Epidemic traced to two public wells in Lebanon Valley
A typhoid outbreak gripping Yatesville is traced to two contaminated wells in the town. Chemists declare the water unfit for use.
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Yatesville
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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1915
Page
3
Vian Gleanings and Local Notes From Middletown Area
Community members attend the Middletown fair. Warren Lonpenecker visits with his parents. Prank Arnold and two New York children vacation with William Arnold. Miss Sara McCorker recovers after illness. Riley Shepler buys a driving horse from A. H. Imboden. William Arnold quarried stone for Harvey Hershey. Albert Shenk buys a milking machine. Elizabethtown road repair south of town by Conewago supervisors. Sand Hill melons scarce this year due to heavy rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Warren Lonpenecker
Mia
Prank Arnold
New York
William Arnold
Sara McCorker
Riley Shepler
A. H. Imboden
Hummelstown
Harvey Hershey
Albert Shenk
Elizabethtown
Conewago Township
Local Families Gather Amid Weekend Moves and Visits
Bindnagles Church heard Anthony Bindnagles and family moved from the Hershey farm to Cocena in Barks county. Nianuel Withers and KHira bethtown friends visited Sunday. Mina Ullda Snyder of Harrisburg visited relatives. David Maaminger and family spent Sunday at Gettysburg. Rudy Bohm received cattle from Lancaster. A four year old climbed while a roof was being put on a house tenanted by Moses Kromlahla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heary Anthony
Hershey
Cocena
Barks County
Nianuel Withers
Khira Bethtown
Mina Ullda Snyder
Harrisburg
David Maaminger
Gettysburg
Rudy Bohm
Lancaster
Moses Kromlahla
Local visits and convention notes from Reading and area towns
One Happenings notes J A Snavely attending the P O S of A Convention at Reading. Mrs J W Hedse and daughter Jane visited Avon on Sunday. Mrs Samuel Wentling and son Lester returned home after several days in Reading. Mrs Joe Witt and children of Somerset county left town after visiting friends. Mr and Mrs J Dotter and children Ernest and Mary visited Lebanon on Sunday. Alma Hoke of Lebanon spent the weekend in town. Samuel Peiffer of Lebanon visited his mother. Roy Sheetz of Philadelphia visited at the Dotter home. Grant Fitting and children called on Henry Alspach’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Snavely
Reading
J. W. Hedse
Jane
Avon
Samuel Wentling
Lester
Joe Witt
Somerset County
Dotter
Ernest
Mary
Lebanon
Alma Hoke
Samuel Peiffer
Roy Sheetz
Philadelphia
Shellsville School Opens With Thirty Pupils Record
Miss Susan Shuey teaches at Shellsville School where thirty pupils are enrolled. Miss Esther J. Sherk of Harrisburg visits the Cassel family and W. E. Shell. Mrs. Levi B. Haver recovers from a cold. Meyers Brothers of Myerstown drill a deep well for John A. Hetrick. C. S. Boyer and Raymond Hetrick thresh farmers grains. The Shellsville telephone exchange hosts several guests including Mr and Mrs Jacob Bomgardner and Grace Stahle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shellsville
Susan Shuey
Esther J. Sherk
Harrisburg
Susan Cassel
J. H. Cassel
W. E. Shell
Sallie Miller
Lebanon
Thomas E. Hetvxick
Katie Walmer
Palmyra
Beattice Mumma
Charles N. Stahle
Grace Stahle
Levi B. Haver
Meyers Brothers
Myerstown
John A. Hetrick
C. 5
Boyer
Raymond Hetrick
Community Visit Notes Across Local Families
Bachmansville resident David Gruber and family visited Joseph Geimein near Hanover on Sunday. Lizzie and Mary Hamilton of Campbellstown joined, along with Hiram Bricker and family visiting Daniel Hollinger at Annville. Hollinger, aged 88, will soon move with his son to Astoria. David Boyer rented the Henry Baker farm near Colebrook. The Marines will not encamp at Mt Gretna this week as they were called to Haiti. Wet weather harms oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Gruber
Hanover
Joseph Geimein
Lizzie
Mary Hamilton
Campbellstown
Hiram Bricker
Daniel Hollinger
Annville
Hollinger
Astoria
David Boyer
Henry Baker
Colebrook
Mt. Gretna
Haiti
Hockersville Happenings Details Local Visits and Events
Round Top and Campbelltown residents visited friends and family across the area. Mrs Hocker returned from Harrisburg Hospital, Naomi Gruber hosted a Shakespeare era gathering, and several families attended anniversaries and Sunday visits. A burial occurred at Mishburns Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Shaeffar
Mya
Hamy L. Hocker
Frank Hocker
Round Top
Hocker
Harrisburg Hospital
Naomi Gruber
Jacob Steck
Harry O. O’nell
Orphan's Home
Womealsdorf Jasgt Mauraday
Mra
Riley Shopler
Palmyra
Shopler
Misa Gipp
Mishburn
