Moves and Visits Around Fallsdale and Marion Area
Charles Pfeiffer moved his saw mill to the Bit Avey farm near Marion Coulter. Several locals including Helen Walker and June Tins, John and Mrs Stitt, Lynn Buterhaugh, William Stonebraker, and Mrs Hazlett's group appear in weekend and Monday calls. Clair Kinter attends Marion Center high school and returns home for weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deckers Point
Charles Pfeiffer
Fallsdale
Helen Walker
June Tins
John Stitt
Thomas Lowman
Lynn Buterhaugh
Bit Avey
Marion Coulter
Herb Muman
Clair Kinter
Marion Center
Luther Autearbaugh
Tagte
Ward Burns
John
Cherry Tree Social News and Local Appointments
Mrs J N Berk returns home after a ten day hospital stay in Clearfield Hospital. Local residents Mr and Mrs Guy Stabley and son Eddie visited Clearfield. Mr and Mrs Clyde Bee visited Apollo and Leechburg. A quilting party at C W Sebring home produced two quilts with an afternoon finish and a hearty dinner. Jane Lois of Cresson visited with Sebring family. Miss Gertrude Brilhart, Sinai Hospital trained nurse from Baltimore, visited parents. John Cooper drove to Altoona. Mrs S R Brilhart and two children shopped in Altoona. Mrs T W Munroe, Windber Hospital patient, back home. Curt Miller and Martha of Cherry Tree RD visited Horace Somerville’s daughter. Prof R O Lytle visited Kilanning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Berk
Clearfield Hospital
Guy Stabley
Eddie
Clearfield
Clyde Bee
Apollo
Leechburg
C. W. Sebring
Sebring
Mary Stewart
Jane Lois
Cresson
Gertrude Brilhart
the Sinai Hospital
Baltimore
John Cooper
Altoona
R. Brilhart
T. W. Munroe
Windber Hospital
Curt Miller
Martha
Cherry Tree
R. D
Horace Somerville
R. O. Lytle
Kiltanning
Local Families Spend Sunday in Dixonville and Nearby
Clymer R. D.1 reports a flurry of visits as Moorhead and Jones families from Bradford join relatives in Dixonville and Wandercrift. Melvin and Clair Barbor visit Grant. Jay Allison and family welcome a baby son in Taylorsville. others travel to Indiana and Arcadia for gatherings and funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Moorhead
Lota
Virgil
W. W. Moorhead
Dixonville
George C. Jones
George Cameron
Bradford
Jones
E. T
W. H. Barbor
T. Barbor
V. Barbor
Alfred St. Clair
Melvin and Clair Barbor
Grant
Siverd
Jay Allison
Taylorsville
Boucher
R. 1. Carr
Indiana
Barr
James Stull
Henry
Arthur
Parkwood Social Roundup from Parkwood and Nearby
Mrs. Margaret Couch returned from Pittsburgh visit. Edward Henderson and Sim Dible attended the grange dance at Saltsburg Thursday night. Rt. Couch pruned an orchard at Five Points Saturday. Robert George was a business cutter at South Bend Saturday. H R Myres was an Indiana caller on Saturday. William Watt bought a chopping mill and added a pulley to the Bord engine now chopping. H P D Ray delivered a vent calf in Kent Friday. Walter Black was an Indiana caller on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Henderson
Sim Dible
Saltsburg
Couch
Five Points
Robert George
South Bend
H.R. Myres
Indiana
William Watt
H. PD. Ray
Walter Black
Brick Making Through History From Babylon to America
The article traces brick making from ancient Babilon and Egyptian times to Rome, Byzantium, the Moors, and Renaissance Europe. It notes early sun dried bricks, then fired bricks in Babylon, Roman Britain, and Tudor England, with London’s 1666 fire turning brick into a dominant material. It concludes with American colonial adoption and ongoing growth of brick construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thad
Babel
Neberdnegsar
Chent Dobslonian Ling
Groben
Dachur
Lin
Amson
Europe
St. Sophia
Byzantia
Carcullat
Constantine
Rome
Italy
France
Germany
Low Countries
Spain
Alhambra
Granada
Cathedral
Cordova
England
Henry VIII
London
Ngland
America
Peru
Mexico
North America
New England
Virginia
Gasoline From Lignite Proposed by Two Chemists
Prudhomme and Hondey claim to convert lignite into gasoline via distillation. The method, cited by VPapulirence Monthly, could yield 250 million gallons per year. France currently consumes fuel from 20 million tons of lignite. U.S. deposits in the south and west are cited as abundant and unused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudhomme and
Hondey
France
United States
Ingenious Paris Electric Sign Draws Global Attention
A striking 20 foot diameter electric sign hangs over a major Paris street each night. The globe, painted with continents and lit by tiny lamps, glows while a translucent liner encircles its exterior. Suspended from a new building shared by a travel agency, the globe tours the world and has sparked international comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lpartant
Paris
Aveney
Busiab
Umch International
Matches in France Proposal to privatize monopoly sparks debate
The French government weighs selling the match industry to a private firm. Proponents claim profit improves and revenue for the state rises, while opponents say the workers suffer and the monopoly’s advantages diminish. Public discussion grows heated as the plan faces strong opposition.
Feast for Gold Fish Watch for tiny mosquito larvae
The article notes watchful observation of bird baths for mosquito wigglers. It describes their small size and frequent surfacing, urging readers to detect and exterminate them to prevent them from changing into biting adults.
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Buick
Fisher
Flint
Mich
Buick Indiana Motor Co
Prank Kring
Ben
W. P. Shepard
D.C
Philadelphia Street
Penna
Pennsylvania
First National Bank of Indiana
Clymer R. D.1
Clymer
Foster Poland
Marion Pull
Matthew Conner
Wandercrift
Mary Jane Bailey
James Anderson
Morris Street
Fred Schroyer
James
Spangler
Della Burkett
Adelaide
Edward Wolfe
Irvin Myers
Alrs
Reed
John Thomas
Eric Carlson
Arcadia
Hattie Larsen
Barr Slope
Frei Bass
Nimothy McCarthy
Martin Fry
Marsh
Barnesboro
Sanderlin
Homer Burkett
Homer City
Parkwood
Margaret Couch
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Penn Public Service Corporation
Indiana and
Jefferson Counties
Joseph P. Mack
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