Rent gouging sermon sparks town debate in Bloomsburg
In a Bloomsburg church service Rev Norman S Wolf denounced rent gougers as harming the community amid recent large landlord rent increases. The discussion follows tensions over steep local rents affecting residents and property owners alike. Meanwhile Mr and Mrs John Miller of Woodward township Clearfield county sue three hunters for 10000 damages for a rabbit incident that wounded Mrs Miller when a bullet pierced their house Nov 5 1921.
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Bloomsburg
Norman S. Wolf
John Miller
Woodward Township
Clearfield County
Orville Waite
John Gemill
James Mapestone
Woodward
Miller House
26000 Trees for Reforestation Near Lamar Farm
Charles Steele of the Whitmer Steele Co in Northumberland ordered 26000 seedlings from Staite for reforestation on his Lamar farm in Nittany valley. 16000 Norway spruce 5000 hard maple and 5000 yellow pine will cover about 12 acres. Order placed through Bill Conrad the state forest fire warden. Spruce destined for paper making as trees mature.
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Charles Steele
Whitmer Steele Company
Northumberland
Lamar
Nittany Valley
Bill Conrad
My Trip Around the World Begins in Moravian
The Moravian Bethlehem begins publishing Rev. E S Croslands travel letters titled My Trip Around the World readers praise the entertaining descriptive pieces describing incidents and information for stay at homes following the voyage week by week with much pleasure
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Bethlehem
E.S. Crosland
Ray
Crosland
Akron Names Post Master Elmer Getz
In the county town of Akron, Elmer Getz is selected as the next postmaster by the local authorities. Indiana County reports Dr. H. S. Smith of Denver has moved to Heilwood to oversee a hospital in the area.
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Elmer
Getz
Akron
H. S. Smith
Denver
Heilwood
Odd Fellows buy White Hall farm for home site near Elizabethtown
A committee representing the grand lodge has purchased the White Hall farm six miles west of Elizabethtown for a proposed Odd Fellows Home. They paid 22500 dollars for the land.
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Grand Lodge
State
White Hall
Elizabethtown
Odd Fellows
Elizabethtown to Purchase Modern Fire Engine
Elizabethtown borough will pay 12,600 dollars for a new fire engine recently purchased. The unit features a 90 horsepower motor and a top speed of 40 miles per hour, with modern equipment and a 750 gallon per minute discharge range capable of projecting water 200 feet.
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Elizabethtown
Dope Fiend Arrested After Running Gist Drug Seekings
William Folar of Camden New Jersey was arrested in Ephrata after repeatedly pestering druggists for heroin. He said he served as a Camden soldier in the late war and, scarred by battle wounds and months in hospital requiring dope injections, he became addicted to the habit.
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William Folar
Camden
N. J
Ephrata
Onge Millionaire Now Berks Farm Laborer Refuges Story
John Wiebe a 23 year old former lieutenant colonel in the Anti Bolshevik army of Russia works as a farm hand for Henry H Stultzfus in Caernarvon township He fled Russia after Bolshevik upheaval and arrived in the United States aboard the Acropolis on September 3 1921 His dream is to own a Berks County farm rather than belong to European nobility He recalls seeing the Statue of Liberty as a sign of liberty and expresses gratitude for liberty loving Americans He left 2 000 000 rubles behind and in Russia the ruble later devalued to little value A richly detailed escape narrative follows including his role in southern Russia and his voyage through Constantinople to New York and Lancaster Pennsylvania.
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Berks County
Europe
John Wiebe
Russia
Henry H. Stultzfus
Caernarvon
Wiebe
United States
America
New York
Berdiansk
Sea of Azof
Crimea
Eugene
Kernesky
Sebastopol
Diers
Costantinople
Mr. Wiebe
Acropolis
Bilis
Island
Lancaster
Russian Empire
George
Wiche
Doan's Kidney Pills Back Mr Mathers Lititz Claim Relief
Worn nerves backache dizzy spells and irregular kidneys prompted Lititz barber W H Mathers to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills. He says three boxes cured him after relief from the first box and urges neighbors to ask for Doan's at Moyer's Drug Store. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is the maker.
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W.H. Mathers
W. Main St
Lititz
Doan
Moyer
Beavers discussed for relocation over water dispute
Officials of the State Game Commission may move two beavers from the Knobbs beaver colony near Milford if they continue blocking water flow to a home power system. The beavers from Bushkill creek were not from stock and their migration to Milford remains unexplained.
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State Game Commission
Charls Knobbs
Milford
Knobbs
Knobbs Place
Seth E. Gordon
The
Game Commission
Pennsylvania
Bushkill Creek
Blood quality decides child health, says old ad claim
An old advertisement argues that differences in blood strength explain variations in children’s health. It promotes Gude’s Pepto Mangan as a blood builder and urges readers to buy it from druggists, noting the product comes in liquid or tablet forms and to ensure genuineness.
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Gude
Advocates Carp Ponds Use for Marsh and Waste Land
Pennsylvania farmer Daniel N. Kern argues hundreds of acres of marshy land can yield profits as carp ponds. He says six acres can outdo thirty of crop land, with minimal cost beyond construction and no feeding required for 690 to 700 carp per acre. Ponds need stable depth and creek water, plus aquatic plants for eggs and food.
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Pennsylvania
Daniel N. Kern
Allentown
Kern
Have You A Cough Here's a Patient Experience Story
Lebanon Pennsylvania resident Mrs. Gertrude McConnell describes long bronchial irritation and catarrhal stomach trouble and relief after using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. She praises Pleasant Pellets for liver and constipation and advises sending 10 cents for a trial pack and free medical advice from Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
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Lebanon
Dr. Pierce
Gertrude McConnell
Buttonwood St
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
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W. H. Buch
Clothier
the County
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Samara
Volga River
John
S. D. Boggs
D. Boggs
Samuel Dyer
Manheim
Jacob Myers
Henry Imhofe
L.F. van Zelm
Western Newenanne
Tain
Mat
Virginia
Istvan Ceva
Chesterfield
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
Becaus
J. F. Essig
Lititz, Pa
W. W. Appel & Son
N. Queen St. Lancaster, Penna
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