Married for 73 Years in Marietta Shire
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Spangler of Marietta celebrate their seventy third anniversary. He is age seventy three and she ninety three, with three children, two living. They have lived in Marietta all their lives and are longtime First National Bank of Marietta president and church members. They credit longevity to early rising, exercise, and moderation.
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Barry Spangler
Marietta
Shire
Spangler
Charles
Air
Simon RB. Stigben
First National Bank of
First Methodist Church
Alaska's Vast Mineral and Fur Exports Highlight 38 Year Trade
The Alaska Bulletin reports that Alaska has generated 394,739,691 in metals over 38 years and 53,278,561 in seal skins plus 26,032,035 in other furs. It notes a 7,200,000 investment and cumulative port exports 298,988,852 in fish through December 1917.
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Alaska
Alaska Bulletin
FOUR SIDED PROPHET FEUD IN LEHIGH WEATHER SAGA
Lehigh field after the blizzard sees four weather prophets factions claiming credit for predicting the stern. One group cites August cobwebs on erotic lines, another points to January rolls, a third invokes ground hog lore with I told you so, and a fourth follows Gus Lorkebill foretelling a massive bligeard hitting the hard coal belts.
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Lehigh
Gus Lorkebill
Sale of Berkshire Hogs at Carter Berkshire Farm West Chester
Berkshire hogs sold at an eye price of 281.32 apiece at public auction near West Chester attended by buyers from Lancaster county. Sixty-one animals sold for a total of 14110 dollars. The prize animal brought 800 dollars. Other prices included 750 675 525 450 400 385 350 325. Two animals brought 300 each, six sold at 250, fourteen at 200, nineteen at 150, and ten at 110 dollars.
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Berkshire
Carter Berkshire
West Chester
Lancaster County
Philadelphia clothing firm uses graphophones to entertain workers
A Philadelphia clothing concern operating factories at Perkasie and nearby keeps graphophones in use to entertain employees. The item lists other misc notes on industry, wildlife sightings, a Civil War veteran's bequest, and a winter mishap at North Wales glasshouse.
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Philadelphia
Perkasie and Vicinity
Sister Dies as Brother is Buried in New Cumberland
Mrs. Mattie Megon nell, 82, is buried in New Cumberland as her sister dies. Mrs. Amy Seitz, 81, is found dead at her Lewisberry home, reportedly from a heart attack. she lived alone.
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Mattie Megonnell
New Cumberland
Amy Seitz
Lewisberry
Frozen Susquehanna Bridge Forces Ferry Use in Liverpool Pa
The Susquehanna bridge is frozen from shore to shore at Liverpool Pennsylvania and ferrymen are transporting mail and passengers by horse and sleigh. Ferrymen Long and Miller haul thousands of railroad ties that used to cross the river in flats, with coal on their return trips.
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Susquehanna Bridge
Liverpool
Long
Miller
Large Ice Crop Harvested at Mt Gretna
The United Ice and Coal Co of Harrisburg harvested a fine crop of natural ice at Lake Conewago Mt Gretna and the Colebrook ice dam. They completed filling both large storage houses with ice up to fifteen inches thick. The Mt Gretna house holds 21000 tons and the Colebrook house 14000 tons.
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United Ice & Coal Co
Harlisburg
Lake Conewago
Mt. Gretna
Colebrook Ice Dam
Colebrook House
Red Fox Kill During Crossing At Muncy Mountain
A man from Julian, Boyd Richards, chased and killed a crippled red fox he spotted while crossing Muncy mountain to State College. He retrieved the pelt, began his trip again, and felt elated by his luck despite the blizzard.
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Boyd Richards
Julian
Muncy Mountain
Waddle
State College
Riichards
Lancaster Chocolate Specialty Co to occupy Wellington Saloon
A shift in Lancaster commerce notes the Wellington Saloon on Worth Street Lancaster near Queen Street will become the Lancaster Chocolate Specialty Co's candy store. Reamstown plans updated fire protection with new equipment. Reverend C Elgin Haupt marks 40 years of pastorate and reports a wedding milestone of 8200 couples.
