Elizabethtown Owner Exhibits Ancient Bible and 1841 Harrison Funeral News
J W Espenshade of Elizabethtown owns a Bible printed in Germany over 200 years ago and a 1841 newspaper recounting President William Henry Harrison's funeral. Palmyra church committees plan the 1913 union Sunday school picnic at Hershey on August 20 with a town holiday and shop closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W.,espenshade
Elizabethtown
Germany
Wm. Henry Harrison
Palmyra
Union
Hershey
Many Black Snakes and Scattered Encounters Across Pennsylvania
A Collected sketch of snake sightings and incidents from Lancaster to Mauch Chunk and beyond. It details a catfish swallowing snake near Owl Hill, long black snakes on Brubaker farm, copperheads and striking encounters by Zachary and Folmer, plus reports from Christiana, Soldiers Union, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
New Era
Farm News
America
Frank Rader
A. 8. Delp
John Folmer
Union
Inwood
The
Lebanon News
Folmer
John
Adam Romanshecik
Mauch Chunk
Soldiers’ Union
Henry
Palmerton Hospital
Copperhead and Two Rattlesnakes Encountered Near Huckleberry Basket
A copperhead darted from a huckleberry basket as a girl measured berries. the snake escaped. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Allie Strawn in Chatham ran over two rattlesnakes crossing the highway near Little Marsh. The snakes, over four feet long, had eleven and fourteen rattles. Mrs Strawn killed them with the whip before they reached the buggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Joy
New Era
Levi Brubaker
Here
Eby
Brubaker
Jacob
Gephart
Allie’ Strawn
Chatham
Little Marsh
Teaching Cripples to Work in Germany's War Care
The Medical Record by Douglas C. McMurtrie describes Germany’s program to train and employ cripples from wartime injuries. It covers government roles, employer incentives, and public campaigns to reintegrate wounded workers, with case examples of a paperhanger, baker, and farmer adapting skills and returning to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Douglas C. McMurtrie
McMurtrie
Creek Beaver Celebrates 115th Birthday In Oklahoma
Creek Beaver, said to be the oldest Indian in Oklahoma, held an annual birthday banquet at Bunch with Baxter Cheat of Bunch as guest of honor and Black Tox of Webber Falls as official ascribe. The feast featured twenty beeves and a three day celebration with hundreds of guests and a hash dish described as hash made from beef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creek Beaver
Bunch
Oklahoma
Baxter Cheat
Black Tox
Webber Falls
Minnesota
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Lebanon Valley
Buchanan Foundry
Lebanon
First
National Bank
Schaefferstown
Binner
Houser
Amos B. Houser
William Houser
Harrisburg
George Houser
Isaac Houser
Committee of
Arangements
Anna Everson
United Brethren Orphanage
Quincy
Joseph Ennis
Waynesboro
White Pine Sanatorium
Roger
Bureglars
A. ©. Ober
Greiner
Ferry Bros
Miss Mabel Foltz
EB. M. Baun
Main Street
Miss Foltz
Baum
Prasarvos and Woods
Pennsylvania
State Game Commission
Michigan
Shankee Ravenna
Counion
Daniel F. Burkholder
Ephrata Township
Lancaster County
Weaverland Mennonite Conference
Hummelstown Sun
Pottsville
Harvey Fox
Lancaster Intelligencer
Harry Brubaker
Eby’s Church
Rapho Township
George III
United States
Mgr. Brubaker
Frank Dissinger
Campbelltown
Dissinger
Lesher
Lebanon County
Cyrus Mark
Evanston
Illinois
Alfred C. Iforgh
Luebanon
Mark
Tredorlelesburg
West
Carroll
Iowa
Canada
Garrell
Hnvanslon
Bounge
Mark Ia
Savonty-Ning
Ana
Joseph Zerbe
Denver
Clarence Wright
Christiana
Serioua
Nphrata
George McKinney
Jefferson City
Missouri
MckKinney
McKinney
Mary Webald
Gumbola
Millersville State Normal School
Millersville, Pa
P. M. Harbold
Hershey Industrial School
Hershey Farm Company
Hershey Trust
Hershey,Pa
H.P
Kensington Engine Works
Philadelphia
Hershey Trust Building
Hershey, Pa
Steel Safe
Hershey Trust Company
Lebanon, PA
John A. Bollman
Sec’y
Samuel M. Emrich
Swatara Station
Havana
J. W. Brenneman
Millersville, Penna
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