Miss Anna Keller Starts Education Hub in Philadelphia
Miss Anna M Keller of Campbelltown opened a Philadelphia college at 18th and Berks offering business, languages, art, elocution, and more. Educated at Lebanon Valley College, she later joined its faculty. The institution funds benevolent work aiding distressed students, beyond tuition. Azile Eliza reversal joke ends note.
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Anna M. Keller
Campbelltown
Philadelphia
18Th
Berks Streets
Mt Gretna Campmeeting Directors elect new officers
A Mt Gretna Campmeeting Directors meeting in Lebanon elected new officers after the deaths of president Major H. P. Moyer and director Wm. H. Ulrich. Aaron S. Kreider became president and Rev. R. R. Butterwick secretary, with J. A. Lyter and H. J. Rinports as directors. Plans covered campmeeting program, Bible conference next August, and grounds improvements. The event opens the first Tuesday in August, this year August 6.
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Mt Gretna A. B. Campmeeting
Farmers’ Trust Company
Lebanon
H. P. Moyer
Wm. H. Ulrich
Hummelstown
Aaron S. Kreider
Annville
Kreider Shoe Company
Major Moyer
R.R. Butterwick
Mountville
Kreider
D. D
Harrisburg
H. J. Rinports
Mt. Gretna
Little Tyrants and the Tyranny of Small Habits
A columnist muses on how minor compulsions shape behavior from writing rituals to cooking and home decor. Tiny preferences become chains, turning people into slaves of habit and vanity, with a warning to loosen the grip of such niceties before they ruin life.
Nervous Neighbor Reacts to Sleepless Roommate Footsteps
A late night traveler in a Pennsylvania village checks into a hotel and is warned that the only vacant room sits next to a highly nervous man. After a misstep with a shoe and a careful placement, a knock at the door leads to the agitated neighbor demanding why the other shoe has not been removed.
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Pennsylvania
Our Indians Growing Despite Past Sufferings
The article argues that Indians are not vanishing but growing, with a census count of 322 000 up from 270 000 a decade ago. It notes prejudice, the Sioux Commission findings on war causes, and that many Indians strive to improve through honest toil despite facing language barriers and harsh histories.
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Sioux Commission
Royalton Social and Visiting Notes Highlight Local Plans
Mrs J F Smith, Mrs Ada Pierce and Mrs H B Leggore visited friends in Kingston on Sunday. Mrs Anne Metzler of Shippen street visits Harrisburg with daughter Mrs Wm Sellers. Ada Pierce and Miss Mary Aite spent Monday in Harrisburg. John R Geyer and family of Middletown visited Geo Geyer. Oysters raised funds at S H Ney store room for U B Church. Miss Minnie Updegraff of New Cumberland stayed with her parents. Mrs Mary Fenical improves after illness. J C Rutherford spent Sunday with family. Mr and Mrs Reuben Coble of Lykens called on P F Hoffman. Mrs Mary Kaylor of Shippen street goes to Hummelstown for a stay.
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Royalton
J. F. Smith
Ada Pierce
H. B. Leggore
Kingston
Anne Metzler
Shippen Street
Harrisburg
Wm. Sellers
Mary Aite
John R. Geyer
Middletown
Geo. Geyer
S. H. Ney
U. B
Minnie Updegraff
New Cumberland
Geo. Updegraff
Mary Fenical
J. C. Rutherford
Reuben Coble
Lykens
P. F. Hoffman
Mary Kaylor
Hummelstown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Azile
Eliza
A. S. Kreider
United Brethren Campmeeting Association
Hoosier
Hershey Laundry Co
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