Woman Sent to Jail Over Unpaid Taxes in Valley Township
Mrs H Norman Byers of Valley township Montour county spent hours at Sheriff Gross home and jail in Sunbury on a Saturday as her husband refused to pay or permit payment of her $7.65 taxes. A constable took her to jail but the sheriff would not admit her, so she visited with the sheriff's wife until neighbors gathered the funds. The husband is a prosperous farmer who runs a milk route in Danville.
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H. Norman Byers
Valley Township
Montour County
Sheriff Gross
Sunbury
Bell System
Alexander Graham Bell
Cat Survives Fire After Incubator House Blaze
A barn fire at Albert C. Leinhart’s farm near Oysters Point, caused by kerosene dripping from a lamp, scorched White Foot the cat but left it alive with eight lives intact. The cat fled the flames and hid in a partly burned box as seven buildings burned, drawing curious neighbors and a Lancaster newspaper man who misplaced orders and brought the cat to the city editor. The farmer expressed gratitude for the cat’s survival amid the widespread destruction.
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White Foot
Albert C. Leinhart
Oysters Point
Leinhart
Lancaster
Ftig
Myers town healer to traverse Amazon shales voyage
Dr. Harvey Bassler of Myers Town plans a New York departure on April 29 for a return trip to Peru. His route includes the Panama Canal to Lima, then train auto and burro to Iquitos, where a steam launch will meet him on the Amazon River. He has long worked in geology and has Lititz relatives.
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Harvey Bassler
Myerstown
New York
Peru
Panama Canal
Lima
Amazon River
Iquitos
Bassler
Lititz
Ministers Seek Teaching Posts in Lancaster County Schools
Several Lancaster county ministers applied for teaching roles in the county schools. Low church pay drives some applicants, while many married women request positions. Older applicants aim to teach for years, whereas recent college graduates often seek other work after short periods.
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Lancaster County
Arthur P. Mylin
Noodle Soup Sparks Divorce Suit in Washington PA
Elizabeth Frances Conner files for divorce from Ethelbert Talbot Conner in Washington Pennsylvania after he hurled noodle soup from a window and attacked her when it was served. The incident occurred on a recent Saturday evening.
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Burgettstown
Washington, Pa
Elizabeth Frances Conner
Ethelbert Talbot Conner
Reading train service seen as efficient by Postmaster
Acting Postmaster General Warren I. Glover says Reading's rail service is already efficient enough that adding air mail would not improve operations. He declined to consider building an air mail station at Reading.
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Reading
Warren I. Glover
Chaught Dead Returned with Fortune From Alaska
George Starr long believed dead by 27 years returned to visit sister Mrs. M R Robbins in Berwick Lycoming County He had been prospecting in Alaska for years and reportedly amassed a considerable fortune.
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George Starr
Unityville
Lycoming County
M. R. Robbins
Berwick
Alaska
Using Evil to Learn from Adversity
The quote argues that profit comes from observing evil more than good. It urges self-discipline to study evil’s flaws while acknowledging goodness remains rare, as attributed to Pascal.
Bank Statement Snapshot From Lancaster Bank 1926
A Lancaster bank reports assets including loans and discounts, U.S. government securities, cash in vault, and real estate owned. It lists deposits subject to reserve, time and demand deposits, and certified checks with official sworn attestations by cashier H. H. Diehm and notary J. B. Herr.
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U. S
United States
Othe Banking House
Federal Reserve Bank
U.S
Burplus Fund
Ding
Reserve Bank
Rks
Feders
Almount
Federal Reserve Banks
Giien
H. H. Diehm
J. B. Herr
Nelary
In the Kitchen with Six Famous Cooks Series
Six nationally known cooks contribute to this paper with a new cooking series titled In the Kitchen with 6 Famous Cooks. Hach, Lucy Allen, Sarah Tyson Rover, Margaret Allen Hall, Bella DeGraf, Ross Michaelis, Kate Brew Vaughn and others are named as contributors and experts. Watch next week for the first article.
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Pacific Coast
New York
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