Scout Camp Information Prompts Parents Inquiries
Lawrence County Council of Boy Scouts outlines camp safety, supervision, medical care, food, and swimming rules. It describes troop structure, with dedicated scoutmasters and assistants, daily roll calls, bed checks, and restricted swimming supervised by trained guards. The piece promotes physical and mental benefits from camp participation and assures safety measures.
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Lawrence
Isstruetioy
Hoya
Enaeh Trou
Avery
Cam
Roy
W. L. Campbell
Lawrence County
Scout Camp Offers Moral, Spiritual Growth for Boys
The program promises endurance, self-control, self-reliance, respect for others, punctuality, and neatness under the guidance of men of strong character. Camp life aims to develop initiative and moral growth through the scout oath and law. For more information contact the local district and Scout Headquarters, Greer Building, North Mercer Street, phone 2660.
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Greer Luilding
North Mercer Street
Four Die as Williamson Destroyer Engine Explodes
Four crew members of the US destroyer Williamson were killed in an engine room explosion today at Newport R I. Four others were reported injured in the blast aboard the ship under the International News Service report.
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Williamson
International News Service
Newport, R. 1
United States
Klan Meeting Reported At Chewton Grounds Friday
Hundreds of cars lined the Chewton baseball grounds across the Beaver river from Wampum as the Ku Klux Klan held a meeting. Dozens of men in Klan garb gathered around a large blazing cross amid ceremonies suggestive of a large initiation into the order.
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Ku Klux Klan
Chewton
Beaver River
Wampum
Syndicate to finance Youngstown Sheet and Tube bonds
The Bankers Trust Company heads a syndicate to finance Youngstown Sheet and Tube Steel Company with 40,900,000 in twenty year six percent gold bonds to be offered Monday. Participating institutions include Guarantee Trust and National City of New York Union Trust of Pittsburgh Union Trust of Cleveland Trust and Guardian Savings and Trust of Cleveland and Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings of Chicago.
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International New
Orvicus
New York
Bankers Trust Company Today
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Steel Company
Guarantee Trust
National City
Union Trust
Pittsburgh
Cleveland Trust
Guardian Savings and Trust
Cleveland
Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings
Chi- EO
Thickened Ankles Worry Parisiennes
Paris readers report a public inquiry into thick ankles amid a push for a scientific study to explain causes and prevent a perceived trend. Artists, shoe sellers, educators, and actors testify that traditional slender ankles are fading as modern Parisians wear common shoes and seek boyish physiques.
World-walking wheelbarrow man near end of trek
Hap py Jack Gaves aged 82 began his world walk pushing a 202 pound wheelbarrow in 1915 from Boston. He nears Lancaster on June 30 and expects to finish in 16 days with a top prize of 30000 dollars, plus 15000 and 5000 dollars. He has worn out many components and will have traveled about 99988 miles by the time he ends in Hes ton. He is the nephew of Edward Payton Weston, the world's oldest pedestrian.
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Lancaster
Happy Jack" Gaves
Boston
Caves
Johns Hopkins University
Pedestrian Club of
Heston
Edward Payton Weston
Miy
Baby Brand Shoes and a Tale of Two Soldiers
A humorous catalog of small and large foot fashion discusses Baby Brand shoes for tiny feet, with sales pitches on kangaroo skin and high arches. An anecdote recounts two elderly Spanish War veterans who argued over footwear, ending with both buying bedroom slippers, the pair priced around twenty to twenty-three dollars. A brief note then mentions wrist watches failing as timekeepers and repair departments at jewelers filling up with watches.
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Madigan
Jules
Jon
Mike
Paria Jewalera
Scientific American
Fractured note on Frenk Brean and Fraxsdway Inet
A garbled fragment recalls the passing of Frenk Brean and mentions a play by Kespeare making a splash on Fraxsdway Inet. The text hints at public reaction and commentary, with references to Fraal and two Coliers, but details are unclear.
