Interesting Items of the Week In and Near Lebanon Valley
Health department contracts for Cresson Sanitarium wing go to Evarts Overdeer Lancaster for plumbing 13310 Barclay O Neil Philadelphia 10080 Lancaster Electric Supply 8800 and Evarts Overdeer Lancaster 22650. Miss Mary H Jones of Reading wins 3000 for breach of promise. Lebanon Valley College holds 49th commencement with 27 BA graduates under Prof Frederick L Pattee. Lebanon Valley Iron and Steel workers strike over new foreman from Steelton. Union Picnic line in Hershey Park planned for August 11. Middletown Car Company may win order for 500 freight cars from Servian government. Hummelstown plans July 4 celebrations. St Mark's Sunday School picnic set for July 27 at Hershey Park. Mayor Lafean fines himself 5 for no headlights. Wheat crop described as the heaviest ever. Health Act requires school staff to report contagious symptoms and allows shorter measles quarantine with physician certification.
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State’ Health Department
Cresson Sanatorium
Evarts. & Overdeer
Lancaster
Barclay O’neil
Philadelphia
Lancaster Electric Supply
Evarts & Overdeer
Higher Welfare in Hershey Promotes Healthy Community
Hershey emphasizes practical education, comfortable homes, clubs, and sane recreation as part of a new industrial town model. It highlights health, cleanliness, and prime quality food as foundations of welfare, noting 1,000,000 visitors to date and 200,000 expected in 1915.
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Hershey
Hershey Opens Theatrical Season With Irene Myers Stock
The Hershey season launches Monday with Irene Myers Stock Company in The Man of Mystery and The Heart of Colorado. Richard La Salle leads the cast. Walter Boss serves as stage manager and Morence Glenwood plays in the first program.
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Shep Camp
Hershey
Australia
Irene Myers
Richard LaSalle
American Stock Company
Philadelphia
Miss Myers
Walter Ross
Ned Keene
Richard la Salle
Richard Glenwood
Craig
Nesle
Noah Lott
Walter R
Herbert Leslie
Frank du Frayne
Bill Burke
C. Burnison
Meg Burke
Wee
Amelia Miller Milly
Kathleen Taylor
Kate Burke
Grace MeMaster Morence Glenwood
Colorado
Dick Carlton
Tom Garnish
Reece Graig
Nelso
Charles Sterling
G. C. Burnison
Tinpy Jones
Frank Durayne Pipes
Finnigan
Clara Horton
Kathleen Taylor Moll Casey
Amelia Miller
Kata Dalton
Racao McMaaster Noll
Ees
Pana Myers
A Summer Suit Fashion Note Emerges
A design advocates two colors and two materials for a summer suit. The model pairs white cotton gabardine with Belgian blue corduroy. Details include a Cutts collar and coordinated coat and skirt with matching trim.
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Kia
War Demand on Industry Shows Massive War Material Needs
The American Machinist outlines how war strains produce capacity, noting rifles returned for repairs and a soldier’s need for ten rifles a year. It cites French shell output, 75 millimeter guns firing up to 16 shells per minute, and a Paris plant to produce 200,000 explosive shells daily, illustrating the vast labor and equipment demands of war.
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France
Marne
Paris
United States Congress
War Department of Scorps
Walter T. Bradley Reappointed to Governor’s Staff
Col. Walter T. Bradley, president of the Walter T. Bradley Coal Co. of Philadelphia, was reappointed as a governors staff member by Governor Brumbaugh. Born in 1865 near Smyrna Delaware, he owns a summer home at Swatara and is a member of the Union League, Manufacturers' and Columbia Clubs, and helped organize the Builders' Exchange in Philadelphia.
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Walter T. Bradley
Brumbaugh
Bradley
Lancaster’s Sweet City Hailed For Conventions
Hershey officials tout the permanent Convention Hall as ideal for future governors and presidents. The article notes Lancaster Way in North America as the sweetest city and mentions 14 electric cars achieving an average 100.1 miles per charge on a single battery.
Notice of Letters of Administration in Kohr estate
In re estate of Ira S. Kohr deceased Letters of Administration granted by the Register of Wills Dauphin County to the undersigned. All indebted to said estate must pay promptly and those with claims will present them for payment without delay to the designated administrator.
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Menno F. Hershey
Derry
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania
Register of Wills
Malinda Hershey
Mennon
Hershey
Penna
Ira S. Kohr
Sama
Breakfast Hub Chats Reveal Candid Morning Moment
A brief exchange shows Hub declaring no bad head while his wife jokes about sharing it. The light breakfast conversation captures a domestic, casual tone with subtle humor.
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Hub
Then you are not interested In my welfare
A fragment from a Boston transcript shows a dialogue line with a misquoted exchange about interest in welfare and misplaced syllables. The garbled OCR suggests a broader conversation or stage note.
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Paxson
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Lebanon Valley
Mary H. Jones
Reading
Thomas’ H. Davies
Oliphant
Miss Jones
Davies
Frederick Lewis Pattee
State College
Lebanon Valley ‘College
United Brethren Church
Harry M. Bender
Gideon L. Blouch
Paul J. Bowman
OC. E. Breneman
Ira Sylderby
Larene Engle
Ruth E. Engle
Ruth V. Eng
David E. Young
Lester B. Zug
Lebanon Valley Iron and Steel Company
East Lebanon
Steelton
Hershey Park
Elizabethtown
Middletown Car Company
Middletown Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Hummelstown
St. Mark’s Reformed Sunday School of Lebanon
John R. Lafean
York
Lafean
Lebanon County
Hershey Men’s Club
Young ‘Women’s Christian Association
Bteeacts
Spring
Irene Myers Stock
Leslie
Hal Hee Sais
Nell
Mra. W. HH
Myers
Walter BR. Boss
Wm, Tyler
Chas. I. Maurar
Col. Bradley
C. S. Maylfair
Hershey, PA
Brethren’s Convention
Chas. L. Schaeffer
W. King Street
Bell Phone
Lancaster, Pa
The
Hummelstown Gas 4 Fuel Co
Palmyra, PA
Paxson Manufacturing Co
Sansom Street
Orf
Harrisburg
Reading, Pa
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