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Bellefonte, Pa., August 30, 1929.
Your Health,
The First Concern.
—“With a general ban against ad-
vertisements of a special character,
large advertising spaces are now be-
ing occupied with eloquent and ap-
pealing assertions of the power of
certain mail order remedies alleged to
cure other maladies,” said Dr. Theo-
dore B. Appel, Secretary of Health,
today. !
—*“It is indeed quite surprising how
many fairly intelligent people will be
taken in by these glowing literary
‘spreads,’ and consequently send their
hard earned money to the quacks and
unethical business men who thus gull
the public.
—*“If one is merely sufficiently lit-
erate to read an advertisement. and
in addition lives in a highly remote
locality, there may be some excuse
for him to become the prey of these
conscienceless people, who pride
themselves upon their intelligence
and education but succumb to these
high-powered statements.
—“In the first place, it is unrea-
Sonable for anyone to imagine that
he can be effectively treated for dis-
ease by mail. For example, consid-
er rheumatism. ‘Rheumatism’ as
generally known is not always a def-
inite disease but often a complex of
symptoms due to many and varied
causes, often obscure. To conclude
therefore that postage stamp pills,
often containing little else of service
than a laxative, will be able to cure
this painful disease is a woefully mis-
placed trust.
—“The sections
that cannot be served with proper
medical attention are exceedingly
few. if in fact they exist at all. And
In most localities physicians and even
hospital and laboratory facilities are
usually available.
in Pennsylvania
—'‘Dallying and self-treatment
should not be countenanced for a mo-
ment with any disease. And that is
what the use of mail order medicines
really amounts to. Be examined by
a reputable practitioner and follow
the directions based upon his diag-
nosis.
—“Spend money foolishly on man
other things if you re to do ny
but discount by 100 per cent. any en-
thusiasm that might be engendered
by reading the ‘com-in’ of the mail-
order-cure advertisers. Save your
postage stamps and see your doc-
tors!”
—Investigation by the Eyesight
Conservation Council has shown that
“bad eyes make bad boys.” according
to Mr. Guy A. Henry, General Di-
rector, and that the experience of
Juvenile courts proves that defective
vision makes children truants. Each
Year more than 200,000 come before
these courts, and eye conservation in
the home and in the schools should
be. employed as a factor in checking
criminal tendencies.
“Juvenile courts,” Mr. Henry con-
tinued, “are finding that bad eyesight
leads to inattention in school. to un-
fair competition, and to disrespect
for authority. Bad eyes lead to tru-
ancy and the truant child is a crim-
inal in embryo. A
“Seventy-five per cent. of all adult
offenders start as criminals before
they are twenty-one years old, and
progress from petty to capital crimes
is rapid. Parents must try to under-
stand their children, for with under-
standing comes the explanation of
wayward tendencies, which if uncor-
rected may develop unfortunate con-
sequences even in the best of chil-
dren.
“It has already been demonstrated
that fully 25 per cent. of the 24,000,-
‘000 school children of this country
are suffering from manifest defective
vision, and this situation is likely to
grow worse if practical steps, with
parents and teachers cooperating, are
not taken. Much has been done by
the Eyesight Conservation Council in
the schools of the country, and much
more will be done in the future, but
lasting results are impossible with-
out the aid of the home.
“It seems evident, from a general
review of the entire subject of eye-
sight conservation, that approximate-
ly 25 per cent. of all school children
in the United States are retarded in
their studies and that fully one-third
of the retardations are in all proba-
bility due, to defective vision. If this
is correct, there are at least 2,000,000
school children in the United States
one or more grades behind in their
studies because of defective vision.
The annual loss of retardation due te
this cause alone,” Mr. Henry con-
cludes, “is about $130,000,000.”
—Popular beliefs do not always
coincide with scientific knowledge,
and fallacies about the teeth are es-
pecially prevalent, probably because
of the influence of tooth paste, denti-
frice and chewing gum advertise-
ments. Dr. W. M. Gardner debunks
a long list of these in a recent issue
of Hygeia. These are some of the
things that he says are not true:
1. That gums normally bleed when
the teeth are brushed.
2. That gums normally bleed be-
cause they are brushed too hard or
because the brush is too stiff.
