PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
th
The
resolution
West horoug
cil has
Solicitor A
ordinance
ton city.
tion and
Hazleton.-
passed i
H. Jones
geeking annex
The latter
West Hazl
two towns are built up
another, but are under separate
ernment The oject has
ated past ten
coun
directing
draw up | an
on to Ha
SOO ould
to
xatl
has 32
eton 5000). The
againgt one
gov
annexation pi
heen def twice In the
years,
Drums. Farmers
does pay tc grow
got bushel at first,
price dropped to
buyers few at
farmers feeding
pi making
Arrested
of
that it
They
compl: ain
agh Nes.
but now
cents
rate,
fruit to
them.
times
Mrs.
Six
not
$1 a
ha
is
the
and
Many
the
TH
this
the
cider
are
are
are
Uniontown.
the
from
three
liquor,
with
ES
or
selling
widow
on charge
Josephine Chisler, a
small children,
eight months ip the h
workh use, ! le ONES were
ordered county
poeorhouse
pired. In
H. Reppert told
busband died
ghe had forced him to
the Allegheny
time
not to con
immedi
direct to
was sentenced to serve
OuUnty
sent t the « elle
until her
imposing sen
Mrs
a short time ago,
her
prise mn E
pr
liquor, but
3
sentence has ex
Judge
w nose
tence,
»
senience
ich
romised
county
she was
release she went
Oliver No
resumed the bus
tel
home In
her
mtown, ana
Wilkes-Barre
this cit?
tenant of
Harrisburg
Eynon estimated th
about £25,000 by the
office
CONSE
mail n
ing
wis over S100.06%)
When Con Howazr
and crew tta board
train which brings eral
in Altoona,
nkied wit]
toona rd
ing
iT
hundred
they found
“itch”
cloth
a
brushed the powder off
could, but enough of
certain seats to affect
some of the shopmen
knock off work for the
drug stores
Railroad i
Sayre.
at the
here
eral assaila
way to work.
day
thing
tie »
nvestigating.
gi
to get a so loti
wilice are
Stephen Long,
Iehigh Valley
stabbed
nts while
an emg
railroad shops
was four
he was
He ig in a hospital and
will recover. He the men who
attacked him appeared to be foreign
ers and attempted to persuade him to
quit work.
Allentown.—Misses Emily
and Lea Barnes, each 17, and
flappers, with consent of the
have started on a hike
Chief of Police
“passports” asking for best
ment for them, A big crowd
them off from city hall. Both are pret.
ty and bobbed hair, silk hosiery and
knickers featured their costumes, They
carry Boston hags containing
times by
on
Seve.
his
said
Marrin
Bernard gave
of
with permission from parents to draw
in emergency. They will walk
Philadelphia and Washington.
Hazleton. — A campaign to
knockers into boosters has been start
ed by the Hazleton chamber of com.
merce, which has adonted the Atlanta,
Ga., plan of inducing all
praise their city. Motion
houses will run slides, every
telling what' Atlanta did to bulld up
its Industrial and financial strength
and urging Hazleton to do the sage.
Bellefonte.—Perléy J. Emery, con-
victed in Philadelphia of the murder
of Vincent Haley, Fairmount park |
guand, last November, was electrocut-
ed at the Rickview Penitentiary.
was pronounced dead within five min.
utes. Emery's home was at Sterling,
Mass,
Milton. Kiwanis Clubs of Milton,
Jersey Shore, Williamsport and San
bury held a big outing at Riverside
Park, here.
Harrisburg. — Lightning sfruck two
churches and a trolley ear here whon
an intense thunder and lightning storm
swept over the city.
Kane Motor bandits
from the KEinzua
miles from here,
Uniontown, —Injuries sustained when
he fell from the front steps of his
home here, caused the death of Or
ville H. Cunningham, aged 32 years,
Bloomsburg. ~The flaming cross of
the Ku Klux Klan appeared on the top
of the Blue Hill, across the Susque-
hanna river from here, and was seen
by thousauds,
picture
£1000
fifteen
stole
postoffice,
¥
Mount Carmel When on the side
of his ear repairing engine trouble,
the state road, Mikarlis, of
wns brushed off by a puss.
