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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1914
Page
6
Lightning struck the home of Luther Spancake on Lincoln Street Palmyra shattering the roof and shocking occupants. A lock-up has been placed in the basement of the Lauck building on Chestnut Street. No injuries reported.
Bindnagles Church Aug 19 report lists Mr and Mrs William Gerberich at Harpers reunion, visits by many local families to relatives and friends across Palmyra Hast Hanover Shellsville Valley Glen and East Hanover, with a sermon by Rev Walters in Chantville and a stray exchange from a local. Sinner You insolent boy Go away this very minute.
Local horse dealers report a looming horse shortage due to European fighting around Liege. Army needs include light and heavy artillery and pack trains. If England and France gain sea control, Canada may supply horses. a recent order allegedly reached 30 000. Neutrality limits U S export potential for horses.
State highway engineers and officials from across the country will attend the American Road Congress in Atlanta Georgia during the week of November 9 Fletcher of California is elected President of the congress Carlisle of New York is Programme Committee Chairman. Topics include road construction methods using concrete brick macadam gravel sand clay plain earth and the use of asphalts tar and asphaltic oils as well as dust preventives and road binders.
A playful verse lists forty signs of rain as reasons to decline a friend's invitation for an excursion. The catalog ranges from blowing winds and dark clouds to animals behaving oddly and nature’s oddities, ending with a note that the jaunt must be postponed to tomorrow attributed to Dr Edward Jonner.
A selection of quoted quips from major papers lampoons wartime policy and leaders. The items critique militarism and diplomacy, mock Nobel prizes refunds, and cynically weigh America’s stance on European conflict and Mexico. The compilation spans Chicago to Springfield with sharp, ironic observations.
General Lucio Blanco commanded Constitutionalist forces in Matamoros with a Firestone tire equipped war car. The tires absorbed gunfire without failure, though a machine gun wound damaged a tread. Blanco credited the tires for a safe exit. Reports reached Captain Alfredo Aleg in Galveston and prompted requests for Firestone tires with fuel removal rims. Firestone tires spread through US Army service and Russia reportedly adopted Pirastonas for army trucks.
Goleman of Pittsburg reorganizes the South Mountain Mall Crowern Association and signs a contract to market the large peach crop. The association shipped carloads of ponchos from Pennsylvania and Maryland stations to markets in the belt.
A Wisconsin farmer Senator Stephenson enjoys horses and cows, praising the dairy cow as a patient, calm creature. He names his livestock, especially Pauline, who once posed at the White House during Taft’s era, reflecting on politics and family life on his Marinette farm.
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