State News Boiled Down
Owing to Spanish influenza the annual teachers' institute in Harrisburg is postponed. Water supplies run low for Marrietta and Parkersburg. Potatoes bumper crop and cider prices rise as chestnuts advance. Bears expected in McKean Forest Elk. Hunters with blue tags. future licenses green. Wm Penn day set for November 7. Rail fuel and New Deal era concerns noted. Largest hotel opens on Hog Island. Wheat losses from threshers cited. Reading's Mansion House sold. Philadelphia milk price listed. Lan caster and state inhalation shutdowns amid influenza. Tarbell destroyer outfitted with aid from Girls Friendly Society. Calvary branch donations prepared.
Hershey Farmer An Expert Apple Grower
J. H. Schwartz a prosperous farmer south of Hershey grows apples from seven year old stock. He sent three apples weighing 3.5 pounds each and claims he picked fifteen bushels from one tree sold at ten cents a piece. He returned with another three apples and named them The Schwartz Special.
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J. H. Schwartz
Hershey
Pennsylvania
Mr. Schwartz
Perhaps Beth Wifey I Believe Youre Getting Old
A playful domestic exchange where one spouse teases the other for not going out with friends and the other counters that wisdom, not age, governs. The line hints at spousal banter and aging perspectives in a humorous tone.
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Beth
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Lancaster
Germany
Pottsville
Hazleton
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Hog Island
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tarbell
United States Navy
Girls’ Friendly Society
Schuylkill Valley
Calvary Branch
Hershey Farmer
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