Medals for Services in Fire, Wreck and Flood
Miss Situ Alurphy of Cuorbaricdite and Miss KRegheh Weais of fEnthera Paohorhepee will receive The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania medals. They earned metal honors for rescue work during a flood and fire, with one gold medal and several silver medals awarded for acts of bravery and service in Pueblo and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Situ Alurphy
Cuorbaricdite
Kregheh Weais
fEnthera
Fey the
Tmelegigh Company
Pueblo
Culetadas
Miss Marple
Pelephone
Exterminating Ad Promotes RAT-SNAP In 3 Sizes
An advertisement cites Mrs Phillips Exterminating Co Westfield NJ selling RAT-SNAP in three sizes with guaranteed results. A customer testimonial claims the product rid their house of rats quickly after moving. Sold by Fahne stock Lexington and Moyer Lititz with Youells Read the Record at $1.50 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wir Exterminating Co
Westfield
N. J
M. Fahnestock
Lexington
U. N. Moyer
Lititz
Youell
Scarlet fever cases rise in Lancaster as tally reaches thirty
County health board reports seven new scarlet fever cases in Lancaster, bringing the total in the city to 30. Other notes include a farmer yielding 3000 pounds of honey from West Donegal apiary, and local figures on livestock, crops, and banking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancastr
W. H. Snavely
West Donegal
Passes Century Mark in Red Lion Woman’s Longevity
Mrs. Cassandra Stein of a Red Lion farm in York County celebrated her 106th birthday. She has lived through four wars, eight children survive, and she counts 47 grandchildren, 76 great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassandra Stein
Red Lion
York County
Stein
Pennsylvania
Berwick Man Declares He Will Not Help Again
Fitch Culver of Berwick stated he would never again assist strangers after an episode in Scranton. While waiting for a New York train he helped push a car start, was accused of stealing, arrested, then freed when a bystander confirmed the initial tale and Culver returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitch Culver
Berwick
New York
Scranton
Stranger Overcoat Swindle and Suitor Seeks Wife
Curtis R. Smock of Meadville buys an overcoat in Erie then tests it at a refreshment stand where a man tries it on and vanishes. Frank Hooper of Charleroi asks Mayor Frank Gilbert for help finding a wife, claiming he is 25, tall and slender, never married.
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Curtis R. Smock
Meadville
Erie
Twentieth and
Peach Streets
Frank Hooper
Charleroi
Frank
Hines
Frank Gilbert
Sharon
France
Wildcats slain by Hazleton hunters near Bear Creek
The first wildcats recorded in the White Haven section during this hunting season were killed by Joseph Snyder and Larry Schalles of Hazleton while hunting near Bear Creek. They shot at a pair perched in a tree. One cat leaped as Snyder fired and the other was killed. Weighed 88 and 40 pounds. The state pays a bounty for all wildcats killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Haven
Joseph Snyder
Larry Schalles
Hazleton
Bear Creek
Snyder
Lancaster Tops Tobacco Production in 1819 Census Findings
Dr. Axiwin Brown analyzes the 1819 census in Abacco to show Lancaster County leading leaf production with 43,335,407 pounds. Kentucky and North Carolina follow as top states, while total tobacco factories number 1,806 with nearly 20,000 workers and 606 million dollars invested in manufacturing.
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Axiwin Brown
Lancaster County
Brown
United States
Hartford County
Connecticut
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Ohio
Virginia
Wisconsin
Massachusettes
Rag Rag Making Returns as Rural Craft Revival
Department agents report farm women revive rag and quilt making in rural areas. Arkansas and Mississippi lead the trend with hooked rugs and woolen coverlets, braided and crocheted pieces, and Crazy quilts. Women teach neighbors, organize classes, and sell output to market.
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Washington
Arkansas
Mississippi
Little Rock
England
Man Injured After Fall in Moonshine Barn
State police officer John Robbins fell through a hay mow hole into a moonshine stall, breaking a leg amid a scene of a gallon still, fifty gallons of mash, and auto accessories tied to alleged theft in Edward Hayes barn near Pottstown Montgomery County. Hayes is jailed on theft charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robbins
Edward Hayes
Pottstown
Montgomery County
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims quick relief and constitutional support
The ad argues catarrh is a local disease worsened by run down conditions and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a two part treatment. It features an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic to improve general health, noting sales by druggists for over 46 years from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Rat Without Odor After Three Months Dead
James Sykes of Westfield New Jersey recalls a rat he buried behind a barrel and later found dead after months with no odor. RAT-SNAP product sold by S WM Fahne stock Lexington and L N Moyer Lititz is touted as a solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sykes
Westfield
N. J
S. WM. Fahnestock
Lexington
L. N. Moyer
Lititz
Fragmentary note on a choir event and party parts
A garbled fragment references a choir and a party component in a dreddingne context with unclear details. The readable words point to a social event and top involvement but lack concrete names places or dates.
Checkers the Pigeon Hills hound wears spectacles
A thoroughbred English hound named Checkers, owned by Benjamin Stambaugh in York county’s Pigeon Hills, now wears glasses after an oculist found astigmatism. The dog, once bruised in fields at night, hunts with vigor using the spectacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Checkers
Pigeon Hill
Benjamin Stambaugh
Pigeon hTills
York County
York
Pigeon Til
Mr. Stambaugh
Farm Calendar Reminders From Pennsylvania State College
Timely notes on fall plowing to boost next year’s corn yield, poultry care for molting birds, and efficient sow feeding. Get extension circulars, inoculation starter for alfalfa, and plan Winter Farmers Week at State College December 18 to 21 with demonstrations in dairying crops livestock and more.
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Pennsylvania State College
Penn State
State College
County Farm Bureau
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Hathore
Penne
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Mt. Joy Bulletin
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America
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