Local Notes And Appointments From The Garden Spot News
Mary Musser of Mountville named assistant at Parkesburg High School. Marietta plans tarvia coating with Corestoga Traction aid. Amos Ferry of Newtown wins prize for 747 pound dressed hog. five 50 pound cans of lard rendered. Oliver Ferry tops hog weight guessing at 754 pounds. W C T U of Elizabethtown ships charity clothing for France and Belgium. Oldest Lancaster barber is W. W. Huber at 74 on Valentine’s Day. Harold Schatz, 11, traps a red yellow skunk with two white stripes. Army and rail officers study locating a government warehouse. Marietta favored. cost rises to seven and a half million. Louis H. Shank sale in Strabsburg township brings average $159.66. best $195.
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Mary Musser
Mountville
Parkesburg
Marietta
Corestoga Traction Company
Amos Ferry
Newtown
Oliver Ferry
Elizabethtown
France
Belgium
Lancaster
W. W. Huber
Titus
Mary
James
Huber
Buchanan
Harold Schatz
George W. Schatz
Mt. Joy Borough
Middletown
Patrons Are the Patriots and War Food Economy
A Collier's observation praises hotel patrons for saving flour and meat through wheatless- meals while criticizing Manhattan hotel keepers for profiteering. The piece notes patrons pay full price for half portions, with beef slices and corn bread priced high, arguing the war has not altered the patron's role or incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Food Administration
New York
Collier's
Manhattan
Hold Wool in This Country War Trade Board Action
The War Trade Board eased wool controls to protect supplies and curb prices, with imports restricted. Licenses require buyers to commit to selling only to manufacturers and grant the government option to purchase all imported wool at a set discount from July 80, 1917 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Trade Board
Army
Navy
Nervous energy and health ideas from Hugo Masters ad
A long excerpt discusses real health as nervous energy enabling new thoughts and plans, then shifts to Poultry the Best Chance urging doubled U S poultry production for wartime food needs. It argues farms and towns must raise more chickens and eggs, reframes meat supplies, and explains language usage errors with examples.
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Wilk
Hugo Masters
Europe
United States Department of Agriculture
Ending "Boy Problem" G I Wycoff Praises Scout Path
G I Wycoff head of Terre Haute’s boy scout movement told Indiana State Normal students that a Chicago summer with 125 scouts from across the city proved boys stay free of vulgarity. He called the scout plan an excellent means to teach preparedness, responsibility, and fair play by doing. He said the program can reach boys school, church, and home miss and steer energies into useful channels, shaping character through active involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I. Wycoff
Boy Scout Movement
Terre Haute
Indiana State Normal School
Chicago School For Boy Scouts
Sikh Boy Scouts In China Form New Division
In Shanghai a new Sikh boy scout division wears khaki uniforms with green and white neck cloths and red and white turbans. Sir Everard Fraser conducts investiture as Wolf Cubs and Sikh troop form a hollow square at the Sikh Gurdwara. Reports from across China show growing interest in the movement, including a major display by Tsing Hua college boys in Peking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Boy Scouts
Shanghai
Everard Fraser
Boy Scout Brotherhood
Peking
Tsing Hua College
McAdoo Honors Colorado Scouts With Liberty Bond Medals
Secretary McAdoo pins bronze Liberty Bond medals on four Colorado Springs Boy Scouts who assisted in the first bond sale. He calls the awards a token of merit worthy of any soldier, praising the scouts for their wartime service and battlefield discipline during the ceremony amid loud applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. McAdoo
United States Treasury
Colorado Springs
Boy Scouts
Mr. McAdoo
Spokane Scouts Praised for First Aid Training
Lieut. Col. II Connor of the medical corps wrote to W. Edgar Wylie scout executive of Spokane praising the first aid troop for their work during an accident at the Great Northern depot as Spokane’s draft quota was entraining Training last summer under Dr. W. N. Tipscomb at Camp Dee Light led to the troops earning commendation and success in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connor
United States Army
W. Edgar Wylie
Boy Scouts of
Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
Mr. Wylie
W. N. Tipscomb
Camp Dee Light
Pennsylvania Women Should Read This Health Tonic Ad
An advertisement urges married women to try Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription to strengthen health, ease weaknesses, and improve sleep. It cites testimonials from Mrs. William Scheuer and Mrs. H. A. Ester noting renewed vitality, better digestion, and nerve stability after use. The spot promotes tablets and a trial offer via mail to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
President Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
Buryeam
Mas
H. A. Ester
Sherman Ave
Hed Cross Meticulous Test Highlights 400 Point Benchmark
A United States Red Cross test described as meticulous scored with only four points lost out of a possible 400, underscoring strict standards applied across the department and organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Scout Finds Childs Skeleton In Woods
Scout Perreault twelve from Spencer Massachusetts found the skeleton of a child while chestnuting in the woods with other youths under a leaf covered clump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scout
Child
Scout Perreault
Spencer
Mass
Ile
Warlike Thought Traced From Medieval Hunt to Training
The article notes a long tradition of hunting and field training shaping military minds. It discusses Perreault scouting and the idea that victory comes from disciplined preparation, with references to Prussian methods and European chivalric lore.
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Ide
Wilson Baum
W. H. Buch
the Record Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
the County
Louis H. Shank
Strawsburg Township
Patrons
the Patriots
Wilhelm
Wallace Irwin
Collier’s
Asia
Africa
Japan
Hi-lee
Rhine
Hi-Lo
Roosenfeldt
Berkshire Electric Company
Pennsylvania
J. N. Schroeder & CO
Mr. Hill
Py National Comen
Scouts of America
Sikh Boy Scouts
M’adoo
Wingert & Haas Hat
John A. Haas
N. Queen St. Lancaster, PA
the McDougall
W. A
Has. H. Frey's Shoe Store
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
W. W. Appel & Son Jewelers & Opticians
North Queen Street
Ana Prush
Perreault
Ion
Los
Enalisumoen
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