Injured man hurt in horse and buggy crash near Hershey
An unnamed man employed by John Curry of Swatara was seriously injured when his horse threw him while driving through Hershey last Saturday. He suffered a double leg fracture and was taken by trolley after Dr. Hershey treated him locally. Dr. Samuel Weiss was called for consultation.
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Ing
Cleona
Hershey
John Curry
Swatara
Samuel Weiss
Lebanon
Himmelberger
Royalton Social Roundup Notes Local Travel and Visits
Jacob Updegraff spent a day at Elizabethtown on business. Mary Georger returned after several days in Steelton with friends and relatives. Harry Horning of Lancaster is visiting. John M. Rutherford did business in Lebanon on Friday. George Brown of Harrisburg visited on Friday. Jacob Hetrick of Harrisburg is a Dock street guest. Maggie Schaeffer of Goldsboro visited the Boughter home. Joseph Rutherford returned after foot surgery in Baltimore. The Board of Health met at C. A. Hood’s home led by J. C. Hite. Christ May of Royalton, Knitting Mills Middletown employee, had a finger smashed in a capwheel last Friday. Dr. J. F. Blecher treated him and he returned to work. Mrs. Kate Roop of Harrisburg is visiting her sister Elizabeth Snyder.
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Mary Georger
Steelton
Harry Horning
Lancaster
John M. Rutherford
Lebanon
George Brown
Harrisburg
Jacob Hetrick
Dock Street
Maggie Schaeffer
Goldsboro
J. H. Boughter
Joseph Rutherford
Kate Roop
Elizabeth Snyder
Modern trolley cars from Barber Company to Lebanon line
Construction advances on the Lebanon trolley line with three self powered cars from the Barber Company York Pennsylvania. Each car houses a gasoline engine driving its generator and features side entrances and up to date design throughout.
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Lebanon
Barber Company
York
Paper Bag Method Improves Grapes Quality and Ripening
Instructions describe using Manila paper bags to cover grape clusters about half grown. Slit tops to fit stems and fasten with pins, protecting fruit from rot and frost while speeding ripening. An illustration demonstrates the method.
Garden Advice From Old Almanac Notes
Beware red rust in blackberry bushes and keep strawberry fruit clean of grass. Keep a muzzle on horse noses to prevent nipped limbs. Old strawberry beds may yield again. Grapes planted this spring should have one shoot only. First year is critical for a strawberry bed. Ground bone and wood ashes serve as complete fertilizer for fruit trees. If a peach apricot or plum tree shows yellows destroy it. Watch for slugs on pear or cherry leaves now. No grain or grass crops in the young orchard. cultivate. Stir soil every two weeks until August.
Clover Blossoms presents Getting a Divorce
The program notes feature High-Class Vocalist from Clover Blossoms performing a comedy diversion titled Getting a Divorce. Augustus Von Benn identified as lawyer and Heinerich Bobdecker listed as his client in the act.
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Augustus von Benn
Heinerich Bobdecker
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John Himmelberger
Royalton
Jacob Updegraff
Elizabethtown
Chas. L. Maurer
Zuida
Carlin & Penn
Gilbert Penn
Bob Carlin
Jimmie Cowper
Minstrel
Wolttheim
M. Rudy Heller Presents
Jack Cotter
Ada Boulden
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