Local residents visit and church notes from Elders Ridge
Sabbath visitors include Genevieve Manners Jeannette James Paul of New Alexandria Miss Margaret Paul of Sinosia and others calling on Walter Bowings and T C Hood households. Blairsville and Saltsburg callers noted with Esther Kine and Donald Hwing among names. Tax quip about locking school doors after Christmas ends item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weader
Genevieve Manners
Jeannette
James Paul
New Alexandria
Margaret Paul
Sinosia
Walter
Simon Hine
Saltsbury
Misa Charlotte Rosensteel
GO. Regensteel
Floyd Hayhood
Son
New Kensington
T. C. Hood
Walter Ewing
O. B. Harvey
Esther Kine
Walter Ewling
T. ‘C. Hood
Blairsville
Donald
Annabel Hwing
Saltsburg
Matildas Dream and What Came of It
Ezra and Matilda chase Uncle Cyrus money in a tale of buried cash and scheming neighbors. Matilda dreams of a tin box, finds it in a barn, but the cache proves to be empty and their farm prospect grows bleaker as the community gossips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra
Matilda
Ira
Karo
Cyrus
Sizza
New York
Qostus
Uncle Cyrus
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNU
Old Rome Clients and Modern Shopkeepers Clash
A Manchester Guardian piece notes the term client in ancient Rome as a regular social role attached to patrons, including duties like greeting the patron and following them in public. It contrasts this with today’s shopkeepers calling customers clients and jokes how some travelers hoping for easy pay found the work less attractive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Romie
Martial
Manchester
England
Guardian
Pershing Teeth Gold Mine For Marines
Mark Sullivan recalls a tale at a booksellers convention about General Pershing needing dental work. Marines allegedly removed his teeth and sold them as souvenirs, prompting Army authorities to recover 216 teeth before the sergeant was recalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
General Pershing
Mark Sullivan
Philadelphia
Has Scientists Puzzled So far as a man's memory extends
Ireland has been without snakes. Whether or not St. Patrick is the reason for the Emerald Isle's immunity, England Scotland and Wales have long had snakes. The lagworm is the only near equivalent in Ireland. Recent attempts to introduce barren snakes for farming failed. Zoologists cannot explain the phenomenon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
St. Patrick
England
Scotland
Wales
Solon the Athenian lawmaker reshaped property rights
Solon, famed reformer, before the Peloponnesian War aided owners. He introduced legacy and estate rules allowing disposal of holdings with limits. Plutarch notes the Archon valued friendship over kinship, shaping property freedoms and restrictions for deceased estates and real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon
Plutarch
Babcock Milk Test Invented by Stephen Moulton Babcock
The Babcock test for milk measures quality using strong sulphuric acid to dissolve nonfat solids. A milk sample is mixed with acid in a narrow neck bottle, whirled in a centrifugal machine, hot water added to lift fat, then spun again to read the fat column on a scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock
Stephen Moulton
Art Treasures at Greiz Palace in Thuringia
The summer palace of the Princess Reuss at Greiz in Thuringia houses a valuable art collection. Notably, 6,000 copper engravings including 800 mezzotints after Sir Joshua Reynolds, with counterparts only in the British Museum. Collected by Princess Elizabeth, daughter of George II of England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuss
Greiz
Thuringia
Erzgebirge
Joshua Steynolds
British Museum
Elizabeth
George II of
England
Sunday School Confusion Sparks Sibling Riddle
Six year old Harold and three year old Adrienne recount a Sunday school moment. Harold claims Mrs Brown said they were the prettiest children. Their mother corrects with the proverb that "pretty is as pretty does." Harold answers I am in and Adrienne is does, a playful gendered mishearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Adrienne
Local social notes from South Bend and area events
The W F C Club met at Mrs Bava Dunmire's home on Wednesday. Sam Beighley visited Indiana and Elderton on Wednesday. Mrs Heckard and two Elderton daughters and Mrs Tra Weav er and two South Bend daughters called on Virgle Alshouse Tuesday evening. Mrs Oscar Anderson visited Marla and Sadie Smith Friday. Bob Jamison welcomed a new baby. O M Anderson enjoys a two week vacation from Columbia Gas Co. John Keener was a business caller at Apollo Friday. Bob Jamison mined coal at Girty. Virgie Alshouse visited relatives in New Kennington. Wendell Devers and family visited the Wilber Rearie home at Watson's Ridge. Mrs H H Hanna visited Indiana Wednesday. Ira Davis works on the George farm. Virgie Alshouse made a business call in Kittanning Saturday. Anna Mae Anderson is a student at Indiana State Teachers College. Twila Gallbreath, Margaret Anderson and Anna Mary Porter resume studies at Indiana State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F.C
Bava Dunmire
Sam Beighley
Indiana
Elderton
Heckard
Tra Weaver
South Bend
Virgle Alshouse
Oscar Anderson
Marla
Sadie Smith
Bob Jamison
O. M. Anderson
Columbia Gas Co
John Keener
Apollo
Girty
Virgie Alshouse
New Kennington
Wendell Devers
Wilber
Watson’s Ridge
H. H. Hanna
Ira Davis
George Farm
Kittanning
Anna Mae Anderson
Indiana State ‘Teachers College
Twila Gallbreath
Margaret Anderson
Anna Mary Porter
Indiana State Teachers Callgee
Marion Center Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Marion Center residents record a week of visitors and travels with Donald Beatty of Indiana visiting east of town, J R Notlgan and family returning from Akron, Ohio, and others attending the Indiana fair. Local officials and teachers plus townsfolk share social calls and weekend outings as Mrs Danks Stuchell and Mrs Jess Long serve as jurors in Indiana this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Beatty
Indiana
Clarence Beatty
J. R. Notlgan
John
Akron
S. H. Jones
Moore
Danks Stuchell
Jess Long
Lisle Kinter
Johnstown
J. Paul Hopkins
M. E
Addie Pounds
Bud Lice
Bride
John Rice
Mis
Die Trimble
Leroy Trimble
Isetty
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Distributors OF
Goldsmith Athletic Equipment
Western Ammunition
Ithica
Savage —~ Lefevre — Marlin Kegurma
A.W. Mabon & Sons
Philadelphia St
Penna
Elders Ridge
Dirigible
Jack Holt
Ralph Graves
Fay Wray
Constance Bennett
Sally Eilers
James Dunn
Waterloo Bridge
Eschelman
Miller’s
Wingold
Goldenrod
Hetrick & Wilson
P.R.R
Indiana, PA
Sulgrave
Washington
Dickens
THE
First National Bank of
Marion Center
Phila
Wilbur Coon
Nunn Bush
Marion
Funeral Service
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