County News Roundup From Lancaster to Carlisle
Dr Vere Treichier named to Cowneil Board of Health at Plizabethtown. A hog from Quarryville weighed 740 pounds. dressed yield included four cups of lard and a 66 pound ham. Will of Reuben Brubaker leaves $2000 to Tressler Orphans’ Home in Loysville. Witmer Steffy Jr of East Petersburg starts four year term in U S Mailing Service. first recruit since Lancaster office reopened. Samuel B G Spickler of Manheim, birthday marked with gifts at cigar factory. Sugar bowl theft at Crystal restaurant ends with recovery after sighting a high school boy navy veteran. Tara Moore, nine, to live with Stevens in Sedalia after her father’s death. John Sessler of Manheim loses $35 at Marmontan Theatre. Car accident at Mamoud Station. tobacco grower Jacob Andes has 400 of 600 beds sited for crop. Sixty men from 20 organizations plan Berwick war heroes monument. Coatesville reports nearly 100 measles cases. homes under modified quarantine. Hilla Snyder of Rehrersburg grows cabbage via buried plant method. Mrs Fred Smith of Ulster hospitalized after swallowing a bean from pancake batter. William Stevenson of West Chester, 87, enjoys apples. Oliver Gill of Pittsburgh buys 160000 pounds of tobacco in Lock Haven. Over 100 dogs killed in Reading for nonpayment of license tags. State ag department sends spring fertilizer inspections to all counties. Bradford County reports sleeping sickness. Frank Jennings of Burlington ill in Packer Hospital. Curt North of Panic, Jefferson County, boasts rare swine production record. Parsonage deaths after children eat wild parsnips near Sunbury.
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Vere Treichier
Cowneil
U. S
Stieffy
Swarts
Lancaster
Coatesville
Board of Health
Hilla Snyder
Rehrersbur
William Stevenson
West
Chester
Auoits
State Department of Agriculture
Bradford County
Frank Jeennings
Burlington
Packer Hospital
Curt North
Jefferson County
Berkshire
George Derr
Janes Derr
Tester Derr
Phim Creek
Sunbury
Flees triple locked cell shooter escapes from jail
John Miller, who confessed to fatally shooting Abner Mills, escaped from a jail last Friday. He sawed through a three lock bar and fled into the street with Sheriff Harman's revolver. Three nearby prisoners were confined, and investigators traced Miller's footprints to a field before he vanished near Gettysburg. Mills, shot in the head, remains in slow recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Miller
Abner Mills
Grocer
Gettysburg
Miller
Harman
Miler
Mills
State to Tay No More Bills for Officially Pleasure Trips
Governor Sproul orders heads of departments to stop paying for nonwork travel. Auditor General told not to approve bills for trips to conventions unless strictly necessary. Past year saw excessive travel and higher costs, with one case involving D. B. E. P. Trugh to visit relatives in Kansas City. Officials warned such practices will not be allowed and riders may have to pay their own way.
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Sproul
Brumbaugh
D. B. E.P. Trugh
Prohibition State Committee
Kansas City
Fort Leavenworth
Community Fund for Marietta Reaches $28,000 Milestone
The subscriptions for the Marietta community house and gymnasium have reached 28000 dollars as support grows. The general committee plans a forthcoming meeting to organize a grand final event. Many former residents and out of town subscribers have contributed substantial amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Woman Congressman Rankin to Speak at Lancaster Meeting
Near Thom Congressman Jeanethe Rankin of Montana, the first woman elected national lawmaker, will speak at a mass meeting at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster on April 5. Georgia’s Mrs Mary Starris Armor, famed as a powerful speaker, will also address the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanethe Rankin
Montana
Woma
Fulton Opera House
Lancaster
Mary Starris Armor
Georgia
America
State to mobilize 35000 men for road program in Pa
Pennsylvania plans a large road-building effort with about 35000 workers under state charge. The highway department expects 20000 on state contracts and several thousand more from counties, plus workers in related industries to supply materials. In 1918, over 7500 were employed by the maintenance division. this season aims to build 600 miles of permanent road with contracts averaging four miles each. Contractors will recruit 19000 additional workers in the next two months, with the state employment service supporting as needed and prioritizing Pennsylvania labor.
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Munsing
Cooper
Pennsylvania
State
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Resolutions Adopted At Lancaster County Supervisors Meet
At a Lancaster county supervisors convention resolutions praised the road drag as cheap and efficient and urged early use in March and April. They rejected a policy of building state aid roads in concrete and asked lawmakers to allow cheaper road types and lower truck load limits. The group also urged attendance by Road Foremen at next annual meeting and called for seeking unpaid bonuses for earth road purposes.
