Parkesburg Iron Works Shuts Down Without Notice
A Kentucky style summary notes iron works at Parkesburg have closed with no information on when operations might resume. A Packard band of gypsies tricked Mrs. Leo Acr of Middletown out of 72 dollars. arrests followed in Reading and the money was restored. A dynamite blast killed 52 year old Joseph Owell on a Grandville street in Washington county injuring bystander Mike Doaley. cause undetermined. Timber laid 44 years ago to protect a Susquehanna River water main at Renova remains in near perfect condition after inspection.
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Parkesburg
Leo Acr
Middletown
Reading
Joseph Owell
Grandville
Washington County
Mike Doaley
Susquehanna River
Renova
Indian Relics Collector Adds Finds at Swatara Creek
Samuel S. Farrer of Palmyra has four to five thousand Indian relics, among the finest in the state, adding new pieces from a Swatara creek find including two tomahawks hammerstones and arrow heads. Separately, he saved jeweler William Sturmey of West Philadelphia by using a heavy metal tray as a shield when two bandits robbed his store. a bullet pierced the tray entering Sturmey four inches below the heart, leaving him in serious condition but expected to recover. Continuous coverage in the RECORD.
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Samuel S. Farrer
Palmyra
Swatara Creek
Mr. Farrer
William
Sturmey
West Philadelphia
Strumey
Dressed by Kepler Placed in River by City Official
Cut and dressed by Robert Kepler, who now lives near Renova, was placed in the river by the late John Clark, the water commissioner.
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Robert Kepler
Renova
John Clark
In County Happenings and Local Notes
Countywide notes report budding trailing arbutus in woods and robins returning. Lancaster based Penn Steel and Iron Co declared involuntary bankrupt. Elizabethtown shipped carload of potatoes at 65 cents per bushel. Elderly resident Joseph Eckinger, 86, has never used specks. Grosh’s store in Milton Grove, founded 1849 by Benjamin Grosh, owned by Blaine C. Grosh since 1919. Public sale at Elizabeth town features antique housewares at modern prices.
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Penn Steel and Iron Co
Lancaster
Elizabethtown
Grosh
Milton Grove
Centreville
Benjamin Grosh
Blaine C. Grosh
Daring Slide for Life as Derrick Crashes Through City
In New York two workers narrowly escaped when a dismantling derrick toppled from a two story building during the noon rush. They slid down a rope to safety as it plunged eight stories, tearing an 80 foot hole in Seventh Avenue. Four workmen were injured by debris, while bystanders fled from the crash site.
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New York City
Seventh Avenue
Household wares and a mishap at New Holland House
The listing shows fancy figures old baskets at 3.50 each and other items like a platter 7.50 and dishes per dozen 42 to 80. A two year old, Dicky Rutter, fell from the third floor chute at New Holland House into a large clothes basket in the basement, crying but only lightly injured.
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Dicky Rutter
New Holland House
New Holland
Water Glass and Lime Water the Best Egg Preservatives
Experiments by the United States Department of Agriculture show water glass diluted 1 to 9 parts water, or lime water, as economical and effective egg preservatives. Salt offers no advantage. reused solutions decline in quality after a year. stone cracks yield best results for water glass while galvanized containers are okay but corrode with lime water. wooden containers fail with all solutions. A large spread of leaflets indicates many families preserve eggs to reduce living costs. Country Cousin misappears in a ballroom scene snippet.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Upholds Newspaper Rates
Y R Williams, president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, told the Pennsyl vania Associated Dailies in Harrisburg that publishing costs are at the highest point and still rising. He cited costs up nearly 200 percent while advertising rates rose far less, and warned there will be no cut in labor scales or newsprint prices, keeping ad space the lowest priced commodity publishers sell.
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Y. R. Williams
Pittsburgh
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Pennsylvania Associated Dailies
Harrisburg
Williams
Elizabethtown Boy Wins Livestock Judging Prize
Leroy Baker of Elizabethtown won first prize in a state college livestock judging contest with a score of 620 out of 700, besting 97 students entered.
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State College
Leroy Baker
Elizabethtown
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Keystone
Band of Gypsies
High Rock
Haines
Union
D. Wright’s
W. H. Buch
Lititz
Penn
Joseph Eckinger
Hank
Pete
By Ken Kling
Reuben
Durham Tobacco
Publishers’ Association
Dr. Pierce
Welers & Optician
Feb Street
Pal
Peggy
Daddy
Dad
Kemp
le Rey, N.Y
Tare
Rolls Home Music
King ST. Lancaster
Chas. H. Frey
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
England
Heinitsch’s
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