Dean's Pills advertised as kidney remedy in Lititz notice
A testimonial from J Albert Hall, express agent at 75 East Main Street Lititz, claims Dean's Pills relieved frequent nighttime urination and back pain by stimulating kidney action. The ad urges readers to buy the 60 cent remedy from local dealers, noting Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo, New York as manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Lititz
J. Albert Hall
Express
E. Main St
Hall
Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Cornwall Tower A Historic Spot
Cornwall Tower rises in the Valley Forge district as a memorial to Cornwall iron ore and the mines of Lancaster. a steel forest tower offering an unobstructed view of Brandywine battlefield, Conestoga hunting grounds, and distant spires of Ephrata. Nearby Miners Village houses stand, with old cannon balls on site. The towerman can glimpse Welsh mountains, Lititz roots, Governor Dick at Mt. Gretna, and Reading beyond forested hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Forge
Daniel Boone
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Cornwall Steel Forest
Cornwall
Lancaster County
England
Washington
Peter Grubb
Miners Village
Lebanon Valley
Blue Mountains
Lancaster Valley
Brandywine
Conrad Weiser
Ephrata
Welsh Mountains
Lititz
Five-Cent Cigar Favored By York County Manufacturer
T. E. Brooks, president of the York County Cigar Manufacturers Association, asserts the five-cent cigar is here to stay and will improve. He heads a large Red Lion plant and plans to raise daily production from about 200,000 cigars across his firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Brooks
York County Cigar Manufacturers Association
Brooks
Red Lion
Guard captures Booths horse at Long Bridge near Alexandria
Henry Smeych, 88, a Civil War veteran and retired coal dealer, died in Lancaster. While guarding Long Bridge near Alexandria he halted John Wilkes Booth’s escape by capturing Booths horse, leaving the slayer without mount. Booth sought shelter and was later shot.
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Henry Smeych
Lancaster
Long Bridge
Alexandria
Smeych
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Booth
Smoke Conductor of Radio Waves
A. D. Cozad in Mercer reported Sunday that smoke from his kitchen stove acted as a conductor for a Pittsburgh radio broadcast. Neighbors and local radio fans confirmed hearing music via the stove smoke, turning a domestic moment into a curious reception tale.
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A. D. Cozad
Mercer
Pittsburgh
Ventilation Alert When Dim Lights Signal Oxygen Loss
The dimming lights warn that air oxygen is depleting which can cause incomplete combustion in the oil heater and produce carbon monoxide. Prolonged dim light may lead to suffocation from low oxygen. Do not keep doors and windows closed in a room when the light dims.
Difference of Opinion on Diet in Philadelphia Divorce Case
Mrs Olive S Gearing defended against divorce in a common pleas court in Philadelphia claiming she did not give her husband kidney beans and potatoes. She says she fed him English mutton chops porterhouse steak artichokes alligator pears in January and strawberries in February. Her husband Lieut Commander Henry C Gearing Jr stationed at the Philadelphia navy yards accuses her of barbarous and cruel treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive S. Gearing
Acommon Pleas Court
Philadelphia
Henry C. Gearing, Jr
Philadelphia Navy Yards
Ringgold Band to Celebrate 74th Anniversary Concert
Ringgold band members and the concert committee plan a 74th anniversary concert at Strand Theatre Reading on Sunday March 21. Tickets for the entire first floor and balcony are set at 50 cents each. A ticket selling contest has already moved 750 to 900 tickets. The band is well known in Kitiz and has performed for years on the Fourth of July.
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Ringgold Band
Strand Theatre
Reading
Ringgold
Ktitz
Trade Wind and Famous Winds Defined
The article explains the trade wind as a steady, directional wind not tied to commerce, tracing its name to the old term tredde wind. It notes the NE origin in the northern hemisphere and SE in the southern, with six months of direction possible. It also briefly describes the mistral, sirocco, and simoom winds by region and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Lyons
Margeilles
Africa
Arabia
Italy
Lee as Matchmaker in Scribner’s Magazine Style
The text portrays General Lee as a fatherly matchmaker to many women in his circle. He enjoyed this role and once suggested to a Miss that she should marry a soldier over a clergyman, noting providential dispensation as a factor in such choices.
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Lee
Mexico
Divine
Scribner’s Magazine
Five Puppies Charm Boy at Dog Show Wins Moment
A boy shares delight after a dog show, noting five puppies with their dam. He proclaims two brothers and three wins among the litter, expressing pure kid excitement at the scene.
Covered Wagons Rekindle Taos Mexico Mexico History
The article recalls the 1825 Taos caravan of 26 Conestoga wagons with five mule teams and five ox teams, capable of 15 miles daily, and notes their continued use for regional produce. It contrasts these early East Indianmen with modern parking, recounts costs of shipping and inns, and traces a Centennial era Conestoga wagon linked to Buffalo Bill and Lake Erie commemoration.
