Woman Placed in Pinchot Cabinet Headed by Ellen Potter
Philadelphia dispatch reports four key Pennsylvania appointments by Governor-elect Pinchot. Ellen C. Potter, 1720 Chestnut, named commissioner of public welfare, the first woman to head a state department. A Nevin Dethrich becomes superintendent of public printing, Peter C. Cameron of Wellsboro is banking commissioner, and Major Lynn G. Adams of Scranton is state police superintendent. Potter previously led the children's bureau and served as medical inspector in Philadelphia schools.
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Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Pinchot
Eien C. Potter
Chestnut Street
J. M. Baldy
A. Nevin Dethrich
Scranton
Potter
Baldy
Department of Public Welfare
Children’s Bureau
Pennsylvania
Women’s Medical College
Atnilr
Dethrich
Robert C. Miller
Department of
Public Printing and ‘Binding
Hig
Cameron
Pichot
John S. Fisher
Mr. Cameron
Wellsboro
Tioga County
Mansfield State Normal School
George W. Woodruff
Jon Brontay
U S Officials Drink Bootleg Liquor Claim
Representative Upshaw accuses Washington officials of drinking illegal liquor. He vows to report violators to federal and local authorities and to identify a senior official who imported foreign liquor marked diplomatic. Also reports completion of South Africa Lake Mentz irrigation works near Port Elizabeth with $30,000,000 union government funding and a planned spread of 4,900 acres.
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Upean
Washington
Upshaw
South Africa
Africa
Hole of Africa
Ie Nile
Fust
Lake Mentz
Atlas
Port Elize
Union
Graceham County Notes January 10
County notes from Graceham recount visits among Eyler, Hamerick, Troxel, and Colliflower families in the area. Local social calls include Sunday and New Year gatherings near Frederick and Kefsville, with church groups electing officers and pastors changing next week.
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Favorite
Near Thurmont
Jig
George Fox
State Road Christmas Travel Returns
Misses Mary and Bernadette Jordan return home from Baltimore after holidays. Mr and Mrs J J Crumlish and family also return from three weeks in Baltimore. Miss Gertrude Curtis Ryan of Baltimore visits Mt St Marys area. Edna Favorite leaves St Josephs Hospital for home. Mrs A P Jennings and Miss Margaret Jennings visit Baltimore. Arch ie Linnig Guy Liones Maurice Linnse and Payne family spend Christmas with George Linnzg in Locust Cattare. Eleanor Barry Schultz returns to Baltimore after seven years with aunt Miss Mary Barry at Rest Haven.
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A. P. Jennings
Margaret Jennings
Baltimore
Archie Linnig
Guy Liones
Hanover
Maurice Linnse
Philadelphia
Edwin Payne
Robert Payne
Geo. Linnzg
Locust Cattare
Misa Ada Wacner
Mary Kentt
Mt. St. Mary's
Emmitshouse
Eleanor Barry Schultz
A. J. Oldenberg
Mary Barry
Rest Haven
Shorh and Welty Share New Year Visit at Loretta Farm
Mr and Mrs Edgar Shorh of Pleasant Levels spent New Year s Eve with Mr and Mrs William Welty at Loretta Farm near Emmisburg.
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Emmisburg
Edgar Shorh
William Welty
Loretta Farm
Beaver Dam Social Roundup Notes From January Visit
Beaver Dam residents report visits among neighbors with Mrs. W A Gakver and Mrs. C H Fogle hosting. I W Stitely and Mrs. C E Fogle visited in Frederick. Jesse H K Forte and others visited C R household. Farmers largely finished corn husking while coal scarcity drives wood use this winter.
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Beaver Dam
W. A. Gakver
C. H Fogle
I. W. Stitely
C. EL .Fogle
Frederick
Jesse HK. Forte
C. R. Fogle
Giant Sycamore of Wheatley Island Named Largest on Long Island
The Old Sycamore on James Hill’s Wheatley property is said to be 300 to 400 years old, possibly the island’s oldest. Its trunk measures 24 feet around near the ground and its height exceeds most surrounding trees. Local experts, including Normal Taylor of Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, note its historic ties to early settlers and a 19th century butcher’s home on the site. Nearby bee behavior also described as drunken swarming in Herne Bay Garden.
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James Hill
Wheatley
L. L
Long Island
Normal Taylor
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Columbus
San Salvador
Hendrick Hudson
Taylor
New York World States
Hill
Exports of American Automobiles Doubled in 1922
Exports of American automobiles surged in 1922 with totals more than doubling 1921 figures. Passenger cars led growth, with nine months ending September showing 48,328 shipped versus 23,900 last year. Shipments to Britain, Belgium, Canada and other manufacturing nations rose sharply, underscoring global demand for American auto quality.
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Department of Commerce
Great Britain
United States
Belgium
Csada
Australia
New Zealand
Americas
South America
Unitic South Africa Ljsc
India
China
Japan
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Europe
United Mates
Velocity as universal in ether aligned with light speed
A reading excerpt notes that all transmitted influences through the ether share a single velocity of 185,000 miles per second, the speed of light. It suggests a common source behind light, wireless radiations, magnetic storms, and X rays, pointing to a vast underlying world sustaining the visible universe. A separate anecdote discusses a young Jeffersonville boy discerning truth in a newsroom encounter with a drifting vendor.
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Soddie
Charles Kassel
The
North American Review
Extinct Arctic sea cow noted by Steller voyage
An 18th century writeup by George William Steller on the Arctic sea cow describes a 20 to 30 foot long creature weighed at about 0 pounds, likened to local manatee forms. He notes their shipwreck on Bering Island in 1741 with Captain Vitus Bering and that the crew ate its flesh.
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Arce
George Wiliam Steller
Bering Island
Victus Bering
Steller
Taniac Loosens Pain For Mrs Queale Of Annapolis
Mrs Alice Queale of Ridgewood Ave Annapolis Md says Taniac eased years of rheumatism and back pains after two bottles. She notes her husband also improved with stomach trouble and that both used the Taniac Were tablets. The ad claims over 24 million bottles sold in Frederick and across the country.
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Taniac
Alice Queale
Ridgewood Ave
Annapolis
Frederick
All Good Druxcist
There’s no use telling me to the marines any more
A playful exchange about the marines and what they see, reflecting a light moment in a newspaper snippet.
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New York Sun
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Ellen Porter
Department of Welfare
U. S
Henry A. Dix
H. A. Dix & Sons
New York City
Dix
County News
Graceham
Robert Valentine
Carol
Kefsville
John Pittinger
George Zentz
Adam Zentz
Ladies’ Aid Society
Charles Boller
Chas, Boller
Mollie Fisher
Mattie Coldiflower
Ella Weller
Strohmeir
Abell
Christian
John Beller
Ruth Beller
Edward
Chase Beller
Rosa Wood
Maurice
Ruth
Rocky Ridge
London Daily Express
Herne Bay
McHenry Brothers
Frederick, MD
Moka
Nirgasa
Ales
Joral
Ewpee
Hotiee
Wales
Tawa
Phone 1077
Bentz
B. T. McHenry Frederick, Md
Dap
Jeffersonville
Hiram
Indianapolis
Cena
Chichester Sps
Peiha
O. R. McIntyre
Lr. Smith Resinol
Footer
DYE Works
America
Mr. B. T. Marman
N. Market Street
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
Market Street North
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