City girl lure sparks rural outflow threatens farm life
Chicagoan Joseph Chapman Jr. of the Northwestern National Bank warns that city girls teaching in rural schools and city vacations lure boys away from farming. He says teachers and vacationers push youth toward city life, accelerating the migration from the countryside and threatening agricultural prosperity.
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Little Red
Joseph Chapman, Jr
Northwestern National Bank of
Minneapolis
Oldest resident of Emaus keeps Moravian faith and heirlooms
Mrs. William Haberstrumpf, 88, lives with son Herman at Second and Adrian streets in Emaus. Immigrated from Saxony in 1868 with husband, who died years ago. They lived in Philadelphia and Douglasville before settling in Emaus 88 years ago. She owns a rich collection of old china and silver and a glass heirloom over 100 years old, and remains active in the Moravian Church.
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William Haberstrumpf
Herman
Second
Adrain
Emaus
Haberstrumpf
America
Saxony
Germany
Philadelphia
Douglasville
Nazareth
Oliver Kemmerer
Chestnut Street
Moravian Church
Local notes on deaths and community changes in Adams County
Abram Haines died by his own action leaving five children, 26 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. A sale of John Swan’s property brought 605 dollars from two 14 year old bidders. Mrs Terael Miller died at 70 from apoplexy while tending turkeys. Cedar rust threats spurred Adams County Fruit Growers Association to urge destroying all red cedars. The Red Lion in Mount Joy became a clothing store. George O Wilson expanded egg business with eighteen carloads bought on a southbound trip. A Lancaster man lost 2000 dollars in a house fire despite Lancaster’s many banks. Millersville, Ephrata, Mount Joy grow populations and churches. Terre Hill claims fewer than 900, seven churches and one hotel. Physical geography notes place Terre Hill nearer the skies.
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John Swan
Terael Miller
Quarryville
Adams County Fruit Growers’ Association
Ayvendtsville
Red Lion
Mount Joy
George O. Wilson
Fulton Township
Lancaster County
Ephrata
Millersville
W.C.T. A
Terre Hill
Unusual Couple in Rapho Township Married Three Years
In upper Rapho township near the Mckinley schoolhouse lives a husband and wife with notable facial hair. The wife, 22, sports a beard about half an inch long while the husband, 25, wears only a mustache of a slender, tendril-like form.
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Upper
Rapho Township
Mckinley
Harrisburg Society Spelling Bee Benefits Piano Fund
Harrisburg society staged a spelling bee for a piano fund organized by Mrs John Q Stewart and Miss Fannie Eby. Judges and participants included John E Patterson George Rose James A Stranahen and Daniel D Hammelbaugh with Elsie Butler dominating by spelling all others down and earning a Webster Dictionary. Bet receipts totaled seventy dollars.
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Harrisburg
John Q. Stewart
Mothers’ Meeting
Fannie Eby
John E Patterson
George Rose
James A. Stranahen
Daniel D. Hammelbaugh
Elsie Butler
Two Hundred Pound Lawyer Becomes Oklahoma Federal Judge
Carrollton Missouri once had a two hundred and fifty pound lawyer with a four ounce voice who moved to Oklahoma and became a federal judge. In a beetlegging liquor case he fined the prisoner two hundred dollars and costs plus sixty days in jail. The prisoner joked that the fine would fit in his hip pocket as the judge flashed his wit.
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Carrollton
Missouri
Oklahoma
Robbing the Laborer and Senator Foxs Bill
A commentary condemns foremen who skim wages from workers and urges passage of a bill by Senator Fox making it a misdemeanor for any employer officer to solicit demand or receive money for employment. The piece argues the measure would curb graft benefiting labor sharks and protect job seekers.
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Fox
Heat Apparatus Aids Chandler Peach Orchards
Owners in Milton Delaware install an experimental orchard heating system to protect peach buds from spring frosts. Oil pots beneath trees trigger an electrical bell and flame to emit smoke and heat when freezing is detected, a first of its kind being watched with interest.
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Chandler
Milton
Del
Heaven This Way or That Way A Bishop Comments
A Williamsport Gazette item cites a Methodist bishop asserting heaven will mirror earthly occupations, enlarged and ennobled, challenging the common belief of eternal rest. The piece contrasts popular fantasies of heavenly ease with a view of purposeful, expanded labor in the hereafter.
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Methodist Church
South America
Williamsport
Family Immunity Shown in Biermann Golden Wedding
Shenandoah couple Mr. and Mrs. Philip Biermann celebrate a golden wedding as 11 children remain alive, with 13 grandchildren. He is 73 and she 69, and a Civil War veteran brother nearby is also in good health. Mrs Biermann’s sister Mrs W M Schley recently marked her own golden anniversary.
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Philip Biermann
Shenandoah
Biermann
W. M. Schley
Lehigh Street
Haston
The Horse and the Man Care for Working Horses
An advisory piece urging owners to protect and properly care for horses as the winter season approaches. It stresses not overloading, keeping hooves shod, using feet appliances, and properly covering and sheltering horses from cold winds. The author notes owners are trustees and that humane care yields personal and financial rewards.
How Gold Plate is Mads
An explanation of gold plate misnomer and process for gilding silver with mercury. Pure gold content is minimal and crowns’ so called gold services are silver gilt. The method uses a mercury paste, heat, and chemical bonding to leave a durable gold layer.
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Windsor Castle
Europe
London Cor
New York Post
The Spider Cure and a Doctor's Wake Up Call Prank
A compendium notes old cures using spiders and remedies believed to heal fevers and ague. A Somerset vicar recalls advising spider confinement to cure ague, a belief shared in Ireland where treacle served as coffin for the ague healer. A separate tale describes a theater prank where a doctor is summoned to office by a note to test patience.
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Somerset
Ireland
Westminster Gazette
Not the Same Or one occasion when The Mikado was being rehearsed
The Dundee Advertiser recounts Gilbert calling out during rehearsals for The Mikado about a gentleman in the left group misholding a fan. The stage manager notes one gentleman absent through illness, but Gilbert clarifies that is not the intended man.
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Gilbert
Dundee Advertiser
A Silent Partner Nibbitt and the Partner of Joys
A fragment describes a woman who is a silent partner to the speaker's joys and sorrows. The speaker notes she stays with his joys through the night but joins her mother when sorrows arise.
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Nibbitt
Rufton
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Emaus, Hale and Hearty
W. H. Buch
Clothier and Gents’ Furnisher Record Building
Lititz, PA
Abram Haines
Society Spelling Bee
New York Tribune
Wingert & Haas
QueEn ST
Lancaster, PA
Tieinitsh’s
Heinitsh's
S. Queen St
Lancaster
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
Hoffmeier Bros
King Street
Reader
N. B
North Queen Stp
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