3. That the health of the mouth de-
pends on the type of tooth paste used.
4. That decayed teeth are but toan
acid condition of the stomach.
5. That chewing gum cleans and
whitens teeth.
6. That pyorrhea is caused by a
germ.
HERE'S REAL OPPORTUNITY
FOR CENTRE COUNTY WOMEN
$1250 Offered for Best Jar of Canned
Food in National Canning
Contest.
Just how good at canning are Cen-
tre county women and girls
This question suggested itself from
an announcement in Chicago of a Na-
tional Canning Contest to find the
best jar of canned fruit, vegetables
or meat in the country. Twelve hun-
dred and fifty dollars ($1250) in cold
cash awaits the woman or girl in the
United States whose entry is select-
ed as the best jar of canned food en-
tered in the contest.
The contest which is sponsored by
the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural
Foundation, seeks to acquaint more
house-wives with the economy
and healthfulness of home canned
foods. For years the U. 8. Depart-
ment of Agriculture and home dem-
onstration agents throughout the
country have worked for increased
production of native canned foods. It
is to further this excellent idea and
at the same time to help absorb the
threatened surplus of farm products
in many sections, that this canning
project was conceived.
Two hundred and twenty-two cash
prizes, totalling $5825, will be dis-
bursed to the winners in the contest,
which has three major divisions:
fruit, vegetables and meat. The best
entry in each division will be awarded
$250, and one of these will also re-
ceive the thousand dollar sweep-
stakes prize, thus bringing the total
cash prize for the best jar of canned
food in the contest to $1,250. Sec-
ond prize in each of the three divi-
sions will be $200, third prize $100,
and fourth prize, $50. There will
also be five prizes of $25 each, ten
prizes of $10 each and fifty prizes
of $5 each. In addition, a thousand
dollars in cash will be awarded to
the home demonstration agent whose
county sends in the greatest number
of entries, $500 to the agent whose
county has the next largest number,
and $100 to the agent whose county
sends in the third largest number of
entries. A number of lesser mer-
chandise prizes are also offered. Con-
test closes October 15.
According to the rules, the contest
is open to every woman and girlin
the United States. There are no re-
strictions as to the nature of the
food sent; any fruit, vegetable or
meat, whether home grown or pur-
chased, is acceptable. Contestants
may enter one, two or all three divi-
sions. Entries, regardless of when
canned, must not be sent in prior to
August 15 nor later than October 1,
which is the closing date of the con-
test. No entries will be returned, but
instead these will be sent, with the
name and address of the contestant,
to an orphanage, hospital, infirmary
or other charitable institution to be
selected by the Foundation.
Specimens of canned fruits and
vegetables in the contest will be
judged on the basis of clearness, col-
or, pack, neatness, texture and flav-
or. There will be three judges, to be
selected by the Foundation from a
list of outstanding authorities on
home economics, domestic science,
and canned food. Their decision will
be made known just as soon as pos-
sible after October 1.
“Any method of canning may be
used for this contest,” announces
Anne Williams, director of the con-
test. “The use of a steam pressure
‘cooker, however, is highly recom-
mended by canning experts and by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
‘especially in canning meats. Not
only does this method of canning
save time and fuel and assure ab-
solute sterility and preservation,
but food canned under pressure re-
tains all its natural flavor and tex-
tyre, which are vital points in any
canning contest.” bu
' “That the judging may be thorough-
ly impartial and the display of can-
ned samples absolutely uniform,
contestants are required to submit
their entries in standard glass jars
of the quart size. All contestants
will be furnished with one Ball ma-
son jar and carton for sending in a
canned article, but those making en-
tries in more than one division are
expected to supply their own jars and
shipping cartons. The sample jar
and prize entry labels for use in sub-
mitting entries may be secured with-
out cost by communicating with the
headquarters of the National Canning
Contest, 925 S. Homan Ave., Chicago,
Illinois.
THAT WHEAT PROBLEM.
The Federal Farm Board has warn-
ed wheat growers against flooding
the market and forcing cash prices
below profitable levels. The warn-
ing is needed. At Galveston, where
elevators are over-flowing and an
embargo on shipments was establish-
ed two weeks ago, 4500 cars of wheat
wait to be unloaded. Some 4500
more, shipped from the great Kan-
sas wheat fields prior to the embar-
go, are strung along railway sid-
ings enroute to the Gulf. These 9000
cars contain about 13,500,000 bush-
els.
