Robbery on trolley and local notices from Lebanon area
A masked highwayman robbed a trolley conductor of 80 dollars at a switch. A county roll of honor honoring Lancaster men was unveiled, displaying over 6000 names. Other items report wartime mice suppliers, hog cholera in Wyoming Valley, a tax inquiry circle, Chester county memorial interest, and Dominick Costerella's Lancaster arrest for the Chicago fence bomb case.
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Valley Railways
Lancaster City
Agricultural Conventions Set in Harrisburg On Moth Issues And Food Preservation
Reports of gypsy moth appearances in nearby states and Oriental peach moth in shipments prompt heightened vigilance by state agriculture departments. The Harrisburg conventions next month will focus on wartime effects on sheep and cattle, vegetables, poultry, orchards, and new food dehydration processes.
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Pennsylvania
Orient
State Departments of Agriculture
Harrisburg
Agricultural and
State Board of Agriculture
Bass fishing bids fail to improve next season in Cumberland streams
The game and fish commission has spent substantial effort and funds to stock Cumberland Valley creeks, yet bass fishing bids to be better next season did not materialize.
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Cumberland Valley
Game and Fish Commission
Waynesboro Names Cumberland Valley's First Woman Mail Carrier
Waynesboro boasts the Cumberland Valley's first woman mail carrier. The historic achievement marks a milestone in local postal service and gender progress within the region.
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Waynesboro
Cumberland Valley
York County Courthouse Expansion and Oakley Paintings
York County plans enlarging its courthouse. Two final Miss Violet Oakley paintings completing the state senate chamber commission have been finished in Philadelphia and will be installed in the capitol early next year. The works depict anti slave trade activity and faith.
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Violet Oakley
State Senate
Philadelphia
Capitol
Million Workers Needed Signals Looming Industrial Boom
A Department of Labor survey says about 1,000,000 more workers are needed in factories farms and railroads. Experts foresee a broad industrial boom after peace, with demand for labor rising as production shifts from war to peace. The report suggests returning soldiers will find steady and well paid work, and displacement fears are unlikely.
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Department of Labor
United States
Fire losses in US and Canada show record highs for months
November fire losses total around 12.3 million in the United States and Canada, with year-to-date damage over 300 million. Analysts blame carelessness and indifference to prevention guidance, noting October and November figures improve yet lag 1917, and predicting December results will test national fire protection progress.
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United States
Canada
San Francisco
Europe
Two monument dealers meet on streetcar rear platform
A streetcar encounter between two out of state monument dealers leads to shop talk about designs and inscriptions. A listening negro asks what he wants on his grave and replies he prefers a watermelon vine with juice soaking through.
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Indianapolis News
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Lebanon Valley
York
Wyoming Valley
W. G. Murdock
States
Chester County
Dominick Costerella
Chicago
Milwaukee
Lancaster
York County
Ethel
Man In Blue
the Bobbie
Washington Star
Hershey
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