Uncle Henry Sees Hank Weddell Rise for Hillcrest
Pat and Uncle Henry Spencer attend a Hillcrest ball game. Hank Weddell, the home team pitcher, delivers a clutch performance as Uncle Henry cheers, then proudly declares Hank a friend of Pat and promises to meet him after the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AJ Spenodr
Pat
Uncle Henry Spencer
Henry
Spencer
Hillcrest
Lndy
Hank Weddell
Hank
Henry Spencer
Uncle Henry
Charlie
Joan
Onccle Henry
Bank Weddell
Wee Orel Hank Weddell
The Hard Way Up Everest Described by Post Writer
A Sat Evening Post essay outlines the epic trek to Everest as a brutal test of endurance. It details organizing coolies, hacking through jungles, crossing snow passes, enduring desert and Arctic conditions, and surviving in high camps before the summit.
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Himalayas
Saturday Evening Post
Desert
Arctic
Mont Blanc
Summi
U S Military Ranks Through History and Reforms
A compact rundown lists the nine generals and three admirals the United States has produced, with fifteen lieutenant generals named for their era. It traces key figures such as Washington Grant Sherman Sheridan Pershing Bliss March and MacArthur, plus early admirals Farragut Porter and Dewey and notes the rank’s 1899 revival and 1917 lapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
Philip O. Sheridan
John J. Pershing
Tasker H. Bliss
Peyton C. March
Charles P. Summerall
Douglas MacArthur
Winfield Scott
Philip H. Sheridan
John M. Schofield
Nelson A. Miles
Samuel B. M. Young
Adna R. Chafee
Arthur MacArthur
John C. Bates
Henry ©. Corbin
Hunter Liggett
Robert L. Bullard
Edgar Jadwin
David G. Farragut
David D. Porter
George Dewey
Preserving Books With Air
The life of books can be lengthened in libraries by proper air conditioning. Air washed with water and sodium compounds will remove acids from the air. Acids, especially sulphur dioxide, damage paper by yellowing and brittleness. Alkaline air treatment also prevents corrosion of metal furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Standards
End of Captain Kidd and his infamous career
The article recounts Captain Kidd born in Scotland who came to America as a youth. Appointed to suppress piracy in Massachusetts Bay, he turned pirate, terrorized the coast, was arrested, sent to England for trial, and hanged May 28, 1701. An English biographer notes his trial was unfair and based on insufficient evidence.
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Kidd William
Captain
Kidd
Scotland
America
Massachusetts
England
Treed Girls of Papua
The article describes Kolari marriage customs near Port Moresby New Guinea where girls as young as six are confined in cages within treehouse homes called dobos. They are guarded by elder women and may only leave daily to wash, with rocks stored inside for defense.
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Papua
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Jerusalem Artichokes Grow Like Potatoes In Gardens
The Jerusalem artichoke is not a tuber rougher than a potato and smaller. They are grown much as potatoes and need good soil to produce a good crop. Tubers are planted whole about six inches apart, three or four inches deep, in rows four to eight feet apart. They are kept cultivated as potatoes, very hardy, and will stay on the ground all winter in good condition if necessary.
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Jerusalem
Words of Caesar and Sobieski Pharsalus to Vienna
Caesar reportedly coined Veni vidi vici after defeating Pharnaces at Zela in 47 B C. A later Polish king John Sobieski used a similar line after routing the Turks at Vienna in 1683 with a tongue in cheek variant attributed as I came I baw God conquered.
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Julius Caesar
Pharnaces
The
Bosporus
Zela
Washington Township social notes and visitors list
A long list of visits and callers from Washington Township includes James Dowler returning home from Indiana after a week with several families from Trade City, various residents visiting in Dayton and Harmony Grove, church services at Harmony Grove Lutheran, and multiple guests at the homes of Fisher, Blystone, Elkin, and Wells. The Dayton fair attracts many attendees, with names such as Peterman, Park, Orr, Blystone, and Har man noted.
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Washington Township
James Dowler
Indiana
William McCausland
Mia
Harvey Bush
Emma Belle
Shankle
Clair
Trade City
Josiah Fisher
A. C. Marshall
Frederick Stobber
James Stuchel
Margaret Seyler
Ella Mae
Saliaburg
C. J. Fleming
Irwin
Allen McFarland
Ella Fleming
Glenn Jewart
Charles
Herb Jewart
Frederick Staber
Samuel Spencer
Dayton Fair
Brice Peterman
Clair Peterman
Alvin
Ethel
Sara Orr
Elsie Park
J. B. Blystone
Reid
Glenn
Earl Blystone
Walter Harman
Matthew Orr
Mae
Carl Miller
J. E. Blystone
W. J. Stockwell
John Wagner
M. J. Boyer
Earl Park
B. J
Leroy Bush
Ambrose
Blair Park
J. E. Park
Mae Jack
Dayton
Elsie
George Edwards
Merlin
Elkin Bethel
Bobby
Near
Rural Valley
Myron Rearigh
Vandergrift
James Blystone
Near Atwood
Jake Harkleroad
Paul McIntire
E. J. McIntire
Harmony Grove Lutheran Church
John Fairman
Alston Fairman
Paul Elkin
Naomi
G. G. Smith
Elkin
Elizabeth Elkin
D. C. Wells
Arthur B. Warden
John A
Patricia
W. M. Bullock
William
Beverly
Peggy
Andrew Armstrong
Waneta Jane
Elmer Armstrong
Youngstown
Sagamore
Wells
Curtis Reider
Rafe Walker
Smickaburg
Orgie Lewis
Jeannette
Ebert Brewer
Leonard
Punxsnawnay
P. B. Ramuale
Georgeville
R. Boyd Elkin
Dara
A. M. van Horn
J. E. Hare
Hamer City
Donald Bowser and
Plumville
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