Scout Anniversary Highlights Boy Scouts Impact
The article lauds the Boy Scouts of America, celebrating 18 years of activity. It credits Scouting with crime prevention, international friendship, and patriotic education, noting 400 members in Warren County and over 800,000 nationwide. The piece emphasizes learning by doing, merit badges, and local support in Tribune pages.
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Boy Scouts of America
Scouts of America
Scouts of
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Warren County
the Tribune
Scout Leaders Call for Volunteers to Train Boys
A local appeal urges residents to sacrifice time to help train boys through the Scouts. It praises the cause as worthy and backed by a track record of accomplishment. Those willing to help should contact Scout Headquarters to offer services.
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Evry
Mann Yuhy
Sheila
Scout
Cathedral of St John the Divine towers fund pledge noted
The New York World notes a $900,000 donor offer to build one western tower of the Cathedral of St John the Divine, conditioned on finishing a fund for the other tower. Completion is expected within fifty years with interior decoration often unfinished.
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New York World
America
St. John the Divine
New York
Seville
Milan
Cram & Ferguson
Cram
Verse Excerpt From A Shropshire Lad By A E Housman
A brief poetic fragment reflects on friendship and youth, with images of rose lips and lightfoot youths resting by broad brooks and fading fields, as the speaker recalls companions and maidens now asleep or departed.
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Lightfoot
A. E. Housman
Warren County to begin weekly driving exam days
On March 6 applicants for motor driver licenses in Warren County may take the required state examination each Thursday. A spectacular fire Friday morning at the Post Office Garage destroyed twelve costly autos and two large motor trucks.
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Warren County
Flood fears rise as county warms in February 1925
Residents fear a flood if rain continues after a spell of warm weather. Reverend Warham of Endeavor is hospitalized at Warren General after injuring a finger. At a Warren Relief Association meeting at the W C A building Mrs. J P Rogers was elected president with officers named. Mike Kane driver of a Ford with three others crashed into a snow bank at Clarendon Sunday.
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Rev
Warham
Endeavor
Warren General Hospital
Warren Relief Association
J. P. Rogers
R. S. Hall
W. W. Marks
H. H. McConnell
Mike Kane
New
Clarendon
Prince Andrew to Perform at State Armory Event
The original Prince Andrew, famed as the sma on the world, is set to appear nightly at the Odd Fellows carcus next month at the State Armory. George H. Miller serves as a juror in a U S federal court in Pittsburgh.
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Prince Andrew
Sma
Odd Fellows Carcus
State Armory
George H. Miller
Pittsburgh
United States Federal Court
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest
A reflective poem about perseverance through hardship, using running as a metaphor. The speaker presses on toward a distant goal despite strong winds and heavy burdens, noting others carrying crosses along the same path and hinting at a future of peace and rest.
Squirrels and toad settle spring quarrel over homes
In a spring tale from 1928, Mama and Daddy Red Squirrel argue about Jumping Mousie and his wife living under a maple tree versus underground. Hickety Hoppy Toad mediates, revealing the family uses both homes seasonally. Jumping Mousie leads guests to a warm underground kitchen and a shared breakfast with the visiting squirrels.
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Mama Red Squirrel
Jumping Mousie
Daddy Jumping Mousie
Daddy Red Squirrel
Mrs. Red Squirrel
Hickey Hoppy Toad
Hickety Hoppy Toad
Daddy
Mama
Daddie Red Squirrel
Mamma
Red Squirrel
Hickory Happy Toad
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Dinner Stories Charade Hints At Odd Houseguest
In a quirky exchange, Mr. Peckton asserts he owns the premises with Mrs. Peckton’s poodle left behind. The dog reportedly mirrors its mistress, showing marked disfavor whenever a man tries to relax with a cigar and a newspaper.
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Peckton
Mr. Peckton
Old-Fashioned Neighbors in a Hlousewillie Sketch
The piece depicts old-fashioned neighbors who drop by unannounced to chat and share food. They are busy yet willing to stay if urged, offering help during trouble or illness and embodying kindness, generosity, and communal spirit.
Washington Adventures in Navy Discipline and War Talk
Admiral Magruder and Admiral Plunkett both spoke out without permission. Magruder blamed the navy for waste and was removed from command. Plunkett warned of war with England but escaped discipline. The episode highlights how officials push for bigger budgets and line between constructive warnings and reckless talk. The piece invites readers to draw a lesson for service officers.
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Washington
Magruder
Plunkett
Admiral McGruder
Navy Department
Admiral Plunkett
England
Admiral Magruder
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Congress
Galvons
Admiral Plankett
Army
Navy
Diet and Eseal t I Lost From 25 to 104-30 Pounds
A reader five feet five inches tall requests guidance on weight loss from 104 to 140 pounds while currently maintaining on 1200 calories. She notes minimal daily exercise as a stenographer living nearby and asks if 1200 calories is now maintenance and how to shed the remaining 14 pounds.
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The Daybook offers a blurred splash of theater rants and health tips
The column riffs on a rainy New York night and flails at a theater production Carry On while noting umbrella sellers and dining perks at Park Lane and other eateries. It shifts to health guidance on calorie restriction, exercise, and a tuberculosis recovery example, ending with a tease for a future piece on insulin use in diabetes.
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New York
Yonkers
Kalamazoo
Los Angeles
Owen Davis, Jr
Park Lane
Alice Foote MacDougall
Drake's
Forty-second Street
The
Waldorf
Henry's
Thirty-fifth Street
Forty-fifth Street
Lexington Avenue
John Harvey Kellogg
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