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Toas
New Mexico
Pueblo of
Taos
Rio Grande Valley
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Alleghenies
Pittsburgh
Lancaster
Buffalo Bill
Ellis P. Oberholtzer
Lancaster County
Fairmount Park
du Pont de Nemours, Powder Company
Lake Erie
Wilmington
Erie
Perry
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Farm Calendar notes on flowers farming and cattle care
Farm Calendar covers garden flowers for summer decor with a seed list including Calendula Alyssum Ageratum Verbena Larkspur Cornflower Nasturtium Zinnia Gypsophila and Aster. Advises clipping dairy cows in winter for cleaner milk and better care per Pennsylvania State College. Includes site choice for veg garden benefits and pest control methods for dormant trees with kerosene torches. Encourages growing healthy calves and young stock for future usefulness.
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Pennsylvania State College Dairy Specialists
Pennsylvania
Keystone Ton
Beauty in Cheerfulness Grit and brightness lift the road ahead
The passage extols cheerfulness as essential as air water and grit. It likens a joyful heart to a pebble cast in a lake sending ripples outward and returning to ease the traveler along a dark road.
Lancaster to celebrate county sesqui-centennial on July 3
The Lancaster County Historical Society and Mayor Frank Musser plan a countywide sesquicentennial celebration starting July 3, with private borough events honoring pioneers and Revolutionary heroes. A Sunday church sermon series and a monster parade and pageant in Lancaster Monday will feature floats from surrounding towns.
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Lancaster County Historical Society
Frank ©. Musser
Musser
Historical Society
Lancaster
Hope Woman Kills Large Grey Fox In Mt Hope Yard
On Wednesday a large grey fox wandered into Elmer George’s Mt Hope chicken yard to steal poultry. Mrs. George confronted the intruder with an axe and killed the animal before it harmed any chickens.
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Elmer George
Mt. Hope
Clever Ambitions From An English Periodical
A Boston Transcript excerpt lists humorous replies to the question What would you like to be. Answers include the sun, the letter f, a shoeblark, a finn of forty with twenty and sixty judgment, and a billiard ball often kissed yet cursed when needed.
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Boston Transcript
Local court fines corpse for concealed weapons
A fragment from Everybody's Magazine recounts a caustic verdict at a camp scene where a hanged man with hands tied is fined $25.10 for carrying a concealed weapon, amid speculation about unknown causes and assailants.
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Ola Uripple Creek
G Camp
Logal
Co’t
Everybody's Magazine
Sea's Expanse No Bar to Butterfly's Flight
A St Nicholas article notes butterflies travel vast distances though reasons remain unclear. Painted lady migrations show long ocean crossings may occur with questions about resting on water and potential return journeys. The piece discusses generation timing and short lifespans of individual butterflies.
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Leonard Bastia
St. Nicholas
Bones Found In Sahara Hint At Early Human Pioneers
The Frango-American expedition in the Sahara uncovered tall human bones, possibly a six foot woman, dating back over a million years. The find suggests a pioneer Tuareg ancestor in a desert pre-Timbuktu era, inviting straightforward speculation about a nest of bones in any soil.
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Sahara
Timbuktu
Weather Prophet Predicts Eighteen More Snowfalls
Jd W Neff of Relay York township proclaims a season total of 14 more snow events, saying four have fallen already and 18 days till the new moon marked the start. He notes his 22 years of forecasts and promises to eat all extra snow if the total exceeds 18.
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Jd. W. Neff
Relay
York Township
From Deaf Mute to Speech Trainer in 685 History Note
The record cites an English bishop teaching a deaf mute to pronounce words in 685. Isolated cases recur until late 1400s when a German school begins teaching articulate speech to mutes.
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Germany
Harvard's First Headmaster Fled Virginia in 1689
Nathaniel Maton Harvard College's first headmaster fled to Virginia in 1689 after a fine for brutality to an usher. Appointed headmaster in 1637, his tenure sparked controversy before his departure.
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Harvard
Nathaniel Maton
Harvard College
Virginia
Goiter Removed Testimony From Titusville Resident
Mrs F N Baker of 117 North Martin Street Titusville Pennsylvania shares a testimonial about using Sorbol-Quadruple a stainless liniment to treat a goiter. She cites improved eyes heart and nerves with no ill effects and offers to share her experience or sell through leading druggists or by writing for more information.
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F. N. Baker
North Martin St
Titusville
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims on sale for 40 years
The advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming to relieve catarrh and deafness through a two part system. It describes an ointment for external relief and an internal tonic that purifies blood to restore mucous surface balance. Sold by druggists for over four decades by F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio.
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Ball
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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Penn Real Estate Co
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H. N. Reiber
Lititz Rep
So. Broad St
Cornwall Tower
Washington’s. Army
Keystone Exchanges
W. H. Buch
the County
Pionher
Mr. Neff
Tomn-Hall
Sale Bill House
Lititz Record Printing House
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Buch's Clothing
Hudson
Essex
C. M. Snavely Garage
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