Boy Plays With Matches Start Farm Fire Near Milton Grove
Fourteen year old Kenneth Brodecker set straw alight to “see a little bon fire” at a farm near Milton Grove owned by Ephraim Longenecker and tenanted by Victor Lengenecker. The blaze destroyed five buildings and crops, with only partial insurance. Fifteen year old Charles Funmiller, adopted by the tenant, rushed into the burning barn to try to save ten valuable steers. Damage estimated at twenty five thousand dollars.
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Kenneth Brodecker
Milton Grove
Ephraim Longenecker
Elizabethtown
Victor Lengenecker
Nero
Charles S
Funmiller
Roadhouse proprietor shot in Coatesville
Coatesville. Watters 45, roadhouse owner near Tie, shot in head Sunday night. In serious condition at Coatesville hospital. Police seek a man registered at Watters place as 7 D Warby, linked to quarrel over an unnamed woman. Other items report a Wrightsville wagon accident injuring Mr and Mrs Stauffer, a Union City house fire killing a dog owner’s pets, a West Chester motorcycle auto crash suit, two Downingtown men fined for reckless motorcycle riding, and lightning killing most of a herd at the McFadden estate near West Chester.
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Coatesville
William Watters
Tie
Coatesville Hospital
Watter
D. Warby
Wrightsville
Tienry Stauffer
Columbia Hospital
Evie
Bernard Bisbee
Union City
Brunnerville Notes Record Weekend Visits and Local Socials
A long list of Brunnerville residents and visitors is reported, detailing weekend calls and gatherings. Numerous families from Allentown, Clay, Lexing ton, Mount Gretna, and nearby towns hosted or visited relatives, with reunions at Kauffman's Park and Hershey Park noted among the events. A final anecdote describes a three year old girl exclaiming about a dog shivering at the porch.
One Prevalent Idea Prompts Fashion Cost Doubts
Mrs Average Woman says she could spend as much on clothes as her, but insists she would dress up more if she could. The remark exposes common views on budgeting and appearance among women of the era.
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Ay Paros
West Chester
Chester County
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Phoenixville
Harl T. Weaver
Cromby
Rinaldo Mimione
Tony Perralla
Downingtown
Lincoln Highway
Cornelius Maxwell
C. A. Lipp
State Highway Patrol
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Cyele
Perralla
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George H. McFadden
England
Georgia Farm
McFadden
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John W. Eshelman & Sons
Eshelman
John Habecker
Allentown
Samuel Habecker
Christ Landis
Chr Landis,Jr
Landis
Frank
Mary
Atlona
Lizzie Sheaffer
John Peiffer
Clay
Tseac Weidman
Lexington
Clarence Dillman
Grantville
Reuben I. Keath
Russell Keath
Lizzie Keath
Manheim
Jacob Ebling
Reinhards Station
William Seibert
Benjiman Witmer
Philip Weidman
Stevens
Alice
Annie
Alta Domoyer
Lincoln
Barton Resseler
Diamond Station
Clayton Myer
Espenshade
Paul Myer
New Holland
Elmer Spayd
Aaron
Hershey
Aaron Burkholder
Mt. Gretta
Tizzie Gibbel
Peter Eshelman
Penryn
Harry Hess
Middle Creak
Aaron Gibbel
Clayton Gibbel
Ephrata
Aaron Balmer
Bella Balmer
T. H. Kauffman
Kauffman
Firestone
Kparata
Flenny Bucher
Joseph Bucher
Reuben Widder
Carl R
Salvndator
Dorothy Madlem
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Sriend
Jacob Hackman
Wayne Grube
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Abram Grube
Kissel Bill
Lizzie Keith
Ralph Keith
Lititz
Aeta
Iams
Robert Fralch
Lancaster
Robert
Richard Stevens
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Auto Club
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Naomi Burkholder
Leah Becker
Joseph Keith
Pine Hill
George Weachter
Copeland
Monroe Fekert
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Charles Haldeman
Henry Risser
Hammer Creek
Salinda Williams
Charles Stark
Brickerville
Milton White
Stanley
Lloyd Myer
Samuel
Esta Myer
Oregon
Norman Kauffman
Harry
Monroe Kauffman
Henry Lutz
Rata
Ralph Shirreman
Maytown
Mor
Henry Barns
Charles Beard
Arthur Husson
Leon Madlem
John Anis
George An
Schoeneck
Reading
Eckert
Sam- Birds
Alinda Williams
U. B
Mt. Gretna
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Waynesboro
Mary Meiley
Ida Roth
Lemon Hauck
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Warren Bartsch
Hopeland
Hershey Park
Anna Gibbet
Fredericksburg
Berks County
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Twan Wingenroth
Frysville
Harry Earhart
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Fir
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Tiley
Amos
Milton R. Hessin
Man and Daughter
Jonas Hollinger
Fast Fetersbury
Ivid Nissley, Sr
Meey and Family
Lanaster Junction
Myr
M. R. Hess
Alterneta
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Jim
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