Similar congestion exists else-
where with total supplies at all com-
mercial points exceeding 137,000,000
bushels. - Wheat is piling up on the
ground beside railroads and elevators
for want of sufficient cars and stor-
age room. The Farm Board, dis-
claiming any intention to “fix” prices,
is simply pointing out the economic
waste of flooding the market. The
farmers can hold the wheat if they
will. Kansas growers’ have stored
their grain in bins, cribs and barns,
in the open and even in the attics of
their homes. This does not apply
merely to small farms. Tom Hop-
kins, the “winter wheat king,” who
harvested 110,000 bushels in Western
Kansas and Eastern Colorado, is
holding every bushels for better
prices.
These farmers may greatly in-
crease their returns by selling when
the demand for wheat begins to
catch up with the supply on the mar-
ket. The Farm Board is trying to
Show others the value of their exam-
ple.
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CITY AIR OFFERS NO RELIEF
TO HAY FEVER SUFFERERS.
Ragweed pollen, blown for miles
by the wind, pursues the hay fever
sufferer from the country into down-
town Pittsburgh, it was learned.
Few persons would think of the
upper air, hundreds of feet above
the downtown triangle, as contain-
ing particles of the pollen of the
ragweed, which grows rankly in
grain fields after the harvest. But
early results of observations made
by W. S. Brotzman, local United
States weather forecaster, as part
of a nation-wide survey, have re-
vealed many particles of pollen in
the downtown air. .
Science has classed the ragweed
of late astaking precedence over
goldenrod as a cause of hay fever.
O. C. Durham. Indianapolis botan-
ist, is conducting a survey through-
out the United States to determine
what communities are most infested
by ragweed pollen. Weaher bureau
stations are making the observa-
tions for the scientist. The tests of
air began on Aug. 10 and will con-
tinue to Oct. 30. These dates are re-
garded as defining the boundaries of
the ragweed season.
Forecaster Brotzman takes the
observation by means of a glass
plate, measuring 1x21 inches and
coated with vaseline. The shelter
for the weather bureau instruments
on top of the Oliver building has a
double roof, with a 4 inch space be-
tween the layers. The test plate is
suspended in this roof space, so that
it is subject to a current of air for
24 hours. At the end of the period
the glass is removed, speckled with
soot, and mailed to Durham.
The Botanist subjects the glass
slide to examination under the
miscroscope and counts the particles
of ragweed pollen. From this num-
ber counted he will later estimate
the number of particles per cubic
foot.
Brotzman has just received from
Durham the first report on the
count thus far. The highest num-
ber of particles was on Aug. 14,
34 pollen grains were counted on the
little slide, and on Aug. 15, when
the count was 29. On both these
days the wind was strong and blew
from the west.
The weather forecaster reasons
that the strong westerly wind blew
the ragweed pollen from the farm-
lands across the hills and rivers
which hem in the triangle and over
the Oliver building. The spot where
the test plate is hung is 345 feet
above the sidewalk.
The average wind velocity on the
two high count days was 11 miles
an hour on August 14 and 10 miles an
hour on August 15. On the first day
mentioned the wind blew as high as
18 miles an hour at times and on
the second day up to 15 miles an
hour.
Low winds marked the days when
the pollen count was light. On two
of the low count days August 12 and
16 the average velocity of the wind
each of those days only two grains
of pollen were counted. On August
16 the average velocity of the wind
was only 4.6 miles an hour. On
August 10. when the count was three
grains, the wind velocity averaged .
seven miles an hour, but at times
dropped to one mile an hour. ;
Brotzman concludes that the
northerly wind sweeps across an area
that is more built up than that swept
by the westerly wind. |
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SANTA CLAUS BAG
HOLDS NOVELTIES. |
Just an inkling of what the inside |
of Santa Claus’ bag will look like |
next Christmas is being given while |
the eastern manufacturers and im-
porters are holding their annual ex- |
hibit. "
Animals are going to have the
time of their lives this yuletide, for
they have walked out of the zoo and |
will find a place in even the small- |
est apartment, a view of the two
, floors of gifts shows. The small an- |
imals are fashioned for fork rests, |
doorstops and a myriad of other
uses.
