Tobacco on the Move Packers Begin Work at Warehouses
Tobacco packers prepare for movement starting mid month as warehouses become busy. About 60 percent of Pennsylvania’s crop sold to manufacturers this year, with direct sales to manufacturers drawing larger purchases than sales to jobbers. Some packers hold out on price, predicting trade prices of 23 to 30 cents per pound. 1921 crop reportedly available at 25 cents. A Buffalo, New York firm notes the first U S knitting mill was founded in 1825 at Fisher’s Hollow, Pennsylvania and readers are asked to identify the location of Fisher’s Hollow.
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Pennsylvania
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Thos. R. Fisher
Fisher's Hollow
Armin
Fisher’s Hollow
Big Four Fire Co installs chemical engine in Strasburg area
West Lampeter school hosts a meeting where Big Four Fire Co orders a chemical engine on a Ford chassis with two 50 gallon tanks to be housed in Strasburg township near the eastern edge of Strasburg borough. Other equipment remains at New Danville West Willow Refton and Lampeter.
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Big Four Fire Co
West Lampeter
Strasburg Township
Strasburg
New Danville
West Willow
Refton
Lampeter
Widow Remarries After Loss of Dignity in India
A widow in India faces social stigma but remarries following the death of her husband. The piece notes that a fiancé cannot bear the loss of a spouse and stigma may persist, shaping her decision to wed again.
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India
Christmas Recordings and Quips on Winter Woes
A collection of humorous and observational lines on coal prices winter weather and politics. The notes touch on coal bills rising firewood costs Florida escape thoughts and the era’s cautious mood toward office candidates. It mentions leaf raking by neighbors and landlords wary of families with children.
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Florida
Lititz
Red Cross
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