Columbia Assembly elects officers and initiates members
At Columbia Assembly No. 20 Artisans Order of Mutual Protection, Walter R. Splain was elected Master Artisan Lester Saylor as superintendent Charles Kraft as inspector John E. Simpson as cashier Walter Lucas Jr as recorder and John P. Reed as trustee. Several candidates were initiated.
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Columbia
Columbia Assembly
Artisans Order of Mutual Protection
Walter R. Splain
Lester Saylor
Charles Kraft
John E. Simpson
Walter Lucas, Jr
John P. Reed
City council freezes raises for all in 1929
Across the state reports show wide employee dissatisfaction as the council orders no salary increases for anyone next year. In Pottsville a third consecutive Christmas robbery hit J Herman Rebenau cigar store with merchandise and cash stolen. Bethlehem Lehigh Univ assets top 10.5 million up 400k. Cardinal Dougherty presides at St Marys Catasauqua dedication and Church of Our Lady Help of Christians cornerstone. Wellsboro reports zero unemployment and no vacant houses in a 4000 population town. Hershey accident injures Russell Brubaker and family with serious and minor injuries.
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Reading
Pottsville
J. Herman Rebenau
Allentown
Cardinal Dougherty
St. Mary’s Church
Catasauqua
Church of Our Lady Help of Christians
Auto Club Postpones Lancaster Meeting
The Lancaster Auto Club postpones its December meeting due to the Christmas proximity. The next meeting is scheduled for the third Friday in January at Stevens House in Lancaster. The Board of Directors will meet this Friday evening at headquarters on South Prince Street.
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Atglen
Glen Run
Lancaster Automobile Clio
Th Club
Stevens House
Lancaster
The
Cglub
South
Prince Street
Neffsville Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Neffsville
Manheim Township
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Clean Up Corn Borer Before Snow
Farmers in the corn borer festor area are urged to remove trash and remnants from fields and sweet corn patches before heavy snows. If dry, burn. if small, bury. Running water ease for kitchens noted, with septic tank info and state college circulars available. High protein feeds boost profits. poultry mortality drops with the closed door confinement method, per Pennsylvania State College extension.
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State College
Pennsylvania
Poultry Extension Department
Pennsylvania State College
Carter's Roup Treatment Ad Offering Local Dealers
Time to prevent roup and related illnesses with a bottle sold by local dealers Wm Amer Meyer Drug M E Snavely Lititz R D 3 Bom berger's Store Flm Hunshberger's Store Oregon.
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Carter’s
Amer
Meyer Drug
M. E. Snavely
Lititz R. D
Bomberger’s
Flm
Hunshberger’s
Oregon
Tobacco growers hold crop as sales lag in lower end
In a quiet period for the county, no tobacco was sold by mid November, a shift from the usual flow. Growers report good quality and patience, with few lotsStripping begun on early maturers and a minor sale of 34 acres from Enos Book to James Burns. Blue Bros warehouse at Quarryville sits empty for the first time in years, signaling a strong season ahead.
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Enos Book
Buck
Drumore Township
James Burns
Lancaster
Mr. Book
Blue Bros
Quarryville
Robbery Conviction and Trial in Lebanon Area
Arthur Firestone of Lebanon pleaded guilty to robbing Ray Peiffer of Lititz on September 20. He received a sentence ranging from four to eight years in the Eastern Penitentiary. Irvin Becker of Schaefferstown was placed on trial for involuntary manslaughter in Edwin Hardt’s death on September 9 along the Schaefferstown Lebanon road.
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Arthur Firestone
Lebanon
Ray Peiffer
Lititz
Irvin Becker
Schaefferstown
Edwin Hardt
Clay Township
Lancaster County
Mother’s Midnight Duty Quietly Guards Family During Storms
The piece notes a mother’s role in waking children and tending to closing windows during a storm, ensuring safety while the father remains less involved. It frames the mother as the steady protector in the household during nighttime turbulence.
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the County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Elizabethtown
Conewago Creek
Stoner
Harris Bldg
Bethlehem—Lehigh University
Walter R. Okeson
N. M. Emery
Wellsboro
Hershey
Russel Brubaker
Doris
Auto Club
Lumber Jack Heavy Wool West
Sweet Orr & Co., Kurtz and Conestoga
Cooper's
Dr. Wrights
High Rock
W. H. Buck
Clothier & Gents’ Furnisher
Whifepee
W. H. Muth & CO
Garden Spot
Florida
Cuba
Havana
Morro Castle
Chinatown
G. H. Shreiner
East King Street
Lancaster, Pa
Stedman’s Green Grocery
CEDAR
Seth Thomas Clock
Seth Thomas
Zook’s Jewelry Store
Queen Street
Neffsville Mutual Fire Insurance
J. W. G. Hershey
Boseal
Zartman’s
Holtzhouse’s Confectionery
Lancaster City
Schrafft’s
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