Local Notes Span Travel Plans Sales and Licenses
Within the county B H Gish of Webster City Iowa buys a car and will drive home via Elizabeth town. Former Attorney General W A Hensel of Lancaster to deliver Columbia High School graduation address in June. County Commissioner L B Reist sold tobacco at 124 cents after neighbors sold at ten cents earlier. Ephrata plans a Fourth of July demonstration with a businessmen organized parade. State Highway Dept issued license number 25000 the largest yet for this period, over 9000 chauffeurs licensed. Numerous weddings in Quarryville prompt multiple cali thampians officiating. A 14 year old boy Slapped a horse causing internal injuries after a kick near Columbia. A willow tree stump near Mt Joy measured 56 inches diameter and 12 feet circumference. Fisher Achey of Manheim shipped 1042 rabbits in two weeks before Easter. Denver and Ephrata Telephone Co begins Ephrata Brickerville line with three exchanges in Ephrata Denver and Terre Hill. George O Miller and sister Mrs Samuel Brosey of Manheim reach 81.
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B. H. Gish
Webster City
Iowa
Elizabethtown
W. A. Hensel
Lancaster
Columbia High School
L. B. Reist
Ephrata
State Highway Department
Quarryville
Calithampians
John Sweigart
Sweigart
Columbia
C. H. Herr
Union School House
Mt. Joy
Fisher & Achey
Manheim
Denver and Ephrata
Samuel G. Brosey
Better Pay for Rural Mail Carriers Bill Introduced in Congress
A bill by Representative Hamlin of Missouri would stop uniform requirements for rural mail carriers and grant them authority to communicate complaints or petitions to Congress. A second bill proposes a $300 yearly allowance to rural carriers to reimburse horse and wagon expenses.
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Congress
Hamlin
Missouri
Champion Eye Eater at Quarryville Easter Breakfast
Rivalry among egg eaters in Quarryville focuses on Easter morning. G W Hensel’s store tallies show Charles Lefever surpassing last year with sixty four eggs at breakfast, edging past sixty one.
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Quarryville
G. W. Hensel
Charles Lefever
Queer Doctrine on Soil Fertility Sparks Farmer Debate
An editorial critiques claims by the United States Bureau of Soils that soils contain inexhaustible plant food. It cites high fertilizer costs in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey and argues soil fertility is exhaustible and must be restored with outside fertility. Farmers need factual guidance over theories.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
United States Bureau of Soils
The Demand for Furs Across Global Sources
The piece cites vast annual fur kills for Great Britain including 128000 foxes 594000 raccoons and 202600 mink from North America and 216000 monkeys from Africa plus opossums kangaroo and hare figures. It notes moles skins from Scotland with a mole catcher killing 120000 in six months and ends with a farmer's tale on moles and crops.
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Great Britain
North America
America
Australia
Africa
India
London
Scotland
J. P. Clark
J. G. Wood
Wonderful Glass Curtain Exhibition in New York Studio
The first stained glass theatre curtain, built for the National Theatre of Mexico in Mexico City, is now displayed in a renowned New York studio. It covers over 2,500 square feet, weighs 27 tons, and consists of 200 three foot square panels with nearly one million glass pieces set in a bronze frame. It measures eight inches thick and uses hydraulic action for raising or lowering in seven seconds. Lighting from the front enhances the opalescent glass to resemble a Mexican landscape. Designed by Senor Adamo Boari, the curtain accompanies a near completion theater project costing over $8,000,000, with a 30,000-seat capacity spread over five acres of ramps, fountains, and gardens.
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New York
National Theatre of Mexico
City
Mexico
Senor Adamo Boari
Clean Eye Glasses Tips from an Old Guide
Advice on eye glass care stresses cleanliness to avoid eye strain and poor appearance. Clean lenses with soap and water, a touch of ammonia, and a nail brush for nose-bridge parts, rinse with tepid water, dry with linen, then polish with tissue. Finish with jeweler's sawdust and another tissue polish.
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Jewler
Patience With Dependents Editorial Note
A bound boy died by his own action fearing orphanage and a girl chose suicide over punishment for a misstep. The piece urges patience and kindness toward dependent children, contrasting with fear driven outcomes, and ends with a light dialogue about C. O. D. meaning call on Dad.
Intelligence of animals drawn from Le Petit Journal anecdotes
A Paris paper collects reader anecdotes on animal intelligence. A Grenoble woman tames a wounded swallow, dogs fetch meat with a penny, one dog saves a wounded mate by bringing food, and a canary pair bonds with an American invalid woman, with 82 descendants that respond to names.
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le Petit Journal
Paris
Grenoble
Neyers
Irish Wit in Bakery Armchair Exchange
An Irishman in a depot smoking ignores a woman's rebuke and quips that if she were a lady she would sit farther away. She then threatens poison, and he replies that if she were his wife he would take it. The exchange showcases quick Irish wit and playful insult between strangers.
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W. H. Buch
Clothier and Gents’ Furnisher Record Building
Lititz, PA
Queer Doctrine
Ance
Tommy
Wingert & Haas
Queen ST
Lancaster, PA
Whitall
Royal Worcester
Heinitsh’s
S. Queen St
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
Hoffmeier Bros
King Street
Reader
N. B
North Queen Street
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