Pauper Schools Help Spark Free Public Education
Harrisburg reports that objections to the pauper school act of 1809 spurred the 1834 Common School Law, expanding free schooling beyond stigmatized pauper status. A pamphlet on 100 Years of Free Public Schools in Pennsylvania notes Education Week observances April 1–7 and outlines early state education history with figures from 1832 and 1830–31 committees.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Public Instruction
Commonwealth
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Committee On Education of the
House of Representatives
Penn State Alumni Banquet Showcases Alumni Action
About thirty eight Penn State alumni and guests gathered Friday night at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Club dining room for a well attended meeting. George A. Robeson was elected president and BP. P. Reece vice president, Bill Neff secretary-treasurer. Bob Higgins spoke on Penn State athletic policies and the po scholarship program, Ed Kehman highlighted college advantages and Penn State’s oil and chemical research impact.
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V. F. IW
Indis
Penn State
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Cclub
George A. Robeson
BP. P. Reece
Bill Neff
Bob
Bigigna
Ed. K. Kehman
Dascretary
Gelda
Applied Chemistry
Intial Engineering
Carolina leads at Air theatre this week amid tobacco era drama
The Carolina feature screens Thursday to Saturday with Janet Gaynor Lionel Barrymore and Bette Davis in a Southern family saga amid tobacco plantation backdrops. Also playing Fugitive Lovers at the Titz Theatre with Robert Montgomery Madge Evans at midnight March 11 and 12 13, plus Ive Got Your Number at the Ritz with Joan Blondell and Pat OBrien on March 14 15. Devil Tiger roars at the Ritz March 16 17.
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Carolina
Air Theatre
Janet Gaynor
Lionell Barrymore
Bette Davis
Greyhound
Robert Mongomery
Madge Evang
Titz Theatre
New York City
Robert Montgomery
Porter
Letty
New York
Chorine
Madgevans
Legs" Caffee
Nat Pendleton
Atlantic City
Legs
Daly
C. Henry Gordon
Hoot Gibson
Ritz Theatre Programs March Showings
The Ritz Theatre presents Pennsylvania's Finest Theatre with Janet Gaynor Lionel Barrymore and Robert Young on March 8 9 and 10. PUGITIVE LOVERS stars Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans March 12 13. WE GOT YOUR NUMBER features Joan Blondell and Pat O'Brien March 14 15. DEVIL NUNGER with an all star cast March 16 17. Indiana Theatre offers Man Who Dared March 8 9 10 and Last Roundup March 12 13. EIGHT GIRLS IN A BOAT March 14 16. POUR FRIGHTENED PEOPLE March 16 17. SECRET OF THE BLUE ROOM with Lionel Atwill and Gloria Stuart.
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Ritz Theatre
Joan Blondell
Pat O'Brien
Joan
Fox
Berean
Asia
Pat O’brien
Blue Room
Lionel Atwill
Gloria Stuart
Notable Alumni and Guests Gather in State College
Robert A. Higgins '18 and RB. K. Hirshman '09 of State College join John G. Smith '27 of Penn Run for a gathering. Guests include R. L. Caster, K. Rutherford, F. L. Neff, J. Anthony Graff, W. M. Ruddock, George Clark of Indiana, and Alexander and Arthur Dinsmore of Heilwood.
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Ter
Robert A. Higgins
Rb.k. Hirshman
State College
John G. Smith
Penn Run
R. L. Caster
K. F. Rutherford
F. L. Neff
J. Anthony Graff
W. M. Ruddock
George Clark
Indiana
Alexander Dinsmore
Arthur Dinsmore
Heilwood
Metzger Endorsed for Governor by Ex-Service Men
Leon D. Metzger secretary of the Department of Revenue and a Harrisburg graduate of State Teachers College was endorsed for governor by the Ex-Service Men's League of Schuylkill county at a recent meeting. Orliana Youth Wed in Hagerstown. Mrs Minnie Carnay announces the marriage of her son John Carney to Miss Dorothy Bradshaw of East Stroudsburg in Hagerstown Maryland on March 2. The couple will reside with the brides mother for the present.
