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A Pennsylvanian note mentions William Zellers, a 15 year old from Lebanon, who ate eight hot wiener sandwiches, six buns, and one pint of ice cream at a restaurant then wagered he could eat more. Apples flood eastern counties as cider mills run overtime due to a 1920 crop and warm winter. Sheriff Martz highlights advertising to find heirs in Montandon after Mrs Sophia Dark died leaving an $8,000 estate. 140 potential heirs found in six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Zellers
Lebanon
Lycoming County
Martz
Northumberland County
Sophia Dark
Montandon
Balloon and school notes from York and Lancaster counties
Arrangements with Curator George W. Prowell were made by Benjamin B. LaMotte regarding Dr. Dale whose balloon ascensions earned him renown. The balloon and basket, stored above Dale's drug store in York, are part of local lore. Forty farmers near Garland form a co operative to cut freight costs, plan a Garland warehouse, and improve supply terms. Lancaster County schools on seven month terms mostly closed, those with quarantine delays must reach 140 days before closing. many rural schools run eight or nine months. Dr James A Dale's old balloon featured in local histories. York County Histories' publication planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Prowell
Benjamin B. LaMotte
Dr. Dale
Dale
York
Garland
Warren County
Youngsville
Spring Creek
Lancaster County
Island cities in Europe and their many bridges
The article notes Ghent Belgium on 26 islands linked by 84 bridges with as many canals as streets. Amsterdam Holland covers 80 islands within ten miles of shore with over 300 bridges earning Venice of the North. Venice itself sits on 86 islands linked by causeways only. Permograd stands on a peninsula with two islands connected by large stone bridges and seasonal boat bridges removed each morning.
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Europe
Ghent
Belgium
Amsterdam
Holmand
Ain Fel
Venice
Permograd
Smamer Murperears
Garden Spot news and local shifts in Lancaster area
The Long Island Clarion notes price rise to $2 yearly. Ephrata National Bank buys the Hotel Cocalico site for $15,000 to build a new structure. The PA Water and Power Co. cleans Holtwood hills and plans thousands of spruce and white pine plantings. State highway dept runs 250 miles in Lancaster County with 250 workers earning about 35 cents an hour. Potatoes price shifts noted, with a local neighbor’s 15 bushels sold for $2.50. At Brackbill’s corner road widening raises tourist danger. Andrews Melcher of Christiana, once Brandywine pitcher and local publisher, recalls former roles. Quinton Reitzel of Salunga promoted registrar of wills and named major of the Second Separate Battalion, P N G, after serving in France.
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Quinton Reitzel
Quinton O. Reitzel
Salunga
William C. Rehm
Guard
France
Birds clash for roosting trees in rural battle report
A local observer notes ongoing fights among birds near his country home. Crows and blackbirds contest a roosting site, with blackbirds prevailing in recent seasons. Robin and blackbird disputes also favor the redbreasts, who now nest near homes and seem unbothered by humans.
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Examiner
Eastern Relief worker feeds thousands from Constantinople bakery
Leon H. Myer of Lancaster, serving as an Eastern Relief worker since 1918, runs a Constantinople bakery feeding thousands of orphans and refugees. The bakery operates day and night, producing 12,000 loaves daily, each 18 inches in diameter and weighing 2% pounds, with return home expected next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon H. Myer
Lancaster
Constantinople
Plans 310 A Montit Bonus Proposal in Harrisburg
Representative James A. Dunn of Philadelphia introduced a bill in Harrisburg to supplement a constitutional amendment authorizing a 35 million loan for bonuses. It sets bonuses at ten dollars monthly for each month of service up to two hundred dollars, and creates a bonus commission including the Auditor General, State Treasurer, Adjutant General, and a governor appointee. Exemptions, conscientious objectors, and dishonorably discharged individuals are barred from receiving payments.
