Just a Picture of His Mother by Mary Graham Bonner
A Christmas story shows a sailor far abroad receiving a photo of his mother with a note of love and devotion. Homesickness eases as memories and a perfect photograph console him, highlighting enduring family bonds across distance. The piece ends with a short verse and a club joke about Cuthbert's devoted spouse.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Lonesome
Sonse
Chas
Western Newspaper Union
Football Star Foolhardy Skull Tests In Gridiron Talk
A fragmented dialogue hints at a boy entering stage life with football as the expected path. Professors claim his skull is too thick to be influenced by others, while a father notes the trait could make him a star in football.
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Estage
Hirai
Jehiel
Fes
Girls Starve to Stay Thin in Flapper Era
A young doctor in the 1920s laments the trend of underweight female patients, most of whom are flappers choosing fashion over health. He notes malnutrition, prolonged exams, and women refusing weight gain to preserve an ideal slender look despite rising illness and susceptibility to colds.
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New York Globe
Kits Coty House Monument in Kent History
In 1897 a Londoner noted a field stones near Hollingsbourne Kent, later identified as Kits Coty House. Antiquaries link a 455 battle between Britons and Danes at Aylesford to the remaining slabs a nine ton pair and a roof stone. The cromlech likely predates 455, possibly Stone Age origin. The site preserves medieval name variants and links to the Pilgrims Way.
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London
Hollingsbourne
Kent
Medway
Aylesford
Kits Coty House
Canterbury
Kit
Winchester
Detroit News
Rip Van Winkle In Virgil Translation Found In Library
The Philadelphia public library uncovered a Dryden translation of Virgil titled Rip Van Winkle. Two of three volumes printed in 1790 had not left the library in twenty years. Mrs Jane Lingle Coburn enjoyed her first automobile ride and her first street car trip in Northumberland and marveled at a movie.
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Rip van Winkle
Philadelphia Public Library
Dryden
Virgil
Jane Lingle
Coburn
Northumberland
Mayor John Walter vows to keep city workforce unless unfit
Dr. John Walter, Lebaron’s first Democrat mayor in 25 years, takes oath and pledges no immediate personnel changes. He will retain all city employees in their positions until proven unfit, signaling cautious governance and stability at the outset.
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Square Deal
John Walter
Lebaron
State Farm Products Show Opens Harrisburg Jan 22 26
More than a score of state associations dealing with agricultural activities will meet in Harrisburg for the annual State Farm Products show January 22 to 26. A joint meeting is planned for the opening day evening with Henry C Wallace secretary of agriculture and Governor Pinchot on the program.
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Harrisburg
Henry C. Wallace
United States Department of Agriculure
Pincholi
Giant Cat Terrorizes Town Near Vera Cres Railroad
Reports say a large cat four times the size of an ordinary house cat roams near the Perkiomen railroad by Vera Crescent. Dr E A Geberich Preston Schu Adam Moyer and others have seen it. Attempts to trap or shoot it failed. Five years ago a large bear was killed near the site of the new arrival’s lair.
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Tadre
Vera Cres
Perkiemen
E. A. Geberich
Preston Schu
Adam Moyer
State Holds No Hold on Unclaimed Bank Money
State authorities, following Attorney General Woodruff, announce that no escheat actions will continue for unclaimed bank deposits after fourteen years. The move aligns with the US Supreme Court ruling in California, guiding Pennsylvania. About $500,000 has been paid into the State Treasury, but refunds appear legally unavailable.
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Woodruff
James Francis Burke
Pittsburgh Clearing House Association
Commonwealth
United States Supreme Court
California
Pennsylvania
Gas Leaks Reported On Manheim Streets
In Manheim two gas service pipes under a recently built concrete street were twisted by heavy trucks during roadwork. Leaks affected A W Flinchbaugh and the Sentinel Printing House on North Main Street. Gas company efforts continue while the State Highway Department imposes a five year street-cut prohibition.
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Manheim
Lititz Gas Company
State Highway Department
Grimm
New Holland Votes Bond for New School Building
New Holland residents approve a loan ordinance by 198 to 65, authorizing a $66,000 bond to fund a modern schoolhouse to be built after term end. The facility will measure 155 by 92 feet, include 12 classrooms, a large auditorium, and a gymnasium.
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New Holland
Three New Cigse Factories In County
Reports show Browns town and Ephrata opening new cigar factories by Davis Mason and A Valentine & Son. William Lorenz starts in Brownstown, with 20 to 30 workers planned. Susquehanna river snow state noted as New Year’s Day non freeze. Lancaster County cigars tally 178,124,000 with $1,081,054.09 tax collected, about ninety million in class B taxed at $6 per thousand.
