Burglary in Allen town and massive dynamite blast near Williamsburg
A burglar in women's clothes is believed to be one of two who ransacked Samuel Handwerk and Charles Moyer’s Allen town apartments, stealing cash jewelry and clothing worth over 700 with about 6000 German marks left behind. A huge Blair county blast at the Jones & Laughlin quarries near Williamsburg shook hills, mudded a reservoir, and used 114% tons of dynamite worth an estimated 5000. Wood burning stoves surge in demand as coal shortages rise and farmers saw buyers for sawn timber and stumps.
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Samuel Handwerk
Charles Moyer
Allentown
Blair County
Jones & Laughlin
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Borough
Historic Town Clock Faces Homeless Fate
Northumberland's town clock, a relic gifted by Simon Cameron, once rose above Park M. KE. church and now has no home after a damaging fire. For over a quarter century it rang the time of day. residents face the loss of its landmark. A separate tower would cost more than the borough can bear.
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Northumberland
Simon Cameron
Lincoln
Park M. KE
Bomb Animals Remembered at Christmas Charities
The piece notes Christmas generosity extended to animals, describing extra feed for the poor and animals in England and Scotland. It recalls Burns’s auld farmer to his mare and a humorous soldier asking about furlough, illustrating festive compassion across eras.
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England
Scotland
Burns
Maggie
Hue
Christmas Trees And Poultry And Tax Notices From Lancaster County
Lancaster area notes record tolls on 63 miles of road taxes due by January 15 licenses for 1920 show 12 003 numbers while 1921 licenses payable dog tax and turkey trade figures from Turkeys L M Sheaffer of Ephrata and a Marion Kisling visit to Marietta added. Trees and crops are discussed as J H Livenight sells 3 000 Christmas trees and H D Speakman plans a move to New Mexico. Poultry guidance from USDA cites egg yields per hen with backyard flocks aiming for 120 eggs per hen and 13 dozen eggs per hen for strong laying. New Holland Machine Company expands capital. Deeds of deer hunting in Manheim and ophthalmic healing in Lancaster are noted.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Lancaster County Jurors Drawn For January Term
Three hundred and four jurors were drawn from the jury wheel to serve in Lancaster County courts during the January term. The list includes Grand Jurors, Quarter Sessions, and Common Pleas jurors with names from Ephrata, Manheim, Denver, Lititz, East Cocalico, West Earl, Earl, Akron, and other locales. no women appear on the roster.
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Lancaster County
Henry K. Ness
Clay
George Herman
Ephrata
Harry H. Bucher
Denver
Jacob. K. Mohler
Ephrata Boro
Ira A. Brosey
Manheim Boro
Milton
Hallacher
Warwick
Christian Mohler
John L. Halligan
Earl
Claude M. Mohler
Common Pleas
Frank F. Groff
Harry Becker
Manheimboro
Edward Yeagley
Penn
Harry Overholtzer
East Cocalico
Joan Haldeman
E. Cocalico
Frank Ludwig
Geo. J. Root
Monroe Longenecker
Clayton L. Ravegum
West Earl
George Christ
Akron
J. A. Zimmerman
East Earl
John Shreiner
Old Farm Orchard Declared Vital to Pa Agriculture
Dr W Fletcher head of horticulture at Penn State told 100 extension workers at the winter conference that aging farm orchards, making up about 80 percent of Pennsylvania’s apple acreage, must be rejuvenated with new varieties suited to regions. He cited a Carbon county farmer who harvested 2,000 bushels from a fifty year old orchard after spraying. Fletcher urged optimism and urged agents to avoid treating fruit as a single crop. McDowell noted the past year as the college’s most successful yet, with extension staff in 61 counties ready to implement plans and share agricultural developments.
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Pennsylvania
8. W. Fletcher
Pennnsylvania State College
Carbon County
Fletcher
M. S. McDowell
Polite Wyomissing knitter wins $50 on New York street
Roy Lawrence of 915 113 avenue Wyomissing proved politeness pays when a New York reporter offered $50 for the most polite man found. With bags in hand he searched pockets for a match, apologized, then received a check after the man with the pipe revealed the prize. Lawrence praised neighborly values and kindness.
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Roy Lawrence
Wyomissing
New York City
Lawrence
New York
Wyo
Lucifer
Mr. Lawrence
Anuric Tablets Promised Relief for Uric Acid
A Pennsylvanian reader reports back pain and fatigue easing after using Dr. Pierce's Anuric Tablets for high uric acid during pregnancy. The notice urges others to try the tablets, sending ten cents for a trial package, and cites Mrs. S. E. Ru oaps of Penfield, Pa, as a grateful user.
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Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Penfield
Conscience Funds 78 Year Old Returns 160 to Lancaster County
An unnamed 78 year old man from Lancaster County says conscience led him to return a $160 check to the county treasurer. He cannot write, so a friend drafted a note explaining the serendipitous repayment and desire to straighten out the matter before his death. The funds were placed in the county conscience fund.
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Lancaster County
County of
Lancaster
County Conscience Fund
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Cooper Union
High Rock and
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W. H. Buch
Lititz Fire House
Clancy Kids
Bry
Michigan
George Kisling
Marietta
J. H. Livenight
Elizabethtown
Furnace Hill
H. D. Speakman
Episcopalion
New Mexico
R. N. Peris
H. ©. Kauffman
Strasburg
Mt. Eden
Manheim Hunters
Manheim
Adams County
Joseph L. Gensemer
St. Paul’s Methodist
New Holland Machine Company
New Holand Machine Company
Timmie
Lancaster County Court
OLD Farm Orchard
Berks County
York City
Wan
Ww. W. Steiermes
Ppel & Sons & Opticiars Rri
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North Queen Stre
Lancaster, PA
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Johnnie
LE Roy
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Chas. H. Frey
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