Eighteenth Central Pennsylvania GAR reunion report
The article notes the eighteenth annual reunion of the Central Pennsylvania Association Grand Army of the Republic in Lebanon, detailing officers elected for the district, the 1915 site in Coatesville, a pension resolution for Civil War veterans, and a banquet and reminiscence hour. It also covers local weather impacts, agricultural yields, water pumping upgrades, Roosevelt’s Harrisburg visit, wills, school institute, fishing enforcement, industry orders for English soldiers, and regional economic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Pennsylvania Association
Grand Army of the Republic
Lebanon
C. R. Lantz
J.W. McCune
Lancaster
H. M. M. Richards
Reading
W. A. Cook
York
J. C. Fornwall
Harrisburg
J. L. Binkley
Coates- Ville
Horst Elected Hummelstown Borough Treasurer
Harry M. Horst cashier of the Farmers' Bank has been elected to the office of borough treasurer of Hummelstown to succeed the late J Paul Nissley.
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Harry M. Horst
Farmers’ Bank
Hummelstown
J. Paul Nissley
Lebanon Valley Dental Association Plans Next Year Meet
The Lebanon Valley Dental Association met at Pottsville last Wednesday and Thursday and voted to hold meetings in Lebanon next year Lancaster in 1916 and Reading in 1917 The state convention will be held in Reading in 1916.
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Lebanon Valley Dental Association
Pottaville
Lebanon
Lancaster
Reading
Shep Camp to perform in Harrisburg with The Round-Up
Star actor Shep Camp returns from Hershey to headline the Majestic Theater Harrisburg next Monday and Tuesday with The Round-Up. He has perfected the one handed cigarette rolling trick, a skill learned from hours of practice mirroring Arbuckle's earlier performance, and aims to deliver a remarkable stage portrayal.
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Hershey
Shep Camp
Slim” Hoover
Slim
Mr. Arbuckle
Great Southwest
Mr. Camp
William H. Thompson
Texas
Camp
Cattle Prices Challenge Feeders and Consumers
A Chicago sale saw twelve hundred pound beeves fetch about 10.85 per head 130 each, a high price that gnaws at consumers yet leaves feeders barely breaking even. Stock raisers with expensive inputs demand decent profits, noting steaks around 11.00 while costs loom large. Farm Life argues prices remain too low for producers.
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Chicago
Palmyra visitors and locals gather on Sunday at area sites
Bindnagles Church and nearby homes greet residents from Palmyra Annville and Harpers, with several families listed as guests or attendees. Notes mention a funeral at Hill church, a school house break in, chestnut gathering on the mountain, and local trades such as horse sale and blacksmith rental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Grubb
Palmyra
Charles Muldoon
Blue Mountain
Elmer Hemperly
William Kennedy
Jacob Westhafer
Criswell
Annville
John A. Bompardner
Alexander Shuey
Harpers
J. A. Parling
Louisa Wagner
D. Knorr
Row
IH. Hoffer
William Kline
John Miller
A. C. Hess
Dillsburg
Oyrua Hartz
Quakers Call for Peace and Service During War
A message from the Religious Society of Friends in Great Britain urges restraint and nonviolence while recognizing duty to the empire. It promotes devoted service, peaceful alternatives for conscientious objectors, prayer for enemies, and unity with those at war in seeking the Kingdom of God.
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Religious Society of Friends
Great Britain
Empire
War Time Sly Quotes From Papers Spur Colored War News
A collage of 191? quotes from papers in Kansas City St Louis Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia Washington Chicago Springfield and Kansas City lampoon war talk and disarmament. The clippings poke at neutrality, wagers on Balkan troubles, and mock Allied and German aims with witty put downs and satirical lines.
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Europe
Kansas City Journal
St. Louis
Republic
Boston
Transcript
Brooklyn Eagle
Philadelphia
North American
Carnegie
Washington Herald
Herald
Chicago Herald
William of Wied
Germany
Wall Street Journal
Springfield Republican
Japan
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Kansas City Star
German Language Push and Postal Takeover in Brussels
Invaders order German schooling for Belgians and open a German post office on October 1. Alphabet letters adorn post office windows while street letter boxes are removed. Residents must pay with German stamps, triggering large queues as 65 000 people seek letters. Collectors buy 100 000 francs worth of stamps, with three men purchasing 15 000 francs each.
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Brussels
The Amazing Argentine John Fraser Yortor Portraits Argentina
John Fraser Yortor portrays the Argentina Republic as a progressive nation rapidly arming and becoming a leading meat producer. He describes a vast land from the Atlantic to the Andes and from the Tropic of Capricorn to the Strait of Magellan, noting hundreds of millions of cattle and sheep supported by the country.
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John Fraser Yortor
Argentina Republic
Atlantic
Andea Mountains
Tropic of Capricorn
Straita of Magellan
Ice cream demand rises after prohibition era note
The excerpt notes railroads with £800,000,000 investment and large export values in wool livestock and agricultural products. It cites 1912 export totals and £11,000,000 in freezing-houses, predicting growth in ice cream consumption and other products after West Virginia's July prohibition law boosted production by over 60 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Prohibition and Ice Cream Debate Sparks Virginia Claim
J W Yentresa of Virginia told the Pennsylvania Ice Cream Manufacturers Association at Atlantic City that prohibition hurts ice cream consumption. He noted Virginia’s recent 90,000 majority vote for prohibition and argued drinkers dislike ice cream, suggesting a paradox between liquor and frozen desserts.
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J. W. Yentresa
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Not a Scarecrow A Chicago business man recalls a day laborer
A Chicago businessman relates trouble with workers who often shirk work. While visiting a southern Iowa friend's farm, he and his brother see a distant figure. The brother suggests a scarecrow, but the other concludes it is a man working by the day.
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Chicago
Iaols
Murat
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