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Davis, Stant
Lancaster County
H Revenue
Ushers 96th Year at Bellevue Church Near Clinton Himes
Gap resident Clinton Himes rang in the New Year from Bellevue Presbyterian Church ushering in his ninety sixth birthday era with bell tolls marking the town’s welcome to year.
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Ushers
Clinton Himes
Gap
Bellevue Presbyterian Church
New Holland Bank Shows Surplus Growth
New Holland Bank founded in 1910 with capital of 50 dollars reports a surplus of 110000 and profits to stockholders. The bank has paid ten percent to its stockholders since 1909.
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New Holland Bank
Rothsville Man Slaughters Hops Record
Grant G. Killian of Rothsville recently slaughtered three hops dressed 448 527 and 15 pounds respectively. He bought these hops before Christmas 1922 and at that time two of them weighed 50 and 55 pounds respectively.
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Grant G. Killian
Rothsville
Mr. Killian
Three Hefty Hogs Win Quarryville Pig Championship
Joseph Hooker Weimer of Quarryville slaughters three hogs weighing 1 479 pounds total, a town talker on Stoney Hill. The feat settles this year’s pig raising championship in the area.
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Joseph Hooker Weimer
Quarryville
Stoney Hill
Farm Hogs Reach Size Noted At Mr We's Property
Large hogs described as having lived and died on the farm of Mr We have grown to sizes approaching those of fallen animals. The report notes extraordinary dimensions and echoes local concern about livestock conditions on the property.
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Jone
Mr. We
Paeideier County Wealth and Mi Springs Resort Sale
Paedeier County shows wealth rise with a $2 new record and over $4 million in resources plus a $1.006 million increase in bank and trust surplus. Capital stock fell in Lancaster due to bank consolidations. Mi Springs Resort to be sold by heirs of D S von Neida of Ephrata, who ran it for 30 years.
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Paedeier County
Lancaster City
von Neida
Ephrata
Wi. Springs
Farm calendar and dairy feeding tips for 1924 crop planning
Seventeenth year old Ephra’a girl marks ninety seventh birthday. Farm calendar urges shell for the flock, moldy feed avoidance, seed catalogs for 1924, crop planning, and dairy feeding guidance. Advice covers oyster shell, early seed orders, mold risk, crop planning, and dairy concentrate rules.
Town Life In A Czech Village Enlivens Rural Prosperity
A 1200 inhabitant village near the railway station runs a cooperative factory and a modern community building with theater gymnasium baths and restaurant. On the day of visit residents attend a children’s play in the theater and prepare a sokal lecture while the coffee house hosts papers, billiards, chess and plans to host city opera.
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Czechoslovakia
Eure
Viola L Paraciss
Helen Campbell
Scribner's
New Leper Cure Seen In Chylesters For Leprosy
Dr Isabel Kerr reports progress with chylesters derived from Chaulanoogra or Hydrocarpus oil as a potential breakthrough in leporsy treatment. She notes a shift from daily dressings to about fifteen, describing a hopeful improvement in leper patients at Diehpalli and a strengthening of the once hopeless condition.
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Isabel Kerr
Diehpalli
Mennonite Missions Spread in South America
Lancaster County church members conduct heath missions in South America. A Lake mission established years ago by Mennonites with centers near Bennos Aires and other points, involving G. Langer and Josephus, plus a small native-staff mission. Beatrice Hershey returns to Lancaster to finish her donation.
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Lancaster County
South Am
Lancaster Coun’y
Pehanje
Bennos Aires
Tobias
Jershey
Lancaster
G. Langer
Andsephus
Andsephus Then’, “Shil
Beatrice Tda Hershey
Nershey
Court Proclamation in Lancaster December 1923
Proclamation from Lancaster dated December 17 1923 authorizes the court to convene on the third Monday in January 1924 for juries and examinations. It lists officers and notes the duties of the court and participants in the proceedings.
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Ike
Xlayer
Algermien
Thestee
Eald
Asier
Rossette
Rossette Afaimer Hep Shsib Te Jist
Lancaster
C. F. Homsher, Sneri
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Grippe
Herbert T. Livingstone
Livingstone
Fmeus
Sivan
Ariz
Saturday Evening Post
CIGSE
Wiliam Lorenz
Denver
Brownstown
Valentine & Son
Worelsde
I Factorers
Ope
E Sarat, Bros
Susquehanna
Church Avenue
Chestnut Street
Ephra‘a
Town Life
Mew Republic
Czechhoslavaiia
ABA
Ingad Hayek South
American Legion
Wereas
Landis
B. Hassler
Court of Common Pleas
Punty of Lancaster
Lasvaster
Danenstee
Record Printing House
Lititz, Pa
Hammer Creek Poultry Farm
J. A. Hougendobler
Brunnerville
Ind
Boyd
Boyd's Shoe Store
E. King §J
Lancaster, PA
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