injuries of /the
(ius
and sustained
and hands,
Lewistown. —George Stackpole
s place, almost bled to lesath when a
fruit jar he bursted and
glass cut right hand
Sproul has
Friend
ridl
11d
Wis opening
an artery in his
Harrisburg.—Governor
roved the merger
City and Community
loan Association of Johnstown with a
capital $11,000,000
Harrisburg. —The state
vania not pay for d
by bears. It pays fof sheep killed
dogs, but not by bears, Farmers
Tiog Lycoming and
counties to the
h administers
geting paid
been killed 1
'
nerous as to he
of the
Building
of
of Pennsyl-
does
a, other up-state
wrote department
agriculture, whic the
license fund,
for that had
bears
asking about
sheep }¥
which are
fi nuisance in some north
They were Informed there
fund for the purposs
Unlontown.—In
the practice
the the
employed i
ern counties,
no state
dangerous
ranks of
guards
and
Conne
mage
Burns
at
1 #Y
HEN
deputy
t the fferent ¢
strike
H.
an example ol irry
mn
Republie, with a bottle of
aimed
coke works i the zone ol
Reppert
Sauls, a
June
whisky
that
perty
le
Not-
Hsville,
detective
DOSSession
feated he
his
Intox
y Will
for Sauls,
tetanus
for Fourth of July
mer than in
years, according to
of Roy G
the
information
Miller, chief
an one of
at
of the
{ Philad made no
burgh had 10 cases with
Allegheny county, while
had 25, Wilkes-Barre
Seranton 11, Lancaster 9,
Pottstown and Easton
Newcastle, Erie and
each. Commissioner of Health Ed
ward Martin Is of the opinion that the
demand is not so much
increase nn accidents,
health
calls, but Pitts
more in
Lock Haven
elphi 3
each 7 and
but
loch jaw,
Lancaster.—-Carl Neudorff of this
wns drowned while swimming
in the Susquehanna river at Accomac.
Pittshurgh.—Whisky dnd beer were
taken by ralders from ten saloons in
Pittsburgh, Braddock and Me.
Keesport,
Lancaster Clay W. Miller, 33 years
old, Rock Hill, near here, was found
dead In bed, having suffered a stroke
Bloomsburg.—D, B. Fetterholf, aged
78, and his wife, 75, celebrated their
H6th wedding anniversary with a fam-
ily reunion here.
Strasburg. Shock sustained from
seeing the two-story frame house and
the barn of his son burn to the ground
caused the death of John Mowrer, liv.
ing four-miles southeast of here,
Lattimer. Alexander Wycheck, 11
years old, of this place, wis badly in-
jured by the explosion of a dynamite
cap with which he was playing, and
is Id a critidal condition in the Hazle.
ton Hospital.
Harrisburg. Nelson P. Wheeler, of
Endeavor, was appointed a trustee of
Warren State Hospital by Governor
Sproul.
Greensburg. Edward Kiley, aged 50,
of this place, was Instantly killed when
he was caoght and crushed beneath
an overturned steam shovel,
Sheppton~~James Ferahatinl, aged
8 years, died here within a few hours
after eating some green apples,
Hazleton Introducing tree climbing
into a game of tag put 12-year-old
Peter Timothy of” this place, in the
State Hospital with a fracture of the
right thigh b
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(Prepared by the United States D
of Agriculture.)
A great deal has been
said on the of
with special attention to the
the woman and the
of that be spent
dress in proportion te what 1s
The United
Agriculture
Ing record
done when a
epartment
written
cont women's clothes
attire of
business smount
money should on
earned
Department
ived an In
States of
terest.
be
has recs
actually
{e8
what can
sensible girl
of
mal
Dress Fitted on 2 Homemade Dress
Form as Described in Accompanying
Article,
specialists of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. She is a
government employee at Washington,
D. C., and had learned to make a dress
form in one of the early demonstra-
tions of the art of making gummed
paper dress forms which have been a
popular feature of extension work in
clothing in practically every state, This
type of dress form Is made by past
ing, over a tight-fitting vest worn by
the model, several layers of the
gummed paper which vomes for
bundle wrapping. When the paper
casing Is cut off the model and
fastened together it iy a stiff, light,
but perfect reproduction of that per
son's form.
Elizabeth Brown, of course, had the
counterpart of her own figure to use
as she worked. She did her sewing
after office hours, finding time never
theless to enjoy wearing the clothes
frequently at pleasant social gather.
