Great Lebanon valley reunion features Light family and train delays
A large Lights reunion drew visitors including George W. Hensel and Assemblyman Jere H. Light. Highlights included 86 year old Jacob Light and 85 year old Sara Light Hoffman receiving keepsakes, with sister Ruth Light Erdman painting the dishes. A Reading to Harrisburg special train faced delays due to a Reading freight wreck near Phoenixville Norristown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lights
George W. Hensel
Quarryville
Lancaster County
Lancaster Way
Jere H. Light
H. B. Light
Rochester
N. Y
Jacob Light
Lamaster
Franklin County
Sara Light Hoffman
Waynesboro
Mary Light
Martin Light
Mountville
Ruth Light Erdman
Reading
Harrisburg
Pottsville
Philadelphia
Reading Road
Phoenixville
Norristown
New York
Allentown
Wealth and Resolve of the Signers of Independence
The article recounts the lives and sacrifices of the Declaration of Independence signers, led by Charles Carroll, with Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin among the wealthy who risked property and liberty. It notes the high cost to families, lands, ships, and estates as the British pressed the rebellion, and highlights the varied fortunes and backgrounds of the 56 signers.
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Charles Carroll
Maryland
Colonies
Washington
Jefferson
Carroll
Europe
Great Britain
France
William Ellery
Rhode Island
America
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
John Hancock
Franklin
John Adams
Congress
Adams
Abigail
Lees
Francis Lightfoot
Richard Henry
Lee
Richard Stockton
New Jersey
Princeton
Francis Lews
Benjamin Rush
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
Thomas’ Nelson
Virginia
Cause of Liberty
Carter Braxton
Mount Vernon
Benjamin Harrison
Joseph Hewes
North Carolina
William Paca
Good Rules For All The Metropolitan Life Health League
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company forms a Health and Happiness League for youngsters with pledges to wash hands and face before meals and mouths and teeth twice daily. Members vow not to spit in public, to use paper cups or personal cups, and to destroy house flies. They commit to not littering, to help mothers daily, perform one kind act daily, and avoid rude words even when provoked.
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The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
All Sorts Knicker Does Smith Live by His Wits
A cryptic note questions whether Smith survives by cleverness or by exploiting others as Boecker argues the opposite in a New York Times style commentary. The piece contrasts wit with moral judgment across social satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Boecker
New York Times
Adams County Fruit Belt to Ship 1500 Cars This Season
The Adams County fruit belt will ship more than 1 500 cars of apples peaches and pears to market this season reports the Harrisburg Telegraph. The region once considered unproductive now yields strong returns with land values rising from 13 to 400 dollars an acre and crops delivering about 20 percent annually. Success stems from soil climate and the growers patience and business acumen. Adams county apples rival Oregon fruit in size and quality and orchards continue to expand toward a future of vast productive belts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Harrisburg
Market Square
Oregon
Adams ‘County
Adams
Well Named Dum Nut Mud Battle Sparks Scrub Team Quip
A playful cartoon caption pits a tiger cub joke about mud and a mock query on who scrubs the mess. The exchange highlights lighthearted animal banter and humorous digs about cleanliness.
Mrs Hippopotamus Rails At Fashion Flaws In Verse
A humorous verse voice laments fashion excesses and wishes for sensible styles. The speaker imagines Mrs Hippopotamus reacting to changing trends and longing for hips to return, expressing merry disappointment with current couture.
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Lebanon Valley
J. GC. Loughead
St. Mark’s
Hershey Park
Hershey
Lebanon
F. H. Brobst
Reading Taxpayers’ League
Brobst
Media Hospital
Ethel 8. Reidnaur
John H. Stoud
First Baptist Church
J. Franklin Cropp
Ira K. Dutweiler
Washington Party
Lebanon County
Lebanon City
Dutweiler
York Daily
York County
Hanover Junction
York
Samuel Moyer
Derry Church
Dauphin County
Lancaster Intelligencer
John Pile
William Ortman
Washingtonboro
Calvin J. Heilman
Cleonn
Hallman
Hellman
Herahay
W. M. Heilman
Cleona
Heilmans
Mt. Gretna
United States
Fifth United States Cavalry
Fort Myer
Pennsylvania
John P. Wood
Maryland National Guard
New Jersey National Guard Cavalry
W. E. Wilder
United States Cavalry
League Island Navy Yard
Swatara Creek
Harrisburg Health Department
New Cumberland
Harrisburg’ Hospital
the Patriotic Order Sons of America
Penn Street
Fourth
Sixth Street
Reading Herald
Swatara
Conestoga
Annatiar
Hancock
Richard Henry Lee
Honest John Hart
John Hart
Lewis Morris
Yale
Livingstone
Philip
William Lloyd Hur Medly
Connecticut
Long Island
Thomas Hayward
Muropa
Arthur Middleton
Cambridge
Walla
Piocer
Samuel
Emrich
Swatara Station
Hershey Industrial School
Hershey Farm Company
Hershey Trust
Hershey, Pa
H. P
Kensington Engine Works
Hershey Trust Company
Lebanon, PA
John A. Bollman, Seo’y
Havana
J. W. Brenneman
Millersville, Penna
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