Trees to Adorn State Highways in Pennsylvania
State Highway and Forestry departments plan planting thousands of trees along Pennsylvania roads next autumn. Species include fruit and nut trees plus birds’ shade trees, grown in Forestry nurseries and transplanted along 100 miles of highway from plots in Pike Tioga Clearfield Franklin and Huntingdon counties. The plan aims to enhance road scenery and provide durable shade and fruit trees.
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Pennsylvania
Department of Forestry
Pike
Tioga
Clearfield
Franklin
Huntingdon
Hamber
Tarnished coins and tense times spook Harrisburg steel towns
A polluted scene recalls wartime labor issues with southern Black workers at Bethlehem Steel in Steelton, violence rising as four murders occur in three weeks and eight of eleven Dauphin County prisoners are Black. A Sayre police chase ends with repeated gunfire and a taunting verse ends abruptly.
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Harrisburg
Bethlehem Steel Company
Steelton
Dauphin County
Pursuit Ends as Torpedo Traps Break Up Midnight Flight
A fleeing man eludes capture along a railroad track as torpedo detonations scare him into falls and a joking officer collapses in laughter. The chase ends when darkness swallows the scene and shots are not fired.
Fire safety lesson at grammar school ends with smiles
The grammar school principal toured rooms giving fire drill instructions. Pupils listened attentively until the final guidance about staying calm if clothing catches fire, which brought smiles and lighthearted disruption to the session.
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Grammar School
Child Misunderstands Cricket Noise and Seeks Oil
A three year old girl hears a peculiar noise and asks what it is. Her mother explains it is a cricket. The child quips that the cricket should get itself oiled.
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Lebanon Valley
Supreme Court
United States
Girard
Public Ledger
Germany
Eleanor
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company
Thomas F. Furniss
P. R. Thomas
Johnstown
Conemaugh
Woodvale
Terest
Victrolas
J. H. Troup Music House
S. Market Square
Sayre
J.e.gruber
Hershey
Derry Church
Yingst
David Gordon Hershey
Uys
New Man
Hershey Printing Co
Hershey, Pa
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