100 Years Ago, 1925: Reports from the Jefferson Hospital this morning were to the effect that Edwin A. Yarnall of Swarthmore, a well-known bank employee, who was shot by bandits early Saturday morning in Philadelphia, was showing signs of improvement. Attendants said that Mr. Yarnall has a fighting chance for recovery. Mr. Yarnall underwent an operation on Saturday. A local anesthetic was administered while the surgeons performed the surgery. The pluck of the patient, who is 60 years old, amazed the doctors.

75 Years Ago, 1950: A study of where the traffic comes from, and where it is going, is to be used in determining the site for a proposed new Delaware River crossing between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The federal government’s “origin and destination” survey, made in 1947 in Delawar

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