Western eastern Pennsylvania clash on local option vote
Analysis of the Harrisburg vote shows western Pennsylvania for local option while eastern counties deliver overwhelming opposition. Philadelphia and German counties tilt wet. anthracite regions vote against. extrapolations note dividing Susquehanna as a line between damp and dry zones.
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House of Representatives
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
Philadelphia
Vickerman Hill
Chickens Pay Off For A Des mared Farm In Almanac Year
A farmer owns 275 hens, earning about six hundred dollars in eggs this year while feed costs under three hundred. His weekly egg sales average twenty eight dollars, and if prices hold up, he expects sales to surpass last year. The piece notes government efforts to aid poultry farmers through Department of Agriculture bulletins on goose turkey raising.
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Animal Husbandry Department
Pennsylvania State College
Swope
Miss Stroup
Harry Swope
Hummelstown
Mins Stroup
Shippensburg State Normal School
Oberlin
Chambersburg
Migs Stroup
New Era
U. S. Department of Agriculture
John R. K. Scott
Pennsylvania
Turkey
Scott
248 House
Washington
Not Attracted by Wealth Says Growcher
In a Washington Star excerpt Mr. Growcher rejects the idea of retiring from business and leaving his pleasant office, arguing that wealth should not end his work.
European daylight saving adoption nears completion
The World column notes that nearly all of Europe has adopted the saving daylight scheme. It frames the move as the main measure left for Europe to implement.
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Europe
New York
Well-Informed Burlington Exchange Cited in Courtroom Notes
The transcript quotes Well-Informed Burlington noting a claim about funds while Stillington confirms awareness. The exchange centers on perceived wealth and knowledge of a spouse’s money within the ongoing proceedings.
Candor France Dialog Sparks Family Wedding Question
In Candor France a brief exchange hints at a family wedding as one person asks if Bobby will be sorry when they marry his sister. Bobby responds that he will be sorry because he likes her. The light domestic moment captures small town chatter.
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Candor
France
Bobby
Hershey Park Promises A Grand 1917 Season Attracting Crowds
The article describes Hershey Park in 1917 offering extensive amusements including a 12 000 capacity meeting hall, a 2 000 seat concrete swimming pool, boating, rides, animal exhibits, and concerts. It highlights easy rail and telegraph access, ample facilities, and a record of hosting a million visitors without major incidents.
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Hershey Paris
Hershey Park
Highland Park
Lebanon Valley
Hershey, Pa
Harrisburg
Lebanon
Philadelphia and Reading
Park
Elizabethtown
Lancaster
Western Union Telegraph
American Express Company
Bell
Hershey Dairies
Hershey
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Lutheran Brotherhood Central
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Tarenaburg
Florrisburg
Picnie
Roy
Simon
Long
Mansfield
Ohio
Loyaville Orphans’ Home Banc
Lutheran Sunday School of
Middletown
Baltimore
United States
Republic
James H. Preston
Educational Foundation
East 27Th Street
Hamlin Garland
Booth Tarklington
Ellen Glasgow
Julian Street
Charles Hanson Towne
Irvin S. Cobb
Matthew Page Andrews
Gus Henrich
C. G. Campbell
A. S. Heilman
W. S. Grenoble
A. Rise Bowman
H.H. Mumma
Lloyd W. Boyer
E. A. Sowers
H. B. Reid
Chamber
Company H
Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry
Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of Veterans
Boys’ Brigade
Boy Scouts
Bethlehem Steel Company
John Penbrook
Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Steel Company
Pargny
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Lower Broadway
Farrell Commercial Club
Chickensa
John’ Brown
Deramare
Mr. Scott
Burlington
Stillington
Hershey _ Flower
Harry G. Haverstick
Haverstick
Hershey Press
Maud
New Hershey Publications
America
Samuel S. Basehore
Sand
Beach
Hershey R. F. C
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Spring Lake, Hershey Park
Belgium Haven
Blecatigy
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