Ings. It would be impossible to es
timate the amount of time this simple
device saved Elizabeth when it came
to designing, measuring, pinning or
fitting. Parts could be basted accur
ately in place right on the form and
sewed up without delay; patterns
could be adapted, draperies hung,
dresses designed entirely. Putting
washable sleeves into winter dresses
by means of the dress form Was one
little time.saving use for it; arranging
the straps of camisoles and tacking
collars on stralght were tasks occur
for which the dress
conven
ing almost
form was a
Here
Brown's
| cash outlay
{ tive Maces the
alent ready-made garments 6s
in quality at $210.
After pricing coats
| ahd finding that she
| one of
| wanted
dally
grent fence
are the of Elizabeth
wardrobe, which required a
of $108.94 A
details
congerva
estimate cost of equiv
the
d not
in
coul
than
her ow?
for loss
decided make
| with the nid of the dress
ress
nant
Affairs.
La Tet
Dresses for Social
client
farer
tion that becau
of
we who ren
wrked in
we of having
clothes this year she had
to attend many enjoyable social
fairs whi juired more than
! Doss }
Witho he ald
it is dou if any
the time at her disposal
| 80 many garments,
| rate, did not
| to her other
of the dress form
ul business girl In
iaid
Elizabeth
believe
activities she made
dress forms for other girls, holding
| meetings at which more than fifty
| altogether also learned how to make
the forms and were enabled
demonstrate this convenlence
others.
ICE IN HOME IS NECESSITY
i
{Can Be Made to “Last Considerably
{ Longer if Covered With Few
Newspapers,
wh
80; In
in
| to to
: Although quite expensive, ice in the
| home Is a necessity and not a luxury.
| For that reason It Is very desirable
to make it last as long as possible,
While it 1s true that most of the re
frigerators and ice boxes are reason.
ably well insulated, at the same time
the life of the ice can be prolonged
from one-fourth to one-third provided
it Is well covered with five or six
thicknesses of newspapers. The best
way to put this paper on is to spread
ft over the top and sides of the lce,
taking particular pains to see that It
fs well covered In front where the
door closes.
[lowehold &
® Questions
Tomutoé rubbed into the hands will
remove fruit stains
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Hard water may be softened with
borax, lemon julce or an oatmeal bag.
* & »
Three level tablespoonfuls of
browned flour will thicken one cupful
of liquid for gravy.
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Black specks on mirrors are quite
easy to remove, Dip a flannel In
either spirits of wine or turpentine,
and rub the specks. Afterward polish
the glass with powdered whitening,
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To remove oll stains on carpets,
dip a rag in petrol and begin by rub
bing around the outsidd edge of the
stain, Work around and round to the
canter. As goon as one portion of the
rag becomes dirty, change to a clean
part.
STRIPED BEETLE
When Appiled in a Mixture It Has
Been Found Effective in
Protecting Plants.
Insect Makes Its Appearance Suddenly
and in Large Numbers and Serious
Injury May Result If Appli-
cation Is Neglected.
(Prepared by the United Blales Department
of Agriculture.)
Nicotine sulphate, when applied In &
mixture with a dust, has been found
by the bureau of entomology of the
United States Department of Agrieul-
ture to protect young cucumbers, mel-
ons and related crops successfully
from the ravages of the striped cu
cumber Department Circular
224. “Nicotine Dust for Control of the
Striped Cucumber Beetle,” by WwW. H
entific assistant in truck.
investigatic recently is
gives the results of various ex
and ai
applying
beetle,
ik,
used,
farm
preparing and
the dust
Amount to Apply.
mixture containing 4
proved as effective as
greater nis, and
A dust
nicotine
conte
per
those Amol
Size Result if
Vines Are Given Proper Attention.
is therefore
to half
fe
ECC
Cie
tive for
8% 8
“8 wi
it
the
reer}
When
ins
with
drives ts from
the soil
Type of Effective Duster,
A duster that will throw a ge
of dust
ume
tr sy ort tr
prevent t
well covered
appearan
are
is
mbers and
if this
that
they
makes
result application
Department Circular be
upon
United States Départme ut of
Dt
MARRIED MEN | BEST WORKERS
Chances for Securing Employmert on
Farm Are Less Than 50 Per
Cent for Single Men,
may
free cation to
Agricul
api
a
and slightly less than 50 per cent if
single. But if you're married and have
children your chances are around 40
per cent. '
The United States Department of
Agriculture has found that, of 1.201
farm jobs advertised in eastern farm
papers from 1020 to 1922, single men
were wanted In 887 instances, and
married men in 418 instances. In 308
eases the social requirements were not
stated.
