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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1921
Page
6
A reception at the Brandt home honored Miss Mary Shannaman of near Annville on her recent marriage to John Marberger of Palmyra. Guests included families from Annville Lebanon Reading Palmyra and Rutherford Heights with gifts and well wishes. Other items note local incidents and community notices from Campbelltown.
A Bachmansville community notes attendance at funerals in Palmyra and Penryn. Local births, sales announcements, church services, and visitors from Hershey, Elizabethtown, Manheim, and Aberdeen appear alongside Institute week notices and familiar names like the Mengels, Shearers, and Shiffers.
H M Gruber spent two weeks at the Chicago stock yards returning Friday with loads of fancy cows and other cattle. Levi Farence Merl Glick Joe Gingrich R C Gingrich attended the York Fair last Thursday. Aaron Coble of Bachmanville delivered several potato loads sold for 1 50. Gruber of Campbelltown bought steers from Gingrich Bros. on Saturday. Amos Shank of Marietta was a village caller Monday. Edwin Yingat and family Rev David Yingat and family H F Yingat visited George McCurdy near Hershey Sunday. J I Barnhart of Enola visited and left for Reading with Mrs Stephens Williamson Sr Miriam Evelyn Rengier. Local church preaching Saturday evening by Rev Lawrence Hosan drew a large crowd.
Rev David Yingst preached Sunday morning. Rally Day services are set for Sunday morning after Sunday School with Rev Fouk as principal speaker. J H Kettering of Palmyra was a business caller in the village Monday. D M Sandy and Winfield Glick attended the York Fair on Wednesday.
In a small town a squire's daughter questions village children about miracles. A girl blurts out that a miracle would be if the new curate is not married, prompting a quiet, humorous moment about expectations and romance.
A compilation of curious claims across cultures and eras. It notes slavery in Sahara tribes, rainfall in Peru, extinguishing oil with flour, Chicago’s 1868 river tunnel, France’s sport minister in cabinet, Buckingham Palace linens valued at 35000, and other assorted observations including beaver hats, hurricane thresholds, and eye color trends at birth.
Freddy returns home with clothes full of holes and explains they played grocery store with everyone as something. He says he was the cheese in the game, reflecting a playful child’s imaginative mischief.
A haughty woman asks if paying fare for her dog ensures equal treatment and a seat. The guard answers that the dog may occupy a seat as long as it does not put its feet on it, illustrating onboard etiquette.
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