Denholm Man Suffering Paralysis in Lewistown Hospital
Thomas Tavro of Denholm is hospitalized in Lewistown with paralysis after eleven years in America. He allegedly survived on wild foods and scraps from dining cars while sending money to Rome and owning a Rome bank deposit and a New York safety vault. Local officials urge farmers to adopt simple accounts to satisfy income tax rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Tavro
Denholm
Lewistown
America
Italy
Leonard
Bank of
New York
Tauro
Rome
Ment
Pennsylvania State College
Farmers Bank
Lititz
Bucher
Farm accounts should be started January 1
Professor EH L Moffit of the farm management extension department urges farmers to begin accurate records of their trade accounts on January 1. He stresses meticulous bookkeeping to improve farm finance and oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EH. L. Moffit
Turn on lights and make hens lay more eggs
Poultry experts urge longer feeding days using electric lights to boost winter egg output. Specialists at Pennsylvania State College recommend a 12 to 14 hour feeding day to maximize production, with morning light yielding best results and careful feeding essential. Read the Retord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State College
Rival of the Potato arrives in New York market
The first carload of American grown dasheens, introduced to supplement the potato, reached New York. Limited supply and strong demand pushed prices to 15 cents a pound. Dasheens were grown along Florida's east coast. The Trinidad dasheen, a fine tare variety, is among 46,000 foreign plants brought to the United States by the Department of Agriculture. It was hoped to yield a tuber crop to supplement the potato and is said to contain 50 percent more protein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Florida
United States
Department of Agriculture
Pioneer Fire Company Opens Fundraising Fairs
The Pioneer Fire Company of Eph rata began a series of fairs in the band hall on Saturday evening January 1 to raise funds for a new fire hall. Proceeds will support construction of the new facility, reflecting community efforts to expand local firefighting infrastructure.
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Pioneer Fire Company of
Ephrata
Fire Company
118 White Leghorns Lay 2,000 Eggs in Four Weeks
W H Engle of Elizabethtown owns 118 White Leghorns that laid 2,000 eggs in four weeks. He sold them at $1.10 per dozen. A new $50,000 boys' home will be erected on the Elizabethtown Masonic grounds next spring, after the offer was accepted from Captain William Brown of Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Engle
Helizabethtown
Masons
Elizabethtown Masonic Grounds
Elizabethtown
William Brown
Pittsburgh
Alcohol Bizarre Incident Involving Norman Reichard Ford
Norman Reichard of Columbia blamed the prohibition amendment for a strange event after he put alcohol in a Ford's radiator. The car began to stagger and slid into a bank along railroad tracks, trapping the driver. He was freed and the Ford was driven home, apparently sobered by the episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Norman Reichard
Columbia
Norman
Ford
Former Elizabethtown Lady Becomes Mrs Harding's Secretary
Miss Margaret Wade, a prominent Elizabethtown native and newspaper writer, has accepted a post as special secretary to Mrs. Harding. Former social secretary to Mrs. Fairbanks, Wade will start at the White House in March after continuing duties at Edward Beale McLean’s Washington paper. Wade is the daughter of the late H. A. Wade of North Market Street.
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Margaret Wade
Harding
Miss Wade
Fairbanks
United States
Washington
Edward Beale McLean
White House
Elizabethtown
H. A. Wade
North Market Street
USE MORE POTATOES AND MILK
Public notice urges higher consumption of milk and potatoes amid county surplus. Highlights potatoes’ unused abundance despite abundance and promotes milk as wholesome, cheap nourishment. Encourages daily milk intake and frequent home production usage. Includes light asides about Ford owners and whistle blowing.
Death records list dozens of local burials by church and town
A long list of February and March burial notices from Lancaster County memorializes residents across Lititz Manheim Rothsville Neffsville and surrounding areas. Entries include ages from 17 to 94 and reference cemeteries such as Lititz Moravian Akron Lutheran Fairview and St John’s. Names appear with villages like Clay township Ephrata and Lititz and reference churches and hospital mentions.
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John B. Stroh
Manheim
Fairview
William Miller Weitzel
Lititz
Machpelah
Fannie Stollinger
Neffsville U. B
Mary Kline
Elville
St. John’s Lutheran
Brickerville
Jay Sauders
Bethlehem
Mollie Neidermyer
Rothsville
Rothsville Lutheran
David B. Bender
Akron
Groffdale Cemetery
Walter A. Fulmer
Neffsville
Cora B. Royer
Upton (Pa
Hopeland
Sarah H. Hornley
Mellinger’s
Schoeneck
David L. Miller
East Petersburg
Landisville
Henry Nickel
Zion Home
Zion Lutheran
Charles H. Oberholtzer
Ore- Bon
Groffdale Mennonite
Alvin L. Connelly
Longenecker
Moravian
Noah Yost
Zook’s Mill
Warwick Township
Akron Lutheran
Omer G. Balmer
Middle Creek
Ephrata
Erb’s
John Binkley
Hopeland U. B
Catherine Biemesderfer
Schaefferstown
Barbara Fralich
Longenecker’s
Caroline Butter
Clay
Theodore Zellers
Jesse Buchter
Pine Hill
Brunnerville U. B
Henry S. Weidman
Kauffman
Barbara Irene Spahr
Penn Township
Nancy Weachter McDowell
Lincoln
Elizabeth Carpenter
Af Harrisburg
Anna Haverstick
Birb’s
Jacob L. Douple
Hess
Henry Madlem
Lancaster General Hospital
Harry R. Cassel
Mennonite
Jacob B. Young
U. E
Samuel Heinley
Mellinger
Maelpelah
John D. Eckert
Andrews
Hauck
Neffsville Lutheran
Levi K. Gockley
Brunnerville
Kleinfeltersville Evangelical
Samuel K. Bear
Talmage
Carpenter's
Monroe J. Burkholder
Man
Hammer Creek
Sarah Augusta Lichtenthacher
Edna May Leed
Lancaster
Mary Margaret Stark
Rexall Laxative Aspirin Cold Tablets Ad
An old advertisement urges early treatment of colds using Rexall Laxative Aspirin Cold Tablets from A. D. Co. The copy warns untreated colds worsen and promises relief when taken at first symptoms, endorsed by L. N. Moyer.
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Rexall
A. D. Co
L. N. Moyer
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Keystone Exchanges
Hain
W. H. Buch
Lititz Fire House
Clancy
Percy L. Crosby
McClure
Byrdicate Te
the County
of Ford
Henry R. Hess
Clay Township
Isagae B. Sarah
Penryn
Graybill’s
Elm
Michael W. Hurst
Brownstown U. E
Agnes Dillman
Pellettville
Metzler’s Meeting House
Annie Killian
Martin B. Hollinger
Landis Valley
Penna
W. W. Appel & Son Jewelers & C
Ticians
Vital
Tion
North
Queen Street
Peggy Dear
Nula Af
le Roy
Selects
Chas. H. Preys Shoe Store
East Kang St
Lancaster, Pa
Heinitsch’s
W. A. Reinitsh
Queen St
Yetum
Buddie
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