Unusual Cooperation On State Highway Construction
Property owners along the Bloomsburg to Berwick state highway reach settlements for encroached land as a permanent road is built. Some accept actual costs, others small sums, while the Rev Judson Barnes resigns from Ashland and Girardville Baptist posts over salary disputes. Palmerton doctors treat a patient whose heart moves in the chest. 78-year-old A Frederick from York cuts a tooth. Lancaster blacksmith George H Brubaker runs a long family shop with Roy Brubaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomsburg
Berwick
Judson Barnes
Ashland
Girardville
Mr. Barnes
Nhamokin
George H. Brubaker
Talmage
Lancaster County
Tie
A. F. Brubaker
Lancaster
Roy Brubaker
Brubaker
A. ZL. Brubaker
Cox
Ross C. Brubaker
Rowe Motor Co
Rossmere
Weinhold
Strasburg News publisher new Senate president pro tem
The page notes printer John G. Horasher of the Strasburg News becomes president pro tem of the Pennsylvania Senate. It reports May tolls of 12155 paid on the Susquehanna bridge linking Havre de Grace and Perryville, now owned by Maryland. It also covers Adam R Weitzel of Camden admitting theft of 53 walnut loam from Ephrata freight station, sold to Boyertown Casino for 8500, recovered. The Masonic Home at Elizabethtown averages 74 for guests and had 37 deaths in 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Horasher
The
Strasburg News
Pennsylvania Senate
Susquéhanna River
Havre-de-Grace
Perryville
Adam R. Weitzel
Camden
N.J
Ephrata
Boyertown
Elizabethtown
Joint Meeting of Farm Societies For Kin zin July 28
The Farm Women’s Societies of this county plan a joint meeting at the John A Nauman home in Kin zex on July 28. An effort by the Reams and Rheems of this country and Canada seeks funds for a memorial to Everhard Ream the first planter in America who arrived from Switzerland in 1717. Charles B Hollinger of Lancaster becomes editor of state publications at the state printing establishment in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Women’s Societies
County
John A. Nauman
Kinzex
Canada
America
Everhard Ream
Switzerland
Charles B. Hollinger
Lancaster
Esablishment
Harrisburg
Final Burial For Pottstown Mummy After 12 Centuries
Barry Mummy from Pottstown will be laid to rest soon after over 12 years in the retaining rooms of Harvey C. Wilson Inc. on North Charlotte Street. Many have viewed the mummy since preparation for burial began, with burial set for April 1, 1961. The deceased, James Peters, 55, Greek native, died in Pottstown Hospital from lobar pneumonia. No relatives appeared, the body was embalmed, and the mummy has remained preserved though petrified amid fluctuating room temperatures. The face remains clean shaven, refuting the belief that hair grows after death.
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Pottstown
Harvey C. Wilson
James Peters
Greece
Pottstown Hospital
Wilson
Stowe
Good Will
Charles S. Pancoast
Peters
Grape and Potato Spraying Advice for Farmers
Farm calendar notes recommend Bordeaux mixture 4-4-50 for grape rot and warn of rising Colorado potato beetle numbers in southwestern Pennsylvania. Arsenate of lead mixed with Bordeaux is advised for beetle control. Orchard sprays for apple scab should continue, and thorough cultivation plus a dust mulch are key for vegetables. Early wheat thrashing is urged to reduce grain moth damage.
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Pennsylvania
Mountain
Tier
July Community Reunions and Events List
A long list of local reunions and events arranged across Ephrata, Reading, Lancaster and surrounding areas. Includes family reunions at Ephrata park, church gatherings like St Luke Lutheran and Covenant U B S, plus fairs such as Lebanon Fair and a Monster Carnival by Manheim Fire Co. Also notes picnics, band appearances, and union S gatherings through July.
