Lancaster area notes from county convention and local events
Reports from a Lancaster county convention of bricklayers masons and plasterers. St Pauls Lutheran church group cut two cords of wood. Oats yields range from 45 to 70 bushels per acre in Conewago and East Donegal. Henry G Cooper and Ida Hammer obtain a marriage license in Reading. County P O S of A to meet in Hopeland October 12. Colonel Shannon honored with French War Cross. Fire destroys barn dwelling and buildings on ex Senator Cameron farm. losses $20000. David McGhee magazine solicitor narrowly avoided lynching after attack accusation near Maryland line. Constable Brown safely took him to Lancaster jail.
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Pennsylvania
Bricklayer’s, Masons’ and Plasterers’ Union
Lancaster
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Millersville
Theodore K. Fink
Conewago
Coney Township
East Donegal
Henry G. Cooper
Ida Hammer
Ephrata
Reading
Cooper
Sherman
Atlanta
P.O. S. of A
Hopeland
P. QO. S. of A
Lancaster County
E. C. Shannon
Columbia
Shannon
J. Donald Cameron
Donegal Springs
David McGhee
Maryland Line
Sue Kline
A. H. Stubbs
Elizabeth Lausch
Constable Brown
Reading Exonations and Local Anecdotes Across Towns
The item notes Reading exchanges ahead by 500 dollars via renting municipal farm and sharing half the crop from a 15 acre oats field yielding 525 bushels. It also mentions Catherine Rigler’s death from blood poisoning, Cornish highlights on a cornet player since the 1860s, and Hazleton plant lunch rules. Additional notes cover Cornwall Railroad fare cuts increasing Penryn park patronage, Duncansville losing barbers and blacksmiths to war, Camp Merritt furlough and a marriage, and Lafayette Birmingham Cemetery’s two sextons since 1842.
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Reading
Catherine Rigler
Scranton
Holland
Heck
West Chester
Jeanesville Iron Works
Hazleton
Cornwall Railroad Bn
Penryn Park
Duncansville
Uncle Sam
Blair County
Camp Merritt
N. J
Camp McArthur
Texas
Shelly
Hast Greenville
Florence Dyson
New Goshenhoppen
Camp
Burgess C. W. Talbot
Lafayette- Birmingham Cemetery
Albin Seal
John Killbride
Patriotic Labor Day Flag Unfurling At Manheim
On Labor Day the borough of Manheim will dedicate a new flag pole and unfurl a large American flag. The event includes the Borough Service Flag and the Honor Flag awarded after the Third Liberty Loan drive.
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Manheim
Boy Robber Lost His Nerve In Barnyard Tale Of Masked Robbery
A man wearing a mask allegedly robbed a farmer’s home and fled with jewelry and a duck and Belgian hare. A boy confessed to the crime scene behind a barn but later said the masked man was his own fabrication. sheriff urged mercy.
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Indianapolis News
Sheriff Coffin
War Influences Banquet Menus And Industry Across Empires
A London correspondent notes war reshapes the lord mayor’s banquet with scarce meat and wheat and a press eager for a war menu. A shipment of 600 American sewing machines is allocated to Aden Abyssinia Red Sea ports and the Persian Gulf district amid growing demand by Red Cross and natives as German supply dwindles.
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Arabia
Red Cross
Aden
Abyssinia
Red Sea
Germany
General Electric
Im Aden
Devil Worshiping in Haiti
A harsh historical view portrays Haiti as savage, with references to slavery, race, and supposed barbarisms. It cites voodoo and obeah as debased practices, including alleged human sacrifices, cannibalism feasts, and witchcraft described in sensational terms.
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West Indies
Haiti
A. Hyatt Verrill
Republic
Indians Best Walkers Says Professor Richardson
The University of California bulletin The Soldier on Toes argues that the American Indian walks with feet parallel or inward turn to maximize toe function and propulsion. Professor Richardson criticizes army toe out stance and urges shoe habits and regular care to prevent foot troubles from tight, high heeled footwear.
