Cleveland Saved Daylight by Eastern Time Plan
Cleveland kept Eastern Standard time since May 1 1914 after a city ordinance. The Chamber of Commerce and local groups promoted year round daylight by advancing clocks an hour in spring and keeping them, boosting outdoor activity and business. The plan reduced darkness hours and extended daylight for recreation work and commerce with benefits noted across labor, education, and transportation sectors.
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Chamber of Commerce
State of New York
Merchants Association
New York
Cleveland
City of
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Samuel H. Halle
Cleveland Chamber
Cleveland Federation of Labor
Cleveland Amateur Football Association
Cleveland Amateur Baseball Association
Chamber
Greenwich
Cleveland Baseball Club
Iast
Detroit
Chicago
Growth of American Auto Use Surges in 1916
A 1916 National survey notes 2.93 million motor vehicles registered by July 1, 1916 across 48 states. New York leads with 259,105, Ohio 208,705, and Pennsylvania 38,353 gains. Minnesota and Nebraska show large percentage increases. State fees collected for six months total 14,261,112.72 dollars.
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United States
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Indiana
Texas
Iowa
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Froxit
Feese Family Reunion Held at Hershey Park
The sixth annual Feese family reunion drew about 150 members from Berks Dauphin and Lebanon counties plus letters from Ohio and Indiana. E E Feese of Steelton presided with remarks by Samuel J Feese John W Feese and R W Feese. Prizes went to oldest man and oldest woman and youngest children. Walter Heiser and spouse named latest married couple. Officials elected include E E Feese president and John W Feese secretary treasurer with Lela Keller as assistant secretary.
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Feese
Hershey Park
Berks
Dauphin
Lebanon
Ohio
Indiana
E. E. Feese
Steelton
Samuel J. Feese
Hershey
John W. Feese
Palmyra
R. W. Feese
Tower City
Stage Manager Quips On Gown Style In Play
Dialogue shows Rita Tawenyelp arguing with a stage manager about costume choices. The manager insists a different gown is needed for act two, citing audience perception of hidden truth as a plot concern.
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Rita Tawenyelp
Planing Mill Offers Ready Electrical Service
The Pick of the here presents an electrically driven Planing Mill ready to serve you. Visit to see the stock and save money. Estimates and pencil sketches are cheerfully furnished.
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Lebanon Valley
Mr Reinhold Polite Guide to Cows Interrupted by Shock
Mr Reinhold was showing Holstein stock in Cloverdale when he felt shocks like live wire contact. He kept speaking about the cattle as multiple shocks occurred. A yellow jacket reportedly crawled up his trouser leg before he finished the tour.
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Reinhold
Cloverdale
Language of the trenches shows simple Scots humor
A Glasgow Herald snippet highlights trench talk with Tommy and Jock debating words for egg and number phrases. The exchange shows how two oofs become three and back one, illustrating a country wit amid wartime slang.
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Tommy
Jock
Auldale
Glasgow Herald
Hershey Town Life Promises Superior Advantages
Hershey offers a climate described as the finest in the world and a town of health with a great free public school system. The community provides free libraries playgrounds gymnasiums clubs and amenities rivaling larger towns, all boosting home value and investment.
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Hershey
Philadelphia
New York
Harrisburg
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Lake City
U.S
Feese Family Reunion
DEPT
Hershey Store Company
West
Walter T. Bradley
S. E. Corner
Ninth and Thompson Streets
Hoffer
Engle
Hummelstown
George P. Hoffer
Seal Landis
Cassady
Sata
Swatara
M. Hoffer
Hershey Improvement Company
Hershey Trust Company
Hershey, Pennsylvania
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