Deer kill total sets record for thirteen day season
Harrisburg area hunters report a national deer season record with an estimated 54 000 deer killed in thirteen days. Scranton area residents react to a Federal prohibition raid on the Exchange hotel confiscating intoxicants and removing the bar and furnishings. In Locust Gap miners trapped 1000 feet underground are rescued after 12 hours entombment with no injuries. A Rollman truck crash in Pottsville injures two and endangers others as a coal truck speeds toward a power company building. William Kuhn's will leaves 750 dollars and advice to heirs with a note to his children.
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Harrisburg
State Game Commission
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Exchange Hotel
Ashland
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Tron Company
Locust Gap
Fea
Advice on Investments and Avoiding Past Father’s Mistakes
The speaker warns that wealth brings responsibility to invest carefully and avoid repeating investments that seemed promising at first but ended badly. He urges prudent decision making to safeguard accumulated world goods.
Lancaster jurors drawn for January February court terms
A total of 229 Grand and Petit jurors were drawn for Lancaster county sessions. Grand jurors named for Quarter Sessions on January 18 include Hassler, Kreider, Buch, and Fritz. Petit jurors are Burkholder, Habecker, Steffy, Zell, and Nagle. Common Pleas Petit jurors for January 25 include Doster, Keehn, Lane, Bisker, Hoffman, and Charles. for February 1 include Nissley, Dunkle, Longenecker, T. D., Zug, Regennas, and ultich.
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Lancaster County Court
P. P. Dattisman
John M. Groff
Common Pleas Court
S.C. Hassler
Atwood Kreider
Town
Jacob W. Buch
Brownstown
Albert W. Fritz
Akron
Levi Steffy
Talmage
Wayne M. Zell
Fred Nagle
East Petersburg
Pelit
Wayne Doster
George W. Keehn
C. E. Lane
Martin T. l. Bisker
Dossie Hoffman
Rothsville
Hiram M. Charles
Wife notices weight gain as husband comments on slimmer women
A Los Angeles Times clipping notes a woman begins to realize she is becoming plump when her husband points out skinny women and remarks how nice they look, highlighting a domestic observation of self-image.
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Los Angeles Times
Sermon on the Mount Tradition and Language
The Sermon on the Mount is traditionally said to have been preached on the Mount of Olives. It is noted that Christ spoke in what some describe as ancient Aramaic.
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Mount of Olives
Christ
Farm Calendar and Feeding Tips for Dairy Cows and Crops
Winter care emphasizes balanced rations water supply and cow comfort to raise profits. Prune fruit trees now to reduce accidents and improve vigor next season. Plant crowns for asparagus early spring using Mary Washington variety. Sheep care calls for fresh water salt two pounds corn silage daily and appropriate hay. Prepare birds for mating about two weeks before egg collection.
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Mary Washington
Pennsylvania State College
Swedish Christmas Day Dinner Important Event
A description of a traditional Swedish Christmas Day dinner. The meal includes con somm, boiled fish with potatoes, ham with fried potatoes, hash of apples and sweet plows, rice porridge with milk and water containing a single almond, and the klenot pastry with jam. Finding the almond supposedly foretells marriage within the year.
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Sweden
County Schools Report Shows 26420 Pupils Countywide
The first official year count lists 26420 public school students in the county excluding Columbia and Lancaster City. Of these 18466 are boys and 12984 girls, with 21222 in elementary grades and 5198 in high school including some junior high students. Girls outnumber boys overall, though boys lead in first grade. In twelfth grade there are 320 girls and 247 boys.
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Lancaster
Columbia
Lancaster City
Pageant at Jerusalem Reformed Church Christmas Giving
A Christmas pageant with living pictures and candle lighting was staged Sunday evening by the Sunday School to a large audience as part of a White Gifts For the King program. The program featured pro cessional, pageant, choir, organ preludes, scenes with living pictures, readings, hymns, and a prominent list of participants led by Rev. Geo. B. Raezer and various Mary and Margie Keath, Longs, Zugs, and others, finishing with offertory prayers and gifts of service and self.
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Jerusalem Reformed Church
Geo. B. Raezer
Grace Heinicke
Mary White
Lynn Galebach
Alvin Keath
Russell
Arlene Adams
Mildred Keath
Anna Heinicke
Beatrice Slagel
Helen McMullen
Lorna Long
Helen Boyer
Jane Long
Grace Bishop
Arlene White
Kathryn Weber
Paul Bishop
Edna Zug
Gerald Zug
Miriam Koehler
Carl Weber
Living Picture
Margie Keath
Sara Long
Claude Bender
Sam Frey
Elmer West
Norman Ober
Lester Ruhl
John Long
Marion Wedman
Alice Ober
Dorothy Long
Alverta Will
Meda Diehm
Triumph of Tree Culture Turns Sew Tree Into Peacock Form
In England a remarkable arbor project took 40 years to shape a sew tree into a peacock figure with its first real trim not occurring until the tree reached fifteen years.
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England
Holly plant beliefs linked to luck and protection
A Washington Post article notes holly modern Christmas decoration valued for its bright berries and leaves. Historically it was seen as hateful to witches offering protection and later linked to Christ’s crown of thorns with red berries symbolizing blood. Superstitions said holly from churches brought luck and lightning protection.
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Washington Post
Christ
Profitless Pursuit War Ends When Business Finds No Profit
The Birmingham News notes a wry maxim that lasting peace may come only when business realizes there is no profit in exploiting customers. The quip frames a critique of ruthless commerce and calls for fair practice.
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Birmingham News
Polar Regions Receive Equatorial Heat in Summer Month
During roughly a month of their summer, polar regions absorb heat about equal to that of the equator. This shows surprising energy balance across latitudes.
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Polar
Equator
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Lester Rollman
Hamburg
West Market Street
Pennsylvania Power and Light Co
Second
Market Streets
Rollman
Pittsburgh
William Rittenhouse Kuhn
W. H. Buch
Clothier
Canadian National Railough
Canada
United States
Carcross
British Columbia
Alaska
Gus Kahn
Tod Fiorito
Tin Pan Alley
Cremo
Denver
Theaver
Goshen
Anna Patterson
Harry Black
North Market Street
Upper Leacock
Leacock Amish
Lincoln
Richard Ammon
George Ammon
Warren Fake
Ephrata
Penryn
Prudesce
Liverty
Johnsen
L. A. Weitzel
Helen F. Quinn
the Record Printing CO
Lititz Pennsylvania
W. H. Muth & Co
Ize
Coventy
Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics Magazine
East
Ontario Street
Chicago, Ill
Wim. M. Amer
Broad ST
Wolf’s Garage
Locust and
New Streets
M. Ada Schnerer
Huebener & Habecker
E. Main St
Litis
Hershey & Gibbel
Lititz, PA
Sherman S. Steffy
Lincoln Avenue
Long & Co
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