Lancaster County News Roundup of 1917 Local Busi ness and Life
Lancaster county issued 1616 marriage licenses in the past year an increase of 222 over the prior peak. Lancaster stockyards handled 150000009 in 1917 with 200760 cattle. 1916 saw 155689 head. A. L. Brandt owns 45 year old leather gloves once paid 99 cents. Susquehanna River ice allows coal wagons to travel Columbia to Wrightsville with ice up to fourteen inches thick. County fair to run five days this year with Saturday added for a special attraction. Hager & Bro department store Lancaster offers a mutual benefit association of 139 members with weekly dues and sickness and death benefits. Western Union in Lancaster uses young khaki coated female messengers and older male messengers. Franklin & Marshall College plans May 1 opening to allow students to farm and work in factories per Dr. H. H. Apple. Elam Harnish registered at Stevens House from Douglas Alaska reports his first sneeze in twenty years during Lancaster County visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Lancaster Stock Yards
A. L. Brandt
Joy
Hager & Bro
Lancaster
Elam Harnish
Stevens House
Douglass
Alaska
Northwest
Wero
Dawson
St. Michael
Tom
North Sound
Myreakfast
New York
Seattle
Bunco
Yukon
Roberto Service
France
Earth
Food the Soldier Requires in a Daily Diet
A World War era guide discusses how soldiers and civilians should balance meals across five food groups. It outlines daily allowances: 12 ounces from meat poultry cheese dried vegetables fish or eggs plus milk as equal to any, four pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables, three quarters cup fat, one and one fourth pounds of bread or cereal, and two ounces of sugar or one third cup syrup to provide energy for duty and battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Stuart Gibbs
St. Nicholas
Sargon and Deportation Revisited by Modern Scholar
The Newark News cites John Dynley Prince of Columbia University noting that Sargon 2600 years ago deported the ten tribes of Israel and populated their land with Arabs and northern Asian tribes. The piece contrasts ancient deportation with later events in Belgium and the Jewish return from Babylonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargon
Hedd
Assyria
Newark News
John Dyneley Prince
New Jersey
Columbia University
Short and Dirty River Story Amid Yukon Tales and Sour Dough
A Yukon River correspondent recounts interviewing a famed novelist's alleged former wife the drunken river squaw nicknamed Short and Dirty. He follows rumors of marriages, common law unions, and life in Rampart Fairbanks and Tanana, then expands into sour dough lore, Alaska Brotherhood roots, frozen mummies, and the harsh realities of Alaska: hunger, isolation, and the pull to return home even as many stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Brown
Rex Beach
Alaska
North Land
Siwash Squaw
Junation
Tananna
Fairbanks
Junction Town
Beach
Rampart
Yukon
Alaska Brotherhood
Southwest
Rio Grande
Hunters Respect Alaska Native Food Laws On Big Game
The writer contrasts outside hunters with Alaskans and Indians who hunt for food. Summer caribo herds cross divides, crowds in thousands, often fords the Yukon with steamer waiting. Passengers on decks can shoot with revolvers. Birds are scarce, eagles and owls have left as rabbits vanished. Five years ago rabbits were abundant. today none are seen on a day’s journey.
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Mt. McKinley
Yukon
Alaska
American savings measure wheat exports
The United States has exported the surplus 1917 wheat harvest and now must restrict future exports to preserve domestic supplies for the next harvest. December shipments continued as allowed, but global demands for allied nations could not be met without further conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Administration
United States
Wheat-Corn Yeast Bread Recipe and Lafayette Flying Corps
Wheat corn bread is richer in nutrients than wheat flour bread alone and aids allies by using mixed flour. A tested recipe uses milk water yeast salt sugar fat corn meal and wheat flour with steps for cooking cooling adding yeast and baking. Also notes the Lafayette Flying Corps history from Section Aviation to Franco American Flying Corps and then Lafayette Flying Corps due to neutrality concerns.
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America
Lafayette Flying Corps
Lafayette Hsca
Last Examination of War's Draft Exposes Kidney Claims
A reader letter cites kidney disease symptoms tied to draft experiences and promotes Anuric tablets from Dr. Pierce as a cure. Personal testimonials from W. G. MacMinn and Mrs. E. L. Fostax claim back and kidney relief after using Anuric, with address details and encouragement to purchase.
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Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
W. G. MacMinnan
N.agth
St. Wampum
Anuiie
Pieree
BE. L. Fostax
Route 2
His Sacrifices
A humorous anecdote frames a man listing frugal acts to cut costs. He jokes about trimming family expenses from matinees to groceries, dismissing a nurse, restricting treats for children, and even resorting to drastic measures like keeping quiet about bills. He quips about quitting cigars and club dues if prices rise further.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Madras
Ide and Arrow
Wilson Baum
W. H. Buch
the Record Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
the County
Susquehanna
Columbia
Wrightsville
Western Union Telegraph Company
Franklin & Marshall College
H. H. Apple
Kaiser
Belgium
King Sargon
Yonon River
Squaw
Wingert & Haas
John A. Haas
N. Queen St. Lancaster
W. A
Chas. H. Frey
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
W. W. Appel & Son Jewelers & Opticians
North Queen Street
Royal
Wm. M. Amer
S. Broad Street
Lititz
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