In and Around Lebanon Valley News Highlights
Reports from Sand Hill and Palmyra cover hog losses from cholera 18 head, the Rev W H Hilbish leaving Palmyra for Sunbury, Palmyra worker husking corn at about a thousand shocks, and a Hummelstown firemen wives meeting to form a Ladies Auxiliary. Also notes on fair plans, school attendance, bail for liquor sales, industry closings, historical society gifts, and local civic appointments.
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Hummelstown Chemical Company
Acme
Bindnagles Church Neighbors Report Rabbit Hunt Visits
At Bindnagles Church on Nov 3 many went rabbit hunting and sent encouraging reports. Residents and visitors from West Hanover Palmyra Hershey Coffeetown Clear Spring and Linglestown called on families, attended a public sale near Linglestown, and shared news of game, threshing, and social visits through the weekend.
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Bindnagles
William Houck
West Hanover
James Hinkle
Palmyra
Thomas Bomgardner
Amos Hemperly
Oberlin
Rudy Behm
Aaron Bomgardner
Jacob G. Bomgardner
Grant Bomgardner
Henry Hoover
David Pickel
Hershey
Elizabeth Hemperly
Abner Hemperly
Aaron G. Bomgardner
J. A. Farling
David Wagner
Cleona
Joseph Gerberich
Grantville
William Gerberich
William
Orpheum vaudeville bill features top stars for Harrisburg week
An all star Orpheum program in Harrisburg lists the Werner Amar Troupe a singing dancing and piano duo the Langdons a famous eccentric comedy pair Kingston and Donner the musical comedy duo Wilson and Larson comedy tumblers Lee Berra with a witty planologue and several other big hits slated for next week.
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Keith
Harrisburg
Orpheum
Weoles
Bill Iq
Werner-Amaroun
Langdons
Vaudevilla
Kingston
Dbner
Wilson
Larson
Lee Berra
Income Tax Realities in 1918 US Figures
The Treasury reports 1918 ten month incomes show 44 taxpayers with over 1 million, 91 earning 500k to 1M, and 114,484 in 5k to 10k range. Only 28 million collected vs 50 to 100 million expected, with 146,828 fewer taxable incomes than projected, suggesting underreporting or fewer rich earners.
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United States Treasury
United States
Treasury
Navy Needs Eighteen Thousand More Men
Franklin D Roosevelt junior to Secretary of the Navy states the Navy requires 18 000 additional sailors. He notes ships idle for lack of crews and insufficient manpower for battle practice. Some battleships lack full crews and 43 ships float with minimal manpower or are out of commission awaiting Congress approval.
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Franklin D Roosevelt
Vera Cruz
U. S
Wartime Thoughts and Ironies Across Papers
A collage of editorial quips from multiple papers lampoons war costs, German navy growth, and political missteps. Jests critique Luther and Adam Eve origins while noting repeated predictions of German advances and the absurdity of wartime rhetoric in various city papers.
Great Atlantic steamers Mauretania Olympic retired after war
The Mauretania Olympic and Baltic have been retired due to travel decline and cost. On their final voyage each carried about 400 cabin passengers as travel demand plummeted.
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Mauretania
Olympic
Baltic
Edison as a Boy Again on a Michigan Trip
Edison revisits boyhood scenes near Detroit and Port Huron. He sold papers as a boy and even sold news on a train during a visit. He tapped a telegraph message to his New Jersey children but it was interrupted by a complaining operator.
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Thomas A. Edison
Detroit
Mich
Port Huron
Mr. Edison
Mt. Clemens
New Jersey
Mt. Clemen
Germany debates modern wonders list from reader poll
A German newspaper polled readers on what counts as modern wonders, revealing wide disagreement. Wireless telegraphy led with about 17,000 votes among 152,000, while the top seven combined held less than half, showing no general consensus.
