Record of Large Cabbage and Local Notices
West Milton farmer M A Grove raised a cabbage five feet in circumference weighing over sixteen pounds. Bradford county issued a marriage license uniting Mary E Bird and Andrew B Bailey, with large families for both. Reading councilman D E Campman tested coal bricks from Schuylkill river culm. mine waste clouds the river area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Grove
West Milton
Bradford County
Mary E. Bird
Andrew B. Bailey
D. E. Campman
Reading
Schuylkill River
Old Bethlehem Clock Repairer Retains Old Methods
Old Bethlehem clock repairer James K Rauch, aged 80, reflects after a long career. He apprenticed seven years in jewelry, served three months in the Union Army during the Civil War, worked in a Philadelphia jewelry store, and later bought his former employer’s business. His predecessor, born in 1794, began handcrafted grandfather clocks in 1820. After 65 years of repairing timepieces, Rauch still believes traditional methods surpass those of 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Rauch
Bethlehem
Philadelphia
Mr. W
Wa St
Skyscraper for Lancaster and trade buzz in 1910 era
Almost 30 percent Greiner's 43 acre wheat yield 1285 bushels this season. Peace on Earth: Elder T W Taylor attends a peace convention at Bluffton Ohio. Ephrata cigar factories busy, hiring daily, wages up. Conestoga Traction plans 14 story building at Centre Square. cost about 500000. Denver men take 800 mile auto trip for Klein Bros. chocolate, return with Hauck furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace On Earth
T. W. Taylor
Ephrata
Bluffton, Ohio
Lancaster
Conestoga Traction Company
Centre Square
W. W. Griest
Denver
Oscar S. Kurtz
Jacob L. Shimp
Klein Bros., Milk Chocolate Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Harry L. Hauck
Tims
Another Bridge Sought by Columbia Toll Bridge Committee
The new bridge committee of Columbia plans renewed effort to secure another Susquehanna toll bridge. The current toll bridge is owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad and Railroad Co and partly used for its tracks. Toll charges are described as fierce as 2869 automobiles crossed the bridge in one day recently.
Relics at Kitchener tell of early Lancaster Mennonites aid
M G Weaver recounts how Lancaster County Mennonites aided settlers in Waterloo County, Ontario, over 100 years ago. The story details Samuel Betzner and Joseph Shirk leading families from Franklin to a fertile Northwest land, mortgage woes, a $20,000 loan paid by Lancaster brethren, and the move of German settlers to Canada. Remains of the carriage and a four horse wagon are preserved in Kitchener's Library Building by the Waterloo County Historical Society. Weber Street in Kitchener is named for Abraham Weber, an early settler who moved his family in 1807.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitchener
Ont
M. G Weaver
New Holland
Lancaster County
Franklin County
Niagara
Great Swamp
Richard Beasley
Ontario
David Gingrich
Grand River
Pennsylvania
Waterloo County
Samuel Bricker
Daniel Exle
Canada
Lancaster
Berks
Montgomery Counties
Historical Society of
Historical Society
Pennsylvania State College Farm Calendar Highlights
Alfalfa fertilization guidance advises plowing under mature matter and using 800 to 500 pounds of acid phosphate with an 0-12-4 mix to improve winter survival. Endive and lettuce should be sown now for October and November use, with turnips also possible. Cottage cheese method details milk temperatures and curd draining, then salt and cream. Chafers threaten young chicks. keep chickens away from grapevines and flowering shrubs. Don’s Slight Accounts stresses daily, regular farm record-keeping as essential to business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State College
Don
Moravian Churchyard Digging Reveals Historic Burials
Remains in the Old Moravian Churchyard at Vine and Franklin streets in Philadelphia are being unearthed by steam shovels as a four story service station is planned by Commercial Track Company. The site holds graves dating to 1756, with the 1856 church edifice erected on part of the burying ground. Also noted is a Post Office statistic estimating 11,335,060,000 letters handled nationwide last year, averaging 112 letters per citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third
