Funeral Held For Mrs Lloyd Uhler At Lykens
One of the town's most attended funerals marked the passing of Mrs. Lloyd Uhler of South Second street Her age 45 She is survived by husband two daughters Elsie and Margaret and by her father Thomas Eby of Herndon burial was in Odd Fellow cemetery southeast of town A large display of floral tributes came from colleagues supervisors and friends.
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Lykens
Lloyd Uhler
South Second Street
C. S. Jones
Zionatheran Church
Susehanna Collieries Company
Herndon
Elsie
Margaret
Thomas Eby
Millersburg
Nettie Ulrich
Lewistown
Guy Spensler
Scranton
Paul Bowman
Celia Hepner
Sunbury
Ella Eby
Charles, Clinton
Arthur Eby
Clarence Eby
Philadelphia
John Eby
Harrisburg
Odd Fellow Cemetery
Town
Bride He Seeks Must Be Loving
Gettysburg residents are urged to answer a letter from Ferman A. Wall a 22 year old Tank Corps veteran seeking a loving 18 to 25 year old wife from the East Wall lists his height weight eye color and a desire for a good home He says he served at Camp Colt in 1918 and hopes to hear from a suitable girl with a loving disposition living in the target area.
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Gettysburg
Tank Corps
Camp Colt
Ferman A. Wall
West Main Street
Sherryvale
Kansas
Health Clown Charms Students in Mechanicsburg
Cho Cho the Health Clown toured Columbian Hall at Irving College drawing a large crowd of college students and local pupils. He used playful antics to entertain while teaching health rules and the value of proper food and exercise.
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Mechanicsburg
Cho Cho
Columbian Hall
Irving College
Cho-Cho
Lebanon Plant to Have Much Larger Output
North Lebanon Foundry Company at Hanover and Canal streets will triple production after changing ownership. W. B. Keller of Philadelphia now controls, plans to raise capital to at least 50 000. In Columbia, Firemen's Relief Association admits 23 new members and names officers Hugh Godyard president and others.
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Lebanon
North Lebanon Foundry Company
Hanover and
Canal Streets
W. B. Keller
Philadelphia
Columbia
Columbia Firemen’s Relief Association
Hugh Godyard
Adam P. Wehner
C. E. Lenig
C. I. Markel
L. E. Crowley
Henry B. Clepper
Famo Daily Hair Care Ad Claims Daily Benefits
The ad promotes using Famo daily to keep hair clean soft and wavy and claims it treats scalp conditions as a medicine. It notes Famo comes in two sizes priced at $1 and 35 cents and offers a money back guarantee if unsatisfactory. It credits F. A. Thompson & Company Detroit as manufacturers and mentions seborrhea or dandruff as the scalp condition.
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F. A. Thompson & Company
Detroit
Mich
Steel firm wins long court battle over Williamsport bridge
In Martinsburg West Virginia judge Dayton heard a compromise in the long running case between the Pennsylvania Steel Co and the Washington and Berkeley Bridge Co over the Potomac River bridge at Williamsport. The verdict favors the Steel Co for about $20 879 09 after eleven years of trials and appeals begun in 1908.
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Hagerstown
Pennsylvania Steel Co
Washington and Berkeley Bridge Co
Martinsburg
W. Va
Steel Company
Dayton
Fuel Shortage Threatens Columbia Iron Mills
In Columbia Pennsylvania December 10 fuel conditions threaten local iron works. Jansen Iron and Steel has not operated this week and prospects for fuel are poor. East End and Union Street Mills may run for a week or ten days with current coal, then stop. Some larger plants and smaller firms may continue briefly under present limits, while a few powered by Holtwood water power face little impact.
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Columbia
Jansen Iron and Steel Company
East End
Union Street
Holtwood
FUEL ORDER TO WORK HARDSHIP IN WAYNESBORO
Waynesboro Pa Dec 10 compliance with the government coal conservation order will bring hardship. Wage earners face a three day week with reduced hours and no overtime in many shops. Four Cumberland Valley trains are cut, forcing fewer homeward trains as workers live outside town. Electric power use may force plant shutdowns three days weekly, affecting Lighting and heat. The Hagerstown & Frederick Railway says only permits limit coal use and heat in cars will be cut during rush hours. Coal, though plentiful, is restricted by government permits and a carload per time since October with railroad administration seizing coal billed to them.