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Panama Canal
Germany
Firing Line Message Cites German War Strategy Shift
Rudyard Kipling's letter to James Kinsella of Chicago discusses Germans weighing two-pronged moves against the United States and England. The novelist notes that Germany’s reversal of its plan does not imply abandonment if execution remains possible.
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Rudyard Kipling
James Kinsella
Chicago
Germany
United States
England
Colonel's Birthday Truce Report From WWI Trenches
The report describes continuous fighting between German and British forces near Courtrai while soldiers in opposing trenches exchange a birthday truce. The message goes through the lines as both sides wish the colonel a happy birthday and agree not to fire much that day.
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Courtrai
Ouimet Sets Amateur Record At Country Club Course
National amateur golf champion Ouimet established a new amateur record of seventy one at the Country Club course matching the professional standard set by Harry Vardon. In the 1918 national open tourney Ouimet's score came during the qualifying round of the club's amateur open in a field of 126 competitors including W. Bass of Portsmouth NH and W. B. Seeley of Connecticut.
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Francia Ouimet
Harry Vardon
England
Ouimet
W. Bass
Portsmouth
N. I
New Hampshire
W. B. Seeley
Conneactlcnt
Kaiser Showing Age People Returning From Germany
Readers report that returning travelers describe the Kaiser with a fully white moustache and hair. Observers note the aged appearance amid muting reports from the front.
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Germany
London Punch Quip on the War Lamps Prussia Joke
A London Punch quip mocks wartime rhetoric with a pun about Prussia and a pun on capital and Ryastal, reflecting satirical tone of the period. The brief humor comments on the war with wordplay.
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London
Punch
Lake
Prussia
Ryastal
Polities Insight Sparks Civic Dialogue
Fragmentary exchange recalls how statesmen discuss party rules while a Practical Person notes practical knowledge lies in the insiders. The playful line suggests citizens seeking real understanding beyond formal declarations.
Automobile face as countenance of debtor to pay
A public letter explains an automobile face as the outward mood of a person avoiding landlords and merchants until the machine is paid for, portraying the debtor’s stance toward creditors.
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Lebanon
Vaey
Frank
Weidle
Sand Hill
Annville
W. H. Hilbish
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Sunbury
Trinity Lutheran Church
David Shertzer
Hummelstown
William S. Kohr
Swatara
Jonestown
Kohr
John Fornwall
Malcolm Graham
Steelton and Harrisburg Brick Company
Lebanon Valley College
The
Philokasmian Literary Society
Lebanon County Historical Society
S. P. Heilman
Horace Brock
East
J. I
Hazletine Pantaloon Factory
Lebanon County
Hazletine
St. Augustine
Princess Ann Academy
Williamson School
Joseph Moyer
Tancaster
Jacob F. Mark
Londonderry
eMr. Moyers
Lancaster
J. A. Loose
Eugene W. Bowman
K. Witmer
Palmyra banjc_de
John Bashers
Wighspire
Paul R. Donmoyer
Department of Health
Rarl Shap
Cornwall
Mutual Fire - Insurance Company of
Hummelstown National Bank
F. J. Schaffner
Robert J. Walton
John J. Nissley
Frank C.witmer
Joseph F. Romberger
J. S. Sherk
John H. Witmer
George M
John H. Hemperly
Thompson
Bindnagles Church
America
Navy
Roosevelt
cColumbia
Washington Herald
Martin Luther
Indianapolis Star
Berlin
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Canada
Ontario Historial Society
Ottawa Citizen
Europe
Louis Republic
Bernard Shaw
Nashville Southern Lumberman
Columbia
Russia
St. Louis Globa Democrat
Cleveland Leadar
Pennsylvania
Przemysl
Punxsulawney
Boston Transcript
von Tfalkenhausen
Parla
Edison
Kaiser
Citizens of
Improvement ‘Company
Hershey Improvement Company
IGUDC
New York
Via Phila
Reading Ray
Avon Myerstown
Richland Sheridan Womelsdorf
Robesonia
2Nd Street
Liberty Street
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Dain
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