Fire Destroyed Noggle Garage at Rexmont
Lightning set the two story Noggle garage at Rexmont ablaze Sunday at 8 30 p m. The loss exceeded 1500 dollars per William Noggle. Four autos and two trucks were stored inside but were saved by Rexmont firemen including a Haynes sedan a Willys Knight sedan and an International delivery truck. The Rexmont fire truck aided the effort and two other resident vehicles were removed. Fire department chemicals linger on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Noggle and Sona
Rexmont
William Noggle
Haynes
Willys Knight
International Aelivery
Noggle Company
Diplomat and Mrs Coleman Married in Philadelphia Ceremony
Mrs Churchill Coleman daughter of B Dawson Coleman of 2202 DeLancey Place Philadelphia wed Leland Harrison assistant secretary of state of Washington D C. The ceremony occurred at 12 30 A M Saturday at the home of the bride’s brother G Dawson Coleman Bren Ma w in the presence of immediate families. The bride wore an orange and blue printed crepe gown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill Coleman
B. Dawson Coleman
DeLancey Place
Philadelphia
Leland Harrison
Atate
Washington, D. C
G. Dawson Coleman
Bren’ Mawr
Lightning Kills Three Cows and Calf Near Fontana
Alfred Gingrich, a young farmer near Fontana, lost three cows and a calf in a Saturday evening electrical storm. The cattle, after milking, were in pasture near a wire fence when lightning struck the fence and followed it to the herd. The cows collapsed in a heap. neighbors and Mr. Gingrich found them dead, casting sympathy toward him as he just began ring business this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Gingrich
Fontana
Tich
Auto Trip Through New England States and Canada Planned
Mr and Mrs Earl Reber of Gheetnut street and Miss Alma Hohl of Philadelphia visited Mt. Carmel to see the Wintera family. The party returned home Sunday and will begin a two week extended trip through New England and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England States
Canada
Earl Reber
Alma Hohl
Philadelphia
Reber
Mt. Carmel
wBintera
Family moves from Columbia to Lebanon
Felty and family of Columbia Pennsylvania moved to Lebanon this morning. He has been employed for some time by Paul Brohier the local brick contractor and will continue in the same work. Harvey Eck had charge of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AF Felty and Family
Coymbia
Lebanon
Paul Brohier
L Gcal
Harvey Eck
Rehrersburg Community Fire Hall Dedication Parade
Ag ness S Tryon led as Chief Marshal with aides as Berks and Lebanon firemen marched along Main Street Rehrersburg for the dedication of a two story fire hall. Wyomissing Newmans town Womelsdorf bands and Ahrens Fox engine parade through town followed by decorative ante from Womelsdorf Penn Highway Greenhouser four young ladies distributing flowers and blotters. Stouchsbury Bernville Schartelaville and Ori ental Drum Corps plus Good Will Fire Company Myerstown provided apparatus and music amid cheering crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes S. Tryon
John B. Muth
Alpheus A. Wagner
Wayne Keener
William S. Snyder
Berks
Lebanon
Rehrersburg
Wyomissing
Newmanstown
Womelsdorf
Womelsdorf Penn Highway
Stouchsbure
Bernville
Schartelaville
Oriental Drum Corps
Good Will Fire Company
Myerstown
Frank Fox Fatally Injured in Auto Accident Near Myerstown
Frank Fox a 44 year old butcher from Hamburg Berks county died at Good Samaritan Hospital after a Sunday evening wreck on the Penn Highway west of Myerstown. His wife Mae and Elmer Miller and his wife were injured as their car rolled over on a very wet road after starting home in heavy rain. Fox abdomen and ribs were punctured and broken. Miller suffered several fractured ribs. the women received cuts and bruises. Doctors treated all at the hospital after responders rushed to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fox
Hamburg
Berks County
Good Samaritan Hospital
Penn Highway
Myerstown
Mr. Fox
Elmer B. Miller
Strausetown
Lebanon
Fox
Tulpehocken
Ike
A. S. Reiter
O. L. Herbine
Strausstown
Miller
Mae
Horace Means
Seth A. Light
H. E. Maulfair
Mrs Elizabeth Light Dies at 85 in Lebanon County
Mrs Elizabeth Light widow of Rev Joel Light died at 5 35 this morning at her home First and Mifflin streets Lebanon county born in North Lebanon township spent life here with husband a local minister She would have turned 85 this Thursday if she had lived further a short obituary noting her years of church and community service and wide esteem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Light
Kreider
Joel Light
Lebanon County
First
Mifflin Streets
Lebanon Township
East Pennsylvania
United Brethren Church
Electric wire burn injures Lawn man after storm
Miles Peffley aged 20 of Lawn touched a charged electric wire blown down in Saturday night’s storm and burned the palm and fingers of his right hand. He was treated Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital by Dr. Horace Means. The report also notes visitors from Gettysburg enjoying a weekend with local residents and expressing interest in Lebanon news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Peffley
Miles PeMey
Lawn
Good Samaritan Hospital
Horace Means
