Examinations Planned for Hummelstown High School Pupils
W A Geesey principal of the Hummelstown schools will hold examinations in the high school on Wednesday Aug 19 for pupils from all grades who failed in work last term. John Cassel, a butcher in Levi Emerich's shop in Hummelstown, nearly severed several fingers from his left hand with a knife while cutting meat last Friday morning. P A Schoffstall of Lykens reports a mouse trap unusual in design after hearing squealing in his restaurant storage room and then finding a rat caught between clam shells. Sam, Lykens Hose Company's mascot, helped finish it off. Palmyra's Union Sunday school picnic drew large crowds at Hershey Park with strong music by the Iroquois Band.
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the Hummelstown
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Levi Emerich
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Lykens
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Schoffstall
Sam
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Palmyra
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Hershey Park
Brandt Bros. Sale Ends Palmyra Painting Business
Brandt Brothers of Palmyra sold out their painting business to former employees W. B. Zellers and Francs Boltz. The Pratt brothers have moved to Rend ing.
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W. B. Zellers
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Pratt Brothers
Rending
Bindnagles Church Social Roundup Aug 10
Mrs Strupp of Campbelltown visited her brother profile. Augustus Fasnacht of East Hanover and Levi Flory Jr. visited friends in Grantville and Hershey Farm. Zion Sunday School picnic drew many. Chester Boyer threshed 1246 bushels of oats at Hershey Farm. multiple local families visited relatives and hosted.
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Strupp
Campbelltown
Augustus Fasnacht
East Hanover
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Zion
Ray Shepley
Hershey
Elmer Fasnacht
Allen Wilhelm
Levi Flory, Jr
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Heilman
A Town Worth Seeing Nershey town Marvels Readers
A description praising Hershey as a model town with worldwide knowledge and observation. The article extols its builder for architecture convenience and beauty, claiming visitors gain new ideas. It foresees Hershey and its fine farms as engines of urban and rural progress and improvements.
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Nursery Mixup Amuses Household in Curious Scene
A new nurse jokes with a mother about hair, prompting the father to command the nurse to remove the infant from sight. The amused tone suggests a light domestic moment captured in the newspaper's voice.
Contradiction and Folly Inside a Jumbled Exchange
A muddled dialogue features Ben claiming a shift in language as a joke. The exchange hints at confusion and nervousness when meaning alters and the speaker signals a denial of certain words.
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Kitchen design on a houseboat yields compact efficiency
A houseboat kitchen designed for a man and his three maids features two doors two windows and a strategically placed icebox range and gasoline stove with shelves for warming and multiple ovens. Storage includes racks for iron utensils aluminum cookware and a china closet. The setup emphasizes compact order and practical movement for coordinated cooking in a small space.
Inventor Gaisman sells idea to Eastman Kodak
H J Gaisman traveled to Rochester to present an invention that attaches to a camera. He returned with a $300000 check signed by George Eastman as Kodak paid for the improvement. The inventor called the price remarkable yet emphasized the spirit of recognition over money. The device allows a pencil note to be written on a paper strip under the film edge to record exposure conditions.
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Rochester
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Eastman. Kodak Company
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Canada Pacific Announces 1916 Completion Of Longest Western Tunnel
The Canadian Pacific Railways plans a 534 mile double track tunnel through the Selkirk Mountains to be completed by 1916. The electrified tunnel will shorten the main line to the Pacific by six miles and reduce snow sheds and grades, with Mount Macdonald hosting the operation and engineers watching the construction led by George Bury and J G Sullivan.
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British Columbia
Canadian Rockies
George Bury
J. G. Sullivan
Win‘nipeg
One Weak Spot in a Prison Alibi
A religious worker visiting a Southern penitentiary heard a prisoner confess that he was charged with stealing a watch. The inmate boasted of a strong alibi aided by ten witnesses, yet he was sentenced to ten years because the watch was found in his pocket.
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Chicago News
Ney
Midnight Provocation at Eastern Military Academy
A night guard challenged an intruder at an Eastern military academy after a student named Moses was heard wandering. The exchange referenced army rules and the guard demanded the intruder advance and recite the Ten Commandments, illustrating a lighthearted breach of discipline.
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Philadelphia Ledger
How We Got It George-What a fine building that is across the way
George remarks on a fine building across the way and Charles retorts the owner built it from suffering and sorrow. They conclude the owner is a rum-seller, then contradict himself calling him a dentist. Kansas City Journal.
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Kansas City Journal
Women and the marrying habit across generations
The article discusses how girls have been socialized to see marriage as essential and a mark of status, while remaining unmarried is viewed as disgraceful. It notes the strong emphasis from mothers and society on marriage as the path to success and raises questions about the desirability of remaining single.
Banana Ruse Foiled by Boy’s Quick Witted Reply
A mother tried to hide a pill in a banana for Artie Little. He was asked if he ate the banana and replied, Yes, mamma, all but the sod. This detail comes from the Borton Transcript.
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Little Arthur
Borton Transcript
Dancing Couple Exchange Laughs Over Dress Torn
The young wife recalls past wardrobe mishaps after a dance with her husband Jack jokes he improved since he was tearing her dress in earlier days. The light exchange captures a playful domestic moment.
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Jack
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