Happenings Throughout the Garden Spot Lancaster County
Within the county tow listings cover rural school groves by species and count from Chestnut to Pine, noting a Linden and a Gherry Grove among the orchards. A plan by Lancaster bankers to form a community loan bank aims to shield small borrowers from loan sharks. The Susquehanna River remains frozen after early cold weather. Union Trust Co. reports 1700 more Christmas fund depositors than last year, totaling 845000 in distributions to 8200 depositors.
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Lancaster County
Lancaster
Community Tuscount Co
Harrisburg
Union Trust Co. of
Lancaster milk products firm formed by local farmers
Local farmers in Lancaster organize the Lancaster Milk Products Co to process dairy output. Directors named Ross Bailey M Cramer Harry Gottselig L C Gross and M B Keen. Agents note Ford sales in Lancaster county exceed 4.5 million since January 1. An investigation finds toll road bridges on Lan caster and Strasburg pike unsafe and a garage fire wrecks two cars with no recoverable value.
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Hay
Lancaster and Strasburg Pike
Ford
Ford Automobile
Lancaster County
New Milk Company
Lancaster
Ross Bailey
2. M. Cramer
Herry Gottselig
L. C. Gross
M. B. Keen
Lancaster Milk Products Co
Gifford Pinchot to Tend Tree Planted in War Memorial
Gifford Pinchot visits Harrisburg as governor and will oversee a tree he planted while serving as Commissioner of Forestry on the historic Boardwalk. The elm at Third and State streets, slated to be preserved with a new entrance, is among Harrisburg's largest. BP A Wolfert of Pittsburgh, owner of a pet shop, was fined twenty five dollars for possessing thirty one ferrets without a license after a state game wardens complaint.
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Gifford Pinchot
Harrisburg
Third and Locust Streets
Pennsylvania
Third
State Streets
A. Wolfert
Pittsburgh
Liphart
Coal Bank Near Pine Grove To Be Marketed
Coal mined seventy five years ago is set for sale. W H Keith of Minersville leases a coin bank near Pine Grove in Schuylkill county holding 100000 tons from Lehigh Valley Coal Co and builds a breaker to process 500 tons daily. The bank, piled during easier times, contains fuel said to be superior to much current market coal, described as Lykens valley free burning red ash.
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W.H. Keith
Minersville
Pine Grove
Schuylkill County
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Lykens Valley
State to distribute twenty thousand Pennsylvania maps
The State Forestry Department will prepare twenty thousand large-size maps of Pennsylvania for distribution. Twelve thousand maps will go to public schools, with the remaining maps placed in railroad stations, court houses, and other public places. The maps show highways, railroads, canals, state forests, recreation centers, forest headquarters, and fire observation towers. Regions marking coal or minerals, and frontier forts like Shippensburg, Fort Lowden, and Chambersburg are indicated.
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Pennsylvania
State Forestry Department
Shippensburg
Fort Lowden
Chambersburg
Hall's Catarrh Medicine advertisement claim
An old advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh and deafness caused by catarrh. It describes an ointment to relieve inflammation and an internal tonic acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over 49 years. Read the Record, $1.50 a year.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Greens From The Barrens Christmas Tree Trade
The Barrens in Maryland's lower York and Cecil counties supply fine Christmas trees to meet rising demand. The ridges of Trappe rock harbor scrub oak and evergreens, with large exposed rock and feldspar mining history nearby. Locals describe rugged, sparsely connected life and the area’s limited future for extensive development.
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Barrens
Cee
York County
State Line
Lancaster
Cecil Counties
Delaware River
Rock Springs
Texas
The Evergreen Tree by Christopher G. Howard
A 1942 Western Newspaper Union piece recalls Mrs. Stone in a lonely house on Christmas. She imagines memories of a child, a beloved youth, and the joyous past as an evergreen tree glows. The next day gifts bear names, and happiness spreads through the neighborhood on Christus morning.
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Puis
Mrs. Stone
Christus
Battle fields in France visit by Lehigh professor
Dr Paul Bernard de Schweinitz, long time Lehigh University professor, recounts an eight day trip from Paris to Reims Verdun and Nancy with tours of ruined villages, shell holes, and Verdun forts. He notes U S financial aid aid rebuilding and the ongoing reconstruction along the battle lines. The journey ends in Lausanne Switzerland.
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Herman T. Frucauff
Paul Bernard de Schweinitz
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Lausanne
Leman
de Schweinitz
Paris
Reims
Hindenburg Hne
Chemiss Des Dames
Soissons
Verdun
United States
Vaux and
Douaumont
Vaux
Nancy
Lorraine
Strasburg
Alsatia
Bale
Switzerland
Canton de Vaux
RAT SNAP GUARANTEED TO KILL RATS AND MICE
Money back guarantee claims RAT SNAP cremates rodents with no lingering odor. Advertises ready to use cakes in three sizes 35 65 and 1 25. Sold and guaranteed by L N Moyer Lititz and S M Fahnestock Lexington.
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L. N. Moyer
Lititz
S. M. Fahnestock
Lexington
Radio Ralf and His Friends Leave Me Forever
A heated exchange ends with a woman crying out that she never wants to see Radio Ralf again and calls him a non gent as tensions flare in a chaotic scene.
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Tom
W. H. Buch
Lititz Fire House
Lititz Pa
Susquehanna
S. G. Gall
Wiuter
Keystone Exchanges
Trappe Rock
the Evergreen Tree
Christopher G. Howard
Unigr
Lidtinay
Fife
France
Beecham's
W.C. Durant
Ill
Demii
Burkholder
E. Main St
Star Price
Detroit
Frank B. Burkholder
Main St
Lititz, PA
Lititz Springs National Bank
Ralf
BY Jack Wilson
Gazun
Gaz
Cate
Wisan
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