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Waynesboro
Cumberland Valley Road
R. D. Sefton
Pennsylvania
Hagerstown & Frederick Railway Company
Lebanon to Get Steel Foundry in Bethlehem Plant
Improvements at the American Bethlehem steel plant in Lebanon Pa require extending mechanical departments. A large steel foundry will be installed in the vacated billet mill building near Fifth Avenue enabling castings for local plant repairs. plans call for one of Eastern Pennsylvanias largest such facilities.
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Lebanon
Bethlehem Steel Company
Electric Steel
Bethlehem
Fifth Avenue
James Kinney
Pennsylvania
Front Street
Auto Turns Turtle and Prest Is Badly Bruised
Mont Alto Pa Dec 10 Father W W Whalen driving from the Mont Alto sanatorium to his Buchanan Valley rectory on an icy mountain road skidded and plunged into a ditch the car turned turtle throwing the priest out he was badly bruised about the head and shoulders the Ford top crushed though the engine remained intact three Boston bull terriers the other occupants were tossed among rocks but suffered little harm.
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Mont Alto
W. W. Whalen
Mont Alto Sanatorium
Buchanan Valley
Boston Bull
Establish New Class West Fairview High School
In West Fairview Pennsylvania a community civics class debuts at West Fairview High School. Freshmen elect officers with Elizabeth Shaull as president Florence Hess as vice president Albert Curry as secretary and Pauline Holmes as assistant secretary.
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West Fairview
West Fairview High School
Elizabeth Shaull
Florence Hess
Albert Curry
Pauline Holmes
New County Commissioner Takes Oath of Office
James A. Pryor of Lemoyne Cumberland county was sworn in as County Commissioner at Carlisle and will begin duties January 5. Local residents hope for road improvements to West Shore thoroughfares but Pryor declined to commit until in office. Pryor also runs the West Shore bakery.
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Lemoyne
James A. Pryor
Cumberland County
Carlisle
Pryor
West Shore
West Shore Bakery
Murderer to Imprisonment For Life in Md
George M. Kauffman, accused of killing his mother in law Mrs. Nettie Hose, was sentenced to life in prison by Judge Wagaman after a jury recommended first degree murder without capital punishment. Sheriff Duffey will transport him to the penitentiary to begin the term.
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Hagerstown
George M. Kauffman
Nettie Hose
Duffey
Kauffman
Wagaman
Sunbury Citizens Prepare to Fight Water Rate Hike
Sunbury Pennsylvania solicitors begun canvassing the city to raise funds and rally public support against the Sunbury Water Company rate increase. The effort targets every house as a rapid districting strategy unfolds. In Huntington Pennsylvania the Lutherans of Martinsburg chose Rev. Fred R. Wagner to serve as pastor.
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Sunbury
Sunbury Water Company
Huntingdon
St. John's Lutheran Church of
Martinsburg
W. Va
Fred R. Wagner
Huntington, Pa
Ten seek janitor post at Adams County courthouse
Local item lists ten applicants for the janitorship of the Adams county courthouse. Other brief notes cover Red Cross Christmas seat sales by Shiremanstown children, school costs in Northumberland county, park swings sold to a Gettysburg group, an air rifle accident in Lykens, burglaries in Altoona, a Luther League gathering in Shiremanstown, Zion Reformed Church gifts in Arendtsville, Eagle silk mill stock calls in Gettysburg, juror selections in Sunbury, clergy donations, and campaign spending in Gettysburg showing Democrats at 2300 and Republicans at 2370 with GOP excess of 160.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Adams County Court House
Shiremanstown
Red Cross
Sunbury
Northumberland County
I. H. Hauser
Fayetteville
Caledonia Park
Kurtz Playground Association
Lykens
Eagle Silk Mill
J. A. Hartman
Common Pleas
W. H. Egge
Mount Carmel
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Central Pennsylvania News
Dr. Wernet
Wernet Dental Mfg. Co
Beekman St
N. Y
Kansas Mechanic
C. M. Forney
Famo
H.C. S
Goodyear’s
19Th
Derry Sts
Bridge Corporaton
Bethlehem Steel Co
Auto
Prest
Bellan S Hot Water
Lans
North Third Street
Kayser
Kayser’s Union
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