All the Big Men Were Fighters at Billy Sunday Rally
Billy Sunday urged fighters as leaders and urged joining a crusade against sin. He quoted biblical accounts of Jehoshaphat and Ahab and urged attendees to follow God’s direction, prompting a large crowd response and many conversions. Lyman Abbott praised Sunday’s virility and courage in church work.
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Billy Sunday
Billy
Roosevelt
France
Tabernacle
Teddy
Jehosaphat
Ahab
Bruce
Earl of Douglas
Palestine
Douglas
Holy Land
Evangelist
Christ
Heaven
Jesus
Ashe
Lyman Abbot
Longevity Secrets From Chauncey Depew at Eighty Three
Chauncey M Depew at eighty three shares a two rule formula for happiness and longevity saying say no and cut it out. He recalls conquering smoking through will power and argues moderation in habits is key. He celebrates life’s thrills from love to recovery from debt and praises democracy and wartime unity. He notes many die from worry or self destructive habits.
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Chauncey M.’ Depew
Mr. Depew
Russia
British Empire
St. Paul’s
Lincoln
Europe
Barnum Bailey Circus Set to Dazzle Harrisburg Crowd
Barnum Bailey's circus returns to Harrisburg on Monday May 21 with new acts three rings four stages and a three hour program. Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp stars 1400 people and 1000 animals in lavish costumes while a free three mile parade features six bands three steam calliopes and an electric piano. The show uses five trains and 89 cars to move 750 horses and extensive paraphernalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum ’ & Bailey
Harrisburg
Barnum & Bailey
Aladdin
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Unhappy Inference At The Public Library
A student assistant in a public library is approached by a middle aged woman critiquing Laura Jean Libby. The assistant suggests Kentucky Cardinal but the woman rejects theological works and leaves to seek a different librarian for judgment.
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Laura Jean Libby
Kentucky
Penitent Minister and His Boatman Exchange Forgiveness
A quoted exchange shows the minister asking about forgiveness and a penitent replying that he cannot forgive exactly but seeks to understand and show sympathy toward his enemies.
Grammar Lesson With Grace Ends With A Stance
Grace corrects her uncle on grammar in a street exchange. The eight year old insists she is not going to a school picnic, prompting her uncle to insist on standard forms. Grace replies that there ain't nobody going.
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Grace
Gentleman Farmers and Their Quiet Trade
Cultivation dialogue lauds the so called gentleman farmers who seldom raise anything beyond their own pride, as a father explains to his son the meaning of the term and its old rural connotations.
Volunteer Fire Company Of Union Deposit Charter Notice
In Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas an application will be made on May 28, 1917 for a charter to form the Volunteer Fire Company of Union Deposit for extinguishing fires and protecting life and property in Union Deposit and vicinity. The charter file is in the Prothonotary's Office. W. H. Earnest, Solicitor.
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Court of Common Pleas
Dauphin County
Volunteer Fire Company OF
Union
Deposit
Union Deposit
Act of Assembly
Prothonotary’s
W. H. Earnest
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Circus
Model Homes
Hershey
East Hershey
Cocoa Avenue
Philadelphia
New York
Futhermore
Hershey Improvement Company
Hershey Trust Company
J. C. Nisley
Palmyra, Penna
J. Hilton
Republican Party
New York Life Insurance Co
Harry M. Hartz
W. Main Street
Palmyra, PA
Hershey Industrial School
Hershey, Pennsylvania
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