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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1918
Page
6
Fragmentary wartime item from Morristown New Jersey describing collecting and preparing materials for soldiers. Text references furs, jewelry, home crafts, and cross donations to aid committees and the Red Cross.
The article recalls scout training outdoors including cooking with simple gear and fire safety. It highlights bread on a stick, stew, and learning camp life across the country to attract youth to nature. It notes drills in cooking, fire, swimming, signaling, tracking, and sleeping out under the stars as a path to spiritual and practical growth.
Jamey Purdy a 13 year old Darby boy used quick thinking to aid 12 year old Carl Wirtick after a sled accident. Wirtick suffered a leg fracture above the ankle with bone fragments exposed. Purdy comforted the injured boy and rode a sled three quarters of a mile to a doctor's office.
The National Highways Protective Society says space along highways used for Liberty Loan and War Savings stamp posters has been taken by illegal advertising. Scouts have helped in clean up campaigns to remove the posters, and the society asks scout officials to cooperate in this effort.
A local Scout troop establishes a presence at a shipyard plant to engage youth in maritime crafts and service. Leaders outline aims for practical skills, safety training, and community projects for boys in the area.
A wide array of local items includes Snyder County crop prospects described as among the heaviest in a quarter century, and Western corn root worm damage affecting multiple districts. Sunbury students will receive vocational employment certificates. Lehigh Valley rail storage plant weighed heavy loads. Tion Township leaders reshuffle staff. fire at Emporium tannery causes near half million loss. and plans for a Fourth of July celebration in Halesport. Additional notes cover school term changes, desertion arrests, and a melting pot fundraiser in New Castle by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Advise starting preserves with Parowax as a key sealing aid to keep air dust and germs out. Promotes the blue package Parowax sold by grocers with reordering help if stock runs low. Encourages abundance to support allies this season.
C J Tyson of the U S Food Administration for Pennsylvania urges farmers to curb burlap bag consumption due to severe jute shortages from India. Army demand and ship delays threaten supplies used for fertilizers and other farm products. Tyson suggests packing fertilizer in 200 pound bags where possible and notes potential savings from reduced bag use.
Pleasant Hill residents attended multiple visits across Galen Hall Gouglersville and Mohnton. Attendees included the Demming, Kemming, Hacker, Frankhouser, Fitterling, and Slichter families with church and funeral notes, plus farm help and neighborly assistance.
The speech by German diplomat Kuehemmann outlines war aims and calls for peace negotiations with overseas powers. He argues for Germany to secure world influence, examines Belgium and France, and stresses responsibility of rulers for Europe’s fate.
Mrs Florence Bennett of 429 Atwood Street Pittsburgh Ta says the Taniac relieved her catarrh and transformed her health. She reports better sleep appetite strength and normal blood circulation after suffering headaches languor and debility. Tarlacia now sold locally by Stantier & Son druggists.
The piece interprets biblical Joseph to urge Pennsylvania to conserve wheat amid a bumper crop. It warns that past surpluses protected against famine, but 1917 and 1918 yields were low. It urges building a new surplus now to avert future disaster and maintain price safety.
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