Church leaders back Wilson on peace and anti militarism
The Church of the Brethren committee after meeting with President Wilson reported satisfaction with the discussion. They affirmed the church's peace stance and opposed mandatory military training in public schools, citing rights and conscience. Wilson agreed he favored opposing enforced military training. New Palmyra church plan announced. A $12,000 brick building to replace the current Chestnut Street church, Fecht Bros. Palmyra awarded the contract. The old church closes this week as razing begins on the new site, 44 by 72 feet with a 28 by 40 foot annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow’ Wilson
Church of the Brethren
I. W. Taylor
Palmyra
Chestnut Street
Fecht Bros
Picnic Arrangements for Tall Cedars of Lebanon Event
All preparations are complete for the Quitta pahilla Forest No. 25 annual picnic to be held at Penryn Park on August 12. A band will play and a baseball game is planned, with committee members Dr. George R. Pretz J A Reinbold Thomas S Brenholtz William Black George Black Claude Reed Robert Boyer and C G Campbell in charge.
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Quittapahilla Forest
Tall Cedars of Lebanon
Penryn Park
George R. Pretz
J. A. Reinbold
Pinegrove
Thomas S. Brenholtz
William Black
George Black
Hershey
Claude Reed
Robert Boyer
C. G. Campbell
Requiem Mass For Frank Purcell In Middletown
High mass conducted by Father Howard at St Marys Church Middletown at 10 a.m. Wednesday for Frank Purcell who died at Hershey Monday. Purcell formerly lived in Waltonville and was father of eleven. Burial followed in Catholic cemetery.
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Father Howard
St. .Mary’s Catholic Church
Middletown
Frank Purcell
Hershey
Purcell
Waltonville
Estate of Harris Cohen Left in Trust for Grandchildren
Harris Cohen a longtime Harrisburg financier died in St Louis in his 84th year. The bulk of his estate valued over 500 000 goes to a trust for his three grandchildren Charles Goodman of Harrisburg and Mrs Theodore Samuels and Mrs Julian Samuels of St Louis. A 100 bequest to Harrisburg hospital and 500 placed in trust for Cohen’s grave care.
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Harris Cohen
Harrisburg
St. Louis
Charles 8. Goodman
Theodore Samuels
Julian Samuels
Harrisburg Hospital
Cohen
Auto Plows Garden During York County Escort
A driver lost control of an automobile while escorting Lt. Gov. McClain on the Lincoln highway inspection in York County. The car veered off the turnpike, broke through a garden fence, destroyed gooseberry bushes and rhubarb, and ended in a wheat field without injuring anyone. the car sustained minor damage while four prominent men escaped serious harm.
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York Chamber of Commerce
McClain
York County
Edward Sweitzer
Soldier Allen Dale Smith Returns to Convalescent Home
Dale Smith reports his son Allen Dale Smith, a wounded World War I soldier and president of Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad, is recovering at a Deal England convalescent home after discharge from Broadstairs hospital. He will stay about a month before furlough to visit friends in England and Wales.
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A. D. Smith
Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Company
Allen Dale Smith
Anya
Lebanon News
Broadataira Hospital
Canadian volunteer wounded in Belgium grateful recovery
He is said to be recovering in great shape from wounds received in battle in Belgium. He is enlisted in one of the Brigades of Canadian volunteers.
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Belgium
Publicity of Farm and Wildlife Notes From Pennsylvania Zoo
A Kingston farmer reports a Durham cow gave birth to twins. A Lehigh Valley brakeman keeps a captured 31-2 foot rattlesnake as a pet after fangs were removed. Bees sting a New Bloomfield resident who revived after unconsciousness. Wild deer encounter trolley traffic between Hazleton and Freeland. Perry county horses show paralysis. A Lewistown man raises mountain wild ducks and a turkey nest with duck eggs. A Beaverdale hen is claimed to be 36 years old. An acreage farmer touts lime and manure boosting wheat and corn yields. stock maintained and barns filled.