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County Supervisors
Lancaster
Way Department
Testimony Promotes Tonall as Kidney Back Pain Remedy
William W. Miller of Cleona Lebanon County Pa a bricklayer details severe back and kidney pains which improved after one bottle of Tonall and he endorses it as the real medicine He states the testimonial was given on December 12 1918 Tonall sold at J E Charles Drug Store Lititz
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William W. Miller
Cleona
Lebanon County
Bealer dies in barn hangings in Montana county
George Bealer a 58 year old man from the Bealer family died by hanging at his home near Red TH in Montana county last Thursday night. He had an old halter attached to his neck secured to a barn rafters nail. Survived by wife and adopted son George, plus sister Kaira Musselman of Manheim. Funeral held at Manheim Saturday afternoon.
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George
Kaira
Henry Musselman
Manheim
Asalth
Impetuous State Clocks Start Daylight Saving Early
Daylight saving struck Harrisburg about 48 hours ahead of schedule causing a Capitol Hill scramble. Legislators and state officials checked clocks that jumped forward early, with Joseph Pyne credited for adjusting roughly 730 Capitol clocks ahead of the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrisburg
Capitol Hill
Joseph Pyne
Capitol
Lebanon County Lady to Christen U S Vessel
Miss Fannie Coleman of Mount Lebanon Lebanon County will christen the United States merchant marine ship Quittapahilla under the Lebanon County Liberty Loan Committee. Water from the Quittapahilla Creek will be used in the ceremonial bottle on the bow. Coleman, daughter of G Dawson Caigman, organized the Ninety third Regiment in 1861 and heads the Lebanon American Red Cross branch.
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Fannie Coleman
Mount Lebanon
Lebanon County
United States Merchant Marine
Ninety Third Regiment of
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Miss Coleman
Lebanon
Ed Croas
G. Dawson Coleman
Edward &. Coleman
Arthur Breck
Horace Brack
Philadelphia
Four Year Old John Albright Scalded In Kitchen Accident
Four year old John Albright son of Mr and Mrs John W Albright Lan Caster is in critical condition at St Josephs Hospital after accidentally falling into a large kettle of hot tara The child was playing in the kitchen and toppled into the lard kettle on the floor An ambulance rushed him to the hospital for treatment
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John Albright
John W. Albright
Lan Caster
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Cavalry Flags En Route to Capitol Rotunda
The first flags from Pennsylvania National Guard units to be sent to the Adjutant General for display in the Capitol rotunda were delivered to General Beary. The banner set includes the United States flag and the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry regimental colors once led by Colonel John P. Wood of Philadelphia. A Signal Corps battalion flag from Camp Lie Was arrived earlier, with colors from regiments in France also slated for deposition. Beary will seek War Department guidance on when the Keystone Division returns to mobilization camp for homeward assignment.
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Pennsylvania National Guard
Adjutant General's Office
Capitol
Beary
United States
1St Pennsylvania Cavalry
John P. Wood
Philadelphia
Keystone
Signal Corps
Camp Lie
France
Bearyeft
Washington
War Department
A Zeppelin Passes Over Valley Like A Monster
A fragment describes a majestic sight as a Zeppelin travels west along a valley from the Susquehanna toward Philadelphia area. Natives flee, a man from Quarryville races home shouting to warn an old woman that a submarine is coming, a mile high. The tone is sensational and confused.
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Susquehanna
Quarryville
Ima
Phila
North Anerican
General Coxey threats new march against prohibition
General Jacoh Sechell Coxey, leader of Coxey's Army, told the Central Federated Union he would raise a second army if needed. He claimed 16 percent of U S citizens could march to Washington to protest national prohibition.
Beating Influenza With Remedies Endorsed by a Reader
A reader endorses Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets and Golden Medical Discovery as safe tonics for influenza prevention and recovery. The letter cites castor oil for bowels, iron tonics, and herbal tonics, claiming improved digestion, renewed vigor, and nonintoxicating effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
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Wilson Baum
W. H. Buch the Record Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
the County
Samuel BG. Spickler
Crystal
Smatt
Tara Moore
Tancaster
Sedalia
Missouri
Daniel Stevens
Jolin Sessler
Marmdlton Theatre
Mamoud Station
Jacob Andes
Berwick
Germany
Oliver Gill
Pittsburgh
Lock Haven
Reading
E. C. Geary
Gettyshburg Grocer
Community Fund For
Erplgy
Wenfer
Cone Vention
J. E. Charles’ Drug Store
Lititz
Yormen
Mweaghig
Lady Will
U.S
Feil
Adjutant General
Wingert & Haas Eat
New
John A. Haas
Queen St. Lancaster
Chas. H. Frey
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
McDougall
W. A
Sey
By de. M. Cool
Chas
Gosnell
Willard St
C. Hi
W. W. Appel & 80N Jewelers & Opticians
Apple
Son “Optometrists
North Queen Street
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