Trombone An Ancient Instrument and its Echoes
The article traces the trombone from the slide’s ancient design to its role in modern bands and orchestras. It notes early origins around 685 B.C. and the old name sackbut, contrasts slide and valved trombones, cites Wagner’s praise, and mentions Moravian and Bethlehem horn usage. It then shifts to agriculture, reporting July 1 staying hen rates at 96 percent and spring chick estimates at 98 percent, with observations on feed costs and poultry economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Menschel
Michard Wagner
Bayreuth
Bethlehem
Lititz
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Happenings Across the Garden Spot Stir Local Activity
The Lagino furnace at Marietta will start up soon, employing 100 men after a year idle. Elizabethtown College seeks 400000 for heating plant dormitory science hall and endowment. Brownstown farmer beds Havana seed leaf for Washington Boro growers. Constable McCloud takes Henry Stauffer to the Lancaster county asylum. Elizabethtown pretzel bakery turns out three tons weekly. Lawyer Senft finds what appears to be a shark tooth while relic hunting. Ephrata Chautauqua opens for five days with The Mikado among features. Mt. Joy Board of Trade aims to raise 150000 for a shoe factory, half subscribed. Camping mishap near Accomac costs Farrer his spectacles after hornet sting. Marietta banker Hiestand elected president of Exchange National Bank. Hampshire Swine Breeders Association formed in the county. Gresh & Sons plan to locate in Ephrata. County Dem nomination matter stirs but five seek renomination. Tt. H. Weaver & Co buys tobacco fillers and acres of 1918 tobacco. Survivors of the Marietta Prisoners of War Association include Howard W. McElroy and William Swan, with a notable list of members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Carpenter
Brownstown
Havana
Washington Boro
James L. McCloud
Hopeland
Henry Stauffer
Brickerville
Lancaster County Asylum
A. F. Ricker
Elizabethtown
J. E. Senft
Columbia
York County
Ephrata Chautauqua
Board of Trade of
Mt. Joy
W. W. Farrer
Accomac
Susquehanna
B. Frank Hiestand
Marietta
Exchange National Bank
Hampshire Swine Breeders' Association
J. Clayton Brubaker
John M. Herr
H. H. Snavely
L. B. Sprecher
Charles A. Bates
S. K. Nissley
Gresh & Sons
Norristown
Ephrata
Lancaster
Red Lion
Dallastown
Red Hil
Tt. H. Weaver & Co
Seed Leaf Tobacco Growers’ Association
Frank McGrath
Howard W. McElroy
William Swan
Falmouth
John BR. Schroll
Robert Hiaber
David Mattis
Henry Grilhe
Ground hog bagged near Campbelltown and local tales
Aloysius and Frank Arnold of Leb anon bag a fifteen pound ground hog near Campbelltown. John Jurca of Lebanon, 19, wounded in the hip in an accidental shooting by his brother. Sunbury market roast car prices drop as 25 cent roasts undercut 40 cent rates. B C Lindenmuth and wife reel in a 4 pound 2 1/4 inch salmon at Strack dam. Harrisburg passes anti fore stall ing ordinance with 100 dollar fine or 30 days jail. J H Yeiser ends peach growing business. Dauphin rural schools struggle to hire teachers with 40 township schools at risk. Harrisburg houses shudder from a crash on Logan and Granite. Mrs Emma Law of Trevorton wed Edgar Reitz after two previous divorces. L P LaRoche and John Fletcher, former schoolmates, remember a 50 year old spitball episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aloysius
Frank Arnold
Lebanon
Campbelltown
John Jurca
B. C. Lindenmuth
Myerstown
Strack ’G Dam
Lindenmuth
Harrisburg
Logan
Granite
Emma Law
Trevorton
Edgar Reitz
Northumberland County
L. P. LaRoche
Allentown
John Fletcher
Pie praise and berry harvest notes in Ohio State Journal
A lighthearted piece extols pies and pastry made by cooks, praising apple, peach, cherry, huckleberry and blackberry varieties. It blends a culinary ode with notes on seasonal produce, predicting ripening of tomatoes, corn, beets, cabbage, beans, carrots, cucumbers, onions and fruit like pears plums peaches apples, and warns of a light apple crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Journal
Lancaster Saloons Close as Liquor Licenses Hit Ledger
At the start of the fiscal year on April 1 the Lancaster court granted 268 liquor licenses for the city and county and 88 remained unlifted. Many hotels and saloons have closed as meal and soft drink receipts fail to cover expenditures. more closures loom unless liquor sales resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster City
Lancaster County
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Munsing
Cooper
W. H. Buch the Record Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
Trombone
Elizabethtown College
Sunbury
Robert A. Logan
Hoover’s Island
Dauphin County
W. R. Zimmerman
Hank and
Pete
By Ken Kling
Old Han
Dee
Stoox Tr
Juice My Size
U.S
Prahure Seeqkce
Ipc
Wingert & Haas Hat
John A. Haas
N. Queen St. Lancaster, PA
Chas. H. Frey
Shoetore
L&m
Longman & Martinez, Makers
W. W. Appel & Son Jewelers & Opticians
Worth Queen Street
Lancaster, PA
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