Allentown Family Visits Ill Matriarch on Sunday
Mr and Mrs Mason Light and daughter Lucy of Allentown spent Sunday visiting Mrs Joel Light the ill mother of Mr Light at her home. The Light family and Lucy spoke of her condition and conveyed best wishes for her speedy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Light
Lucy
Allentown
Mr. Light
Joel Light
L Leite Aan
Ruth And Nell Toasts At A Banquet
A lively banquet scene unfolds as Ruth and Nell are invited to give toasts. The narrative hints at youthful spontaneity and supportive applause from the audience, capturing a lighthearted moment among the girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Nell
Stolen Cigar Load At Womelsdorf Garage
Thieves broke into the Horn garage at Womelsdorf on Friday night and carried away auto accessories and tires valued at 1000 dollars and a truck belonging to Chas Pefffar of Stouchsburg. Also 1700 MacMillan 10 cent cigars from the shop. Police are investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womelsdorf
Chas. S. Pefffar
Stouchsburg
Gerberich Sisters Sail for Europe on Cunard California
Miss Maggie and Grace Gerberich, daughters of the late Dr. M. R. Gerberich, of this city, have sailed aboard the Cunard liner California with the University Travel Study Club. The party plans a grand European tour visiting the British Isles, France, Belgium, and other countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie
Grace Gerbertch
Amanda Gerberich
New York
Cunard
California
Europe
University Travel Study Club
British Isles
Pth Freee
Belgium
Germ
Arnt ‘Gh
California Earthquake Claims Twenty Seven Lives
Special to News by United Press reports a violent southern California quake causing massive property damage and endangering hundreds. Unconfirmed word from Southern Pacific says twenty seven killed at Santa Barbara where the city is two feet under water after Gibraltar dam collapsed. Cabrillo and Arlington hotels in ruins, communications and rail disrupted, water scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Los Angeles
Flag Raising at Sand Hill Playgrounds
Milford Arnold George Weaver and five light ex service men who fought overseas will raise the American flag Thursday evening July 2 at the Sand Hill playgrounds under the Sand Hill Playground Association. Attorney Clark M. Seltzer will be the main speaker. Rev Samuel Waltz gives the invocation and benediction. Harry Hauer will deliver a short address and playground children will present exercises. Henry provides kindness assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford Arnold
George Weaver
Fiam Light
Sand Hill
Clark M. Seltzer
Samuel Waltz
Harry Hauer
Henry
Meadville Theological School Maintains Chicago Campus
Supreme Court allows Meadville Theological School to keep a Chicago, Illinois campus while upholding a Crawford county injunction that had ordered the Chicago operation halted. Trustees may administer the trust under Pennsylvania law with the Illinois institution retained as a western campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Meadville
Supreme Court
Chicago
Ill
University of Chicago
Crawford County
Simpson
Parsons Family Vacation At Joly Ten Cottage
Mr and Mrs John Parsons and daughter Marion along with Mr Clarence Peiffer are spending three weeks at the Jolly Ten cottage by the Water Works Parsons works as a bookkeeper at Lebanon Daily News and Peiffer as a bookkeeper at Krause Hardware Co South Eighth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parsons
Marion
Clarence Peiffer
Jolly Ten
Water Works
Parsons
Lebanon Daily News
Mr. Peiffer
Krause Harware Co
South Eighth Street
France to Send Debt Commission to United States
Paris reports that within two months France will dispatch a debt commission to negotiate settlement of its debt to America. Speculation centers on whether Finance Minister Caillaux will lead the mission as Paris has sought a debt settlement for about a year and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Bradford
Unies
Paris
Quai D'Orsay
France
United States
America
Caillaux
City Officials Debate Street Paving Maintenance
A long standing paving controversy in Lebanon resurfaces as officials debate maintenance of wood block streets. The plan would tear out sections on Cumberland Street and Eighth to replace with crushed stone and bituminous material. The NEWS will publish opinions from past mayors councilors city solicitors and city engineers to present all sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third City
Lebanons
Cumberland
Drowned crew of Gloucester schooner after fog collision with Tuscania
Twenty four sailors aboard the Gloucester fishing schooner Rex were cut to fourteen dead when the 102 foot vessel collided with the New York bound steamer Tuscania in dense fog hundreds of miles off Cap Race. The Tuscania aided in rescue and recovery as survivors were taken aboard, including Captain Thomas C. Downey of Lowell and cook Austin Firth’s son Charles. The dead included several Gloucester men and one Shelburne resident, with an unidentified sailor among the casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Mass
United Presa
Capa Race
N. Y
Tyecania
Thomas C. Downey
Lowell
Charles A. Firth
Austin Firth
Cook
Samuel Tichetts
