Birthday Celebration and Community Club Gatherings Feature
A Miss Clara Bair hosted a Tuesday evening party for Ruth Bair's 14th birthday with games music and refreshments. Attendees included Grace Geist Violet Grube Alverta Donough Miriam Wenger Helen Wenger Pauline Sensegig Miriam Oberholser Martha Witmer Pauline Witmer Suie Zimmerman Anna Mae Sheplar Thelma Farrer Kathryn Farrer and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara’ Bair
Ruth
Grace Geist
Violet Grube
Alverta Donough
Miriam
Helen Wenger
Pauline Sensegig
Miriam Oberholser
Martha
Pauline Witmer
Suie Zimmerman
Anna Mae Sheplar
Thelma
Kathryn Far
Kathryn Martin Elsie Rutt
Mary Harsh
Lydia Musselman
Ednard Coffroad
Helen Sturgis
Elsie Denny
Park Bowers
Lester ‘Mathers
Westminster Guild of
Cedar Cove Presbyterian Church
Marguerite Rochel
Matthew
Edna Mae Snyder
Helen Snyder
Mung Kwong
Emaline Snyder
Paul Mohler
Mattie Rutt
Charles Schuyles
Norristown
Walter Schuyles
Collegeville
H. D. Brown
Theodore Line
Ellis Brubaker
Denver
George Butt
Mary E. Wallace
Horace Warner
Millersville
H. S. Shirk
J. J. High
H. W. Oberholzer
D. G. Weidman
Brunswick
Samuel Martin
Jacob ‘Horst
George Gehr
Lloyd Rutt
Mary Oberholzer
Ralph
Pennsylvania Accident Reduction Through 1924 Labor Drive
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry reports over 20 000 fewer industrial accidents in 1924 than in 1923 based on the first eleven months. Chief John S. Spicer notes the year end projection shows about 200 fewer fatal accidents and credits employer and employee efforts to improve safety and correct hazardous conditions through letters and warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Labor and Industry of
Pennsylvania
Mr. Spicer
Injury at Gor Station Leaves Local Man in Serious Condition
A 62 year old man from Gor, Mr Miller, was hospitalized Monday night with serious injuries. Doctors reported the condition serious but do not expect the leg to be lost. Authorities provided details from the scene and hospital.
Seed law urged for farm seed purchases in spring
Dr. E M Gross of the Bureau of Plant Industry urges Pennsylvania farmers to buy seed only from compliant seedsmen. The 4 year old law requires labels on 10 pound lots listing seed name purity weed seeds and germination tests plus dealer identity and seed origin. He warns mail order purchases offer no protection and notes the danger of weed seed counts such as five Canada thistle seeds per ounce of alfalfa driving weed spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Gross
Bureau of Plant Industry
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Ureau
Meads Tobacco Vessel Shifts 3 Million Pounds to Europe
The Meads Tobacco Company of Red Lion York county bought nearly 3,000,000 pounds of Lancaster county fillers for shipment to Europe. The firm runs a large warehouse and currently has workers busy packing and baling tobacco for transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meads ‘Tobacco Company
Red Lion
York County
Lancaster County
Europe
Meads Concern
Tobado
Airebaes Hom
Lice Eggs Found on Apple Trees Warn Growers
Fruit growers urged to watch for a large number of aphid eggs on apple trees. In eastern Pennsylvania the eggs are described as very thick, per T. L. Guyton of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The exact species cannot yet be identified as eggs from several aphid species frequent the apple tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Guyton
Bureau of Plant Industry
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
Antitoxins Shield Against Toxins and Disease
Dr Walter B James explains antitoxins as substances that neutralize toxins in blood. Horses produce antibodies by gradual toxin exposure, then purified serum is given to humans to confer immunity. Diphtheria treatment with antitoxin has saved many lives and scarlet fever could follow with advances from Dicks and Dochez since 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dochez
Walter B. James
Prettiness Bias in Boys Noted by London Answers
The piece argues nature favors boys with curls, long lashes, and good complexions, while girls lack similar advantages. It cites boys flaunting natural “marcel” waves and lashes, with girls forced to invest in haircare and dyes. It notes boys' vanity contrasts with girls’ social awkwardness over these traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcel
London
Cure for Blisters Advice From Mr Mann
Blisters caused by shoe rubbing can become painful ulcers if untreated. Treat by pricking and draining with disinfectant, threading vaseline through the blister on thick sole skin, then covering with vaseline. Hand blisters may be pricked, covered with collodion, castor oil and soft turpentine in multiple coats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann
Anytown
Wild Weege Predators Use Sentry System While Feeding
The text describes wild weege birds forming a wary flock with a sentry system during feeding. It notes two or three sentries fly aloft to spot distant threats. Their acute hearing and keen sense of smell are suggested, enabling a rapid takeoff downwind.
Teacher Dismisses Student With Teasing Exchange
A classroom exchange ends with the teacher insisting a student must have an engagement. The fragment suggests playful punishment and a tense moment as the line is drawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
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Department of Labor and Industry
Harner’s Theatre
Colleen Moore
Corrinne Griffith and
Milton Sills
Conkey
Overly & Good
New Holland, Pa
Gordonyville
Gorin St.’ ‘Joseph's. Host
Gap
Geese
Addaito
Ind
New Holland
Sam Plotnick
Sceen
Stern
C. B. Townsley
Farmer's Meeting
Goodville
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