Kentucky’s Bob McCoy compared to York after seven kill, 17 capture
Private Pete McCoy recalls a single day in France when he killed seven Germans and captured 17, fighting through a machine gun nest and No Man’s Land with grenades and bayonet. Roy Slassler notes the backwoodsmen trained well though many could not read or write.
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Pete McCoy
France
Kentucky
York
McCoy
Hatfield
No Man’s Land
Roy Slassler
Home Made Root Beer Booze Analysis Sparks Alarm
Prof Charles H La Wall dean of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and chemist for the state dairy and food commission reports home made root beer contains 2.47 percent alcohol and can rise with time to 43 percent after five days 1.36 after sixteen days and 1.77 after fifty days. He warns some people may be more affected than others by the natural fermentation.
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Charles H. la Wall
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
State Dairy and Food Commission
Legion of the
Ja Wall
Detention Home for Boys Planned on Fruitville Turnpike
A Detention Home will open near the Fruitville turnpike for boys committed to Juvenile Court. H L Martzall, assistant scout executive in Lancaster, will oversee the opening, then depart for Reading Tuesday to set details. Arrested youths will be taken there rather than to the jail, with the superintendent advising the court on improvement possibilities.
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Fruitville Turnpike
H. L. Martzall
Lancaster Put
Mrr
Martzall
Reading
Teesday
Capture Six as Thieves in Palmyra Narrow Escape
A Palmyra posse captured four men and two women accused of stealing chickens. They were overtaken after engine trouble forced four to abandon their automobile and were jailed. The group identified themselves as Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Vaughn, Jacob W. Good, John Reynolds, P. C. Aldinger, and Mary Mills of Harrisburg. Their car reportedly lacks a State license tag.
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Palmyra
T. J. Vaughn
Jacob W. Good
John. Reynolds
Mary Mills
Harrisburg
Fireworks Blaze Cleared After Read ing Store Incident
A store owned by Arno Gaulidillis in Read ing was struck by a skyrocket that flew through a window and sparked a large explosion. The 3200 worth of fireworks were set off when the blaze began and firemen battled the flames until extinguished.
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Arno Gaulidillis
Reading
Ter
Turnpike sale settles funds for Clay and Hinkletown
The Pike Company accepted a 24000 dollar State offer for the Clay and Hinkletown Turnpike. Toll gates will be removed within 30 days. The road, once part of the Horse Shoe Pike, has historic ties to Philadelphia Fort Pitt and figures like Buchanan and Pierce. An egg eating contest at Gaul's Grove ended in a draw after six dozen eggs were shared by Officers Miller and Knapp.
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Pike Company
Clay and Hinkletown
Clay and
Rinkletown
Philadelphia
Fort Pitt
Pittsburg
Buchanan
Pierce
Miller
Kapp
West Scranton
Gaul’s Grove
Knapp
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Clay
Hinkletown
Utility
Grindstone
Western Electric
Lititz Electric Supply CO
East Main Street
J. G. Habecker
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