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E. D.warg
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Penn Haven
Warg
John Lutz
Lewistown
Lutz
Lancaster
Light without heat promises vivid moving pictures
The French engineer Dussaud and Professor Branley describe a new cold light that separates heat rays from luminous rays. This absolutely pure light can project sharp images from newspapers, postcards, and photographs onto a screen in a lit room, advancing moving picture technology.
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Dussaud
Academy of Scenea
Branley
M. Dussaud
Dora Engagement Sparks Parental Debate
Dora tells her mother she is engaged while the mother argues she is too young, and Dora questions who mentioned marriage in a light moment from Gargoyle.
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Dora
Marrieya
Gargoyle
Trolley line revival links Womelsdorf area to Lebanon region
The Womelsdorf trolley revival aims to create a western Berks Lebanon line linking Womelsdorf with Myerstown via Stoudsburg and a Kleinfeltersville to Womelsdorf route. Proponents claim the eight mile current route serves more population and that rails are ordered. Work on the Kleinfeltersville line progresses with grading toward Stricklerstown and a hoped completion in 1917 pending weather.
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Womelsdorf
Reading i
Berks
Reading
Lebanon
Myerstown
Lebanon News
Stoudhsburg
Berks- Dauphin
Newmanstown
Richland
Kleinfeltersville
Schaefferstown
Stricklerstown
Fixing the Penn Highway Route Reached By Commission
The William Penn Highway Commission met in Philadelphia and approved routing from Reading to Pottstown along Route 146 and from Norristown to the city line via Route 145. The full highway traverses city streets to Fairmount Park and parks’ entrances, with extensions planned to connect Lincoln and Lincoln highways and to reach Washington DC and New York City. The route uses macadam, concrete or brick, with about miles of dirt roads being upgraded to permanent beds.
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William Penn Highway Commission
Philadelphia
William Penn
Reading
Pottstown
Norristown
Sproul
Philadelphia City Line
Stenton Avenue
Gordon Lane
Chestnut Hill Avenue
Seminole Street
Willow Grove Avenue
Huron
Mermaid
McCallum Streets
Fairmount Park
Green Street
New Parkway
City Hall
Spring Garden Street
Broad
Hershey
Chocolate Avenue
Ohio State Line
Steub
Harrisburg
Gettysburg
Washington, D. C
Allentown
Easton
New York City
State Highway Department
Inquisitive Party Dialogue Sparks Scottish Town Banter
A Punch humor piece captures a back-and-forth where the Inquisitive Party questions whether a speaker will travel to Elie Pittenweem or Crail. The exchange ends with a firm negative and a cheeky retort about going anywhere.
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N.C. O
N.C
Karakul Sheep In United States Fur Trade Studies Profitability
The Department of Agriculture has studied the Karakul sheep to assess profitability of producing Persian lamb fur coats in the United States. Since 1909, 54 Karakul imports have produced over 1000 grade animals. fur remains lustrous regardless of Maryland climate tests, with most skins from young lambs. Adult Karakul fur is long, straight, and gray, suited mainly for carpets.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Astrakhan
Bokhara
Russia
Texas
Kansas
New York
Maryland
I Started Life in a Grocery At $3 A Week
A speaker recalls beginning life by working in a grocery for three dollars weekly and saving. A spectator asks jokingly if the speaker was that poor before cash registers existed, prompting laughter in the New York Times quotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Fur Is an Awful Long Way Says Tommy Exchange
A short classroom dialogue shows a teacher prompting spelling of fur and a student’s definition. The snippet ends with a historical quote attributed to Cornell Widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Thomas
Cornell
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Lebanon Valley
Pennsylvania
Dale Smith
George Forney
Kingston
Durham
C. T. Clegg
New Bloomfield
Hazleton
Freeland
Carbon County
Perry County
New Buffalo
George Beaver
Beaverdale
Mt. Carmel
Berks County
Penn Highway
A. Suggestion
J. E. Gruber
Derry
Church, PA
Yingst’s
David Gordon Hershey
Hershey Press
Hershey Printing Company
Hershey, Penna
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