Groundhog Faith and Moon Sign Planting in Lancaster Area
Readers across Lancaster and surrounding counties report farmers debating groundhog lore and moon signs for spring work. Samuel Collins renews faith in Br er Groundhog to protect potato crops while Abram Schleman backs him. Nearby Hummelstown voices concern over gender imagery in media. Some Reading troops claim priority in 1775 Cambridge march, York troops contest. Moon guided planting grows among a few, but most wait for warmer, drier weather and seed bed sterilization.
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Samuel Collins
Colerain
Collins
Quarryville
Br’er Groundhog
Abram’ Schleman
Groundhog
Lancaster County
Apples and markets drive West coast growers fund
California peach growers raise 400 000 dollars to expand markets matching Pacific Coast peers. Northwest apples supply retailers in East cities and a Lebanon furnace blasts as Bethlehem Steel steers spiegle pig iron production amid market upswing.
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California
Pittsburg
Pacific Coast
Far West
East
New York State
New York
Pennsylvania
Lebanon
North Lebanon
Bethlehem Steel Company
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Schwab
Celebration of 400th Reform Anniversary Planned Across Nation
Philadelphia hosts the main hub for the 1917 four hundredth anniversary of the Reformation. Lutherans worldwide are being reached through committees, medals with Luther’s ninety five theses, a film, translations of Luther’s writings, and a popular life of the Reformer by an American writer. Local congregations plan worship, special services, and celebration festivals in many centers. York Saga Sta Patriota Were First. York denies the claim by Berles county Draught chapter members.
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Hershey
Philadelphia
Luther
Wittenberg
York Saga
Sta Patriota
Firat
York
Berles County
The
Draught
Sheep Prices Rise In Pennsylvania On Lambs Wool
The report notes higher averages for sheep at $6.10 per hundred pounds up from $5.00, lambs at $8.50 up from $7.10, and wool at 28 cents per pound up from 22 cents. It also mentions potential industry revival if dog control legislation passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
York Mayor Publishes “jag flagging list” of thirteen men
York mayor E S Hugentagler issues a jag flagging list naming thirteen York residents who frequently appear in police and court on drunkenness and disorderly conduct. The list is sent to all York county saloons warning them not to sell intoxicants to these men with prosecution for noncompliance.
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E. S. Hugentagler
York
York County
Wild Ducks and Geese Seen Northward Near Columbia
Large flocks of wild ducks and geese have been observed near Columbia during their northward flight, with reports that more wild fowl pass the area than in many years. It is unlawful to shoot them this season. A meeting of the Interstate Anti Mosquito League adopted the slogan A dollar kills a million and declared mosquito week May 17 with school children set to lead extermination efforts. Preparing For Shad Season H W McCall runs a large shad fishery below the hydro-plant.
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Columbia
Interstate
McCall’s Ferry
Bank Robbery at Houston Pa Nets 15000
Two men robbed the First National Bank of Houston Pa soon after noon Thursday April 6 taking 15000 in bills while the cashier Joseph K McNutt was held at gunpoint. The robbers fled toward Canonsburg after guarding the cashier and escaping in an automobile. A Schuylkill Haven boy Melvin Bamford found forgotten German dyes in a warehouse on Haven street Pottsville 15 years old.
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Nati Bank of Houston
Houston
Canonsburg
Joseph K. McNutt
McNutt
Melvin Bamford
Schuylkill Haven
Samuel Rowland
Haven Street
Pottsville
Rail deaths at grade crossings amid 1915 report
A state review shows 592 killed and 4,869 injured on steam railroads and 98 killed with 1,352 injured on electric lines in six months of 1915. At the same time Thomas J. Foster of Scranton filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition listing liabilities of 678 351.12 against assets of 463 735.33 mostly stock holdings and notes, with only 150 cash on hand and 290.21 in bank deposits.
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Thomas J. Foster
International Correspondence Schools of Scranton
United States Court
Mr. Foster
International Text Book Company
Snake in Atlantic City millinery shop shocks shoppers
A six foot snake crawled from a drawer and wrapped around a shopper's arm at a millinery shop on Atlantic and Kentucky avenues. The store emptied as police seized the reptile and later learned fraternity members had brought the snake to the building for initiation.
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Atantic
Kentucky
Neighbor Chickens Out, Gardener Plans Prickly Pear Cactus
A Louisville Courier Journal item quotes a neighbor dispute about free-ranging chickens and a plan to deter them with hardy plants. The gardener mentions raising cactus varieties including Spanish bayonet and prickly pear in a bid to protect a spring garden.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Favorite Fare Question On Animal Appetite
A father who quizzes his sons on natural history asks which animal is satisfied with the least nourishment. The boys answer boldly that the moth eats nothing but holes, a quip cited from Youth's Companion.
Inflation Pushes Philadelphia Income Tax Upward
Income tax receipts in the Philadelphia district total about 6 million dollars this year, rising nearly 1.13 million from last year. Individual returns average 198 dollars, up 78, with higher corporate activity, larger dividends, and salary gains cited as the main factors. January shows unusually high returns as business activity expands, though doctors lawyers professors and small businessmen show no comparable rise.
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Philadelphia
Lederer
Kind Mother Takes Leave as Willie Delays Farewell
Dialogue fragment shows a mother departing while Willie refuses a goodbye kiss, insisting on busyness and delegating to his father. The scene captures family dynamics and telegraphed emotion in a concise exchange from the era.
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Miss Scroggins
Willie
Father
Puck
Woman spending mania jokes in Boston Transcript
A witty remark cites women’s shopping fever and a joke about a wife too ill to shop and sending for the doctor, attributed to the Boston Transcript in a humorous comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark
Parks
Boston Transcript
Humorous Columns Seen as Melancholy in Religious Weekly
Dialog highlights a contrast between Russian literature and humorous religious weeklies. A Life magazine quip notes the somber weight of Russian letters juxtaposed with the irony of religious column humor.
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Lebanon Valley
Hummelstown
Hummelstown Adonises
Hummelstown* Sun
Ers
Reading
Cambridge
Mass
Yorktown
H. W. McCall
International Harvester Company of America (Incorporated
Hershey Store Company
Hershey, PA
Atlantic City
J. E.gruber
Derry Church
Yingst’s
David Gordon Hershey
Hershey Press
Hershey Printing Company
Hershey, Penna
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