Centennial Progress promises firsts in a busy year
Our hundredth birthday is celebrated with plans for a grand future observance. The paper thanks readers for patronage and notes December subscriber gains of over 400 under the cash-in-advance model. Local items report farm work, births, illnesses, and repairs. Harrisburg corn show dates January 21-23 and state agricultural meetings are announced with prize details and entry info.
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Progress
Charles Motarn
Wm. Smith
Robert
David Stoops
Mogle
Clarence Smith
Stork
Charles Hucus
Alm
McKee
Willard
John Canulph
Pennsylvania
Keystone State
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Livestock Breeders’ Association
Pennsylvania Dairy Union
The
State Horticultural Association
State Board of Agriculture
E. 8. Bayard
Shady Avenue
East End
Pittsburgh
Indiana Market Seeks New Year Book Supplies
Feel vee teeter teein Butter. Start the New Year Right with a new set of books for your business. Journals ledgers day books records counter books letter Ales and filing devices of all kinds Huey Moorhead.
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Indiana
Huey & Moorhead
Birthday Gift Misadventure Through a Frugal Family
A husband recounts the birthday gift episode in his family. His ten year old son Bob provides money for gifts while the wife buys candy and a mysterious box for her own gift. Confusion arises over a hair receiver, mistaken as a powder item, leading to a humorous but instructive ending about clear communication.
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Otydene
Esaid
Bobby Anist
Bobby
Bob
Jess
Mob
Papa
Evolution of the Chair and Household Furnishings History
A compact history of domestic items traces chairs from three legged stools to luxurious rockers, notes on frames, stretchers, and cushions, and links window curtains and chandeliers to cultural shifts. It links furniture design to social status, language origins, and even political symbols in early American and European interiors.
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China
France
Louis XIV
Prince of Wales
Hepplewhite
George II
Philadelphia Ledger
Silent Man and a Honeymoon Fade in Fading News Snippet
A landlady recalls waiting for a car and being ignored as the silent man faced trouble with his chops. A conductor may have spurned her boarding. An Exchange quip hints at a strained union as telephones drop calls during office hours.
Party Pledges End to Waste in Water Policy Drive
Philadelphia January 2. A Republican led push backs strong for water policy reform. A May party plank endorses state control of water issues from transportation to flood prevention. A legislative committee across eastern central and western sections drafts bills for joint action funding and development of water resources including Delaware River improvements and flood measures.
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Committee of
Republican Party
Philg
Lphia
Water Utilization Association of
Pennsylvania
Water Supply Commission
Water Utilization Association
Delaware River
Philadelphia
John J. Gheen
William Draper Lewis
William J. Turner
Thomas A. H. Hay
Robert D. Cripps
Robert C. Bair
William H. Hoerner
A. Nevin Detrich
William Fawcett
W. J. Baldridge
Wiliam Flinn
Guy B. Mayo
H. K. Leibeneck
George W. Weingartner
Stephen G. Porter
Henry G. Wasson
John Hichenauer
Mr. Eichenauer
Water Utilization Association of Pennsylvania
Gazette Times 1913 Almanac Promises Encyclopedic Value
The 1913 Almanac from the Pittsburgh Gazette Times catalogs a 500 page volume with a calendar by Allegheny County Observatory, maps a 150 mile Pittsburg radius, and claims exhaustive data on government, states, sports, census, suffrage, and more. It targets households, farmers, merchants, and professionals and is priced 25 cents or 38 cents by mail. The book will be on sale soon.
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Pittsburgh Gazette Times
Allegheny County
Pittsburg
Gazette Times
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Census Bureau
Public Sale At Residence Of Samuel Kimmell Auction
Public sale to be held at the residence at Shelocta on Saturday January 4 at 12 20 o clock. A lot of livestock merchandise groceries hardware gloves mittens whips robes blankets sleighs and watches winter and spring wheat flour feed assorted items three car ears and shelled corn Car men No 3 seed potatoes and other articles. Samuel Kimmell J Cal George Auctioneer.
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Shelocta
Samuel Kimmell
Cal
George
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the Gazette Times
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South Bend Township
Armstrong County
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the Farmers Bank
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