Pinchot Campaign Swing Through Forest County
Forest County residents will welcome Gifford Pinchot and Vance McCormick as Reform forces unite to oppose the Gang and the Saloon. Pinchot and McCormick receive endorsements from Christian reform groups and plan events in Tidioute and Oil City with large county support anticipated.
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Gifford Pinchot
U. S
Boss Penrose
Forest County
Roosevelt
Warren County
Tidioute
Oil City
Pinchot Visit Sparks Forest County Loyalty and Anti-Penrose Vote
Forest County residents welcome Gifford Pinchot during a Saturday morning rally indicating strong support for Pinchot in the November election. The Anti-Penrose Republican League backs Pinchot for U S Senate, signaling a shift against Penrose and his allies in a region that previously backed independent candidate J Benjamin Dimmick.
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Gifford Pinchot
Forest County
Pennsylvania
Dimmick
Boss Penrose
J. Benjamin Dimmick
Standard Oil
Penrose
Ring Kittens
State
Little Forest
Tionesta
Pinchot
Most Furious Battle Yet On 140 Mile Front
Allied and German forces clash in a massive engagement described as greater than the Marne. About 2,000,000 men fought along a 140 mile line with heavy howitzers, fierce attacks, counter attacks, and night fighting. Allied artillery pressed hard as German guns dominated ranges.
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Ainse
Marne
Saved by Chance and a Judge's Word
A rural tale contrasts harsh child rearing with a judge’s remark about possible parental guidance. The excerpt shifts to a note on lithium, declaring it a light metal with no practical use at present. The two fragments show differing tones from discipline to science.
Land Opened for Homesteaders Across Several States
Secretary Lane announces an order opening about 750000 acres in California across San Bernardino Kern Modoc and Lassen counties along with 250000 acres in Washington near Yakima and Grant counties and 2.5 million acres in New Mexico mainly in San Miguel Union Chaves Luna and Guadalupe counties and 100000 acres in Colorado mainly Routt and Rio Blanco counties for settlement and entry under the enlarged homestead act allowing 520 acres per qualified settler.
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Lane
California
San Bernardino
Kern
Modoc
Lassen
New Mexico
San Miguel
Union
Chaves, Luna
Guadalupe
Colorado
Routt
Rio Blanco
Washington
Yakima
Kittitas
Grant
North Yakima
Okanogan, Ferry
Douglas
Stevenson’s Whimsical Attire Portrait in Gosse Text
The piece recalls Robert Louis Stevenson’s odd dress, describing a lean figure in blue sea cloth with a black shirt and a yellow carpet necktie. It notes his habit of unconventional attire and a remembered 1878 hat purchase with Mr Lang.
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Stevenson
Odors as Antiseptics in Ancient and Modern Use
Historical notes describe odors with antimicrobial effects. Clove, cinnamon, thyme, verbena, and geranium scents show microbe reduction times from 12 to 50 minutes. Cinnamon essence is noted to destroy typhoid microbes in 12 minutes. Egyptian mummies reportedly used flowering scents for antiseptic purposes.
Not Worth a Rush and Fly Life Cycle
The piece explains the origin of the saying not worth a rush tied to old floor coverings for guests and contrasts it with the later straw variant. It then outlines the fly life cycle: a female lays about 150 eggs in garbage, eggs hatch into maggots, become pupae in five days, then emerge as flies, leading to rapid new generations.
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London Standard
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Friends of
East Hickory
McCormick
Dean Lewis
United Action
Brumbaugh
Harrisburg
Friends of Roosevelt
Keystone
Pinchot and
Vance McCormick
Christian People of
Commonwealth
Keystoners
Wm. H. Berry
Tener
Webster Grim
Grim
Berry-Keystone
Front Citizens’ Bank
United States
Lithium
Fac
Tory
Edmund
Gosse
H.L. Greenland
Warren
Penn’a
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