Vine and
Franklin
Philadelphia
Commercial Track Company
Pennsylvania
Watson
Annals of
Franklin Streets
Franklin and
Vine Streets
United States
Post Office Department
When Your Farm Stock is Sick Look For Rats
Disease among farm animals is spread by rats. Rats carry plague and other diseases. Farmers are urged to use RAT-SNAP in three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25. Sold and guaranteed by L. N. Moyer Lititz and S. M. Fahnestock Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. N. Moyer
Lititz
S. M. Fahnestock
Lexington
Mickie the Printer's Devil
Charles Sugi of the Western Newspaper outlines the cheeky persona of Mickie the Printer's Devil in a humorous column that blends local newsroom lore with playful asides about pressroom quirks and behind the scenes banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sugi
Western Newspaper
Saved by a Hare in a Deadly Folded Mine Tale
William G. Wallick of Wrightaville works as a night watchman at the Susquehanna Casting Company, logging 2048 consecutive twelve hour night shifts without a vacation. The surviving narrative recalls a miner buried alive in Montane, a collapsing shaft, and a rabbit hero who aided a desperate escape by gnawing a line to the surface and leading rescuers to the trapped man. The tale credits the hare with broader miner blessings as rabbits nearby were spared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montane
William G. Wallick
Wrightaville
Susquehanna Casting Company
Tie
High nicotine tobacco plant developed for pest spraying
Otto Olsen, Clinton county farm agent, grows a tobacco plant with about 10 percent nicotine at Great Island near Lack Haven. The plant is not for smoking use but for spraying fruit trees, flowers, and vegetables. High nicotine in stems and leaves may enable full utilization of the plant, opening a profitable field for growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Olsen
Clinton County
Great Island
Lack Haven
Dreamland
Havana
Select Trees with Care for Roadside Scenery
The article discusses two roadside scenery types and urges selecting suitable tree types. It argues that planting without purpose often yields monotony, while thoughtful choices can enhance vistas and break long roadway views with greens and framing trees along highways.
Geographical Channel Evidence of Ancient North American Links
A Tennessee mortuary site yields corn grains in urns from Peebisrarir graves, suggesting intercommunication with the West Indies. The Bureau of Ethnology views this as proof that the West Indies formed a continuous part of the North American mainland within human times. Further searches may uncover more supporting evidence.
Rome Home of Gluttons
The article recounts ancient dining excesses in Rome and Egypt, noting Romans abandoned cabbage for exotic dishes. It cites Vitellius’s lavish banquets costing vast sums, featuring 2000 fish varieties and 7000 bird species, and describes peculiar delicacies and Grecian culinary fame.
Typographical Error Costs Life in Early Bible Printing
A German printer trusted his wife to set Genesis type and a faulty word change from Herr to Narr created "Ye shall be thy fool" in a Bible edition. The error, once circulated, provoked ecclesiastical outrage and condemnation of the wife as impious, with severe consequences.
RAT-SNAP Humane Pest Control Ad Sparks Local Notice
A handwriting style advertisement claims a restaurant suffered a rats infestation that drove away customers until RAT-SNAP was used. It promotes three sizes sold by L. N. Moyer in Lititz and S. M. Wahac stock in Lexington with a one dollar and twenty five cent price.
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Palm Beach
Madras
Chambria
B. V. D. Union
Cooper Union
Topkis Union
Union
W. H. Buch
Lititz Pa
Keystone Exchanges
Old Bethlehem Clock Repairer
Morris D. Zendt
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Souderton
Zendt
Zenda
Mr. Zendt
the County
Charles A. Greiner
Abraham Weber
Earl Township
Frank M. Weaver
Penne
Weber
Old Moravian
Mickie
SONY
Irion
New York
Agg
Rome
Vitellius
Nile Valley
Boltie
J. Adams
S. M. Wahacstock
Bonnet-Brown
House Edv
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