Fires burn home after stove polish blast in Dickson City
In Dickson City Mrs John Smith Mrs Smiths daughter Mrs John Fisch and her fourteen year old son were trapped in the kitchen and badly burned as stove polish exploded. The house was destroyed by flames from the second floor while a second boy was rescued by firefighters. Nearby towns report unrelated local items including a cow’s dive into a well and a church assembly in Perkasie. Miners at Malthy mine strike over a dispute while Florence mine resumes work. Coatesville receives a large lumber shipment for a new Veterans Hospital. In Lancaster 1696 of 5100 merchant bills remain unpaid with July deadlines and penalties set by the county treasurer.
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Scranton
John Smith
Dickson City
Here
Wilkes-Barre
Malthy
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Florence
Lehigh and
Wyoming Valley Goal Company
Lancaster
Charles B. Uhland
Lancaster City
Lancaster Auto Club to Meet at Adamstown
Lancaster Automobile Club prepares for its Adamstown Fire Hall meeting tomorrow at 8 pm. S Edward Gable presides the first district session in years as plans for the upcoming Hershey Park picnic on Thursday August 1 are outlined. The program includes the Question Box with questions read and answered by Gable, Baby, and others. All motorists are invited.
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Lancaster Automobile Club
Adamstown
Hershey Park
S. Edward Gable
Ie Club
Gable
Charles W. Baby
Auto Club
Fractured OCR note hints at missing course details
A garbled OCR fragment references a Chicago university professor and an early class time related to philosophy. It mentions Minneapolis and a Jewish context but the text is highly corrupted, yielding no clear event, names, dates, or outcomes to anchor a factual summary.
Old superstition ties Groundhog Day to Candlemas lore
The idea that Candlemas weather predicts the rest of winter is an ancient European superstition. It has persisted for centuries and impacts beliefs about seasonal patterns. In Germany a saying links Christmas weather to the shepherd’s fate with a wolf and sun as symbolic imagery.
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Europe
Helpful Organization Lend-a-hand clubs history
The Lend-a-hand clubs for youths began in 1871 for religious and philanthropic aims. Named after Edward Everett Hale's story Ten Times One Is Ten, the groups share a common Maltese cross badge inscribed In His Name, while each chapter sets its own constitution.
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Edward Everett Hale
Atlantic Gasoline Extra-Powered Motor Fuel Debuts
Newly perfected refining processes yield Atlantic Gasoline with extra power and easy starting. It delivers smooth performance without sacrificing snap or pickup, burns cleanly with negligible carbon or oil dilution. Produced in huge volume by a leading refining group, it comes at no extra cost and remains efficient, offering maximum value.
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Atlantic
Lancaster Area Sunday Schools and Family Reunions Calendar
A historical Lancaster schedule lists multiple Sunday Schools from Faith Reformed to St Luke s Lutheran with dates in July and August. It also records numerous family reunions including Kulp Fassnacht Brunnerville Grosman Kling Kreider Emanuel Kemper Wenger Witmer Newgatte Gantz Bomberger Gass Roth Butzer Frymeyer and Elser Oberlin gathered across Lancaster Reading and surrounding towns.
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Faith Reformed Sunday School
Lancaster
Kulp
St. Stephans S. S
St. John’s Reformed S. S., of
Lititz Union
Fassnacht
Brunnerville U. B
Hess’ Grove
City Band
First Baptist S. S
St. Luke’s Lutheran 8. S
Reading
Leola
Mechanicsburg Union
Grosman
Kling
Memorial Presbyterian
Kreider
Emanuel Lutheran U. S
Kemper
Wenger
Akron man promoted to Lancaster County claim adjuster
Henry M. Adams of Akron received the last Friday of his appointment as claim adjuster for Lancaster County with the Claim Adjusting department of the State Workmen’s Insurance Fund. The promotion was announced at Harrisburg in consideration of Adams’ seven years of faithful service in other state departments. He is currently in the Lancaster office of the State Revenue Department.
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Henry M. Adams
Akron
Lancaster County
State Workmen’s Insurance Fund
Harrisburg
Adams
Lancaster
State Revenue Department
Summing It Up Shallow Men Believe in Tek
A terse note contrasts shallow men who trust circumstances with strong men who follow a cause. The piece hints at a philosophical stance using brief, aphoristic language about motivation and action.
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Robert L. Fry Willard
General Eerie
East Front Street
Peny-Springfield
Willard
Palm Beach
Walter H. Buch
Fire House
Lititz, Pa
Boyertown
Casper Erb
Eric
Bossy
Perkasie
The
Evangelical Church
Perkasie Park
Coatesville
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Caln
Pp. TR. BR
Lancaster Auto Club
Applied Philosophy
Chieige University
Atau Hiaiaui
Eshelman
Bebelman
John W. Eshelman & Sons
Ng Extra
Frymeyer
Elser-Oberlim
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