Retirement generosity uncovers hidden corn windfall
In Altoona, Albert C. Shaver received a bag of corn from fellow workers as a retirement gift and discovered 1218.45 dollars inside. Meanwhile, Hazleton’s Pierce Sehlier, a Lehigh Valley conductor, dropped a lantern on the Mt. Carmel to Mauch Chunk run and later found it undamaged a mile east of Hazleton.
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Pennsylvania
Altoona
Albert C. Shaver
Mt. Carmel
Mauch Chunk
Pierce Sehlier
Hazleton
Lehigh Valley
Good Things Come in Bunches In Easton and McCrearys
E. G. Kennedy of Easton sails to Mexico City to recover his 1800 acre ranch seized during the Villa era. Meanwhile John B. McCreary near Northumberland records a busy week as his seventeen children welcome new grandchildren and a relative in Kane dies, returning the McCreary home to normal after a spate of births.
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E. ©. Kennedy
Easton
Mexico City
United States
Mr. Kennedy
Villa
John B. McCreary
Northumberland
B. D. Yeager
Trwin McCreary
Walter McCreary
Scipio Young
Slav
Harold McCreary
Virginia
Kane
Young
The
To Normal
McCreary
Union fore at Fredericksburg and Young estate probate
Union forces at Fredericksburg list a servant role for Young with Lt Wilkinson and later General Kane. Kane aided Young to Pennsylvania after hostilities ended. Young's estate valued at 50 000 dollars with fees to six children. Rev E B Bidluck of East Main Street Methodist Church Lock Haven preached on Thieves from St Mark. He joked thieves emptied his refrigerator during his sermon and again after returning home.
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Fredericksburg
Wilkinson
Thomas L. Kane
Kane
Young
Pennsylvania
Younge
B. Bidluck
East Main St. Methodist Church
Lock Haven
Mr. Bidlack
Innovative flexible rib aims to cut airplane landing speed
The United States Bureau of Standards developed a supple variable-ranker rib for biplanes and seaplanes. In tests this design promises reduced landing speeds by letting the rib bend at the nose toward the front spar while the tailpiece remains rigid. The rib normally sits symmetrically but camber increases under asymmetric air pressure, creating the most pronounced camber at the right time.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Popular
County Happenings Report Multiple Factory Actions
Garden Spot area notes show Hershey Chocolate Co plant near Mastersville shut down upsetting longtime patrons. United States Asbestos Co. of Manheim laid off 65 workers while Stehhi Sik Co. of North Lancaster rosters many employees to half time, signaling widespread local economic strain.
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Hershey Chocolate Co
Hessercamery
MastersSonville
United States Asbestos Co
Manheim
Stehhi Sik Go
North Lancaster
Deed Dated 1755 Tied to Swamp Church Property
Rev. M. W. Schweitzer of Ephrata holds the deed dated May 22, 1755 for the Swamp church property in West Cocalico, historically known as the Calvinistic church.
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M. W. Schweitzer
Ephrata
West
Cocalico
Lancaster County Yields Lead in 1920 Agriculture Report
Lancaster County tops state in 1920 crops with a wheat yield above 2.9 million bushels and corn at 5,576,006 bushels. Tobacco output exceeds 47,825,000 pounds and hay surpasses 160,000 tons, outperforming all other counties in the state.
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Lancaster County
Reese Ice Pond to Open in Elizabethtown for Skating Season
G Reese the former ice dealer has turned his Elizabethtown ice pond over to the Boy Scouts who will supervise skaters this year with a small admission charged. Residents from Florin and nearby areas have traveled to Braden town Florida for the season while wildlife reports note abundant ruffed grouse in West Donegal township and flocks of geese migrating southward near Catasauqua after the Great Lakes storm.
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Elizabethtown
G. Reese
Boy Scouts of
Catasauqua
Great Lakes
Who Will Claim His Morcy In Hollidaysburg
The body of Yee Sing a Chinese laundryman was found dead in his Hollidaysburg home and remains unclaimed though $5689.24 in money and securities were found on him. He died of natural causes and many valuables were tucked away in silver under the mattress. The Chinese Consul in Washington has been notified but no word on disposition has been received.
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Yee Sing
Hollidaysburg
Ile
Washington
Why Shitie Left Home Earthquake Feature Debuts Next Week
Paramount Artcraft presents Why Shitie Left Home with a climactic earthquake sequence shown in full blast. Donald Crisp directs a comedy caper featuring Washburn as a bungling honeymooner and Lois Wilson as the bride. The cast includes Maym Kelso Winter Hall Walter Hiers Margaret Loomis and Carrie Clark Ward. Judge Charles V Henry approves a unique public school in Cold Springs township Lebanon County funded by Reading Coal and Iron Co. efforts to educate five children in a company-backed home classroom with Miss Mary Snoke as teacher.
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Donald Crisp
Smith
Paramount-Artcraft
Paramount
Weather Department
United States
Washburn
Lois Wilson
Maym Kelso
Winter Hall
Walter Hiers
Margaret Loomis
Carrie Clark Ward
Charles V. Henry
Lebanon County
Pennsylvania
Cold Springs Township
Reading Coal and Iron Co
Reading Co
Henry
Mary Snoke
Snoke
Cigar Prices in Lancaster Past Recalled by Retired Merchant
A Lancaster merchant recalls old country store cigar prices from four for a cent to two for a cent fair quality. Wholesale at $1.25 per thousand. Customers could self-serve from a large box. Better grades $1.40 to $1.50 per thousand. A Civil War era deal of 20,000 cigars from Samuel Patterson at $1.27¾ per thousand.
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Lancaster County
Samuel Patterson
Court House
East King Street
Lancaster
Italians in Florida to Grow Silk Worns
Italian specialists in silkworm culture will establish the industry in Florida next year. They will plant 74,000 mulberry trees and import silk worms of English, French, Russian and Italian origin. Thomas de Pamphilis, head of the American silk industry, is there and planning to build a silk mill with worm cultivation. A capacity of 10,000 worms per crop will be provided.
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Florida
Thomas de Pamphilis
Tobacco Auction Sales Company Chartered in Lancaster
The Lancaster Tobacco Auction Sales Company with a capital of $100,000 is chartered to pack and deal in leaf tobacco at a public sales floor and related activities. Directors include C.K. Hess Millersville. Don A Balmer Manheim. Christian H Habecker Rohrersown. Charles V Stern Manheim. Phares Miller Ephrata. Oliver C Fater Landisville. Jacob T Hornish West Lampeter. Clayton R Shreiner Lititz. R. L. Kimbrough Lancaster.
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Lancaster Tobacco Auction Sales Company
C.K. Hess
Millersville
Don A. Balmer
Manheim
Christian H. Habecker
Rohrersown
Charles V. Stern
Phares Miller
Ephrata
Oliver C
Fater
Landisville
Jacob T. Hornish
West Lampeter
Clayton R. Shreiner
Lititz
R. L. Kimbrough
Lancaster
A Woman Likes to be Admired No Matter How Old She Is
A Pennsylvania woman from Scranton recounts long illness and weight loss cured by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She suffered feminine troubles, backaches, and digestive distress before improving after several bottles, regaining strength and weight. Claim includes her name Bertha Sohns, age 85.
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Pennsylvania
Scranton
Dr. Pierce
Bertha Sohns
Webster Ave
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Syndin
the County
H. H. Martin
North Carolina
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John G. Moyer
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Ira Eby
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Shitie
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New Picture
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