Rhododendron Nears Peak Beauty in Pennsylvania State Forests
Harrisburg reports blooms of the native rhododendron or great laurel appearing in state forests in June and expected to reach peak beauty in early July. The article covers species, ideal soil, planting tips, pests, and a note inviting tourists to enjoy Pennsylvania’s wildflowers.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
John R Williams
Department of Forests and Waters
North America
Three Defense Contracts Here
The War Department awarded three additional defense contracts totaling $624,311 to New Castle firms. Shenango Pottery received two chinaware contracts worth $612,241 and $11,548, while A. J. Ulmer gained a $522 contract for bushing bearings.
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Arthur C. Wimer
Washington
New Castle News
Washington, D. C
War Department
New Castle
Shenango Pottery Company
A. J. Ulmer
Father Was an Editor Lives On In Local Memory
Historian Edwin C Hill reviews Joshua Bolles book Father Was an Editor about a New Milford Gazette editor and the culture of small town journalism. He notes the nostalgic value of country papers as democratic citadel s and contrasts them with modern trends. He praises Bolles portrait of a humane editor and the old print shop as symbol of a fading era.
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Ingomar the Barbarian
Murat Halstead
Henry Watterson
Fremont
Joshua K. Bolles
W. W Norton & Co., Inc
Bolles
New Milford Gazette
Booth Tarkington
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Claim Constipation Relief
A wartime era advertisement touts Dr F M Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy for constipation and accompanying fatigue and mental dullness. It asserts daily bile flow is needed to digest fatty foods and promote bowel movements, urging readers to test the product tonight with prices 15 30 and 60 cents.
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Columbus
Ohio
F. M Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Local social notes from New Galilee district
Mrs Fred Wilson and sons return from Wisconsin visit. Miss Tillie Wilson improving after illness. Miss Elsie Davis of Massillon spending vacation with her parents. Miss Edna Guy of Youngstown visiting Mr and Mrs J E Marshall. Miss Elsie Pagani staying with sister Mrs Jacob Keebler in Michigan. Raymond Shuster. Hollis Howe and William Forsythe to depart for army service. Mrs Thomas Stine of Beaver Falls visited her parents Dr and Mrs C B Moore. Mr and Mrs Harold Martsoll relocate to Limeton Virginia. Women's Missionary Society met at Mrs William Buchanan home for June meeting.
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Viola Beker
United Presbyterian Church Sunday School
Slippery Rock
Edna Tanner
Donald Tanner
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Martha
Ann Adair
Lois Beatty
Sterling
Kas
Presbyterian Church
Howard Rhodes
Boston
Clyde Rhodes
W. J. Strack
Church of the Nazarene
New Galilee
S. A. Parker
Ontario
Calif
R. H. Stratton
Margaret
Ross Stratton
New Brighton
Bertha Hoffman
Elsie Pagani
Jacob Keebler
Michigan
Raymond Shuster
Hollis Howe
William Forsythe
Thomas Stine
Beaver Falls
C B Moore
Harold Martsoll
Limeton
Women's Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church
William Buchanan
Arthur Flack
Cameron
Willard Grange
Shirley Duliy
Lioyd Shook
Cyclone
Harald Hunt
Glenn Raymond
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Ralph Johnson
New Castle
Grant McCurdy
G. G. Winner
Elder McCormick
Highland Heights
W. J. Eakin
John Humphrey
Chicago
James Humphrey
William Hammersmith
New York
Roy Kneram
R. G Thomas
Whitiston Seward
Seward
Donald McMurray
George Cowan
Greenville
Thomas West, Jr
Howard Collins
Rev. C. Bell
Ellwood City
Russ Young
Oil City
Belle Davis
Everett
Mt. Hermon
Princeton Station
N. M. Young
Garden Pageants Mark Harlanburg Children’s Day
In Harlansburg the Presbyterian and Baptist churches hosted Children’s Day services with songs readings and pageants The Garden of Childhood and The Bible Is a Garden highlighted the program The W W G held its annual officer election at Mrs Ganelle Jervis home Isabelle Hunt led as president Gladys Heckathorne vice president Dorothy Cameron secretary Dorothy Harlan treasurer and Helen Macorm scribe A lunch followed then plans for the July 17 meeting at Gladys Heckathorne’s home.
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Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
Ganelle Jervis
Isabelle Hunt
Gladys Heckathorne
Dorothy Cameron
Dorothy Harlan
Helen Macorm
Court House Hill Realty Transfers Highlight Local Listings
Several transfers in Neshannock and Wilmington townships show $1 deeds. A briefing recalls a busy court house scene as marriage licenses dominate the morning rush. Parole violation leads to a 1 to 4 year sentence. other court actions include a $50 fine for assault and hearings for estates and divorce petitions. The piece notes petition signatures on June 21 for September primaries and lists expected offices.
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Court House
W. Walter Brahm
Charles Matthews
Clarence Jenkins
Allegheny County
Joan Roth
Electroencephalography Reveals Brain Secrets
Physiologists now spy on the brain with electroencephalography which records brain waves. Brain diseases disturb normal waves and aid diagnosis of epilepsy. The EEG indicates disorder amount and type and warns of approaching seizures before convulsions.
Stimson Orders Army Air Corps Reorganization
Secretary of War Stimson announced a far reaching reorganization to give the army air corps greater autonomy. He said the war department opposes a separate independent air force at this time and orders unite the army air forces the GH air force and air service branches into a single organization under a senior air officer reporting to the chief of staff. An air staff is created to support the new structure.
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Washington
Stimson
Army Air Corps
War Department
Air Force
House
Senate
Army Air Forces
Air Service
Air Corps
Simple personal loan plan advertises low rates and easy terms
The notice urges readers with income and steady employment to borrow up to $300 with no guarantors. It shows repayment options such as twelve monthly payments of $9.75 to repay $100, or $6.97 for eighteen months. It emphasizes character over collateral, no outsider signers, and clear disclosed charges at 214 percent per month on balances under $100 and 2 percent per month over $100. It invites inquiries for full information.
These Communists are termites working in darkness
Quote contrasts harsh accusation about hidden enemies with a joking reply about ants in pants, suggesting satirical wartime rhetoric and social humor in a midcentury publication.
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