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James A. Dunn
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Feathered Missionaries of Penn State in India
Forty one pedigreed White Leghorn chickens from Pennsylvania State College were sent as “feathered missionaries” to Etah Up India to aid a poverty stricken community by laying eggs and hatching chicks. After a 12 000 mile sea and 600 mile rail journey they achieved fifty percent egg production and ninety percent fertility within a week. Thirty six females and five males were purchased by State College churches and carried by Arthur E Slater of the American Presbyterian Mission.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
China
India
Africa
Etah Up
Arthur E. Slater
American Presbyterian Mission
Churches of State College
Slater
R. L. Watts
College School of Agriculture
Ephrata Young Man Wins Honors at Bucknell
Martin K Mohler of Ephrata was elected Bucknell University manager of track and field in Lewisburg Pa He entered college in 1917 and has served as basketball captain and managed various athletic branches during his college days.
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Martin K. Mohler
Ephrata
Bucknell University
Lewisburg
Flames Sweep Grubb Property West of Penryn
A mountain fire last week destroyed log and timber assets on the Grubb property near Mt. Hope, west of Penryn. Officials said losses exceeded 5 000 dollars as a brush clearing crew from Cornwall Railroad sparked the blaze and wardens fought to contain it with help from Nelson and other wardens from surrounding districts. Over a hundred men aided in extinguishing the flames.
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Grubb
Mt. Hope
Penryn
Smith Bros
Cornwall Railroad Company
Mike Becker
Becker
Ward
William Nelson
Cornwall
Do You Suffer from Backache and Nervousness
Mrs Edith Clapper of Altoona Pennsylvania describes long standing feminine weakness and weakness with backaches and dizzy spells. After taking Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription she recovered fully and regained strength. The advertisement promotes Favorite Prescription as the best medicine for feminine trouble and nervous, run down systems.
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Altoona
Dr. Pierce
Edith Clapper
17Th Street
Timbermen Battle Inferno Save Standing Timber
Firefighters and Smith Bros. crews pressed into the night to block the blaze and carve a path through embers. The intense heat prevented near approach, but they worked to protect the woodland stands and prevent further destruction of the timber region.
Dollar Today Shows Stronger Buying Power Across Staples
The publication asserts the dollar today buys far more than a year ago, with sugar at 10 pounds versus 3% in 1920, rice 20 pounds versus six, potatoes 60 versus 11% lifters, eggs four dozen versus one dozen, butter three pounds versus one, and coffee 244 pounds versus 4g, noting widespread cost-of-living declines postwar.
Ephrata Schoolmaster to Retire at Sixty Six Years
F S Klinger of Ephrata enters retirement after 60 years in teaching. Beginning at age 15 in Schuylkill, he spent 12 years there before moving to Ephrata for 38 years, 31 of them in Lancaster county. A noted naturalist, he documents field life and has contributed to journals. He is a member of the Teachers' Natural Science Club and the Linnaean Society of Franklin and Marshall College.
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F. S. Klinger
Ephrata
Schuylkill
Lancaster County
Teachers’ Natural Science Club
Linnaean Society
Franklin and Marshall College
Question of Speed and Farm Life Debate
A dialogue quotes Mr Cob blends humor and a view on cars transforming farm life. He says the automobile makes farm work easier yet harder to complete as workers accustomed to long trips at speed resist linking tractor work to a joy ride.
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Mr. Cobbles
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Lycoming
James A. Dale
Lititz
York County
Cooper and Munsing Union
W. HH. Buch
Lititz Fire House
Hank
Ken Kling
Sas Be
the County
New Holland Clarion
The
Ephrata National Bank
Cocalico
Aiit
Pennsylvania Water and Power Co
Holtwood
State Highway Department J
Tancaster County
Elizabethtown Chronicle
Brackbill's
Brackbill’s Corner
Brownstown
Bittner
Shreiner
Andrew
Andrew Melcher
Christianit
Brandywine
Lititz Lafayette
DURH
Yateed
Bil
Penn State
Bucknell
W. W. Appel & Son Jewellers & Optigia
Queen Street
Lancaster, PA
Ephrata Man
the Iron Man
Record Printing House
South Broad St
Chas. H. Frey
East King St
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