New Cell Block Near Completion At Rockview Prison
The Rockview penitentiary in Harrisburg will have a new cell block ready partly for occupancy before Christmas. The state welfare department reports financing from the last legislature provides funds for about half of the block and central portions, with $200,000 allocated for the dormitory finishings. The structure will house 250 inmates and allow changes to existing buildings.
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News Bureau
Harrisburg
Rockview Penitentiary
Offars
State Welfare Department
Penitentiary to Add Facilities and Classrooms
The facility now houses about 69 inmates in bunked sleeping quarters, 100 in tents, and 160 in the merit house. Plans include six classrooms a library reading rooms a large auditorium and space for shows concerts and movies. A basement chapel is unused. improvements will centralize administration examinations and Bertillon measurements in the new building.
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Brual
B. Kelh
Stratecollege
Plain Grove Notes and Social Interactions
Plain Grove items record William Nelson of London visiting ill Mrs. Jennie Foster last Sunday. Silas Stewart and S E Brenneman cut timber on the M G Shoaf farm last week. U S Minor installed a radio. Mrs Judge Rodgers and Mrs Wilson visited Mrs Margaret McCommon last Friday. Poster installed a radio at home. Planting flowers indoors in winter isn’t fun. you cannot run neighbors chickens out of them.
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William Nelson
London
Jennie Foster
Silas Stewart
S. E.brenne- Man
M. G. Shoaf
U. S
Judge Rodgers
Wilson
Margaret McCommon
Red Cross Aid Supports New Castle Mental Clinic
The New Castle Mental Health Clinic, organized under the Bureau of Mental Health in 1928, operates monthly with psychologist support from the bureau and a psychiatrist from Dixmont Hospital funded by the Red Cross. It offers diagnosis and guidance for mental disease and related issues, with referrals back to family physicians for treatment, and follows up on cases through a social-work network.
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New Castle
Bureau of Mental Health
Department of Welfare
Boiter
Red Cross
Associated Charities
State Chest Clinic
Western Pennsylvania School For the Deaf
Carnegie Steel Company
Tuberculosis Society
Florentine Hackbuson
Bureau of Mental Health Department of Welfare
How She Gained 10 Pounds In 22 Days
An advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets promising rapid weight gain. It claims a woman gained ten pounds in twenty two days and guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer if no pounds are gained in thirty days. The product is sugar coated and easy to take. Distributed by local drugstores and Eckerd's of New Castle.
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McCoy
McKee
Love and Megown
Eckerd’a of New Castle, Inc
McCoy's
Insect Pest Bulletin From Penn State Marks Shenandoah Valley Strain
Pennsylvania State College releases bulletin on red banded leaf roller affecting Shenandoah valley fruit growers after studying the insect’s history, habits, and control. Also urged are spring field preparation, manure spreading, poultry house ventilation, and completing the garden records for stored roots celery and cabbage.
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Shenandoah Valley
Pennsylvania State College
Creomulsion Promises Fast Relief for Persistent Coughs
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a two fold medicine that soothes inflamed membranes and inhibits germ growth to treat persistent coughs colds bronchial asthma bronchitis and other respirat ory illnesses. It claims universal medical endorsement and guarantees satisfaction with money back if relief isn’t achieved. Manufactured by Creomulsion Company Atlanta Ga.
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Creomulaion Company
Atlanta, Ga
Grow Trees and Shrubs Now for Cuttings
The article urges careful accounting of garden value and profits, stressing that January wood cuttings survive best while February weather spurs new growth. It notes trees and shrubs can be propagated from cuttings and highlights healthful diet contributions.
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Izork
Arkansas Youthful Slayer Surrenders
Arnald Comer, 16, who eluded a Baxter County sheriff’s posse for two days after allegedly killing three people, was captured near Buffalo in a farm house. Sheriff T L Hurst said the boy offered no resistance and had revolvers and a supply of ammunition.
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Thintnational News Service
Yeluville
Ark
Arnald Comer
Sheriff
Buffalo
T. L. Hurst
Baxter
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