The Conscientious Objector in the First Line Trenches
An American narrator recounts encounters with a British army conscientious objector Watkins during fourteen months in France. He contrasts pacifist views with frontline realities, sharing muttered debates at a rest billet, a fatal clash in the trenches, and Watkins last act dying for England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Empey
France
Henney
Sell
Bloomlin
R. BE. GR Royal Engineers
N.C. C
First Fast Mail Run on Hannibal and St. Joseph Line
The article recounts a historic attempt on the Hannibal and St. Joseph line to set a speed record for a 206 mile route from Hannibal to St. Joseph. Engineer Add Clark aimed to establish a record that would endure for 50 years, using a wood burning locomotive on light rails with minimal ballast, finishing in just over four days with fuel stops.
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Mississippi
Hannibal and
St. Joseph
Missouri
Hannibal
Sacramento
Add Clark
Iistance
Hanni-bal
Beenes Set for Visitors in Biskra Stage Like Scene
In the Barary coast town of Biskra Moorish coffee buses and Turkish atmosphere draw foreign visitors. The fortuned dancing girls perform for the pleasure of outsiders while many come for the climate said to ease rheumatism.
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Beenes
Biskva
Anit
Giela Olcheamsty
Biskra
Robert Hickeys
Alla
Yound
Memorial trees surround Lincoln memorial in Potomac Park
The Lincoln memorial in Potomac Park Washington will be completed this year with a circular driving road lined by double American elms. Each tree will be donated and planted by the family of a fallen World War I soldier, with records kept naming the donor and the soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Park
Washington
D. C
United States
Military Training Bill to Be Rushed Through Congress
The War Department bill proposing a moderate universal military training system will be laid before Congress without delay. It should reach Senators Waisworth and Representatives Kalin, chairs of the military committees, early this week.
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Rhout
St. Armand
England
War Department
Congress
Senator Wailsworth
Representative Kalin
Congress Heard Army Universal Training Cost Estimate
Gen March, chief of staff, testified that maintaining a 510000-strong standing army with universal training would cost about 900 million dollars per year. He estimated a per man yearly cost of roughly 1597 dollars.
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Congress
March
Milk Producers Organize to Affiliate with Philadelphia Association
Milk producers in the Quarryville area form a milk producers association to seek better uniform prices. Norman Maule serves as president, B Dickinson Gilbert as secretary, and Joseph H Gilbert as treasurer. The group launches with 37 members.
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Milk Producers’ Association
Philadelphia Association
Norman
Maule
Dosen
B. Dickinson Gilbert
Joseph H. Gilbert
Copperheads Reported Near Black Rock Furnace Area
In the Quarryville Puseyville vicinity during the bis season a number of copperhead snakes have been sighted. Some have been killed and last week Prank Shirk killed two large ones while they were traveling together.
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Black Rock Furnace
Quarryville
Puseyville
Abram L Stivety Named Leading Chicken Raiser in Collins
Abram L Stivety of Collins in Colerain township is noted as one of the county's most successful chicken raisers. He sells more chickens in his section than any other man and ships more eggs.
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Lowes End
Abram L. Stivety
Collins
Colerain Township
Family reunions and fairs listed for upcoming Saturdays
The notices list Steffy, Reinholds, Landis, Tutheran S, Brickerville, Rothsville, Hershey Park, Lititz Springs, Hiser Oberlin, Gensemer, Brubaker Herehey reunions with dates between 6 and 30 in various towns. Also scheduled are tobacco growers event in Ephrata Park and fairs in Lebanon and Lancaster with multiple days in late October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steffy
Saturda Reinholds Union
Brunner
Landis
Perkasie
Manuel Tutheran
Hiser-Oberlin
Fiphrata Park
Gensemer
Lititz
Brubaker-Herehey
Brubaker
Tatitz
Tobacco Growers’ Association Pictuc
Ephrata Park
Lebanon
Lancaster
Odds and Ends Tips From a Kitchen Notebook
A quirky collection of cooking hints. A dash of broken vanilla bean boosts flavor. A pinch of soda helps when stewing fruit. Moisten a knife with water before slicing fresh cake. Heat a knife blade before cutting hot bread. Chill eggs after boiling for stuffing. Small caciphor keeps away pests in cupboards.
Paris Green Dangers in Potatoes Under A Sultry Sun
A fragmented note discusses Paris Green and arsenate of lead as potato pests killers. It warns Paris Green burns leaves and washes off in rain, while arsenate of lead acts faster.
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Paris Green
Fruit Corporation Scours Lancaster Orchards for Acquisition
Agents of the American Fruit Corporation pursue Lancaster county orchards to secure up to fifty thousand acres of model fruit farms across Pennsylvania. Backed by a hundred million dollars, they aim to control Adams Berks York Cumberland county holdings and standardize Eastern apples to compete with Western fruit under expert management.
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American Fruit Corporation
Lancaster County
Ita
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Berks
York
Cumberland Counties
Sparrows Held a Noisy Convention at Mt Carmel Home
A cloud of about 10 000 sparrows crowded into Mt Carmel and perched on a large shade front of James Hollister’s house. The birds created a loud chirping chorus early in the morning and old timers say they gather in groups to observe mating times.
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Mt. Carmel
James Hollister
Milk price increases hit skimmed and pasteurized grades in Philadelphia
Prices rise again affecting Main Line milk supplies with skimmed milk up by nine to ten cents, pasteurized by fourteen to seventeen cents, and nursery milk by nine percent. Trade A and certified milk see minor shifts as table creams and whipping creams show small changes.
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Ph Delphia
71 Per Cent Increase in the Cost of Living
The National Industrial Conference Board reports July 1919 wage earners faced a 71 percent higher cost of living than at World War I start in July 1914. Increases since March 1919 total 6 percent and 12 percent since June 1918, with five year food up 85 percent and fuel, shelter, clothing rising notably.
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National Industrial Conference Board
First Champion Of Modern Pugilism Jack Broughton
The father of modern pugilism, Jack Broughton, began boxing at age 18 after a July 9 1725 match. He learned the sport from James Figg and, after a heated altercation, defeated a bigger opponent in ten rounds. He later codified rules and is regarded as founder of modern pugilism.
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Jack Broughton
James Figg
Broughton
Figg
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