Questing Quarryville Club Hunted Seven Hours Each Saturday
A Quarryville town club meets weekly for seven hours of hunting with a first outing yielding a possum feast. The piece notes community activity and local lore from Snyder County Herald, mentioning veterans benefits, a large snapper found by Hiram Peoples, and a statewide fishermen license controversy.
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Quarryville
Masonic Home
Elizabethtown
Congressman Griest
Congress
Uncle Sam
Hiram Peoples
New Providence
Mr. Snapper
Wilson Defends Big Business and Pushes Anti-Trust Plan
Vice President Marshall, speaking by telephone to the Rochester Chamber of Commerce at their annual dinner, rejected the idea that the administration seeks war on big business. He urged rooting out dishonesty in all business and ensuring fair play. Wilson and the House Judiciary Committee outlined a program for anti-trust legislation, aiming to ban interlocking directorates and make personal guilt a key feature of any bill.
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Marshall
White House
Rochester, N. Y
Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
House
Judiciary Committee
Do Not Agree With President Baer On Rail Electrification
The article notes President Baer opposes electrification of railroads, contrasting with Pennsylvania Railroad plans to electrify the main line. It mentions existing electrified segments, anticipated cost savings from electric trains, and Reading’s interest in electrifying the Germantown and Chestnut Hill branch. It also reports a major parcel post weight increase set by Postmaster General Burleson as a Christmas policy change.
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George F. Baer
Philadelphia and
Reading
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baer
Pennsylvania
Long Island
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Camden
Atlantic City
Germantown
Chestnut Hill
Burleson
United States
Tener
Speaker Alter
Public Utilities Commission
The Story of a Kiowa Dollar in Lititz
An anecdote from Kiowa Kansas about a dollar roaming through markets and shops to show how local circulation boosts community growth. The piece argues keeping money at home spurs business and prosperity for farmers, doctors, hardware stores, and grocers.
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Merchant’s Trade Journal
Kiowa
Kansas
Chicago
No Contortionist Fat Man and Bootblack Exchange
Conversation fragments show a Fat Man asking about a shine, a Bootblack confirming, and a Wat Man instructing to trust the Boston Transcript on the matter. The lines reflect a terse street dialogue or theater interlude without broader context or clear event.
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Bootblack
Boston Transcript
Under the Ocean Atop the Atlantic Reveals Hidden Seas
A summary of an Edinburgh Review article explains the ocean bed beneath the Atlantic from Europe to America. It describes a continuous life and changing habitats from surface to deep mud, the mud line, continental shelf and slope, mid Atlantic ridge, and rises to island groups like Azores and St. Pauls. The piece links sediment origins to rivers, winds, and rains, and notes depth-related life zones and land parallels along coasts.
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A. 8
Ship- Jey
Edinburgh Review
Atlantic
America
Europe
Ganges
Indus
Sir John Murray
Great Britain
Beyoad
Athiatic
mid-Atlantic
Bruce
Iceland
North
South America
Africa
Azores
St. Paul's Rocks
Ascension
Tristan da Cunha
Gough Island
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Reefers
Mentor Onion
W. H. Buch
Record Building
Lititz
Snyder
Montaigne
David J. Lewis
Post Office Department
Buffalo Xpress
THE
Cape Horn
Calintry
Sandy
Cleveland Plain Denter
Homer
Farmer’s National Bank
Farmers National Bank
Lititz, Penna
Weill
Queen Stre
Lancaster, PA
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Chas. H. Frey
Shoe Man
East King St
DoHarford
W. A
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