Death of Miss Francis Beamesderfer in Annville
Annville resident Miss Francis Beamesderfer died at her niece Mrs. John A. Slower’s home on West Queen street from a long illness. She was 72 years 8 months 27 days and survived by a sister in Philadelphia. Funeral services were held at the late home and then at Hill Reformed church with interment in Hill cemetery. Rev. Wm. F. DeLong officiated.
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Francis Beamesderfer
Annville
John A. Slower
West Queen Street
Emma Jackson
Philadelphia
The
Hill Reformed Church
Hower
Hill Cemetery
Wm. F. DeLong
Christian Endeavor Society of the United Brethren Church
Allen McCauley
Vera
Lebanon
McCavnley
William H. Miller
Guy Hatz
Jacob T. Lord
Sheridan Avenue
Lord Willeave
California
Pacific Coast
David Brunner
Kate Behney
Simon Behney
David Shuey
William I. Metlinger
North Tenth Street
Geo. C. Bomberger
South Fifth Street
Shuey
Bomberger
Mellinger
Squire’s
Alderman Miller
Sallie Bodenhorn
Harrisburg
KE. S. Bodenhorn
Clayton Risser
A. M. Brighthill
College Avenue
Lois Plitt
Baltimore
G.D. Gosard
Samuel Clark
Hockersville
Irvin H. Clark
United Brethren Bible School
Bible School
Lebanon Valley
Juniata
Hobey Light
Moore
Homan
M. Cohen
A. Cohen
A.V. Uleigter
FF. & M. College
Christ Reformed Church
A. C. M. Heister
Glen Chambers
Peppodrome
Edna Houser
Jonas Houser
West Annville
John Go Kreider
Revival visits and community notes from Bachmansville area
Reverend Nathan Martin conducted two weeks of revival at the Brethren church and visited over 70 families. Local social updates include visits by Mrs. Hiram Bricker and others, hunters reports, family gatherings, and church activity at Shenk's church. The column ends with a humorous exchange about shopping, reflecting daily life in the area.
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Nathan Martin
Lebanon
Brethren Church
Martin
Hiram Bricker
Hiram Grubb
Palmyra
Abram Hoffer
Lizzie Risseri
Elizabethtown
David Snader
Akron
John F. Booger
Aaron N. Shearer
Marie
Amos Shearer
Elias Lehman
Campbelltown
Lizzie
Sarah Balsbaugh
Eugene Garman
Addison G. Martin
Mela Martin
John Hostetter
Minnie
Krick
Lawn
Arlen DD. Brandt
M. B. Brande
Hiram Gibble
Beverly
Blarry I. Ebersole
John S. Baker
Deodate
Louis Greiner
Claudin
Newmanstown
Aaron Ginprich
Rank Slabach
Shenk's Church
United Christians
J. S. Farrer
Joseph G. Grubb
Emma Yetler
Joho P. Booser
Hershey
William B. Brandt
Phares Hein
Monroe Bricker
Vernon
Four Leaf Clover Symbols and Lucky Beliefs Across Centuries
The four leaf clover arises from heredity and nutrition producing plants with four to seven leaves. It is a rarity seen after moist seasons and is regarded as a good luck omen. In Germany it is linked to warding witchery love danger and magic, and St John Eve plucking is said to grant wonders.
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St. Patrick
Germany
St. John’s Eve
World War Cost 35 Million Lives Reported
Danish statistician Doring estimates the human cost of the world war at 35 million lives. About 10 million killed or dying from wounds, 5 million from wartime mortality rise, and 20 million due to falling birth rates. France especially shows a 7 percent population drop and a 20 percent decline in men aged 20 to 44.
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Doring
France
Austria
Hungary
Poland
Balkans
Russia
War toll shifts from France to eastern Europe
The report notes women outnumbering men by a ratio of six to one in parts of eastern Europe. It states losses there were higher than in France, with most deaths not from combat but famine epidemics and especially typhus still ravaging regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France
Fifty four kinds of U S paper money in circulation
A reader reports discovering fifty four distinct kinds of United States paper money in circulation, with five kinds of one dollar bills and two ten thousand dollar bills among others, found while sorting loose change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
I Should Say Not Conductor Quips About Her Large Family
A conductor challenges a woman boarding a car with six or seven children asking if they are hers or a picnic. She replies that all the children are hers and it is no picnic either.
No Jace Prices Noted In Sparse Ledger Item
A fragmentary note lists small cents values including 33 and 15 cents with 1 percent and 38 cents 23 cents. The reader should interpret as an unreadable pricing ledger entry with missing context and names.
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. H. Shenk
C. E Shenk
John K. Curry
Swatara Station
Alfred K. Mills
Lebanon Valley College
John B. Ratto
Ratto
Fine Arts Company
Irene Stolofcky
William Rainey Bennett
Ray Campbell
Shamokin
Conservatory of Music
Urban H. Hershey
York
Conservatory
Quittapahilla Creek
Bachmansville
Mrs. Sexe
Mia
Hobson
Hobson's
Stearn’s
Foley
Chamberlain
Yeager
Hill
Jace
Jergen
Violet
Jalm
Alma
Yocum Brothers
King Oscar
A. W
Carlton Lawn
French Poplin
Lynvale Lawn
Hershey Department Store
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