Bantam Rooster Hatches Four Eggs at Patience Sitting
A bantam rooster owned by Miss Cora Horn of York hatched four hen eggs after three weeks of patient incubation. Nearby, mineralogists and engineers survey a mineral deposit in Lebanon County near Freeport Mills, with samples taken. In Bainbridge, Frank McGready and Calvin Krout bought the island on the Susquehanna, planning picnic grounds and summer homes. The Robesonia Iron Company blast furnace near Reading reopened after idleness, capacity 2000 tons weekly, while Carpenter Steel cuts pay for common labor from 35 to 30 cents per hour and raises pressures on skilled workers.
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Cora Horn
York
Freeport Mills
Lebanon County
Frank McGready
Calvin Krout
Susquehanna River
Bainbridge
Judge Warner
Robesonia Iron Company
Reading
Carpenter Steel Works
Dynamite Blast Injures Lewistown Man Clarence Yeatter
Clarence Yeatter of Lewistown, 30, lies in Lewistown hospital after a dynamite blast blew him about thirty feet while he bent over to refire a fuse. He survived with severe rock spall injuries as the accident occurred during firing. Also noted is a new method for making jellies and jams using Certo to extract and condense fruit substances, enabling rapid jelly production with minimal boiling. The piece ends with aphorisms on love and ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Yeatter
Lewistown
Lewistown Hospital
Yeatter
City Planning in Civics Courses Taught to Children
Kansas City education chief D. Pinkerton describes civics courses in city planning for fall 'schools' across grades. A Humboldt school primer asks students about neighborhood beauty, cleanliness of yards and alleys, schoolyard upkeep, and property improvement impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scheer
CD. D. Pinkerton
Kansas City Board of Education
Walter Gidinghagen
Humboldt School
Landisville camp meeting opens today for two weeks
The Landisville camp meeting begins today July 28 and runs for two weeks. Unusual Daniel Earhart 94 and his son David 75 live together at Manheim. The Rawlinsville camp meeting is scheduled August 9 18. Lancaster Sewing Co opens at Franklin and East Marion streets with a modern sewing room for men’s clothing manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landisville
Daniel Earhart
David
Manheim
Rawlinsville
Lancaster Sewing Co
Franklin and
East Marion Streets
Lancaster News Roundup of County Developments
Lancaster County plans to pool wool from local farms as the county Farm Bureau develops the program. Ephrata chief of police Warner suspended for ten days after an on square incident. Franklin Paper Bag plans move from Philadelphia to Quarryville with land purchase at Park Street. Lloyd Mifflin estate will place a flower each September 15 on his grave by a Columbia schoolchild, and gifts 200 sets of writings to universities. Lefever sues Penn Central for 700 damages over poisoned weeds harming his cows. County tobacco crop reportedly hurt by weather with possible losses in Lancaster York and Lebanon counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata
Warner
Franklin Paper Bag Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
Quarryville
L. F. McCallister
Park Street
Lloyd Mifflin
Norwood
Columbia
Tle
Harvey G. Lefever
John M. Groff
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Lefever
Lancaster County
York
Lebanon
Rural Fire Companies Drive Lancaster County Fire Movement
Lancaster County communities push to form local fire companies with motorized engines and improved gear. The Big 4 grouping includes New Danville Reston Lampeter and Willow Street, with Goodville Mechanisburg Rothsville Rohrerstown and Quarryville forming or joining outfits to protect villages farms and towns. The Mount Joy unit showed the value of nearby town cooperation after quick response to a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County of
Lancaster
New Danville
Reston
Lampeter
Willow Street
Goodville
Mechaniseburg
Rothsville
Rohrerstown
Quarryville
Mount Joy Company
Charles Miller
Rising Sun
One in Million Struck by Lightning Flash
Expert W. J. Humphreys of the seismological bureau says lightning deaths are about 100 annually in a nation of 100 million. He notes real danger in storms but urges calm and ordinary precautions, comparing odds to streetcar accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Humphreys
Seismological Bureau
Mr. Humphreys
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful Says Lititz Woman
Lititz resident Mrs. G. L. Roth reports backache and fatigue eased after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She describes morning stiffness and vision specks, credits the remedy with rapid improvement, and endorses buying from dealers at 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Roth
Broad St
Doan
Within His Rights. Mr Grampson a confirmed pessimist
A humorous column notes Mr Grampson’s odd kindnesses and indirect flaws. The dialogue weighs small misdeeds and social signals, comparing private conduct to public perception as a traffic jam scene unfolds in a Birmingham Age-Herald voice.
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Keystone Exchanges
Lebanon’ County
Susquehanna
Robesonia
Cooper and Munsing Union
W. H. Buch
Lititz Fire House
Hank
Pete
BY Ken Kling
Henry
Het Bill
Bordeaux
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
Jay Fritz
New Hampshire
Paper Bag Company
Rural Fire Companies
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
Lewis Cigar
Newark
N. J
Target
W. W. Appel & Son
Sewelet
Setigian
North
Queen Street
Chas. H. Frey
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
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