Some of the other novelties to be
considered for Christmas shopping,
just a few months away are:
Decanter and glass sets concealed
in old morocco-bound hand-tooled
books.
Cocktail shakers of Lalique glass.
Clothes hampers of painted tin.
Nursery candy boxes.
Rows of painted wooden flowers for
the nursery.
A small maple coffee table inset
with Italian tiles.
A solitaire table with one leg, the
other side to rest on the arms of your
chair.
A lap board covered with a map of
Europe.
Perfume cabinets for the dressing
table, mirror lined, painted in pastel
colors.
WOMAN SELLS TOADS
TO NEEDY GARDENERS.
It isn’t getting the toads that caus-
es the trouble, according to Mrs. C.
E. Griffin, of Ford Cliffe, who is in
the business, it’s that the durned
critters won’t stand still while a
body sticks postage stamps on them.
Oh, yes, the business is selling the
toads to gardeners whose gardens
are being devastated by bugs. Mrs.
Griffiin heard that toads and bugs
weren't at all sociable. The thing to
do, she concluded, was to sell toads
to gardeners.
A Piittsburgh greenhouse man was
the first customer for the new busi-
ness, and he asked that the reptiles
be sent in a hurry. Mrs. Griffiin got
her consignment ready, after consid-
erable difficulty, as related above,
in attaching the stamps. The post-
master was dubious, but careful pe-
rusal of the regulations laid down by
Uncle Sam failed to show any para-
graphs denying use of the mails to
“pufo vulgaris,” the scientific name
for the lowly toad.
The Pittsburgh man who had a
garden and bugs now has only the
garden and the toads are reported
recovering from overeating.
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MAIL BOX THEFTS
AID CHECK FORGERS.
Active operations in many cities
of mail box thieves, who open bank
communications to customers, con-
taining details of their accounts and
cancelled checks showing their bank-
ing signatures, and use this material
in perpetrating check forgeries, have
led the American Bankers Associa-
tion to issue a nation-wide warning
to its members with instructions
for combating this form of crime.
The warning as sent out by James
E. Baum in charge of the associa-
tion’s Protective Department says:
“Heavy losses are being sustained
through cancelled vouchers and
statements stolen from the mail
boxes of bank depositors in apartment
and office buildings, thus divulging the
depositors’ balances and supplying
models for forged checks. As a step
to put customers on guard against
these methods, banks are urged to
instruct every depositor to whom
they mail statements of deposit ac-
counts on the last business day of
each month to notify them prompt-
ly if such statements are not receiv-
ed by the close of the next day.
“Also banks should educate depos-
itors to safeguard blank checks and
cancelled vouchers as they would
money. Such paper stolen by forgers
soon puts real money in their hands.
If all blank checks and cancelled
vouchers were securely kept in safes
instead of filing cabinets or desks,
the check crook would be denied
their chief stock in trade, namely,
genuine blank checks and signa-
tures. Warnings to depositors against
leaving blank or cancelled checks
accessible to sneak thieves or bur-
glars should be sent out at once.
“Estimates broadcast by surety
companies indicate that individuals,
merchants, hotels and others out-
side of banking are shouldering more
than 99 per cent of the total amount
of forgery losses. The bulk of forg-
erv loss on checks is sustained by
those who are willing to risk accept-
ing them without reliable proof of
identity or title of the presenter.
“Years ago the Protective Depart-
ment of the American Bankers As-
sociation adopted the slogan,
“Strangers are not always crooks,
but crooks are usually strangers.” If
those outside of banking could be
preveailed upon to observe this rule
and think about it when considering
accepting a check for their merchan-
dise or services for which they
are also asked to give a substantial
sum in cash in change, one of the
biggest aids to the forgery business
would be denied the crooks.”
RUTH BRYAN’S GOOD EXAMPLE.
Congressman Ruth Bryan Owen
(why should we call the women mem-
bers Congresswomen, anyway?), is
setting her fellow members of Con-
gress a splendid example in at least
one regard—that of making her con-
stituents know Washington better.
