Reading area accident and local notices from Lebanon Valley
A serious Reading accident left Bert Maier 19 with a fractured skull and Mark Hauser 17 with internal injuries after a sled collision on Greenwich street hill. Tessie Hummel 13 suffered a broken leg. Also reported: a train crew identified a miner’s body, free employment bureau in Lebanon, Dauphin Bar Association banquet set for Feb 15, and various local notes on forestry, fairs, school enrollment, bankruptcy, and retirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Bert Maier
Mark Hauser
St. Joseph's Hospital
Maier
Greenwich Street
Tessie Hummel
Industrial education urged in public schools by state women’s committee
The state federation on industrial conditions for women and children asks cooperation to add industrial training in public schools. Mia Frank Miles Day, new committee chair, notes schools with industrial training keep students longer. A suppressions list urges each member to assess county prospects and push school boards to include industrial instruction. The piece ends with a humorous zoo anecdote about a donkey and a zebra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Federation Committee On
Mia
Frank Miles Day
Day
Mas. Day
Beasts of the Forests Are the Men in the Trenches
A Williams College teacher turned soldier writes from Verdun front to Dr. F. Barton describing life in the trenches. He details digging and expanding trenches, night patrols, cold, rain and mud, and the constant threat from shells as he and his unit endure months of hardship and fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
J. S. Illick
State Forest Academy
Mont Alto
State Forestry Department
Illick
Pensylvania
Slick
J. Norton Cru
Williams College
Mass
F. B. Barton
Williams
Verdun
Spring Street
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Lebanon Valley
Meily Furnace
Lebanon
Cornwall and Lebanon
Sunbury
Dauphin County Bar Association
Harrisburg Club
John E. Fox
Simon S. Bowman
W. H.musser
Job J. Conklin
S. S. Rupp
Charles’ H. Hollinger
Thomas 8. Hargest
Frank J. Roth
H. B. Saussaman
John H. Shopp
Elmer W. Ehler
William H. Hargest
He.e. Beidleman
John C. Nissley
Middletown Fair Association
Susquehanna Township
Pleasant View
Abraham
Hummelstown High School
Grace Schaffner
W. A. Gooney
Hummelstown
Prederick Rank
Alma Rank
David F. Rank
Jonestown
San Francisco
California
New Orleans
Paso
Texan
Carrie Hitz Lengle
George W. Lengle
C. B. Wagner
Grant Wagner
St. Paul, Minn
Mr. Wagner
Stough Tabernacle
Harrisburg
Stough
Harisburg
Bogar Company
Tabernacle
John E. Dare
Phares G. Swigert
Palmyra
Recorder Doll
Lebanon Court House
H. G. Light
J. G. Gibble
David Albert
Middletown
John Albert
Union Deposit
A. B. Shenk
Vian
J. S. Farrer
S. S. Farrer
Shenk
Dauphin County Historical Society
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Steelton
Evan G. Anderson
John W. Davis
Anderson
Dinkie
America
Ream G Son
Palmyra, Pa
Hershey Trust Company
of Hershey, Dauphin Co
Poxtal Savings
Pruat Cos
Wee Mn
Cei Eee
I'rusta
State of
Dauphin
Stecher
Treaurar
Wansunsy
Wansuiy
Lukicinn
Jonn
Snypmn
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