Wheat Haul Under Ice Across Susquehanna to Columbia
York County farmers move wheat across the ice bound Susquehanna by four mule teams selling at Columbia for one dollar a bushel. Two thousand attend Elam Hershey funeral. he was killed at a grade crossing in Lancaster County. Barbara Hershey named estate administrator with a $15,000 bond.
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York County
Susquehanna River
Columbia
Elam Hershey
Pequea
Lancaster County
Memorial Church
Barbara Hershey
Peach Bottom
Thomas Maloney
Pasteur Institute
Marietta
Levi Musser
Mount Joy
Samuel Eshleman
New Holland
Washington
Isaac Mentzer
W. U. Hensel
Slaymaker
Charles I. Landis
Herbert W. Hartman
Henry G. Long
Edward Ambler
Dramore Township
J. Harrigan Long
International Lumber venture ends in loss and gullible hopes
Lancaster Cor in Phila. North American reports the International Lumber Company of Mexico loses its vessel and sawmill while Leslie Shaw defends it. Locals who invested after seeing lavish ads on Lancaster county streetcars face likely ruin as a $100,000 building funded by promoters stands as a memorial to gullibility. some investors still cling to faint hopes of salvaged assets and a plowing Vueltabajo at sea.
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Lancaster Cor
Phila
North American
International Lumber Company
Mexico
Leslie Shaw
Lancaster
Vueltabajo
Henry W
Farm sale draws county crowds in Lancaster volume
Redman and Son auctioneers sold a full line of livestock farming implements and household goods to Peter S. Graybill of Manheim township. The 10 AM to 6 PM sale drew 2500 to 8000 attendees with 925 items recorded and total receipts of 7050 dollars. Livestock included 15 pairs of mules 16 horses 24 cows 3 heifers 80 shoats with prices ranging from 30 to 465 per pair for mules 50 to 180 per horse 25 to 65 per cow.
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Redman & Son
Peter S. Graybill
Manheim
Lancaster County
H. R. Bassler
Rural teachers blamed for depopulation and cityward drift
Government study by Dr. Fred Mutchler and W. H. Craig argues rural school teachers push country youth toward city life by modeling curricula on urban standards. It recommends rural teacher training in nature study agriculture hygiene domestic economy and basic science to fit country environments.
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United States
Fred Mutchler
W. H. Craig
Western Kentucky State Normal School
Bureau of Education
Ages of Animals Across Species and Lifespans
The longest lived animal is the whale potentially reaching 1000 years. Elephants may live 400 under ideal conditions. Various species show wide lifespans from cats at 15 years to tortoises at 107. Pulse rates cited for multiple animals, noting elephants’ pulse not measured.
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Cuvier
Alexander the Great
Porus
India
Ajax
Alexander
Jupiter
Charles VI
Forest of
Senlis
Cyrus M Good Announces State Senate Bid in 17th District
Cyrus M Good of Rapho township near Sporting Hill announces candidacy for the State Senate from the 17th district which covers Lebanon county and the northern part of the county. He is obtaining papers to file in time for the primary ballots. Good formerly resided in Lebanon county where he is well known.
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Cyrus M. Good
Rapho Township
Sporting Hill
Lebanon County
Mr. Good
Durability of Steel and Its Aging Process
Nearly all steel failures occur early in its history. A bar or plate that lasts a year in service may be regarded as durable. Panting tests at ends probe steel’s strength, described as tumultuous in youth, trustworthy in middle age, and legendary in old age.
Washingtons Wedding Portraits in 18th Century Virginia
The article describes George Washington in blue and silver with scarlet trim and white satin, wearing a gold buckle waistcoat and powdered hair, beside his bride Mrs Curtis in London finery. A lavish Washington household scene follows with Fauquier, English officers, Virginia gentry, and a grand coach entry.
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Washington
London
Virginia
Williamsburg
Fauquier
Ladies’ Home Journal
Washington's Mother Mary Ball and Her Virginia Life
Mary Ball Washington born in America in the early eighteenth century. Her English immigrant parents and her upbringing in the Virginia wilderness shaped her. She married Augustine Washington, a widower, in spring amid social note and the couple moved to the largest Westmoreland County plantation. Described as comely with flaxen hair blue eyes and May blossom cheeks she faced widowhood at her husband’s death when George was eleven and raised four younger children with fidelity.
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Washington
Mary Ball
America
England
Miss Ball
Augustine Washington
Mary
Augustine
Virginia
Westmoreland County
George
Romance is not altogether dead in Lancaster county
A local tale features a wise wife correcting a habitual bachelor. The husband returns four hours late, shoes in hand, and, after a comic exchange about sarsaparilla, his guilty plea is replaced by a guilty substitution. The scene ends with affectionate humor about bachelor life and a withered flower.
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W.H. Buch
Clothier
Record Building
Lititz, Penna
Washington’s
La-Safrilla
Joe Jefferson
Sam Bernard
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Farmers National Bank
McDougall
Heinitsh
BIG Furniture and Carpet
S. Queen St
Double S.& H. Green
Chas. H. Frey
King St
North
Queen Stri
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