Local items note varied county happenings january report
January activity in the county covers Mount Joy lockup business with 38 guests, a Lancaster theatre injury and homegoing, a fatal barn fire in the southern end, and potential political moves by Dr George W Hull. Other notes include Mrs Samuel Walters delivering mail for 40 years, a tall Landisville poplar converted to lumber, chestnut blight remedy claims, and Denver area construction plans by Monroe F Longenecker with St Snyder contracted builders.
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Mount Joy Lockup
Leo Hall
Lancaster
Montgomery
Ala
Samuel Eshleman
George W. Hull
Millersville
Pennsylvania
Herman Long
Landisville
Augustus B. Stiffel
Monroe F. Longenecker
Ephrataborough
Brubaker
Denver
East Denver
St. Snyder
Williamsport Men Organize Sewing Circle Protest
In Blair County Williamsport men form a sewing circle to challenge what they call encroachments of women on male work. Members include skilled needleworkers and a banquet is planned to publicize the new activity.
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Williamsport
Blair County
Shoe Oddities and the One Shoe Wanted
A reader explains rare shoe practices where dealers break pairs to match uneven feet or to fit customers with one missing shoe. The piece recounts a traveler who bought a single shoe after mixing up his footwear on a sleeping car and discovering he needed a match for his own shoe.
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New York Sun
Hobson to Speak at Lititz Chautauqua Next Season
Lancaster correspondent reports Lititz plans a chautauqua with a 2000 seat tent. Lectures include Richmond Pearson Hobson. The piece hints at Hobson’s threats toward Japan and jokes about he blocking Santiago harbor and Moravian Seminary girls listening from windows.
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Lancaster
North Armeriqan
Lititz
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Japan
Santiago
Prison Paradise at San Quentin Described by Exposé
The article portrays San Quentin as a humane luxury prison where inmates, including the MacNamaras, enjoyز sports, cinema, reading, and a farm. It notes 1,800 prisoners work limited hours, if they meet bag quotas they may relax on grounds, while warden John Hoyle advocates humane treatment.
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Jamey
McNamara
J. J. McNamara
Sing Sing
San Quentin
United States
Paradise
California State Prison
California
John Hoyle
William P. Sheridan
Identification Bureau
Police
New York
Billy
Barret
Sheridan
Bill
Ice Valued at Millions Along Susquehanna Reach
A reader notes a vast ice deposit between Turkey Hill and Columbia on the Susquehanna River. Spanning six miles with a width near 1.75 miles and thickness about 18 inches, the ice equals 18,817,920 tons. At 60 pounds per cubic foot and 24 cents per hundred, the value exceeds 94 million dollars.
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Susquehanna River
Turkey Hill
Columbia
Taft Backs Parcels Post and Civil Service Steps
President Taft approved parcels post adoption and urged placing Assistant Postmasters in the civil service followed by classified service. He commended the postal savings system and said preparations aim to establish it at about 40 000 fourth rate offices.
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Taft
Hitchcock
Civil Service
Immune Fruits Queried for San Jose Scale in Pa Orchards
State Zoologist H A Surface explains that Kieffer pears and sour cherries are not commonly injured by the San Jose scale, though rare cases occur. He cautions growers to plant best varieties and use boiled lime-sulfur for scale control, noting it aids tree health and is the cheapest effective remedy.
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Philadelphia
H. A. Surface
Professor Surface
San Jose
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
North American Sends Two Experts With Phillies and Athletics
The North American dispatches its two top sports writers to spring training. James C. Isaminger will cover the Phillies featuring humor and daily columns while George M. Graham joins the Athletics as sporting editor. Readers are urged to subscribe for full season coverage.
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Phillies
James C. Isaminger
Sporting Ticket
Athletics
George M. Graham
Tristate
Susquehanna
New York State
A Moral Tale Of A Household Crisis
A man avoids subscribing for a paper and sends his son to borrow a neighbor's copy. Misadventures ensue as a bee stand, barbed wire, a cow, a churn spill, false teeth, a spilled carpet, and a runaway daughter unfold, ending with the admonition to subscribe now.
Saskatchewan Reciprocity Vote Signals Immigrant Influence
A Saskatchewan legislative vote shows a 27 to 12 approval for reciprocity with the United States, indicating migration shaping political power in western Canada. The piece notes a broader trend of immigration pushing provinces toward stronger trade ties with the U.S. and mentions rising friction if public anger surfaces.
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Northwest
Canada
United States
Legislative Assembly
Saskatchewan
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W.H. Buch
Clothier
Record Building
Lititz, Penna
Men’s Sewing Circle
Hobson
Franklin
McNamaras
Favors Parcels Post
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Farmers
Farmers ‘National Bank
McDougall
Heinitsh
BIG Furniture and Carpet
S. Queen St
Double S. & H. Green
Chas. H. Frey
King St
N. Queen St
North Queen Btr
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