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Wellington
Worth
Queen St
Lancaster
Lancaster Chocolate Specialty Co
Reamstown Fire Co
Haupt
C. Elgin Haupt
Grace Lutheran Church
Lancaster Lawyer Benjamin C. Kready Dies at 83
Benjamin C. Kready, oldest member of the Lancaster bar, died suddenly at age 83. Admitted in 1862, two of his sons also practiced law. Nearby, Ephraim Buckwalter and wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with 70 guests, a $1000 check, $50 in gold, gifts of china and linen, a fine clock, and two married children.
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Benjamin C. Kready
Lancaster
Ephraim Buckwalter
Local boy nets three yardlong black snakes in Elizabethtown
Eli Hoover reports catching three black snakes over a yard long Saturday afternoon in Elizabethtown. The find is seen as unusual for the season and the snakes are thought harmless to people while preying on rodents. Chas Coble, retired stone cutter of Elizabethtown, guards a hickory mallet over a hundred years old once used in the marble trade with his late father J A Coble, once a dealer in marble and owned by Amos Ntarrouf long ago.
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Lewistown
Coleman Hotel
South Main Street
Eli Hoover
Elizabethtown
Chas. Coble
J. A. Coble
Amos Ntarrouf
Stough Evangelistic Campaign Opens at St Pauls Church
The Stough evangelistic campaign opened in St. Pauls Church Lancaster with nearly 2000 persons present. Rev Dr Stough arrived from Altoona and was greeted warmly at the railroad station as cooperating churches join in the effort.
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Dr. Stough
Lancaster
Stough
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Altoona
Hlevan
Cam
Seminary Mead Condemns Tendency to Spiritualism
Dr. John Bowman of Reformed Theological Seminary Lancaster condemned modern Spiritualism in an address to Reformed ministers. The ministers backed him, calling Spiritualism materialistic and satanic and urge continual combat. They linked the trend to postwar unrest and said some seek consolation in spirit communication.
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John ©. Bowman
Reformed Theological Seminary
Lancaster
Bowman
Kansas Visitor to See Mother Seventy-Eight Years Old
B F Lewis of Chanute Kansas visits relatives near Quarryville. His mother Mrs Sara A Smith of Wakefield is 91. It is his first trip east in 35 years. The text notes labor costs are high and Lancaster mechanics are said to be idle.
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Detmer Woolen Co
Kansas
oTime
B. F. Lewis
Chanute
Quarryville
Sara A. Smith
Wakefield
Mr. Lewis
Lancaster
Demand for Higher Wages in County Trades
A discussion cites wage demands for various trades including plumbers at $1.90 per hour and carpenters at 85 cents, painters and hod carriers at 75 cents. The text argues that such rates would surpass the pay of 90 percent of county teachers, highlighting stark pay disparities.
Banker Promoted at Conestoga National Bank
Educated in banking at Ephrata Albert K Hostetter cashier of the Conestoga National Bank Lancaster since 1889 elected vice president to succeed R W Brubaker deceased Amos H Landis receiving feller with the bank since 1890 chosen cashier Wostetter age 55 native of Manheim but grew up in Ephrata and trained at Ephrata National Bank J F Aierstock of Millersville promoted to assistant cashier and receiving teller after joining the bank in 1908
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Albert K. Hostetter
Conestoga National Bank
Lancaster
R. W. Brubaker
Amos H. Landis
Feller
Wostetter
Manheim
Ephrata
Ephrata National Bank
My Faithful Dog Kig A Lament For A Collie in Verse
An old verse laments the death of a faithful collie named Kig. The speaker recalls how the dog never lied, helped children, and brought joy by chasing balls and swinging sticks. The poem expresses sincere grief and mourning for a loyal canine companion.
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Tang
Thomie
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Munsing
Cooper
W. H. Buch
Lititz Fire House
Keystone Exchanges
Allentown
England
George Bayer
Smethport
Francis Powell
Sharon
West Middlesex
Alice Powell
Gettysburg
Florex Gardens
North
Wales
Red Fox
Hunter
Alfred Gray
New Jersey
Gray
Coleville
Centre County
Harvey L. Seltzer
Palmyra
Popular Mechanics
the County
Reamstown
B. C. Kready
East Petersburg
Seminary Mead
The
Limit
Beecham
Fcham
Hank and
Pete
Hank
By Ken Klin
Frey
Chas. H. Frey’s Shoe Store
King St
Lancaster, Pa
Wingert & Haas Hat Store
John A. Haas
N. Queen St
Heinitsch’s
W. A. Mermintse
S. Queen St
Wensanaras
Ppel & Son
North Queen Street
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