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Brean
Crews Will Pick Up Human Speech
Fragmentary text suggests discussion of crews acquiring human speech and the slyness of speech patterns. The snippet is incomplete, but hints at a study or theory about communication, perhaps in a historical or speculative context.
Philippine Senate Leader Criticizes Leper Colony Policy
Manila June 2 1 Philippine Senate Leader Macuel Quezon criticizes Culion leper colony management as a Wood pet project. He says too much money funds cure experiments with little result and censures permitting healthy leper children to mingle with parents. The legislature may seek more funds while Wood’s party, hit by typhoon damage, returns to Manila.
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International News Service
Manila
Culion
Wood
Macuel Quezon
Philippine Senate
Quezon
Orders Police To Make City Quieter
New York reports that Police Commissioner Enright ordered a memorandum to improve urban quiet between sunset and sunrise. He sent it to Chief Inspector Lahey for briefing every officer, aiming for a noiseless city though recognizing immediate realization is unlikely.
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New York
Society For the Suppression of
Janoe L. Rice
Feoright
Po- Mew
Lahey
Enright
Polica
Has Exciting Fight With A Porcupine
John Reinhold a 12 year old boy from Wirllamont Connecticut camp near Waterville engaged in a porcupine encounter during a nighttime clash at their cabin. The youths attempt to capture the animal led to injuries and a plan to pursue the porcupine further after the incident became known.
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Williamsport
John Reinhold
Wirllamont
Waterville
Checatia
Anight
Leespins
Pig’s Porky Pranked by Tree Standoff Ends in Death
A porcupine hid in a tree near a cottage after being shot at and spooked. John climbed the tree and shook it. a boy then tried chopping the limb with a hand axe, provoking the animal. The porcupine charged the bar, who struck it on the head to escape its quills, stunning and killing it.
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John
Prof Beck Finds Nest Of Pied Billed Grebe
In Lancaster county Professor Herbert H. Beck a noted naturalist located a pied billed grebe nest after years of searching A pair of birds was found by scout Clifford Maryburger in West Cocalico township at an isolated pond amid cattails reeds and swamp The discovery followed more than an hour of work by Beck and two assistants
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Lancaster
Herbert H. Beck
Lancaster County
Professor Beck
Clifford Maryburger
Cocalico
Bock
Nourishment Claims For Copra Cake Examined By Experts
Health officials assess copra cake made from coconut residue after oil extraction as a nourishing food. Experts compare its suitability to beefsteak and discuss potential nutritional value and safety implications.
Aged Woman Burned To Death In Home
In Altoona Pennsylvania on June 0 Mrs Cora Fisher 67 a widow died in a fire that destroyed her home She fled the building after the blaze began then returned and was overcome by flames Firemen forced entry to find her unconscious with burned clothing She lived alone and the incident ended fatally
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International News Service
Altoona
Cora Fisher
Ananias Club Member Complains of Small Salads
A quoted remark from a Cincinnati Enquirer report shows a man express satisfaction at returning home to his wife serving lettuce sandwiches for dinner rather than a large meal, reflecting appetite and domestic dining norms.
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The
Ananias Club
Cincinati Enquirer
Moon lore and April Fool luck in old saying
An old proverb notes hearing the cuckoo on April 1 may foretell early marriages and favors lovers, while sighting a new moon is lucky for couples. It advises turning money toward the moon and wish will come true, but warns July Fourth is troubled by many asking what day it falls on.
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Britain
Phyllis King
Earl Lovelace
England
Walaa
Phyllis
Klan
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Auise
Pennsylvania
Savings and Loan Association
State Day Savings & A Se and
TNC
W. Platt
Represtntivg
Syndicate Finances
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Parisiennes
Paris
Academy of Medicine
Rhine
By Anthony Reimert
Western Newspaper Union
Buick
Lawrence Auto CO
Mercer Street
Ellwood City
Hillsville Auto Co
Hillsville, Pa
Hetter
Porcupine
Prof
Beck
Harmony Car
Park Gate
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