Angus McDonald
Charisa Goodiek
William Roche
Archie Hill
Clyda Larkin
Angus Smith
Joseph Dalton
George Johnson
William Turner
Shelbourne
Damage From Weekend Storms Strikes Region
Severe thunder and lightning Saturdays and Sundays caused widespread damage and outages. Affects city electric service, leaving parts in darkness for about half an hour during switch to auxiliary plant on North Elighth Street. Homes, churches, and suburban areas suffered outages in the new local system. (Continued on …)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elighth Street
Mt. Gratna
Three Year Old Boy Lost All Night Found Under Bushes
Allentown report: Edwin Wallstach, three, of Lanark, grew tired during berry hunt Saturday afternoon and slept beneath a clump of bushes. His pursuers searched all night and found him about ten o clock Sunday morning, hungry and sore but otherwise fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Hedwin Wallstach
Lanark
Jain
Dunmore Brewers Denied Release From Scranton Jail
In Scranton Judge Doyle of the United States Court today refused parole for Dunmore Brewers Dempsey and William Walsh. The appeal to be released from jail on parole was denied in a decision issued this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Doyle
United States Court
Dempsey
William Walsh
Dunmore Brewers
Contract Awarded For Road Through Womelsdorf
The Department of Highways awarded a contract for road construction in Berks County along Route 149 in Womelsdorf Borough. Du Bois Construction received the award for the 2,158 foot section, with work to proceed under the terms of the bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womelsdorf
United
Harrisburg
Department of Highways Today
Berks County
City Fire Chief Warns About Danger On Fourth
Lebanon Fire Department chief engineer George L. Shuey warns of hidden risks in Fourth of July fireworks. He cites ongoing safety gains from bans and the public’s demand for noise and spectacle, noting annual fire losses approach a million dollars. He calls sparklers dangerous and urges precautions to curb fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shuey
George L. Shuey
Lebanon Fire Department
Greeters Delight in Mt Gretna Visit by State Association
Members of Pennsylvania Charter No. 41 Greeters of America, at their quarterly meeting in Mt. Gretna, praised hosts A. A. Weimer, treasurer of the Hotel Conewago Company, and P. L. Welmer, owner of Hotel Walmer and manager of Hotel Wonewago. They left Sunday with glowing thanks, expressing broad pleasure at the region. The convention session occurred Saturday at Mt. Gretna with a vote of thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
America
Mt. Gretna
A. A. Weimer
Hotel
Conewago Company
P. L. Welmer
Walmer
Wonewago
Messrs
Weimer
Alumni Banquet Attendance Draws Kapp Couple to Reading
George Kapp and his wife of Kany Automobile company departed Lebanon Saturday afternoon to attend an alumni banquet at Reading Business College held Saturday evening. Kapp is a graduate of the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kapp
Kany Automobile Company
Lebanon
Reading Busin- 638 College
Mr. Kapp
Lightning Strikes First Church at Second and Winter Street
A Sunday night lightning strike damaged the northeast corner of the First Church tower at Second and Winter Street. Milas Rachel of 128 Locust Street was meeting of the Baptist People’s Union nearby when the bolt splintered the corner post and scattered timber and glass. The electrical surge knocked out lights but caused no injuries and electricians from Metropolitan House restored power. estimated repair under $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second
Wintreeth
Milas Rachel
Locust Street
Kouse
Bethlehem Mines team wins first in Lebanon finals
Bethlehem Mines team representing all Lebai county plants of the Bethlehem Stack Company won first place Saturday in the general national competition of Bethlehem Corporations at Island Park Harrisburg. The Mines team, previously winning first in the elimination contest at Third and Foet streets, earned the right to represent Lebanon finals. The squad included Herbert captain Warner Frank Meze Cyril Wizer Mamk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Mines
Lebai County
Bethlshemi Stack Company
Ala Netitiona
Bethlshem
Island Park
Harrisburg
Foet
Lebanon
Herbert
Warner
Frank Meze
Cyril Wizer
Mamka
New Jersey and Pennsylvania Spar Over Delaware River Bridge Toll
A split over funding a Delaware River bridge to Philadelphia centers on New Jersey seeking support from Pennsylvania residents. City officials cite anticipated tolls. New Jersey argues tolls must be shared. Attorney General Katzenbach warns of potential toll imposition as the project aims to open in 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Delaware River
Tden
Philadelphia
Katzenbach
New Jer
New Jersey
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Santa Bar
Diplomat
Coleman
Lebanon Counties
Welker’s
Daily News
Gettysburg
B. A. Donmeyer
Adam Hemperiy
MacMillan
Horn
Gerberich Sisters
Meadville Theological School
Chicago, Ill
Joly Ten Cottage
Debt Commission
U. S
Aera
Reading
Bolt
Bethlehem
Picnichlopp's Union
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