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L. J. Richardson
University of California
Richardson
Exemption Rules For Militia Duty Under Section 59
The text states exemptions for high officials and certain federal workers from militia duty, including those in government and military service, customs clerks, postal workers, armory artisans, ship pilots, and Marines in sea service. Religious conscientious objectors may be exempt from combatant militia service under presidential regulations, but not from noncombatant militia roles.
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United States
New Orleans Port Boosts Canned Turtle Factory
A new green sea turtle cannery opens in Bay St. Louis after leaving Miami. It buys Central American sea turtles and cans them as four products including clear and thick green turtle soup and turtle beef Creole. The plant yields about 15,000 cans daily and 798000 pounds yearly, with turtle oil as a by-product.
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New Orleans
Key West
America
Miami
Fla
Bay St. Louis
Gazette
Clemenceau’s Kind Heart Through Sharp Speech
Paris correspondent notes Clemenceau as a brusque but charitable figure who, despite a busy tenure, spends hours daily giving free medical advice to the poor. In a crowded room his nurse helps a last patient, and the premier is asked to use influence to obtain a post for a widowed sister at Clermont.
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Clemenceau
Paris
Rm.le President
M. Ie
Clermont
Driving Cattle by Motor A New Use for a Motorcar
A cattle dealer in a middle western state drives large herds at night to reduce heat stress. He uses a car with searchlight and horn to move the cattle quickly along roads, noting similar round-up methods in the far West.
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Far West
Height Effects in Airplanning Reported in English Study
An English report notes height related effects begin at 10 000 feet and become marked by 17 000 feet. Oxygen is supplied in a container mixed with air as needed. Potential high altitude flight risks include conditions similar to bends from extreme pressure changes.
Climbers Imprisoned Atop Fuji
A severe snow and hail storm trapped hundreds atop Mount Fuji for two days. Refuge huts proved essential as police ordered climbers to wait at Gotemba and Tarobo. Relief efforts failed to reach them due to drifts and broken telephone lines. all climbers eventually descended safely.
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Fuji
Fiji
Gotemba
Tarobo
Jerusalem’s Great Walls Through the Ages
The text traces Jerusalem’s fortifications from Selim I’s conquest to Suleiman the Magnificent’s walls. It notes these fortifications as the city’s present lines and places them in a longer history of repeated destruction, culminating in Titus’s 70 CE devastation under Vespasian.
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Jerusalem
Egypt
Selim I
Palestine
Egyypt
Constantinople
Selim
Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman
Titus
Vespasian
When Beards Were Taxed In History
Beards faced taxes across empires from Elizabethan England to early Russia and France. Beards grew costly as rulers like Peter the Great and Catherine II extended levies, while France taxed clergy with papal and royal backing, sparking disputes and exemptions.
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Elizabeth
Peter the Great
St. Petersburg
Catherine T
Peter II
Anne
Catherine H
France
Duprat
London
Community Fair Dates and School Openings Listed
A dated listing shows August events at Lititz Springs Kutztown brickerville and Elizabeth Town. September notes include public school openings and several Lutheran charge meetings. County fairs are set across Nazareth Hanover Lebanon Chester Reading Lancaster York with multiple dates.
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Brownstown Union
Penue
Lititz Springs
Kutztown
Brickerville Emanuel Lutheran U. S
Brickerville Lutheran Charge
Brickerville
Northampton County
Nazareth
Hanover
Lebanon County
Lebanon
Chester County
West Chester
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Momey
W. H. Buch
the Record Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
the County
Manheim Township
Justice McGranh
Neffville
Misses Cassidy
Cassidy
Mansion House
British Empire
England
Wingert & Haas Hat
John A. Haas
N. Queen St. Lancaster, PA
Has. H. Frey’s Shoe Store
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
W. A
Jancaster
York County Fair
York
W. W. Appel & Son , Jewelers & Opticians
Queen Street
Wld
Young
Fatherland
Rheinische Westfalische Zeitung
Essen
The
Zeitung
Eld
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