Post Office Committee To Investigate Parcels Service
Washington reports abuses in the parcel post service and high government costs due to alleged unbusiness-like methods. The House post office committee will hold a hearing Tuesday to consider a Madden resolution seeking insurance, losses, claims, and settlement data since the service began. Complaints include delays and rough handling with examples of starved chicks, crates of live chickens, a calf, and spoiled meats and produce.
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Washington
Parcel
House Post Office Committee
Madden
Illinois
Slippery Rock Commencement Week With University Speaker
Commencement week at Slippery Rock State Normal school proceeds with a faculty and graduating class program. Will Grant Chambers of the University of Pittsburgh delivers the main commencement address with events from June 16 to 18 including class play, alumni meetings, and concerts.
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Slippery Rock State Normal School
Will Grant Chambers
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
Alumni Association
First Colored Man Enlisted Here
Robert H. Wilson of Preston avenue enlisted Friday in the colored infantry and was sent to Columbus, Ohio for assignment. He is the first colored man to be enlisted here amid several earlier applications. War department rules allow only those who have prior service to enlist as colored personnel.
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Robert H. Wilson
Preston Avenue
Colored Infantry
Columbus
War Department
Therman Diehl Honored at Wigton Home in Edenburg
A crowd gathered at the country home of Mr. Lawrence Wigton to honor Therman Diehl of Berlin Center guest of Mrs. Curtiss Webb. Diehl, recently back from France with the Fifth Engineers, enjoyed a six o clock picnic dinner and lawn games amid red and white rose decorations.
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Lawrence Wigton
Therman Diehl
Berlin Center
Curtiss Webb
Diehl
France
Fifth Engineers
Ice fragment yields partial note on patella injury
A fragmentary OCR item references a patella issue and a medical or sports context. readable text confirms knee injury mention without full details or clear event, date, or involved names. Further context is unavailable in the legible portion.
Mt Jackson orchestra concert raises funds at high school
A concert at Mt Jackson High School last Tuesday evening by the Mt Jackson orchestra with school support raised a substantial sum, shared between the orchestra and the high school. W C McCullough led the group and proceeds supported both entities.
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Mt. Jackson High School
Mt. Jackson
W. C. McCullough
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