Women suffrage convention called for Williamsport in 1917
A call from the Pennsylvania Women Suffrage Association announces a state convention of suffragists to be held in Williamsport, November 21 to 24. The event will feature notable guests such as Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and underscores the growing strength of the suffrage movement across parties and countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Women Suffrage Association
Williamsport
Canada
Anna Howard Shaw
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Return of Ira Myers from Manila to Elizabethtown
Ira Myers a government employee in Manila P I returned to Elizabethtown last week visiting his parents on East High Street. He traveled from California in a touring car. Rabbits headlining hunting yields from Kuhn Walters party near Waynesboro Adams county produced seventy bunnies in one day. Other hunts in Halifax and Clemson Island areas added dozens more. Dauphin county road supervisors hold midwinter meeting November 16 in Harrisburg with M S Brinser devotion and talks by Adam Palmer H M Fairchilds I B Black Frank Bosch and Henry M Stine on roads and highway topics.
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Manila
Ira Myers
P. I
Elizabethtown
Solomon Myers
East High Street
Mr. Myers
California
Kuhn Walters
Waynesboro
Adams County
W. A. Bailets
Charles Lyter
William Lyter
Ryan Brothers
Halifax Township
Clemson’s Island
William Garman
Halifax
Frank Malhorn
William McGonnel
Robert
George
Dauphin County
Grand Jwy
Court House
Harrisburg
M. S. Brinser
Adam Palmer
H. M. Fairchilds
Millersburg
I. B., Black
Frank B. Bosch
Motorclab
Henry M. Stine
Second day sales ring up high prices for Minnich farm estate
On the Tilitz plka at Oreville Roseville rail intersection the Minnich estate sold a farm at four hundred forty two dollars per acre for GB acres and 117 perches. A second tract along the Fruitville pike measured 42 acres and 10 perches and was also sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata Pike
Zacharias Minnich
Manheim Township
Marla Minnich
Tilitz Plka
Oreville
Roseville
Grove Locher
Carlstrom Sets Air Speed Records From Chicago To Erie
Victor Carlstrom left Chicago for New York in a mail plane and landed on Governors Island at 8.55 A M after stops at Erie and Hammondsport. He broke the 315 mile record with an average 137 mph and set a non stop Chicago to Erie record, beating Jules Vedrines. In wartime shipping news 1820 merchant vessels were sunk in twenty seven months ending November 1 with Entente allies suffering about 75 percent losses and neutrals 18 percent.
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New Air Records
Victor
Carlstrom
Chicago
New York
Governors Island
Hammondsport
N. Y
Erie
Jules Vedrines
Journal of Commerce
George Breckenmaker Leaves Brownstone for Auto Business
After 28 years with the Brownstone company George Breckenmaker quits and enters the Harrisburg automobile trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Breckenmaker
Brownstone Company
Harrisburg
Robbery at Campbellatown shoes stolen from A C Snyder store
A robbery occurred at A C Snyder's Main Street Campbelltown shop last Thursday night with about forty dollars worth of shoes taken. The report notes the incident alongside other regional civic items including a social welfare conference selection and plans for Strasburg's centennial celebration events in late November.
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Campbellatown
Civic Night and Union Thanksgiving Service Planned
Monday night will be civic night. On Wednesday night, Thanksgiving Eve, a union Thanksgiving service will be held in St. Michael's Lutheran church. Rev. H. G. Main of Strasburg Methodist Episcopal will preach. Out of town speakers will deliver addresses. Hershey residents formerly of Strasburg plan to attend.
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St. Michael’s Lutheran Church
H. G. Main
Strasburg Methodist Episcopal
Hershey
Strausburg
Canal bed chosen for William Penn Highway route
The canal bed between Dauphin narrows and Clark's Ferry will carry the William Penn Highway instead of the old valley route north of Dauphin. Work near Speeceville has begun with steam shovels and dump cars in use by the Railroad Company and State Highway Department. The project, expected to take about 15 months, aims to provide a scenic view along the Susquehanna and requires state takeover for maintenance after highway commission action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin
Clark’s. Ferry
Speeceville
State Highway Department
Dauphin Narrows
Clark’s Ferry
Dauphin Crossing
Millersburg
Susquehannna River
American Rose Suitability in Our Climate
Mr. McFarland argues roses should be grown domestically in our country. He asserts foreign varieties often do not suit our climate and notes that out of 588 standard roses listed by the National Rose Society of England only twenty six originate in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Harrisburg
American Rose Society
McFarland Hie
America
United States
Turtle Plowing Returns After Near-Burying Incident
Farmer Harry Treaster near Potters Bank found a land turtle last fall when plowing. He turned it over and covered it with soil. Days ago the same turtle resurfaced, was turned right side up, and waddled away unhurt.
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Harry Treaster
Potters Bank
Bands on wild ducks inform on migration patterns
The notice requests immediate return of aluminum bands from wild ducks captured or killed. Each band bears a number and a plea to notify the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Biological Survey in Washington, D.C. Providing the date, place, and circumstances aids longevity and migration research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Biological Survey
Bureau ‘of Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Survey
Ducks Sickness Plagues Great Salt Lake Area
The department seeks timely reports from local ducks to assess recovery from a malady that killed hundreds of thousands of birds in Utah. Officials emphasize gathering data to confirm full rebound among duck populations around the Great Salt Lake.
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Great Salt Lake
Utah
Not the Same Young Hopeful in Politics
A witty exchange on loyalty and party lines unfolds with a veteran politician defining traitor as a defector and a convert as someone who switches sides for a better fit, reflecting party dynamics. The dialogue showcases contrast between old guard and rising voices within a political arena.
Not So Sure Sentry from Wedding Festivities
A fragmentary dialogue shows McDougal returning from wedding festivities saying thanks to a friend while noting the guide wife would change certainty. The exchange implies social ceremony and cautious assurance during a celebratory moment.
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McDougal
Laddie
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Lebanon Valley
Pennsylvania
Harry Ney
E. W. Cassel
East Hanover
England
Ann C. Coleman
B. Dawson Coleman
Mt. Lebanon
Department of Forestry
John Cook
Sand Beach
W. H. Hoerner
Lower Paxton
Mr. Hoerner
Booze Trains
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Ashland
Charleston
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Conference of Social Welfare
Lancaster
Anna Davies
Philadelphia
Mothers’ Assistance Fund
Katherine Tucker
Nursc Society
Misa ‘Tucker
Strasburg
Kunkel
Northampton County
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Newburg
Hecktown
Judge Kunkel
Commonwealth
Mit. Pleasant
Baltimore
J. Horace McFarland
Mt. Pleasant
McFarland
Cascara Bo
Mr. Hill
J. E. Gruber
Derry Church
Yingat
David Gordon Hershey
Ari" mL
Mmm Eugenes
Hershey Printing Co
Hershey, Pa
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