Wild Horses in America Origin and Global History
The article traces horses’ global origins, noting true wild horses now only in Asia. It states American wild horses descended from early New World stock after Spanish and De Soto era escapes. It also describes ancient European populations, Pope Gregory VII’s 782 interdict, and Indigenous use of horses post‑arrival.
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Asia
Gobi Desert
Altai
National Geographic Society
Russia
Carpathian
Europe
Switerland
Alsace
The
Geographic Society
Gregory VII
America
New World
West
Cortez
Mexico
de Soto
Mississippi
Continent
Airport Lights Expense Drive At Lancaster Airport
Volunteer contributions totaling about 1800 dollars were received during the air meet held at Lancaster Airport. Funds will buy a beacon and floodlights for the landing field. James Geldthwait of Lititz is in charge of the electric work there.
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Lancaster
James Geldthwait
Lititz
Not Blamed For Son’s Death In Chestnut Case
Frederick Schofield of Chestnut Leger was exonerated of blame after a gunfire incident that killed his three year old son Trenty Patrick. He said a jammed cartridge fired as his boy ran in front of them at the time of the shooting. Separate ice cream parlor at the Goodie Shop on East Main Street. Record priced at $1.60 a year.
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Frederick Schofield
Chestnut Leger
Trenty Patrick
Schofield
Vt Goodie Shop
East Main Street
Lititz Defeats St Stanislaus 4 2 In Tight Baseball Clash
Base Ball Shoat offered steady pitching for Lititz Saturday against St. Stanislaus of Coatesville. Lititz won 4 to 2 as visitors threatened to even the score but failed with key hits. Bunk led the hitting with two two baggers as the visitors scored their run in the inning through squeezes.
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Lititz
St. Stanislaus
Coatesville
Bunk
Litists Outclassed by Lititz In Local Match
A fragmented report shows Stevens House colored team overwhelmed by Lititz in a day game. The scant text references the opposing town Lititz and a decisive result, with unclear details on scorers or exact score due to damaged OCR.
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Stevens House
Lititz
PWOGs Away From Home Faces Weekend Tests
The PWOG team travels to challenge the Lorean rival teams this weekend. They will play at Belmont Street arena in Lancaster on Saturday and Sunday, aiming for wins amidst tough opposition and travel fatigue.
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PWOG
Iil
Belmont
Lancaster
Railway Express Plan Seeks Railroad Control of Express Business
Plan by the Association of Railway Executives envisions 66 railroads forming a railroad owned joint facility to take over the Express business from American Railway Express Company. Four agents will represent participating roads. 3000 par value stock at 100 per share would be allotted. Operations could begin March 1, 1929, after current contract ends, with all revenues shared among railroads.
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Association of Railway Executives
Ress Bisinese
Yrailroads
Iperate &Ganization
Raihway Express
Ene
American Railway Express Company
Mbers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Weathered notes on farming life and oddities of a hot summer
The fragmented clipping records rural commentary on crops and harvests with lines about cheap hay and green corn, locusts singing, robins migrating south, a good wheat crop, raspberry abundance, and heat distress. It notes diners and tea harvests, parties, and a humorous jab at buying a car and selling a wife.
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Summcy
Lit
Core
Victuals
Ratte
Fire on Excursion Train Hits Atglen Car
A blaze broke out on a coach attached to a Pennsylvania Railroad excursion train from Atlantic City to Lock Haven near Atglen just over the eastern county line. Passengers were moved to another car and the burning coach was removed. Atglen firefighters extinguished the fire.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Atlantic City
Lock Haven
Atglen
Wild steers stampede through Norristown streets
A herd of 21 wild steers stampeded through Norristown and across Elmwood Park and Germantown Pike. Three were later captured, leaving eighteen unaccounted for after the panicked run through streets and yards in the north end.
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Norristown
Elmwood Park
Germantown Pike
Bails From Mastersonville
Herman K. Kopp a Field Secretary of the United Chamber of Commerce addressed men at the Chamber of Commerce meeting and is a native of Mastersonville near Manheim He now resides in Alexandria and has long been connected with timber and served as an agent at the Federal Treasury
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Herman K. Kopp
The
United Chamber of Comerce
Maersonville
Manheim
Mr. Kopp
Alexandria
Ache
Individual Communion Cup Use Traced to 1894 Referenced
The article examines when the individual communion cup was first used in the United States. It credits Rev G F Love of Rochester NY with substituting the cup for the open cup in 1894 and notes his Methodist connections and collaboration with Rev Thomas E Cramer of Hillsboro Bridge NH. The piece invites corrections if errors are found.
