Special Excursion Tickets for ReadING to Philadelphia and Shore Points
Special excursion tickets valid in coaches on any train day to Philadelphia then via Bound Brook to destinations within the ticket time limit. Passengers should aim to reach Philadelphia for the special through train from ReadIng Terminal August 21 at 2 PM arriving Long Branch 5 05 PM and Asbury Park Ocean Grove 5 25 PM. Tickets returnable within sixteen days and must be shown to the destination ticket agent to be validated. Children 5 to 12 years pay half fare.
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Philadelphia
Bound Brook
Pasenters
Reading Terminal
Long Branch
Asbury Park
Ocean Grove
Special Returning Train Leaves Philadelphia Excursion Date
A 8 percent war tax applies to the excursion. The returning special train will depart Reading Terminal at 3:06 P. M. for the stated stations. Tickets are valid only on the excursion date, but accepted on any train in either direction between Philadelphia and the destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Reading Terminal
August Reunion and Picnic Schedule for Local Families
A community list outlines dozens of gatherings from Aug 5 to Oct 16 including family reunions such as Overholtzex at Ephrata Park and Hertz at Ephrata Park, picnics at Spring Grounds and Lititz Spring, and the annual Millport Celebration at Reist's Grove with Lititz band. Economic and civic notes mention Farmers' Days at Ephrata and Labor Day observances with dedication of a memorial stone for the Eberly family.
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Lancaster &J. Luke's Reformed S
Spring Grounds
Overholtzex
Ephrata Park
Princes of
Steffy
Emanuel Lutheran S
Brickerville
Schaefferstown
Elser-Oberlin
McQuate
Frymyer
Eberly
Durlach
B. Eberly
Ludwig
Gensemer
Ephrata
War Tax Eight Percent Added Excurison Train Details
Railway notice lists a special train from Willow Grove at 9 00 P M for designated stations. Tickets valid only on the excursion date in each direction and half fare for children 5 through 12. Amusements include Mountain Scenic Railway Giant Roller Coaster and Phonograph Parlor with musical acts Leps and his Symphony Orchestra August 8 Sousa and his Band September 5.
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Amusements—Mountain Scenic Railway
Phonograph Parlor
Flying Machine
Leps
Sousa
Why Races Are Different Study by Arthur Keith
Professor Arthur Keith argues racial differences stem from disturbances in internal glands such as the pituitary thyroid and adrenal. He cites thyroid deficiency shaping Mongolian like features and thyroid and suprarenal function influencing negro traits, while pituitary dominance shapes European features.
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Arthur Keith
Shoes in Song and Story
A short essay notes how shoes appear in folklore and history from Cinderella to St Crispin. It recounts the Egyptian sandal tale and links shoemakers to early Christian saints who spread the gospel while making shoes, ending with a satirical nod to local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wainwright Evans
National
Nile
Bath
Cinderela
Egypt
France
Soissons
Crispin
Crispincus
Focal Chamber of Commerce
Bean Growing in Early Times and Soil Improvement
Theophrastus in Macedonia and Thessaly described beans being plowed into soil at powering time to improve land. Varro notes sowing to meet future crops, allowing bean stalks or lupins to enrich soil when podding isn’t profitable. Dr. Russell cites these practices as efficient to benefit soil fertility.
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Theophrastus
Macedonia
Thessaly
Varro
Flanders
Europe
B. J. Russell
C. B. BE
Royal Horticultural Society
Christian Science Monitor
Lake Baikal Legends and Deep Sea Fish
The article notes Russian beliefs about Lake Baikal as a holy, supernatural site with a rock whose movement could flood the basin. It mentions a deep part of the lake home to a rare explosively lifting fish seen by few, due to its high pressure habitat.
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Lake Baikal
Siberia
New York Morning Telegraph
Mundurucus Warlike Feather Workers of Amazonia
The Mundurucus, among the most numerous tribes of the upper Amazon, maintain military organs in each settlement with barracks and ready arms. They are famed feather workers whose warriors wear garments of bird plumage and diadems of alligator scales. Chiefs’ ceremonial scepters, made from toucan feathers, crown with macaw and trogon tail plumes, stored in cylindrical cases. A turtle shell breastplate completes the costume, light enough to yield a clear vote when struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon
Tropical
America
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Foil Death-Dealig Vampire in Caribbean Folklore
The Caribbean legends describe the Loogaroo a vampire in Grenada and the duppy ghosts in Jamaica. Rice or sand spread before huts is said to repel the Loogaroo by forcing it to count grains. Duppies roam as walking ghosts while the soul stays in its place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribbean
Africa
West Indies
Grenada
Jamaica
Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription Enduring
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for stomach and blood and Favorite Prescription for weak women. It claims the formulas remain standard after more than fifty years and features a testimonial from Mrs. R. S. Fargo praising both remedies.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised by Lititz Resident
Mrs L G Roth of 2020 Broad Street Lititz reports back pain along with fatigue dizziness and eye specks improved after taking Doan's Kidney Pills. She credits the remedy with restoring comfort and notes the price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Company Buffalo NY publishes the testimonial urging others with kidney or bladder issues to try the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
L. G. Roth
Broadstreet
Doan
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Reading
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Middletown
Lancaster Lititz Columbia
Lorah Mauger
Atlantic City
Ocean City
Wildwood Sea Isle City
Cape May
Broun
Lancaster
Columbia
Sva
East Petersburg
Manheim
Ahron
Millway
Ephrata Stevens
Denver
Reinholds
Vinemont
Fritztown
Ter
Curtis Hensel
Cedar
Penna
Uncle Ad
Neverm
Willow Grove
Eee
Fare Weam
Lancaster Ee
Lancaster Juncti
Akron
Stevens
TAT Reinholds
Vinement
Binaterd
Columbus Dispatch
Sublem Oy
Harold Murr
Sternzol
J. Fred Essig
Real Estatf
Essig
D. A. Long
D.D.S. Lititz, PA
H. KH. Cooper
Main and Cedar Sts
E. B. Beck
Broap Sr
Lititz Bell
Joseph
Wissler
Duke Street
Hershey & Gibbel
Ind Tel
J. B. Herr Notary Public
Keystone Underwear Co
Ind
Spruce St
Geo. L. Keith
Lincoln Ave
Lititz, PA
Spruce Villa Farm
J.clayton Brubaker
LaFrance
Ralson
GRUBE
East Main St
Long & CO
SLATE
Columbian
Royal
Hood Tire
Agate
Aluminum
Wm. M. Amer
Broad Street
Howard S. Young
East Orange St. Lititz, Pa
J C Hassler
Hunt
Lawrence K.grosh
Life Insurance
P.O
Frank E. Schnerer
Bell
Zartman Bros
Michael Bear
Myers Property
Justi
Hershey, Leaman & Co
W.H. Muth& CO
L. N. Mover, Drugeist
E. Main St
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