Of the advertisements for married
men children specifically were not
wanted in 54 instances. Children were
wanted or were permissible in 14 In
stances,
Many farmers who hire laborers
have mo dwellings to let and conse
quently cannot employ married men, it
fs said. If the farmer has a dwelling
for a laborer's family he prefers that
it should be occupled.
SILO FOR STORING COW PEED
One Should Be "Constructed Where
Farmer Has as Many as Six or
Seven Dairy Animale.
Bulld a silo for storing feed If you
have as ‘many as six or seven Cows
A home-made stave silo 10 by 24 feet
will cost less than was paid last winter
for five tons of hay. Four acres of
corn will fill It and do the work of
ten acres of hay.
GENTLE TREATMENT IS BEST
ft Pays to Keep Milking Periods as
Regular as Possible and Milk
in 8ame Order.
It pays to treat the cows gently and
firmly, to keep the milking periods as
pearly regular as possible, to milk in
the same order, and for each milker to
milk the same cows each time. This
Is necessary to the highest develope
ment of a herd no matter if the in.
fluence in individual cases seems In-
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WAR GASES PROPOSED
TO ERADICATE PESTS
Some of Them Promise to Be
Quite Efficient.
When Heavier
Than Air and Used on Burrowing
-Roderta and Insects in
Stored Products
of Agricuiturs.)
Deadly gases that were developed
for war purposes are now being tried
out by the United Btates Department
of Agriculture as a means for destroy-
ing noxious birds, animals and lusects,
Bome of them promise to be useful
when applied under proper conditions,
particularly those that are heavier
than air and can be used on burrowing
rodents, and possibly subterrspesn in
sects and pests in stored products.
The most recent proposal Is to use
gas to kill destructive birds that con
gregate in marshes, In the ecouing
fall the biological survey, In cooper
ation with the chemical warfare perv-
ice, Is planning to make a trial of the
on blackbirds in the Imperial
valley of California. In that region
these birds are sald to do at least $50,
000 worth of damage to the milo erop
each Because of thelr feeding
Is Impossible to destroy these
poisoned baits, but, ss they
the reeds in the marshes
t that they can be killed nx
at when the wind is
rable The ackbirds are migra-
urn to same plas
It is thought
& certain
year,
roost
is thou
on
by
night
ret
and the
am that
year tha
locality w
free it of the pests for ma
CORN SHELLER EASILY MADE
Both Lever and Cu Away Portions of
Block Are Studded With Pro
truding Spikes
rHememade Corn Sheller.
tached to the block. Both lever and
cut-away portions of the block are
studded with spikes driven so that the
heads protrude about half an inch
The box that catches the corn is fas
tened to the legs of the sheller
KEEP HOE GOING N GARDEN
Success of Vegetable o. Crops Depends
Greatly on Cultivation—Plan
to Keep Weeds Out,
Much of the success of -vegetable
culture depends on keeping the hoe
going. Never miss a chance when the
ground is in a semimoist condition.
That is just the very best time for the
work. Keep stirring as deeply as
possible between the rows of all young
growing vegetables to open up the
soll and lay It ready for the action of
sun and air. By this process weeds
never get a foothold, far less reach the
seeding stage. If this plan is pes
sisted In one ean almost see
vegetables growing. It is not hard
’
takes.
SUMMER WEATHER AND FLIES
Many Calves Can Be Saved If Gives
Careful Attention and Kept in
Hot weather and flles ruin a great
many calves. It Iz advisable to pro-
tect the young animals - carefully
during the fly season. Spring calves
are never allowed by some breeders
to pasture the first summer, but are
kept in shaded pens away from the
heat and flies. Fall calves, likewise,
are not allowed pasture during the hot
days, but are turnéd out at night inte
wmoall Pedancis ur, en or exercise pens; Un-
of grain,
harm
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