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Newspaper
Delta Herald Times
Location
Delta, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1933
Page
2
The essay champions daily reading as essential, tracing wisdom from Paul and Timothy to Ruskin. It defines literature as the expression of a superior mind in printed form for popular use and urges readers to spend daily time with a good book.
A dated complaint argues against excessive government expansion and rising tax burdens. It notes the shift from forty six to twenty five days of work for taxes in 1913 and projects further increases, warning of citizens living to fund government while benefiting few. The text decries new offices and commissions and urges restraint.
A collage of verse on summer along the Susquehanna and Chesapeake with reflective essays on work and nation. It blends lyrical depictions of valleys and waterways with exhortations on effort, sentiment, and fiscal policy.
Local residents visiting, hosting and social events appear across Delta and nearby areas. Families including the McCallisters, Streets, Paynes, Wilsons, Burns, and Whitefords are noted hosting guests and attending gatherings throughout the week. Church activities at Mt. Olivet and a children's day service are also mentioned along with a theater event at Mt. Oliver Church.
The list includes shall T. Heaps and many ladies and misses such as Mrs. Joseph Hushon Mrs. Michael Maley Mrs. Joseph McQuade Mrs. J. M. Dooley Mrs. Milford Wheeler Mrs. Malcolm Snod grass Mrs. Ida McLaughlin Mrs. Albert Stubbs Mrs. Joe Harry Misses Margaret Silver Helen Lytle Anita Heaps Helen Harry Alice Wheeler Roberta Williams Dorothy Hays Margaret Neikirk Janice Rachel and Alice Anna Harry.
Mrs Grace Holloway of Havre de Grace stayed with Mr and Mrs Hutchinson Hamilton for several days. Miss Eunice Marks of Lancaster visits her grandparents Mr and Mrs Thomas Ritchie. Mrs W Morgan Whiteford spent last weekend with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Bertram Corning in Washington DC. Susquehanna Hall School plans a festival on the school lawn June 7 at 7 PM.
Pylesville residents report visits and family gatherings with the Swift and Garvine families of Rock Run. William Baldwin shows improvement after hospital care and home recovery at Spring Grove. James Morris returns home after surgery at Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore with local acquaintances noting calls and visits.
Dr W C McCurdy buys his father A C McCurdy farm in Peach Bottom township The Herald Times buys a Campbell printing press Sabbath School organized at Susquehanna Hall May 6 J H Kerr elected superintendent Levi B Kirk and Mary R Halloway wed May 16 at Darlington Md James Dougherty dies aged 40 David Brown dies Ada Wiley hosts guests Ada Ruff and Irene Mobley James W Johnson of Lebanon dies aged 68 five children and Peach Bottom kin survive James Little dies near Broad Creek May 23 aged 57
INTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Joan Foreman of Slab Pa aged 19 years was drowned in the Susquehanna River near the McCall's Ferry dam on May 22. On Friday evening May 15 Miss
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