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Withers Family Reunion
Ephrata Park
St. Luke Lutheran
Reading
Covenant U. B.S. S. of
Madlem-Stowalter
Fasnacht
Brannerville U. B. S. S
Brannerville
Ephrata Band
Mishler
Millersville
Rupp’s
Thurs
St. Luke’s Reformed
Lancaster
Taylor
Culp’s
Lititz Union S
Oberholtzer
Kemper
Monster Carnival
Manheim Fire Co
Steffy
Salma U. B.S
Columbia
Dohner
Brownstown Union
S. Thurs
Bamberger
Butzer
Buch
Fire Co
Ephrata
Lebanon
Early thrashing urged to curb grain moth damage
Pennsylvania State College extension warns farmers plagued by the angomaiwis grain moth to thrash wheat promptly after harvest. Remove grain from stalk, store securely, and complete fumigation with carbon bisulphate to prevent further losses.
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Pennsylvania State College Extension Service
Boston Common A Century and a Half of Public Use
Boston Common has been a public park since 1634 occupying about fifty acres. It has remained free from streetcar enclosures and property development, preserving a central urban green space used by residents and visitors alike for generations, including a historic elm lost in 1876 and monuments honoring national service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cattell
Charles River
America
Natie
Western Newspaper Union
Improvements at Old Bethany Cemetery Near Ephrata
Workmen clean and improve Old Bethany cemetery near Ephrata. The historic plot holds early settlers, Revolutionary soldiers, and ties to an early Reformed church. It should not be left to ruin or overrun with weeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bethany
Ephrata
America
We Celebrate 45th Anniversary as Pastor of Church
Rev. A. J. Bachman of Schaeffers town marks the 45th year as pastor in the Reformed church with a celebration set for Sunday July 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Bachman
Schaefferstown
The
Reformed Church
Lititz resident touts Doan's Kidney Pills remedy
Emanuel Ditzler a Lititz shoemaker at 154 S Spruce St says back pain weakness and sleep issues improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He reports lasting relief and recommends the product as the remedy he used. Doan's sold 40 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Emanuel Ditzler
S. Spruce St
Dean
Doan
Mr. Ditzler
Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs
Buffalo, N.Y
Cherry Tree Records A Lifespan Of Bounty In Mechanicsburg
The 50 year old oxheart cherry on M Hoke Gottschall’s property in Mechanicsburg Cumberland County produced 15 bushels this year. Officials classify it as the Tda variety with large fruit and cluster size, growing on a sunlit 50 foot plot with an 80 inch trunk.
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Mechanicsburg
Cumberland County
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
M. Hoke Gottschall
Statistical Bureau
Department of Internal Affairs
Tda
William Hall of Lititz A Painter and Bachelor
A sketch recalls William H. Hall of Lititz born to Christian Tal, taught school at Lincoln, and later lived with his parents while painting horses and flowers in watercolors. He avoided society, drank moderately, and faced irritability and opiate use, with episodes including a failed Fourth of July arch portrait and a heated clash over a Washington portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Francis L. Nnert
Willian H. Hall
Tere
William Hall
Lititz
Christian Tal
Christian Inn
Billy
Frar
Lennert
Nazareth Hall
Hall
Lincoln
New Ephrata
Lilite
Franky
Father Wilie
Phe
Washington
Hancock
Hail
Uaxecock
Aaron Kraeger
John Hancock
Aaron
Lancaster County
Arthur Armstrong
Lancaster
George Harting
Harrisburg and
Downingtown
Ephrata
Schnaderville
Greenville
Harting
Billy Wall
Hatevisburg
Socrates
al ‘Esbiades
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Athletic Union
Munsing
Cooper
Topkis
W. H. Buch
Lititz, Pa
Keystone
Palmerton
Louis Meal
Palmerton Hospital
Frederick
York County
the County
Joint Meeting of Farm Societies
Reamstown
New Era
Barry
Pennsylvania State College
Keath Reunion
Mon
Frymover
Twiser-Oberlin
Emaro
Enarco
L. N. Moyer
Ceme
Tery
B.J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Cherry Tree
Lititz and
Wiliam H
Watt & Shand
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