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Leon D. Metzger
Department of Revenue
Harrisburg
State Teachers College
Ex-Service Men’s League of
Schuylkill County
Orliana
Hagerstown
Minnie Carnay
John Carney
Dorothy Bradshaw
East Stroudsburg
Brooms
East Hon. John Fisher Attends Scotch-Irish Banquet in NYC
Hon. John Fisher and Dr. John J. Melvaine attended the Scotch-Irish Society of Pennsylvania banquet in New York City. Fisher served as president and Melvaine spoke. On Saturday Fisher sailed from New York for an 18 day cruise in the South Seas. Melvaine remained east over the weekend.
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East
John§. Fisher
John J. Melvaine
Town
Ranuil
Scotch-Irish Society of Pennsylvania
New York City
Fisher
Organiztion
Mellvaine
New York
South Seas
McIlvaine
High School Operetta Friday Evening
The operetta If M. 8. Pinafore will be presented in the High School Auditorium on Friday evening at 8 25 o clock. A musical treat is promised to all who hear the popular production The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gagetta to R D readers five sixty dollars.
First School for Blind Began in France and America
The first European school for the blind started in Paris in 1785. In America, Boston established the New England Asylum for the Blind on March 2, 1829, later Perkins Institution. Dr. Samuel Howe led early growth. notable pupils included Laura Dewey Bridgman, Oliver Caswell, and Helen Keller.
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France
Paris
America
Cleveland Plain Center
Boston
John D. Fisher
New England Asylum For the
Atate
Samuel Ciridley Howe
Europe
Thomas H. Perkins
Pearl Street
Asylum
Perkins Institute
Massachusetts Asylum
School
Perkins Institution
Doctor Howe
Laura Dewey Bridgman
Oliver Caswell
Helen Keller
Harrison's Faith and Bible at His Funeral
A Washington Post report states President Harrison favored the Episcopal church though never joining. The National Intelligencer noted his growing piety and daily Scripture reading, and a family source says he admitted being deeply impressed by Christian truths and wished he had joined a church as a communicant.
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Harrison
Tippecanoe
Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
Washington Post
National Intelligencer
Brandon Flint Knappers Preserve Ancient Craft in Suffolk
In Brandon, Suffolk, six remaining knappers keep alive a toolmaking tradition, supplying flints to West Africa and the East Indies for old muskets and pistols. Flint-knapping unfolds in three steps from rough quarry to quartered, flaked, and shaped pieces, prepared in four sizes for musket locks and pocket pistols, shipped in barrels of 5,000.
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West Africa
East Indies
Suffolk
Brandon
How Dust Storms Start From Rising Air and Moisture
Dust storms form when sun heated air rises above moist soil and vegetation. As rising air cools at higher altitudes water vapor condenses into clouds. with extended droughts in the West in late autumn and early spring a dust storm results.
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Science Service
Sound faster in rock than air, say seismograph tests
Sound travels faster through rock than air. Harvard seismograph tests show earthquake waves moving through granite at about 17 000 feet per second and through ancient igneous rock over 40 000 feet per second, compared with 1 100 feet per second in air. Instruments recorded the results for Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Harvard Seismograph Station
Sts
Mechanles
Capitol lightning rods fail to shield buildings
The report notes that the Capitol Building and multiple government structures lack lightning protection while the White House and Washington Monument possess such equipment. The Statue of Freedom on the Capitol dome features a spiked crown serving as a discharge receiver for electricity.
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Capitol Building
She Capital
White House
Washington Monument
Capitol Dome
March Grand Jury Records Key Indictments
Arcadia case involves theft of 25 dollars worth of chickens from County Commissioner H A Raleigh. True bills include false pretense conspiracy and carrying concealed weapons against multiple defendants. Additional charges cover motor vehicle offenses, receiving stolen goods, morality offenses, and aggravated assault and battery across several townships and counties.
