Reading era to become electric railway hub in five years
Reading plans linkages to Ephrata Montello Fritztown Reinhold Denver and Womelsdorf while expanding lines toward Myerstown and Reading Hamburg Pottsville Allentown and other Berks county areas. A second project aims at a fast Reading to Allentown service and several new surveys and charters are anticipated.
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Reading
Reading Eagle
Ephrata
Montello
Fritztown
Reinhold Station
Denver
Sinking Spring
Womelsdorf
Wyomissing
Denver and Ephrata
Myerstown
Newmanstown
Richland
J. H. Mays
Womelscorf
Hamburg
Pottsville
Berks
Schuylkill
Allentown
Kutztown
Hershey Chocolate Co
Hershey
Berks County
Lehigh
Lebanon
Lancaster
Montgomery
Gardens for workers at Wyomissing textile plants
More than 400 employees across three Wyomissing textile firms work each evening in company laid out gardens on vacant ground provided free by the firms. In Lebanon, 90 year old Mary Ann Wagner cared for her home garden and, with daughter Elizabeth Lineweaver, planted onions and other vegetables. Baker Young, Lancaster’s veteran street newspaper and periodical purveyor, celebrated his 80th birthday, noted as possibly the oldest active street news dealer in the state and nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyomissing
Mary Ann Wagner
Eighth Street
Lebanon
M. Elizabeth Lineweaver
Baker Young
Lancaster
Mr.Young
Baker
Damning the Susquehanna A Call to Pennsylvanians
Lieoyd Mifflin denounces stealthy damming of the Susquehanna and urges citizens to resist by ballot. The plea invokes historic courage of trappers and warns of quiet surrender, urging a wild torrent of protest to restore the river’s rights.
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Susquehanna
Lieoyd
Mifflin
Union Deposit Forms Volunteer Fire Department
Union Deposit residents organize a volunteer fire department with 31 members and officers elected for the coming year led by President Herman F. Gingrich and other officers. Funds are being raised for apparatus as Hershey and other aid previously supplied. An oyster supper on March 24 at the P O S A Hall boosted local support and women of the town joined the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Deposit
Herman. F. Gingrich
G. C. Miller
James C. Brunner
D. A. Hetrick
H. Ginder
H. Jones
Hershey
Hershey Fire Department
Flower Show Draws Thousands to Hershey Exhibition
More than 8,000 visitors from Lebanon and Dauphin counties and beyond attended Hershey's fifth annual flower show. The event showcased nearly 10,000 blooms across greenhouses owned by Hershey and private growers, including 150 types of tulips, 130 hyacinths, 20,000 coleus, 3,000 geraniums, and over 1,000 Easter lilies. The display featured prize-winning tulips from the New York show and tropical plants in sheltered houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Dauphin
Hershey
Hershey Corporation
Holland
New York
Bryan Volunteers Message to Wilson on Citizens Burden
Former Secretary of State Bryan sent this message to President Wilson asserting it is the duty of every citizen to bear his part of the burden of war and support national efforts.
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Bryan
Wilson
I Offer Services to Government for War Efforts
The speaker pledges to enlist as a private when needed and to work until then. He offers aid through the Red Cross and the Young Men's Christian Association to comfort wounded soldiers and safeguard morale in camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Young ’Men’s Christian Association
Flower show drew many visitors to Hershey
Annville and nearby residents traveled to Hershey by trolley, car, and team for a Sunday flower show praised as the most elaborate display of flowers and plants ever shown there by the Annville Journal.
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Annville
Hershey
Hershey Park Aims For Record 1917 Season
Hershey Park in Lebanon Valley invites visitors for a full year of attractions. The grounds zoo and Highland Park overlook offer extensive views. The park hosts conventions gatherings and picnics with a 12 000 person meeting room and a track record of safe crowds.
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Hershey Park
Highland Park
Lebanon Valley
Hershey, Pa
Harrisburg
Lebanon
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Park
Elizabethtown
Lancaster
Western Union Telegraph
American Express Company
Bell
Chpellen Cet
Hershey Dairies
Hershey
Family tries quirky wink cure from science article
A humorous exchange between Ma and Pa over a science magazine claim that winking “baths the eye.” The dialogue portrays a light domestic moment focusing on a home remedy idea and curiosity about science.
Had to Obey Orders in Rain and Cold
An old colored uncle, known as Uncle Calhoun, is found prowling in a barnyard by a preacher. The preacher scolds him while the man replies the doctor ordered him to seek chicken broth, framing a humorous exchange about conflicting orders.
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Calhoun
Anela Cals
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Ephrata Reading
Mt. Gretna
Robert Coleman
Cornwall
Swatara
Hummelstown
First Regiment Pa, N. G
Philadelphia
Beaver Creek
Stoverdale
United States
Henry W. Rogers
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Department of Suffrage Agriculture
Mercer County
N. J
Lancaster Way
Union Deposit Acts
New Fire ‘Department
Harry G. Haverstick
Haverstick
Hershey Press
New Hershey Publications
America
Samuel S. Basehore
Sand Beach
Hershey R. F. D
Malin
Hershey Convention Hall
Spring Lake, Hershey Park
Belgium
Haven
mMusic— . Hershey
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