Local social notes span several townships
The column lists visits and calls across counties with dozens of names. William Davis Spiers and wife, Horace Overdorf, Emma Herlinger, Marian Walt, Mrs. Henry Fos Hyde, and many others are noted visiting relatives or hosting guests in Dilltown, Strongstown, Armagh, and nearby areas. Readers see movements of teachers, ministers, and families, with occasional mentions of births and a fox hound loss.
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Magen Altemus
Strongstown
Horace Overdorf
Béngon di
Dilltown
Two Teachers Institutes Planned in Strongatown and Washington
Local news outlines two teachers institutes to be held in Strongatown Pine township and Red Lion school house Washington township on December dates. Programs include devotional exercises welcome addresses readings recitations and multiple topics on education child study and school duties with directors and citizens invited to attend.
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Strongatown
Pine Township
Wagomer
A. A. Bennett
Ernest Kinsey
Schreckengost
Smith
Jorges
Wetmore
Misa Thompson
Miss Pitts
Miss Maloy
Doyle Joiner
Duke Fleming
Homer Stephens
Friends of Education
Red Lion
Washington Township
LaRue Fairman
Morrie Boyer
Paul Black
Zetta Sourwine
Lulu Rankin
Edith Learn
Sadie Lytle
J. ©. Fleming
Star
President McKinley
Erma Rowe
Jordan's Rubbers Offer First Quality Glove Brand
Jordan's Rubbers advertises first quality Good year Glove Brand footwear accessories in tan or black to fit any shoe, emphasizing dependability and style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear
Thanksgiving Dinner Scene From a Rural Family
A humorous Thanksgiving memory follows a rural father and son as they navigate a restaurant menu. The narrator recalls ordering a feast including sweet potatoes, oyster fry, turkey and pie while their father jokes about politicking and the bill. A civic meeting occurs where an oration urges simpler living after years of happiness and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
National Proclamations and Thanksgiving Traditions
The article surveys early U.S. Thanksgiving proclamations from George Washington to Madison, noting Washington fixed 1789 and 1795 dates, Lincoln established the annual holiday, and later proclamations followed special occasions. It touches on cold weather myths about turkey prices and references antiquity in New York and the colonial era.
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Washington
Madison
Lincoln
United States
George Washington
Pennsylvania
Ghent
Abraham Lincoln
Turkey
Leas
New England
New York
New Netherlands
Eter
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