Maurice Moreaman
Ken Russell
Mars
Oreman
Martin Seltzer
Campbelltown
Mix
Samual Nye
Urmdisburge Hospital
Invad Shaaffer
Iarvey Shaaffer
Annabal
May
Shaaffer
Avatar
Mrs. Graybill
Camphelltown
Boom in Eastern Pennsylvania iron trade boosts output
The blast furnace and railroad sectors across Eastern Pennsylvania report peak activity not seen since 1913 as tonnage of raw materials and finished products grows. Companies like Lackawanna Iron and Steel install stack charging to increase efficiency, American Iron and Steel Manufacturing tests new electric furnaces, and Brooke Iron resumes operations. Labor shortages hamper mills, with European reservists reducing local workforces while prospectors revitalize idle ore beds and mines nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Schuylkill
Lebanon
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
Cornwall
Reading Dispatch
New York Herald
American Iron and Steel Manufacturing Company
Reading
America
Reading Iron Company
Scott Foundry
Cuba
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Brooke Iron Company
Boro
Boyertown
Coatsville
Public Sale of School Properties in Derry Township
The Board of School Directors of Derry Township Dauphin County Pa will expose to public sale at Hershey Consolidated Public School on Saturday September 18 1915 at 2 oclock p m three school properties. Palmyra School House on a 46 5 perch lot. Knowledge Hill School House on about 4 5 acres. Foremans School House on 678 100 perches. Properties are in good condition. Terms and conditions to be announced by the board. A B Shenk President A W Snavely Secretary J M Hershey Atty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derry Township
Dauphin County
Hershey Consolidated Public School
Hershey
Penna
Oldlack P
Palmyra
Knowledge Hill
A. B. Shenk
A. W. Snavely
J. M. Hershey
Ironworkers and plants run to capacity in war shift
Hardware and steel casting plants operate at full capacity. Few facilities handle direct war orders as most fulfill contracts for western factories and for Pittsburg and New York.
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West
Pittsburg
New York
The Story of a Pig and a Decatur Club Member
A southern sow had eight piglets but nourished seven at a time. To spare the odd pig, a girl raised it by hand. She joined the Decatur Pig Club as a ham and bacon member and kept a close record.
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Decatur Pig Club
Pig Reared on Kitchen Waste Proves Cost Efficient
A farmer notes a 19 month old pig, not purebred, killed per instructions. It weighed 225 pounds dressed with a 50 pound batch of lard, costing less than 5 bushels of corn to produce thanks to kitchen waste. Seven other pigs averaged 87 pounds dressed when killed same time, showing rapid weight gain from good care and feed.
Thomas S Manning vows open primary and record of county Poor Department
In Dauphin County Thomas S Manning seeks re election as Director of the Poor on the Republican ticket. He touts four years of service, new bookkeeping ledgers, competitive purchasing saving money, improvements to the Almahouse, a thriving county farm with rich crops, and a well maintained dairy at the County Home. He pledges personal attention to the office if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Dauphin County
Board of Poor Directors
Kenda
Stuc Insane Asylum
Almadou
Tam
Troy
Thomas S. Manning
Londonderry Township
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Norris Deal
Tressler Orphan Home
Loysville
Shermans Creek
Weavers Dam
Samuel Kinsey
Hillsdale
Lancaster County
Dorothy Zinn
Duke Street
Pierce Zinn
Oscar Lenhart
Albany
Florence Miller
John W. Miller
Lenhart
Elmer Lenhart
Marion
Schoch
Selinsgrove
Beaver Springs
Jacob Bingaman
Wagner
Mr. Wagner
Mo. Wagner
J. F. Specht
Albart Kuhns
Warren Pheasant
William Tey
Ralph Howell
Ma Wagner
Mr. Tey
Mast Pannsylvania Conference
United Brethren In Christ
Tarisburo
Atreat Brethren Church
Saplambar 2
Ction
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Rebecca Grove Newcomer
Maytown
Mechanicsville
Bucks County
Charles Levester
Edward David Shiffier
Fannie, Hugendubler
University of Wisconsin
Young Shiffer
York County
York
Grohl
Bindnagles
Mr. Wasser
Sherwood Nursery
Adessa
Harvey Bomegardner
Londonderry
Samuel Yingst
Sand Beach
David Wagner
Christian Adam Long
Mary Elizabeth Hoover
Harvest Home
Betz
Allen Dunkin
Rudy B. Behm
Frank Gruber
Elias Mumma
Piketown
George Spangler
Mabel
East Hanover
Vian
Bindnagles Church
Grant Fitting
Henry Alspach
Bachmansville
Hockersville
Pennsylvania Mills
For
Gottlieb
Havana
J. W. Brenneman
Millersville, Penna
The
Frank J. Roth
Sannussure, Ra
Yours
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