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Arcadia
H. A. Raleigh
Montgomery Township
Gus Harkenhaugh
Frank Wadsworth
Clyde Grimm
Angelo Cerminara
Westmoreland County
Marvin Charles Harnett
Heshbon
Pearl Small
Celesta Grafziana
Indiana
Dave McCoralin
Torrance State Hospital
Arthur Johns
Robinson
H. Luscombe
Johnstown
Clarence Nicols
Fayette County
John Bankovich
John Klinko
Jay Griffith
Graceton Coal and Coke Co
Vinton Supply Co
Graceton
Mahoning Supply Co
Charles Ciccero
Melvin Baker
Blairsville
Howard (Doggie) Miller
Peter Orsack
Glenn St. Clair
Paul
Miller
West Wheatfield
Ken ‘Thompson
Munhall
Louis Swarts
Mayport
John_ Ste
Tragic Blairsville Railroad Worker Dead at 25
Thomas C Bruner aged 25 of Blairsville was killed Wednesday afternoon when struck by moving power while shoveling sand in railroad yards. He left a widow and two year old daughter, and is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Howard Bruner of Cheswick, and four sisters. Funeral services were held in Cheswick.
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Thomas C. ‘Bruner
Blairsville
Howard Bruner
Keswick
Cheswick
Maptst Congregation Names Philadelphia Minister as Pastor
The Maptst Congregation called Rev John W Kennedy of Philadelphia to serve as pastor of the First Regular Baptist Church in Indiana. He will begin duties Sunday March 18. The Kennedys have been living in Smethport where he previously served as pastor for a short period.
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John W. Kennedy
Philadelphia
First Regular Baptist Church
Indiana
Tax burden takes toll from cradle to grave
In a Los Angeles Times feature, William P. Helm argues tax levies are borne by everyone across society. He details how bread, shoes, transit, and housing carry numerous visible taxes from farming to final purchase, noting renters pay via landlords while owners pay directly to cities.
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Bis
Los Angeles Times
William P. Helm
McEldowney files candidacy for 27th district Congress
Robert McEldowney of Johnstown announces his bid for Congress in Indiana County's 27th district. The district veteran launches a campaign ahead of the primary election, while a separate Indiana County notice seeks a charter for a club in Center Township to promote social aid and mutual help.
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Robert McEldowney
Congress
Johnstown
McEldowney
Court of Common -Plery
Indiana County
Iniotedee Selomiea: Trinds LP Club
Center Township
Kdtana
Ee Tisher and
Ruddock
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Indiana Progress
Parblishers’ Association
Ortoner
Albert & Moornead
A. Ralph Mooriwead
Editora and Proprietora
Hirshman
U. S. Naval Academy
Bill Rees
W. Warner
A. KX. Simpson
W. R. Rees
Earl A. Hewitt, Sr
G. A. Robeson
P. P. Reece
Wilden Guthrie
R. W. Beamer
Edvn
John A. Ackerson
R. W. Stahl
George F. Ober
Clymer
D. D. Patterson
Commodore
Harry O. Kimmel
Sheloca
R. Wetzel
Wil Nam
Wetzel
Marian Cen
Devil Myer
Lionel Barrymore
Robert Young
Madge Evans
Devil Nunger
All Star
The
Indiana Theatre
Man Who
Ralph Morgan
Preston Foster
Zane Grey
Monte Blue
Kay Johnson
Dorothy Wilson
Claudette Colbert
Teachers College
Progress and
Pittsburgh Post- Gagetta
R. D
March Grand Jury
Atc
Jas.w. & J
Arthurrobinson Funeral Home Distinctive Funeral Service
N. Seventh ST
Ingiana
Tada
Pray
Rupert
Udiues Wlimglain
Tudiang
Mirel 7
PJ. Little
Notioa
Nancy Carney
West Adlyags
Nancy Varney
Kahne
James H. Kuhns
BR. D
New Bethlehem
Toate
Welfare Association
Weather Building
Progress Office
Court of Common Pleas
Cohardigs
Melaln
Rebecca J. Little
South Mahoning Township
Edward J. Lar
Lucy Magee
Clarke
Plumville
James W. Muck
W. J H. Findley
Ast
Wheatfield Township
Wallace C. Chapman
Orphans’ Court of
Jacob M.dick
James M. Dick
Jacobd P. ‘Dick
Cherryhill Township
Aeon 245
Irdwin M. Clatk
Tech
Miller and Gesasler
William Quinn
Givon
William Olin
Ndlang County
Wlua A. Quinn
Market St
Biairaville
Lite
Pisher & Ruddock
Notich
George W. Wolly
Tydiana
Savings & Run? Company
Jadburn
V. Kerr
North Oth
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