Hong Kong the Gem of Britain’s Far East
The article extols Hong Kong as the pinnacle of British power commerce and prestige in the Far East. It details its harbor, terraces, and skyline, notes Victoria as the official name, describes the harbor’s vast depth, and outlines the layered urban strata from Chinese neighborhoods to Western residences atop The Peak. It emphasizes Hong Kong’s role as a maritime hub and its status as an orderly, prosperous cosmopolitan colony despite a Chinese majority population.
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Pecescenle Beciety
Washington, D
Hong Kong
Great Britain
Wong Kong
China
Axard
Canton
Mae
Elong Kong
Great Lirirsin
Tong Bong
Victoria
Britain
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Macao
Asia
Harhue
Buu
Iqelat
United States
Alm Jost
New Suit Styles Debut with Speakable Silhouettes
A feature on evolving suit fashion describes a speaking style in fabrics and cuts. The piece highlights a sleeveless coat with a skirt, crêpe or office fabric, and a coordinated beige blouse with crepe de chine embroidery.
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Matel
Teen Fashion Cape for Girls Wrap Matches Grown Up Styles
A fashion feature discusses teen dress trends for little girls focusing on a velvet cape wrap. It highlights a ripple backed design with decorative stitching and a large collar. The neck is drawn up by a heavy silk cord threaded through eyelets, adding ornamental detail.
Coats Resemble Capes in 1A Spring Wraps
A fashion note explains how coats resemble capes in 1A spring styles. The wrap shown uses tricotine fabric with a three button collar, silk loops, and tassels. Back features pendant navy details and silk carts. The design offers mobility and comes in several colors for general wear.
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Tor General
Farm Calendar Promotes Early Corn Planting and Hog Care
The Lancaster county hog breeders announce a major promotion plan led by S. R. Zug as field agent. The plan aims to boost Hampshire Swine Breeders' Association activities and improve farm practices from early corn planting to chick care and fly control. Zug, a Penn State College agriculture graduate, previously served as secretary of the association.
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Prom Theennsylvania State College
Lancaster Breeders
New Haye
Lancaster County
Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Zug
Pennsylvania State College School of Agriculture
Debt Burden to Future Generations Cited by Treasury Aid
Eliot Wadsworth, assistant secretary of the treasury, told a Chicago audience that the United States now owes about twenty three times the 1917 public debt of roughly one billion dollars. He argued the current large debt must be passed on, as the government explains its financial plan.
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United States
Eliot Wadsworth
the Treasury
Chicago
Treasury
Debts, Deficit Pushlinger Budget After War
Civic leaders warn of deficits as financial strain grows with shrinking business and lost foreign trade. The annual pension bill remains a heavy burden at 250 million, while only 15 percent of expenses fund peaceful needs. Public debt at 22.5 million cannot be reduced without spending cuts. The report notes war era programs still drive expenditures despite Civil War being decades past.
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Cial
Old Stone Mill Found On Dierwechter Farm
On the Dierwechter farm near the Berks Lebanon line lies a large bisected mill stone two feet high and ten feet across. A 12 inch channel held a wheel stone moved by cattle. It marks early German pioneer grinding with later cider use. An inscription reads 1750 and an old mansion nearby is dated 1766.
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Berks
Lebanon
Gartman Gardens
West Philadelphia
H. Fallentine Vehnien
Mennonite Aid In Russia Urges Continued Relief Work
Orig O. Miller of Akron urged ongoing relief efforts in Russia for at least another year during the eighth annual meeting of the Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities at the Mennonite church in Lancaster. A large audience attended the Lancaster session.
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Russia
Orig O. Miller
Akron
Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities
Lancaster
Miller paints Russia’s grim relief needs and hopes for release
Mr Miller recounts conditions in Soviet Russia from details provided by his brother Alvin J Miller a pioneer Mennonite relief worker still in the country He cites 27000 dollars monthly from the Mennonite Church for Russian relief and 89000 dollars for Constantinople relief He notes a shifting psychology as mission workers arrive and Russians seek exit opportunities Starving people face another year of aid and Americans are urged to furnish tractors to replace dead horses to resume farming, with action likely at the next conference meeting
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Russia
Alvin J. Miller
Munthly
Mennonite Church
Constantinople
Wild Turkeys Visit Linglestown Square Allegedly Lost Gobbler
Three wild turkeys, a gobbler and two hens, paused in Linglestown near Harpers East Hanover. The gobbler entered Mrs. Anna Buck’s chicken pen and fed on her poultry feed while neighbors gathered. After dark the bird was released, then it circled and joined the two hens heading north. The reason for stopping in Linglestown amid busy traffic remains a puzzle.
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Linglestown
Harpers
East Hanover Township
Anna Buck
Wise Animals and Clever Tricks at Zoos
A Dolar bear at a zoological park sat on a rocky peninsula projecting into a water filled quarry. Visitors tossed buns into the water and the bear learned to create a current with its paw to bring them ashore. In another garden an elephant collected pennies from visitors and fed a machine with its trunk, rejecting other coins.
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Zoological Park
Embarrassing Moment At Church Balcony
A rainy evening outing ends in a hapless accident as two friends wearing rubbers explore a church balcony. One rubber slips through a railing opening and strikes a bald man on the head, drawing stunned looks from all before the pair makes a hurried exit amid blushes.
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