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Newspaper
Swarthmore News
Location
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
3
A Philadelphia reader reproduces a private Vienna letter describing famine and hunger in 1920s Austria. The writer cites scarce milk and bread, high prices, and a desperate populace, noting a starving son and pleas for relief aid from an American contact.
A partial fragment mentions a Dolomite trip and a promise of helpfulness to the reader. The text suggests gratitude to family and a pledge to be useful but lacks clear context or complete details.
Westinghouse employees and relatives gather at Tinicum Woods in South Philadelphia for the annual field day and basket picnic with fifteen committees chaired by H. T. Herr. The program opens at 9 a.m. with a trap shooting contest, followed by kindergarten games, a grand parade at noon, and an athletic program starting at 12:30 featuring races, relays, a sack race, and other contests with prizes for winners.
Mixed shoe race and 12 button sewing open to all. Fat man’s race at 75 yards for 200 lbs. plus. Three legged race and 50-yard dash for ladies. Tug of war by shop teams. Ball throwing for ladies. Pie eating for 12+. Baseball at 3:30 p m. games and dancing ongoing all day with tennis and quoits featured, continued on page four.
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