Park Theater Show Delights All Ages With Duke the Pony
A Long Continued Laugh at the Park Theater features Duke the pony who can count tell time add and subtract, delighting children and adults. Ventriloquist Mr Wayne and dancer Minnie Neale receive praise. Valentine and Ray sketch draws laughs. Ed Morton’s strong voice encores. Mack and Co fall ill, My Mother-in-Law farce canceled. Collins and Watson fill in.
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Pony Duke
Wayne
Duke
Minnie Neale
Valentine
Ray
Sevant
Ed Morton
Mack and Co
Ilness
Collins
Watson
Just For a Girl Comic Verse Fragment
A fragmented verse contrasts men’s wooing with material fantasies. It riffs on devotion to women and social pursuits, noting lavish spending and behavior spurred by romance. The lines mix rhymes about love, fame, and fashionable shows with playful misspellings and cadence.
Professors and Industry Choose Paths in August Digest
A set of August 13 entries from Literary Digest and Harper s Weekly include Prof James substitute for war The Factors of Industry and Getting on at Panama The pieces discuss wartime economics and infrastructure while Mayor Gaynor and His Work appears in Outlook and Business Hints promotes September topics. All items are on file at the YMCA reading room.
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James
Literary Digest
Panama
Harper’s Weekly
Mayor Gaynor
Residents Refer to Hershey Apartment Guests
Mrs W K Leithiser and Florence Leithiser returned home after visiting J B Leithiser family. Helen V Bitzer of Lancaster visits uncle Ezra Hershey. Katherine McCloskey Gertrude Snyder of Harrisburg stay registered. Totten and daughter Jean return to Philadelphia. Bank sisters guests return home. Jd M Archer Allentown W H Hippi Mr and Mrs Tilmer Myers Middletown Emanuel Peck New York City departed.
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W. K. Leithiser
Florence Leithiser
J. B. Leithiser
Mr. Leithiser
Reading
Helen V. Bitzer
Lancaster
Ezra F. Hershey
Katherine McCloskey
Gertrude Snyder
Harrisburg
Mr. Totten
Jean
Philadelphia
Bank
Jd. M. Archer
Allentown
W. H. Hippie
Quotations from Philadelphia flour and grain markets
Philadelphia market notes show winter flour at 4.00 to 4.25 dollars per barrel, rye flour 4.00 to 4.10, corn No. 2 yellow 7 4 to 7 4 3 cents, oats No. 2 white 42 to 48 cents, butter 3/4? to 31/2 cents, eggs 28 to 30 cents selected, 24 cents nearby and western, potatoes 50 cents to 1.65 per barrel, poultry live hens 16 to 16 1/2 cents, dressed poultry 18 cents, roosters 12 to 13 1/2 cents.
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Philadelphia
City
Live Stock Markets Pittsburg Yards Cattle And Hogs Prices
Market report from Pittsburg Union Stock Yards shows cattle firm at 7.35 to 7.60 for choice and prime 7.10 to 7.25. Sheep prime wethers 4.30 to 4.50, ewes and common 2.00 to 3.00, calves 9.00 to 9.25, lambs 4.50 to 7. Hogs firm with prime heavies 8.60 to 8.65, heavy Yorkers 9.40 to 9.45, light workers 9.25 to 9.60, pigs 9.65 to 9.70, and roughs 7.00 to 7.50.
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Pittsburg
Union Stock Yards
Choice
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Vandeville
Jos
Hershey
Hershey Park
Bert Renshaw
Denette Sisters
Joe Dempsey
Daily Bros
America
Milton
Dolly Nobles
Walker
Mr. Milton Nobles
Tom Walker
Augustus Jones
Dolly
Himself
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