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Newspaper
Swarthmore News
Location
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
4
News notes from Newport and Media include families staying with relatives and traveling. Rev J E Tuttle returns from Amherst class reunion. Local meetings and a Peace Jubilee notice are listed along with social visits and a fishing trip report. A community call encourages Sabbath observance discussion and public opinions.
The article urges a safe Fourth of July with strict limits on explosives. Dr Krusen warns against child exposure to fireworks and dangerous devices and calls for parental responsibility plus Scout-led public safety efforts.
Extracts from Mrs. Susanna G. Mahan's paper discuss how laws impact women and children, noting moral implications and the varied trials each state faces in addressing poverty and social reform. The proverb about the rich and poor frames the debate as a national concern.
A defense of Sabbath observance arguing it stems from God’s love and humane law. It condemns strict Pharisee attitudes and lazy or self serving uses of the day. The piece warns liberty without Sabbath restraint leads to societal decay.
A poem by Ralph M. LaShelle from San Francisco extols a mother's enduring love across distance and time. Also announced is a Christian Science service in Borough Hall Room 16 on Sundays at 1 o'clock, inviting public attendance.
Public notices announce two-cent postage exchange after July 1 for original purchasers with unprinted cards and envelopes. Post cards and stamped envelopes will not be redeemed for cash but exchanged for other denomination items or used toward two-cent special envelopes. A one month window from July 1 allows presenting two-cent cards and three-cent envelopes at full value. after that, postage value only for envelopes and three quarters for cards.
The annual Swarthmore Presbyterian Church and Sunday School picnic will be held Saturday June 21 at Darby Creek north of Springfield. Departures begin 9 30 AM from the church lawn and 9 45 AM from Mr Jas C Lawrence corner of Chester road Swarthmore avenue. Autos meet trains at Swarthmore station for 11 15 and 12 36 arrivals. or take the elevated to 69th Street transfer to Media Short Line to Springfield station where cars await. Return at 4 30 PM to allow evening meal preparations.
A page note outlines goals for child friendly activities and Sabbath value, plus calls for proportional representation and national unity. The text cites examples from other regions and urges cooperation, understanding, and action aligned with James Russell Lowell and Susanna G. Mahan as signatories.
The Swarthmore Chief of Police cites repeated shooting near Crum Creek by local youths using 22 caliber revolvers. A boy from a prominent family was caught, reprimanded by Justice Voelker, and fined $7.50. The article warns strict enforcement and quips Sweeney will catch you.
Rev. Harry M. Chalfant, anti saloon league editor, spoke at the Presbyterian church urging prohibition as a Christian triumph. He warned of alcohol’s damage to nations and cited war scars of Europe, appealing for educational work in resistant communities and aid to temperance movements abroad.
Fragmentary notes from a Philadelphia paper quote British authorities urging temperance as a wartime measure. The draft text mentions doctors engineers and clergy supporting abstinence to curb illness and social ills, framing prohibition as a moral crusade led by church and community leaders against disease and vice.
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