Lebanon Valley News Bursts With Local Happenings Across Towns
W. Stanley Ray and O. M. Copelin lead a hunting party heading to Dorset Ontario Canada to hunt bears with plans to join Robert Magee later at Ray's lodge. A trolley accident in Rutherford Heights killed Joseph Kavanaugh aged 5, while Miss Rosamond K Bender is set to give the Needlework Guild address with 500 delegates expected.
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W. Stanley Ray
O. M. Copelin
Wiliam Rujail
Harrisburg
Canada
Robert Magee
Mr. Ray
Dorset
Ontario
Annville
Needlework Guild of America
Rosamond K.bender
Reunion plan for eighteenth G A R Middle District gathering
Commander C R Lantz of Lebanon publicizes the program for the eighteenth annual reunion of the Central Association of the Grand Army of the Republic Middle District of Pennsylvania to be held in Sons of America Hall Leb anon on Thursday October 15. Delegates from sixty posts across seven counties will assemble at 10 am with Perseverance band music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Lantz
Lebanon
Central Association of the Grand Army of the Republic
Middle District
Pennsylvania
Sons of America
Hall
Dauphin
Berks
P. QO. S. of A. Hall
Perseverance Band
J. C. Forncrook
J. P. Longenecker
Henry C. Demming
Harrisburg
Binckley
Fornerook
M. L. Case
M. A. Gherst
Reading
J. L. Rise
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Fulton
Lancaster
Lantz
T. E. Schmauck
Central Lutheran Council of North America
Wells
McElroy
National Tribune
Washington
D. C
Saltzgaber
Stewart
Patrick, Fulton
Forncrook
Towne
Cook
Bentley and Hoy
Irene Wagner
Lancaster Tobacco Faces Drought Hit To $3 Million Crop
A long drought has left Lancaster County tobacco short on moisture causing yellowing and lower value. Early Havana seed crops have started curing but overall curing is poor and packers fear weak filler sales. Despite reduced acreage, leaf quality remains good and factories seek holiday orders, boosting dealer hopes.
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Lancaster County
Havana
Lancaster
Farm notes and unusual yields from Pennsylvania show varied farming trends
South African farmers study U S methods while acetylene lighting spreads in the West. Punxsutawney hosts a ground hay day with 200 frounshoes slaughtered. Barrin County reports turkey disease fungus and wild turkey abundance in Pennsylvania. A Tannenster County farmer reaps 1800 bushels from eight acres of potatoes. A 1768 Philadelphia oak still bears Mealt known as John Bartram pour tea. A Franklin County farmer harvests 90 six bushels of clover from 60 acres. Travelers note rise in wild turkeys across the state in two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
United States
Punxsutawnay
Turkay
Barrin
Tannenster County
Philadelphia
John Bartram
Franklin County
Pennsylvania
Foreign orders surge as war demands reshape markets
The Public Ledger notes rising foreign orders for foodstuffs munitions and war materiel. Bethlehem and Ardmore report large consignments of armored trucks ambulances blankets and other supplies for Allies while Pittsburgh Philadelphia and other regions count orders for barbed wire hardware steel barrels bottles and footwear. The piece frames these deals as a shift in market control and a sign of wartime rebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Ledger
Red Cross
Bethlehem
France
Bethlehem Steel Company
Ardmore
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Germany
Pittsburg
Russia
Spain
Italy
Hershey Band Triumphs in Harrisburg Firemen Parade
The Hershey Band led the Swarthmore Fire and Protection Association march in Harrisburg drawing praise from all along the route. Director Samuel J. Feese received a bouquet, and the group earned plans for a Fall concert at Swarthmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Hershey
Samuel J. Feese
Swathmore
Hershey Press
Harrisburg Star Independent
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehemites
Chocolate Town
Lebanon Valley
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Ringgold
Reading
Destruction of Rheims Cathedral Stirring World Indignation
A London Daily Mail writer laments the brutal destruction of Rheims Cathedral, detailing its Gothic grandeur from its 1211 origins to its rose window, twin towers, and sculptural portals. The piece notes famed works, religious imagery, and the 1875 French grant for repairs, highlighting the cathedral's art and history amid wartime ruin.