Everybody in the country should
know our Capital better than we do.
It is not only the Capital of our coun-
try, but it is getting to be the Capi-
tal of the world. She is doing two
outstanding things in this matter:
(1) During the Congress vacation
she is going all over her district
holding meetings and telling her
people about what Congress is do-
ing, and then she has moving pic-
tures of Washington showing them
in a vivid and personal way what
things are like in the District of
Coumbia,
(2) Better than this, even, she is
selecting thirty-six boys and girls,
two from each of the eighteen coun-
ties in her district, who show the
best “school citizenship,” and will
bring them > Washington next year
to study governmental Washington.
She is evidently staying close to
the people—what else could you ex-
pect of William Jennings Bryan's
daughter?
WARNING TO SWIMMERS.
In the interest of water safety ov-
country, while the bathing
season is at its height, the American
Red Cross has issued a set of warn-
ings to the public prepared by W. E.
Longfellow, of the life saving staff at
National Headquarters. His advice
follows:
Avoid heavy meals before going on
the river. Wait at least an hour be-
fore going into the water after eat-
ing such beach-stand lunches as hot
dogs and drinking soda pop.
Never swim alone, but always with
a companion of your own ability.
Get to be an all-around swimmer
in a pool before you tackle the big
water and always swim at guarded
places.
In case of a canoe accident, stick
to your boat. Help comes quicker
to one clinging to an overturned
boat than to one swimming toward
shore. An ordinary canoe,
the heads of about four people.
A canoe or rowboat with an out-'
board motor should be treated the
same as a motor boat and should car- |
ry a fire extinguisher and life pre-
servers.
The slogan of the Red Cross Life
Saving Service is, “Everyone a swim-
mer and every swimmer a life saver.”
ELECTION REMINDERS.
All voters should see that they
are properly registered for the No-
vember Election, Nov. 5. The Pri-
mary Election is September 17.
September 3-4 registrar assessors in
boroughs and townships sit at poll-
ing places from 10:00 a. m. to 3:00
p. m., and from 6:00 p. m. to 9:00 p.
m., Eastern Standard Time, to re-
vise and correct registry, and adding
names not registered. September
7, last day for an elector who has
not registered in boroughs and town-
ships and is otherwise qualified to
vote at a primary to be registered
and enrolled asa member of a polit-
ical party with the county commis-
sioners. October 5, last day to pay
taxes to vote.
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A. W. KEICHLINE
Registered Architect,
74-23-4m BELLEFONTE, PA
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Colds, - Grippe, - Flu, - Dengue,
Bilious Fever and
It is the most speedy remedy known.
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cheapest “Dodger” to the finest
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that we can met de in the mest saé-
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office.
Employers
This Interests You
The Workman’s Compensation
Law went into effect Jan. 1, 1916.
It makes insurance compulsory.
We specialize in placing such in-
surance. We inspect Plants and
recommend Accident Prevention
Safe Guards which Reduce Insur-
ance rates.
It will be to your interest to con-
sult us before placing your Insur-
ance.
JOHN F, GRAY & SON.
State College Bellefonte
Used Electric Ranges
We have traded in, for new Gas
Ranges, a number of electric
ranges, many in good condi-
tion. These are for sale to
those in the outlying districts,
not reached by gas. Many of
these ranges originally sold for
$220 to $275.
Your Choice at $60.00 Each.
BCentral Penna. Gas Co.
. . a month of
convenient
light for the
laundry . . .
costs as little
as fifteen min-
utes of a laun-
dress’ time ..
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PENN
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months without runners in leg or
holes in heels or toe. A new pair
FREE if they fail. Price $1.00.
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WILBUR H. BANEY, Proprietor
80 years in the Business
BUSH ARCADE BLOCK
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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P. L. Beezer Estate..... Meat Market
TENDER, JUICY CHOPS
The quality of chops you get from
our butcher shop are the best the
market affords. You will find them
genuinely good and dependable not
now and then, but every time. If it
is not convenient to come and make
your own selections of meats, sim-
ply phone what you want and we
will select and deliver your order
with the greatest care.
Telephone 667
Market on the Diamond
Bellefonte, Penna.