August events in Lancaster area listed for community notices
A compiled schedule lists numerous August events across Lancaster and nearby towns including picnics reunions and fairs. Highlights feature Lititz Union picnic at Springs Lancaster Auto Club at Carsonia Park Oberholtzer and Stuber reunions Rothsville and Brownstown picnics Lititz Springs gatherings and upcoming fairs in West Chester Reading Allentown and Trenton with seasonal camp meetings and National Grange meetings in Atlantic City and Reading.
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Lancaster Auto Club
Carsonia Park
Reading
Stuber
Ephrata Park
Rothsville
Very Odd Isn't It Formy
A curious quip from Yale Record arguing through playful logic that rouge is a ruse, tracing a chain from ruse to shadow to shade and color, ending with paint. The couplet-style aside explores semantic twists with intellectual humor.
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Euclid
Yale
Imaginary islands in early navigation described by Edrisi
The article notes that Hesperides were among islands in early navigator imagination as described in the 1153 Arabic geography by Edrisi. It also mentions St Brandon and the Seven Cities as other imagined islands.
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Edrisi
St. Brandon
Former Stevens Man Joins U S Forest Service in Oregon
Harry S. Yetter of Stevens Lancaster County has taken a Junior Forester post on the Deschutes National Forest near Bend Oregon. He will focus on national timber sales work as part of a region that spans from Mt. Jefferson southward across over 100 miles. Mt. Yetter is a Yale trained forester and Ephrata High School graduate.
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Harry 8
Oregon
Mt. Vetter
Ephrata High School
Forest School
Yale University
Japanese Beetle Threat Regulates Lancaster County
Amid rising spread of the Japanese Beetle in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Lancaster County faces potential invasion unless strict state and national agriculture rules are followed. Authorities warn against bypassing inspections and urge reporting beetle sightings to the Lancaster County Farm Bureau, which houses specimens for study.
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Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
Departments of Agriculture
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
Woolworth
Bureau
Reading widow finds Civil War veteran hid vast fortune
Jacob Sanders, a Reading Civil War veteran, amassed about $80,000 in bonds cash and valuables including $30,000 of bonds and $6,400 in cash found in a corner cupboard. His unencumbered home valued around $30,000. he lived in poverty until hospital death after refusing medical aid. Letters of administration granted to Jonathan D. Sanders Deading, a second cousin, as custodian of house and treasure.
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South Ninth Street
Reading
Jacob Sanders
Jonathan D. Sanders
Deading
80 Per Cent of Farmers in County Own Autos
The State Department of Agriculture estimates that 145,440 of 202,000 farmers in Pennsylvania own automobiles, about 72 percent. In 1915 only 7 percent owned machines. Delaware County leads with 92 percent, Lancaster 80 percent.
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State Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Delaware County
Lancaster
Fall Fatal at Armstrong Cork Plant Worker IDed
Christian Miller of Lancaster, 42, a laborer for a bricklaying contractor, died instantly after toppling 80 feet down an elevator shaft at the Armstrong Cork Company linoleum plant. No witness to the accident. Heat may have unsettled him and caused a loss of balance.
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Christian Miller
Lancaster
Armstrong Cork Company
Starling Invasion Alters Blackbird Nests
Huge flocks of blackbirds sweep across the country feeding on wheat and hay stubble. Flocks consist of two thirds blackbirds and one third starlings. Starlings break up blackbird nests and destroy eggs, then later join the same birds and flock together as allies.
New Ford Combination Harvester and Thresher
A new combination harvester and thresher built by the American Pattern and Manufacturing Company under N H Ford has passed a successful test at York Pennsylvania. The machine aims to cut and thresh in one operation and weighs only slightly more than the self binder.
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New Ford
American Pattern and Manufacturing Company
N. H. Ford
York
Quitter Never Wins Motto for Life Insurance Society
A life insurance society adopts the slogan Quitter Never Wins and A winner never quits as its guiding motto, emphasizing perseverance in policy sales and client service.
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Life Assurance Society
Advertising on Stamps Policy for Italy
The Italian government allows individuals or businesses to use postage stamps for advertising in return for a share of sales receipts. The policy requires agreeing to pay a specified percentage of sales as the privilege fee.
Paxtang quarry transformed into lake after blast
A Paxtang limestone quarry flooded within twenty four hours after a deep blast tapped an underground spring. A lake over 200 feet long and 100 feet wide formed, burying 1000 tons of crushed stone and all plant equipment. Owner J M Wittcock faces permanent loss. assistant geologist R W Stone calls the flood a natural, unforeseen event. Children use the lake as a swimming pool.
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Paxtang
R. W. Stone
State Department
Paxtang Park
J M. Wittcock
Hummelstown
State Highway Survey Corps
Stone
Conowingo
Cornerstone of Boys Home at Elizabethtown to be Laid
The John Smith Home for Boys at Elizabethtown will have its cornerstone laid on Labor Day at 12 noon. The gift of Philadelphia candy manufacturer John Smith, it was presented to the Grand Lodge of Masons of Pennsylvania at Mt Mariah Lodge No 155 in February. Mr Smith is a member.
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John Smith
Elizabethtown
Philadelphia
Grand Lodge of Masons
Pennsylvania
Mt. Mariah Lodge No. 155
A. M
My. Smith
Friday Unlucky Day Among Superstitious Irish Freas
Friday is recorded as a very unlucky day by Irish superstition. The door should not be opened to a stranger on that day and a cat should not be taken from one house to another.
Excavation at Trent Park Unearths Ancient Drawbridge Relics
At Trent Park home of Sir Philip Sassoon a medieval drawbridge was found along with Roman daggers sandals and horseshoes. The site yields moat lore and hints of historic defense works while nearby reports describe massive tropical sea life including monster rays sharks and long-extinct fish lineages.
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Trent Park
England
Sir Philip Sassoon
Meek Turpin
Quote by Mazzini on strength and self-reliance
The fragment presents a stance that genuine aid from others follows proof of strength. It emphasizes self-reliance over reliance on foreign governments and suggests support comes only after one proves capacity to overcome challenges independently.
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Mazzini
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W. H. Buch
AN Clothing
Fire House
Lititz, Pa
Lititz
Springs
Oberholtzer
Witmer Reunion
Lititz Springs
Gantz Reunion
Buch
New Holland
New Holland Legion Post
Brickerville Lutheran U. S
Grove
Sheridan Band
Central Manor
St Andrews
S. 3
Brubaker
J C. Brubaker
Keath Reunion
Fire Co
Reamstown
Frymyer
Elser-Oberlin
West Chester
Fottsville
Allentown
Trenton
Doylestown
Ephrata
Lutheran Church
Manheim
Atlantic City
N. J
Pennsylvania State Grange
GESCO
W.E. Hacker
Spruce St
Stevens
U. 5. Forrest Service
Fish and Game Protective Association
Hopeland
Northern
Lancaster Co. Fish and Game Protective Association
Hopeland Park
Alfred E. Rupp
Bureau of Lands
State Forestry Dept
Harrisburg
Samuel Keene
Lancaster Co. Game Protector
Shoeneek
California
O. H. Shenk
Berks
Lebanon
Keystone Exchanges
John Orlowski
Blossburg
Poland
Lancaster General Hospital
Jesus Christ
Laporte
Armstrong
Boys Home
Elizatown
Record Printing House
Erves
Sens
Ralph
M. Spacht
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