Thief Takes Entire Chicken Flock and Provisions
A thief stole the complete chicken flock owned by J B Harmon of Muncy along with 25 bushels of oats and 2 bushels of wheat to feed the fowls. Frank Brown, 39, died at Bloomsburg hospital after a five week nosebleed. Ruby A Dixon, 22, of Shamokin, sues for 25000 claiming a leg injury from a train collision. Charles Guy, eight, New Alexandria, lost a thumb and two fingers in Westmoreland county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Harmon
Muncy
Bloomsburg
Frank Brown
Shickshinny
Ruby A. Dixon
Shamokin
Northumberland County
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Charles Guy
New Alexandria
Westmoreland County
Boy Injures Hands In DynaMite Cap Test
A boy at Latrobe hospital was injured after an experiment with two dynamite caps given by an older youth. He followed instructions to place them in a fire and observe the result. The caps exploded as he touched them on a hot stove.
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Latrobe Hospital
Reading Mexican War Veteran Said Sole Survivor in Pennsylvania
Reading resident Peter B Madara is described as the only surviving Mexican War soldier left in Pennsylvania. His daughter Laura Roberts learned from Washington that 125 survivors remain nationwide, and he will turn 96 on May 16. Despite near blindness and age, he remains curious about current events.
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Peter B. Madara
Reading
Pennsylvania
Laura M. Roberts
Madara
Washington
Leesport Gets New Fire Truck From Hehn Firm
Leesport Union Fire Company unveils a new battleship gray fire apparatus built by Hehn Motor Truck Company Hamburg costing $5,000. It features a Liberty motor, two 80 gallon steel chemical tanks, 40 feet suction hose, Yale pump 350 gallons per minute, ladder, lanterns, buckets, crowbars, and a 2 1/2 ton chassis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesport Union Fire Company
Hehn Motor Truck Company
Hamburg
Yale
Water Power Gains Ground in France Britain
Turning to water power, French and British commissions back the shift from coal. Britain fears exhaustion of coal while France lacks coal, prompting plans to harness Jura waterfalls and Pyrenees sites. A Scottish district study claims water power could replace nearly 2,000,000 tons of coal annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
France
County Happenings and Family Moves Amid Garden Spot
In Lancaster County a county line tone notes the Caruso family leaving Mannheim for Downy California to settle. I T H Dickinson of Quarryville calls Winter Park Florida seeking his wife and learns she is picking oranges there. County officials switch to enforcing a 50 cent dog penalty per animal with about 500 penalties already collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. T H. Dickinson
Quarryville
Winter Park
Fla
Lancaster County
Act of Assembly
Quarryville business man buys frontage for jewelry store
Chester Brown of Quarryville bought an 80 foot frontage for 8000 dollars to build a brick jewelry store and residence. He gained local fame during his baseball days in the area and Manheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Brown
Quarryville
Brown
Manheim
Beer in Museums Raise Curious Exhibit Idea
The Milwaukee public museum lists two 6 percent beer bottles as new curios and ponders adding champagne bottles, whiskey, wines, and related paraphernalia as priceless antiquities, suggesting a provocative display of alcohols and their social effects.
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Milwaukee Public m Museum
Milwaukee
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Senate
Washington
Kentucky
California
State to seek saving of Boone home in Berks county
A drive in Berks county aims to have the old Daniel Boone homestead saved by the State Legislature. The Exeter township site near Stonersville, once home to the Kentucky pioneer, is in good condition and could be restored. Owned by a Philadelphia party, the property joins a region rich in historic families tied to the Boones Lincoln Hanks and others.
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Boone
Berks County
Daniel Boone
Stonersville
Limekiln
Exeter Township
Exeter
Boones
Lincolns
Hanks
Lincoln
Peanuts Rise in War Food Production and Uses
An exploration of peanuts as a wartime staple, noting four million acres under cultivation and diverse uses from food to industrial products. Leading peanut states are Texas, Alabama, and Georgia, with western states shifting to southern crops as home yields grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Alabama
Georgia
South
Dr Pierce Tonic Ad Praises Golden Medical Discovery
Mrs Margaret Bradley of 108 Walnut Street in Oil City Pennsylvania endorses Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a life changing tonic for her husband who recovered from a severe decline. She also praises Dr Pierce Pleasant Pellets as a safe reliable laxative and says she uses them for her family with excellent results. All druggists carry them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Dr. Pierce
Margaret Bradley
Walnut Street
Partridges and Pheasants Feed With Domestic Fowls
Open winter favors ring necked pheasant and partridges, contrasting last season’s losses. Birds thrive as farmers feed them with domestic fowls on some farms, with hawks and scarcity less threatening this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Existece
Boy Traps Two Hawks on Christiana Farm
Joseph Davis, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Davis of Christiana, trapped two large hawks seen on the family farm for months. He set a meadow trap with a chicken bait and caught one hawk each night. The birds measured over four feet tip to tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Davis
Christiana
York County Man Slays The Gorilla Near Franklintown
Abram Lan shot and killed a feared creature called the Gorilla after it menaced a York County area near Franklintown. A neighbor’s saddle mule was found shot to pieces, and Lan fled to his home with a shotgun after the encounter. The item includes quips attributed to Muggins and Buggins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklintown
York County
Abram Lan
Lau
Lan
Farmers Now Doing Their Own Baling
Farmers report they now bale hay and straw with three strands of wire, raising baling and threshing charges from about one dollar per ton to three. Many have bought their own outfits to bale and thresh, gaining flexibility and avoiding reliance on itinerant services.
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Keystone Exchanges
Leesport
W. H. Buch
Lititz Fire House
Pete
Piker Bilu
Bill
Ken Kling
Jen-Seoy
U.S Padre
C. A. Caruso
Downy
Calif
Daniel W Seachrist
Plow Tavern
Lancaster City
Ephrata
York
Bushong
Old Boone
Long Knife Boone
Long Knife
Tenessee
W. W. Appel & Son Jewelers & Opticians
Boy
Queen Street
Lane
Janes
LE Roy
Ianes
Chas. H. Frey
East King
Lancaster, Pa
England
Heinitsch’s
W. A. Heinitsh
S. Queen St
Lancaster
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