New Castle Tin Mills Run Despite Rail Strikes
Amid rail shutdown threats and coal shortages the world’s largest tin mills in New Castle Pennsylvania stay in operation. Sixty hot mills work round the clock to supply tin plate for canning. The American Sheet and Tin Plate Co expects near 500 million pounds yearly output with payroll over 8.9 million and daily coal use around 24,000 tons. Five thousand workers, no unions, earn by tonnage while crews inspect and rework sheets, with doublers and catchers handling metal through repeated rolling. Also featured is Washingtons headquarters flag at Valley Forge Museum now on display, described as a 36 by 28 inch light blue silk jack with thirteen stars and distinctive two sided star backing.
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New Castle
American Sheet and Tin Plate Co
George Washington
Valley Forge Museum of American History
Washington
National Museum At
Trances B. Lovell
Betty Lewis
Armies of the Patriots
Miss Lovell
M. Burk
Ephrata Inventor Sells Electrical Stage Device
Ephrata electrician David W Rover has sold to Kliegl Bros of New York City the right to manufacture an electrical mechanical novelty for royalty payments as produced. The device will soon appear in major play houses nationwide.
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David W. Rover
Ephrata
Kliegl Bros
New York City
Fables Debunked as Historical Truths in Dearborn Independent
A compilation of debunked legends and historical myths claims Damascus blades outlived by Toledo, Seneca was a lender, and various famous tales from St Batholineu to Pocahontas are misattributed or fabrications. The piece cites errors in chronology and sourcing, noting the role of a Roman historian and Captain Sigith in perpetuating myths.
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Damascus
Toledo
Seneca
Charles IX
Louvre
St. Batholomew
Horatius
Michag Scagvola
Pitt
Walpole
Jobson
Alfred the Great
Ife
Babylon
John Smith
Sigith
Cannae
Carthage
Dearborn
Callous Old Rascal and Other Oddities from History
A South African correspondent describes apes raiding coffee plantations, guarding nests to avoid wasps, and a baboon leader hurling young primates at nests while plundering fruit. The scene ends with the baboon calmly securing fruit as wasps sting others and the group observes.
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South Aftica
Nine Inch Fox and Hudson River Tunnel Facts
Dr. B W Shufeldt notes large foxes in Asia and Bengal fox in India, with fennecs from Africa also eating grapes. Separate item reports Hudson River Tunnel progress, 113 miles nine bore, cost 24.6696 million dollars, ventilation spans 32 air changes per hour, traffic passages 20 feet wide.
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Asia
India
B. W. Shufeldt
American Forestry Magazine
Washington
Africa
Hudson River
New York
New Jersey
Manheim Woman 67 Years Celebrates Lifelong Home
Mrs. Farmy Stehman, oldest Manheim resident, marked a 60th birthday with family at her South Main Street home where she has lived 57 years. Born at White Oak Station to Isaac and Anna Mary Erb, she married Christian S. Stehman in Lancaster on December 21, 1848. A Mennonite church member, she heard prayers and German hymns as church leaders spoke, including Bishop Hotten, her nephew. She remains in good health, receiving diverse gifts from relatives in Canada, Lebanon, Lancaster County, California, and Florida.
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Farmy Stehman
Manheim
Stehman
Miss Matilda
South Main Steel
White Oak Station
Isaac
Anna Mary Erb
Lancaster
Mennonite Church
Peter Whissley
Isaac Brubaker
Joseph Boll
Joseph Boll, Jr
A. B. Weaver
Amos Hotten
Hotten
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Lititz Reader
Lititz residents rely on Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney troubles. Mrs. John Carper of S Church Ave says the pill cured her sore, lame back and left her with a healthy, strong back. The ad urges asking neighbors and lists price as 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY distributes.
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Lititz
Doan
John Carper
S. Church Ave
Noan
Prague City of Palaces and the Hradcany Reach
Prague, capital of Czecho-Slovakia, is a city of palaces. The Moldau crossing via Charles Bridge leads to quarters of grand aristocratic houses and tranquil squares. Diplomatic legations occupy former Buquoy and Schoneborn palaces with marble gardens, terraces, and tennis courts. The Hradcany fortress skyline, once abandoned, now houses the president and ministers, including Masaryk, who greeted a visitor in the former Emperor Charles’s drawing room.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Moldova
Charles Bridge
England
América
France
Italy
Legation
Raymond Recouly
Scribner's
Buquoys
Bohemia
la Montague Blanche
United States
Crane
Buquey Palace
Hradchany
Charles
University of Prague
Republic
Masaryk
Gray Shaft to England by Stoke Poges Residents
Two Stoke Poges residents bought the Gray memorial to the poet Gray and intend to donate the monument and adjoining land to the public. The gift aims to prevent surrounding development and may be aided by the national trust fund, a move viewed as of international importance and an heirloom for those who imagine the “lowing herd wind slowly o'er the sea.”
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Gray
England
Stoke Poges
National Trust Fund
Christian Science Monitor
Where to Draw the Line in Business Profits Tale
A harsh line in business ethics is debated as a man harms himself to profit. Jud Tunkins comments on how far someone will go when self interest and survival collide. The piece presents a moral tension between ambition and acceptable conduct.
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Jud Tunkins
Spring Sewing Fest features for children and homes
A Spring Sewing Fest drives housewives to plan annual sewing, with shop displays of spring fabrics including ginghams, chambrays, organdy, and wash fabrics. Notable house dresses use plaid and plain materials, with clever designs and details like piping, embroidery, and needlework, inviting seamstresses to create coordinated outfits for all ages.
Remark by Herr at Talmage on Dixon’s oysters bet
The remark recalls John G. Herr’s comment after catinne LO ran oysters at Dixon’s restaurant on a bet with B. E. Hornberger that it could be done. The stake details reveal only that Tigenberger paid for the oysters and that Herr’s stomach cost is not disclosed. A Paragon satire notes an advertisement for a wife with odd requirements.
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John G. Herr
Talmage
Catinne LO
Dixon’s
B. E. Hornberger
Tigenberger
Herr
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U. S. Liberty
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
United States Liberty
Commissioner of Banking of Pennsylvania
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Uouane
the Amortization Mortgage Co
Farm Mortgage Bankers General Offices
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Birmingham Age-Herald
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L. Keith
Lincoln Ave
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Young Piang Tuner
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Our Tisk
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American Seed Company
Laneaste
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