Palmyra Borough News Highlights Local Events
Palmyra social life reflects visitors from Hershey and Harrisburg, church activities at Trinity Reformed and Church of the Brethren, Christmas seal fundraiser with Palmyra students selling health seals, and a December 25 Christmas program. Palmyra High School hosts a 1920 football banquet for 25 alumni with faculty in attendance.
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Palmyra
John G. Early
Lebanon
Annville
U. B
Fisher
Myerstown
Dawson Benneth
Sallie Stauffer
Altoona
John Fees
Marlin
Charles Behm
Nevan
Charles Templin
Margie
Adam Templin
Herman Hauer
Palmyra High School
Gridiron Warriors
Palmyra High School Alumni Association
High School
Anna Huntzberger
Ralph Rhoads
Lloyd Stutzman
Stanton Bordner
Wm. Tarman
Ra Light
Community notices from Campbelltown and Lebanon
Campbelltown residents transact business in Lebanon and visitors call on local families. Church activities include UC and Reformed Sunday school events, a Christmas program practice, a consistory meeting, and a thanks offering with an Lebanon orchestra. Notable mentions include a Palmyra wedding and local hog butchering figures.
Hogs Sold by Dan Sanders and Local Family News
Albert hogs weighing 250 lbs and two hogs for Daniel Sanders at 576 lbs and 297 lbs for Geo Bear were raised by Dan Sanders. Samuel Moyer Jr. returned from Good Samaritan Hospital after seven weeks with a slight relapse. Hostetter killed three heavy porkers for Harry Bowman. Various local families visited, and Samuel Moyer Sr. fell downstairs but avoided serious injuries. Brunner family moved to Palmyra. Will Peters buys property and will occupy. U B services to be held Sunday in schoolhouse. G C Wolfersberger and family visited Palmyra residents George Horstick and kin.
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Harry Clark
Jane
Steelton
George S. Bowman
Snavely
Florida
Joseph Snavely
Hershey
William Henry
West Main Street
S. L. Bowman
Braddock
Borough
Lebanon
George and
Simon Bordner
York
Jerome Bordner
United
Palmyra Exchange
Hiram Ackeler
Pinegrove
Paul Loy
Annville
William Loy
Ira Early
Barbara
Edna
Dorothy
Ruth
E. O. Burter
Harrisburg
Cyrus Hoffer
Addison Hoffer
Cyrus Moyer
J. D. Cover
Slichter
Jonas Ebersole
Bachmanville
Mary Shenk
John F. Batdorf
Ebersole
Clinton L. Ebersole
Nathan Gibble
Agnes
Elizabethtown
Miles Shope
Hornerstown
Mary Brenneman
Church of the Brethren
Henry B. Shearer
Henry Becker
Mastersonville
Sarah Balsbaugh
John C. Zug
Albert Moonshine
Early's Mill
Palmyra
Anna Moonshine
Trinity Reformed Sunday School
Heidleberg League
Salem Reformed
Woman's Missionary Society
Trinity Reformed Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Leinbach
Edwin S. Leinbach
Womelsdorf
Zeimer Guild
Trinity Reformed Sunday
Jennie M. Early
John G. Early
Martha I. Early
Brewer Laudermilch
John Heilman
Akron
Peter Longenecker
Reformed
Daniel Conrad
Tummelstown
Conrad
Charles Forrest
Joseph Bowman
Jacob Bowman
Camp Hill
John Moyer
Carl Schmidt
Philadelphia
Plos
Rev
Rebecca Wolfersberger
Philip
Verna Eckert
Olly Ickert
Victor Brown
Hagerstown
Will Peters
John Albert
James
Victor Long
Harry Gruber
M. S. Long
Mary
H. M. Hostetter
Samuel Moyer
Martin Brunner
Explaining success versus failure in business
The piece argues that success results from a mix of ability and opportunity, not tricks. It cites theater advance ticketing and restaurant seating as examples where scarcity creates demand and perceived exclusivity, showing how business perception can drive customer interest. The Nation's Business.
Where He Was Headed In The London Fog
A farmer named Spuds, lost in dense fog, aimed for civilization and veered into a side alley. A misty figure approached and warned him he was heading into the river, declaring he had just come out of it. The tale unfolds with a darkly comic exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Spuds
London
Isolated South region raises prices for bare necessities
A tourist from the East stopping to change tires in a remote South region remarks that life’s basic needs have grown expensive. A local observer sighs that drinking is not worth it in these times.
Colorful fabric sale highlights wide range of textiles
A sale lists Colored Poplins, Kiddy Cloth, Lancaster Apron Ginghams, Hill Maslin, Shaker Flannel, Wallies, Light Percales, Long Cloth, White Nainsook, Bleached Table Damask, Figured Crepe, Navy Blue Serge, Brown Sheeting Muslin, Bed Comforts, Blankets, and Turkish Towels with special prices from 16c to 75c and a few yardwide items at discounted rates.
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Campbelltown
Lancaster
Hill Maslin
Asada
Hershey Department Store
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