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Christian Advocate
Methodist Church
G. F. Love
Rochester
N.Y
Love
Trian
Thomas E. Cramer
Hillsboro Bridge
New Hampe
Baketel
Auto Club Picnic Routes Mapped Across Lancaster County
Lancaster Automobile Club plans its annual Hershey picnic for August 2 with routes from Lititz Ephrata Elizabethtown and Middletown. A Harrisburg Motor Club collaboration features a Tiarrisburg Edmira N Y Penn State Teague game at Hershey Park. Tickets for children under 15 offer free park rides. live music, dancing, and a prize distribution are planned.
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Langeter County
Tiershey Park
Lancaster Automobile Club
Hershey
Auto Club
Motor Club of
Harrisburg
Tiarrisburg
Edmira
Nershey Park
Lancaster
Guy Band
Dad Major
Neils The Peru Price Description From the VtI Century
Fragmentary note outlines an old term for the price of items per unit bandre in Vil century commerce. It references a coined value linked to Peru and a classificatory description of standard sizes used in trade.
Speaking Seriously in Six Years of Silence
A fragmentary line set amid garbled OCR reads like a stray obituary note. Names, dates, or places are unreadable, leaving only a vague sense of a delayed reflection or admonition tied to a six year span. The readable parts offer no clear event or outcome.
A Magnet Then a Tacate Reld Free Ho Bas
A fragmentary item mentions a magnet and free ho bas in unclear context. Names, places, or dates are not readable, leaving only scattered terms. The report cannot establish a clear event, person, or organization from the legible text.
Lock to the Birds May o8 able s the wave better i
The fragmentary text references a wave and birds with unclear meaning. It preserves no clear events, names, or places to identify a specific person or organization.
First Hettiuh at air tline on November 12
A fragment mentions the United States Navy and an event on November 12 involving a ship in air operations. The readable text is incomplete, but it indicates a naval action or arrival dated November 12 with a ship tied to the air line.
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United States Navy
Hettiuh
Tobacco Looks Fine in County
The early planted tobacco fields are thriving and on par with past years. Later plantings show strong growth in favorable weather as rain mostly aided development. Abundant healthy plants and absence of cut worms reduced replanting this season. Heavy rains caused only nominal damage to plantings.
Lancaster Democrat Urges Smith to Exit Ticket
Lancaster Democrat John A. McSparran calls for Gov. Smith and national chairman J. Raskob to resign to avert a Democratic defeat. He responds to Raskob’s Houston convention circular, notes his own 1922 gubernatorial defeat, and cites party disputes over prohibition laws and loyalty to Smith.
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Gov. Smith
J. Raskob
John A. McSparran
Pennsylvania
Smith
Diverse Results Old Ave Brings Quietness to Joan
A fragmented item notes Old Ave providing quietness to a woman named Joan and mentions an automotive matter or avenue event arising in a local context. The readable text is sparse and unclear on specifics.
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Joan
Industrial pupil sets speed bricklaying record at 4 per minute
Vanderslice, a senior at the Industrial School Masonic Homes in Elizabeth town, laid bricks at a rate of four per minute during a three hour and forty minute speed test. Officials say the feat may establish a new record for industrial pupils.
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Epic Vanderslice
Masonic Homes
Youngsters Use Taberee Captrick Darefooted Snow Scene
Disjointed snippet describes children around a steamer named Atabian Prince, with references to taberee captrick and Feregomien youth walking in snow. It notes youngsters barely three years old seen smoking cigarettes, with garbled wording throughout. The readable facts are scarce and names uncertain.
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Taberee
Wonderful Evolution and Loans Impact Poverty
The article links evolving finance and loan activity to rising poverty, suggesting that increasing loan access and terms influence economic hardship for households. It discusses potential policy responses and advises caution in borrowing to avoid entrenching poverty.
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Selox
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Gary
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Littis & Albright
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Mastersonville
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Penn- Agymil
Inspec
Avec Alletin
Aster Automobile Club
Anately
Sheec
Ihenk
State Meter Patrol Sey
Meter Patrol
Neils
Kansas
Lancaster Democrat
Re Eworis
B.F. Lutz
Long’s Pressing Parlor
Finklesthin
Roy H. Long
Sport World
Majestic
Majestic Radio
UAL Electric
E .B. Weber & Son
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