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Rheims Cathedral
London
Daily Mail
Rheims
France
Amiens
Ruskin
Parthenon
Angola
Paul
Uardian
Clovis
Rheimia
Christ
Battarios
Lenoncourt
Bride's Counsel From a Mother's Tale in Three Months
A fragmentary social scene depicts a newlywed wife confiding in her mother about marital strain. The mother suggests avoiding anger and quarrels when the husband returns late from work, while the young wife seeks guidance on how to cope with her unhappiness.
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Alxo
Ownership Statement for Hansumy Press of Hershey Pa
Statement of the Ownership Manage ment and other details for Hansumy Press published weekly in Hershey Pennsylvania for detohor 19d. Editor L R Meekinsa Hershey Pa Business Mepis and R Snavely Hershey Pa Publisher M S Hershey Hershey Pa Owners M S Hershey Hershey Pa Known bondholders mortgagees and security holders 1 per cent or more None
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Hansumy Press
Hershey
Detohor
L. R. Meekinsa
Pav
R. Snavely
Hershay
If Corporation
Ny Personnatic
M.S. Hershey
Honda
Stained Glass History of a French Cathedral Crowned Royals
The cathedral houses some of the oldest stained glass dating to the thirteenth century though lower windows were destroyed in the Revolution. Its royal associations added splendor to the sacred site where almost all French kings were crowned except Napoleon. The treasury includes Charles X silver from his 1825 coronation.
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France
Napoleon
Charles X
Kit for the Job Mrat Tramp
A dialogue debates a new law on teaching children about liquor effects. The speakers mock a plan to appoint a highly paid example for each school as a deterrent, suggesting evasive outcomes and satirical commentary.
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Joseph Kavanaugh
Rutherford Heights
Columbia and
Joseph D. Hollinger
Elizabethtown
W. J. Zeigler
Mr. Zeigler
Manheim
John H. Dick
Dillsburg National Bank
G. H. Moyer
Palmyra
George G. Greiner
Greiner
John C. Orr
Moyer
Henry
W. H. Hilbish
St. John's Lutheran Church of
Hilbish
Trinity Lutheran
William J. Kreider
Londonderry Mills
Kreider
Barry and
Detweiler
John B. Curry
Curry
Swatara Station
Curry State Plank
Joseph Nissley
Hummelatown
Nissley
W. G. Moyer
Wap
Palemyn
Bismark
Mraf. Reuban P
Walfarsberger
North Side Bank
Harry Zoll
Wh and
Lehman Streets
Zoll
Andrew Rieser
Myerstown
George W. Hendel
Quarryville
Columbia Bridge
Joseph Killian
Marietta
Uriah Shuman
Thompsontown
Newport
C. Ross Shuman
Brumbaugh, McCormick and Pinchot
Fifth Methodist Church
Jeff. Miller
J. Plunket
Union Hose Company
Middletown
State Firemen’s Association
Middletown Company
Altoona Volunteer Firemen’s Association
P. M. Black
David Houser
Leroy Snavely
Altoona
W. B. Allen
N. P. Fowler
Roy F. Lang
Frank E. Zeigler
Jerry I. Hartman
Christian Nauss
Charles Shepler
Hummelstown
Mr. Kimmel
Lemoyne
Myr. Shepler
the Daughters of Liberty
Williamsport
Charles Yoder
Palmyra Lodge
Margaret Fuller Council
John Stover
Stoverdale
William Shoemaker
Edward Stover
Edward
William
Mary
Martin Swartz
Jeremiah Rauch
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
Rauch
Towis
Union Deposit
Dauphin County
J. P. S. Gobin
Indek
Main Street
Greinar
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Anna Gingrich
Salem
N. d
Tie
George W. Stine
The
Annville National Bank
Lancaster Tobacco
America
Hershey Dept. Store
Feese
Automobiles
Forder Gt Tha Leven
Studebaker
C. S. Maylfair
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