Campbell
Matuiftey
Leona Sunderland
Thed Ehney
Chirenne Spicher
Johmstown
J. D. Spicher
Milas Noa Powell
Bowdertown
Merle Llovek
Wyouck
George Getty
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Melen Mack
Erma Souther
Mildred Findley
William Merriman
Caroline
W. A. Merriman
Armagh
Carl Mudley
Jeannette
Steele Windley
New York City
Presbyterian Ladies' Aids Society
Harry Fox
Jennie Johnston
Jennie Sutton
Johnstown
Gott
Boswell
Armagh-Seward
Sadie J. Mack
Pearl Ligectt
Indiana
Alfred Rogers
I. M. Cunningham
Ruymond Rebb
George Hutchison
Than Henry
Dallas Smith
Atta Bibel
Banks Township
Willow Smith
Kert Dunlap
Dunlap
Earl Ili
Carl Painter
Mm.t. Shields
Rossiter
Wil Ross
Nanty-Gle
O. W. of
Arcadia
Fred Blose
Veda
Revert
Rural
Valley
Mie
Mia
Onin Timbing
Edith Theatr
Deland
Maclon Center
Cayley Hone
Donalme
Sanuel Memning
Murray Fleming
Robert
Charlie Betts
Nelson City
M.A. Carnittan
Uarry Anderson
Ah J. M. Lytle
Chambersville
Irene Anderson
Smillini
Qhir Cyissman
Marve
Little
Floyd Uittle
Steve Little
Chas. Dowell
Jane Ironk
Millie Miller
Cherry Tres
W. J. Lydie
Martha Leath
Iva Jenn
Wallace Sheaffer
Junior
Lancaster
Cherry Cree
Lena Bloom
Cherry Tree
Hale Lyle
John Meekins
Walter. Meekins
Commodore
Joel McGaughey
Jane Fronk
Local notes from East Wheatfield and Parkwood columns
East Wheatfield and Parkwood items report visits and guest stays, church activities, and social news. Notable entries include a Presbyterian Ladies Aids meeting, couples marrying in Indiana, and local travel notes amid a storm and farm life. A public health notice warns against spring colds, citing March 1922 vital statistics with deaths from influenza pneumonia and other causes, and births rising.
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Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Department of Health
Pennsylvania
Mareh
Bury Woman With 2 Pillows Will Filed for Probate
The will of Miss Mary B. Connors sixty four directs her friend and executor Mrs Katherine Rees to bury her in a single grave with an extra pillow and to ensure no carriages follow the hearse. If any relatives are found she leaves one dollar to each. No relatives are known. Residue goes to the Hospital for Ruptured and Cripples after small bequests to friends.
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New York
Mary B. Connors
Katherine Rees
Indiana Residents and Visitors Highlight Local Week
Indiana and nearby towns report social calls, visitors, and events with multiple named individuals. Kurtin Ibiger served as juror. May John Sinkthams daughter Dore spent time in Ly Lawson. The Boy Scout team of Robinson defeated the local Scouts 10 to 2 at the midweek game.
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UTE Et Wey
Chas. Clawson
Mary Vairbanks
Abma Sutteg
Men Vine Puesday
May
John Sinkthams
Dore
Lawson Lewis
Tndlana
R Robert Fryer
Tndlaimi
Wesday
Wmn
Smith
West Lebanon
Mir
Ira McGaughey
Graceton
George Studosh
Vandergrift Mrnday
Perle Lewis
Matton Center
John Stadtmiller
Tadana
Splent
McGaughey
William Selmbach
Fancy Work Club
Charles Fisher
Jafinvallers
W. 2D. Durks
Blairsville
Harvey Miller
New Indiana
O. C. Frost
Mary Overdorff
Michel Overdorf
John Ferguson
Philip White
Hig
Company L
National Guard
Blaksville
Robinson
Local notes from Indiana and nearby towns mile by mile
A garbled Indiana area column reports visitors and travels from Lewisville to Vandergrift and New Kensington. It notes hospital patients Johnstown Memorial Hospital and Memorial Day services delayed for superintendent absence. Several residents visit relatives in Indiana and Oakland while others attend college commencement. An auction sale of automobiles and trucks is planned for June 24 at East End Garage Indiana pa.
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East ‘End Garage
Indiana
Local Notes from NichTown and Surrounding Areas
NichTown residents host and visit relatives across Indiana. Travellers include Mr. and Mrs. Ray McMahan of Gipsy and Mr. and Mrs. Stobert Wissinger in Indiana, with visits to Barnesboro, Marion Center, and Commodore. Church services planned at Pine Vale and social visits noted among residents and families.
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Ray McMahan
Gipsy
M. J. League
J. C. Brown
Marion Center
Stobert Wissinger
Indiana
John Kildea
Barnesboro
John Ensure
Hola
Mary McAfoos
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Sunoco
J. M. Stewart & CO
Indiana, Pa
Brown Kid
Queen
Irvin S. Glasser
Phila
N. Sixth Street
Royal Poultry
Royal
Victor
New Jersey
East Wheatfield
Hortons
Washington Township
Parkwood
Marie McGaughey
Ethel Muir
Ressle Shultz
Parkwood l Grange
Wall
M. DB. Graly
Ine
Jane Ferguson
Indiana Viller
Toy Condron
Airs
McKee
Vanndercriff
Larry McChaighey
Sin Lewis
Datuwriter
Trelen
Indiana Lery
Kurtin Ibiger
In- A
Lewisville
Marshall
West
Mra. Z. C. Berkey
Memorial Hospital
Retta
Mataon
Ella Penng
Misa Trank
New Kensington
J. C. Womb
W. S. Barkley
State College
Goys
Frank and
James
Mis
Mary Urey
Rochester Milla
Gideon Neal
A. W. Douds
W. J. Hileman
Jank McIntire
O. W. Shields
Berthawing
W. J. Weming
Will Laney
Anny, Laney
Hurst
Lawrence Ewing
Clarksburg
Friends
Mary Gibson
Grace Bergtinn
Clarence Brrkley
Nicholtown
Lovejoy
Tainen
Columbia
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