Pioneer rail worker John W Frantz dies at 90
John W Frantz who helped build Pennsy's first locomotive at Altoona and guided the first train over the Allegheny mountains died last week at age 90. He had been pensioned fifteen years ago. Sheep killing dogs cause damage Lycoming County man Frank McClintock collected 792 dollars from county commissioners for losses from dogs killing sheep, one pasture above a precipice where sheep fell into Beaver Dam.
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John W. Frantz
Pennsy’s
Altoona
Allegehny Mountains
Frank McClintock
Muncy Valley
Lycoming
Antique Pie Plate Fetches $100 at Private Sale
East Greenville dealer Robert E. Ritter & Son bought a family heirloom pie plate from Harry Thomas for $100. The plate bears a German inscription dated September 8 1787. Thomas had inherited it from his grandmother and sold reluctantly to A H Rice of Bethlehem via the A tters.
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Robert E. Ritter & Son
East Greenville
Harry Thomas
Eva Gravern
Thomas
A:tters
A. H. Rice
Bethlehem
Garman Arrested for Drunken Wealth Record in Reading
William Garman, aged 545 years, was arrested for drunkenness and set a wealth record in Reading police annals after $1961.31 was found on him. He was locked in a cell to sober, then offered release on a forfeited sum. He claimed he had sold property and failed to deposit before drinking, producing $26 more that had been overlooked. He was released with $3 spending money to await his case.
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William Garman
Reading
Garman
Dief
Judge Fines Buch Shoe Company in Tax Case
No relatives of the Bucks here. Judge W H S Thompson of the U S district court fined the Buch Shoe company last Thursday in a tax case.
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W. H. S. Thompson
United States District Court
Pittsburgh shoe firm pleads guilty to profiteering charges
A Pittsburgh area chain with stores in thirteen towns pled guilty to profiteering in shoes. Federal prosecutor E Lowry Humes led the case for the government, proving the firm sold three women’s shoes at 5.90 when the retail price was 4.90, with the extra dollar shared with employee F Kinney. Company officers listed are August Buch president Elmer G Buch vice president and Walter Buch treasurer.
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Elmer G. Buch
Walter Buch
Man digs for lost treasure after steelworks blaze
In Steelton an aggrieved man searches among ashes for a rumored lost treasure as crowds gather. After hours he uncovers a bottle of gin said to survive a fire that destroyed ten ore barrels of whiskey six cases of wine and other liquids valued by a neighbor at about ten thousand dollars, noting the blasts were caused by bursting bottles rather than ammunition.
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Steelton
Michigan village crowned popcorn center by rumor
In Brooklyn near Jackson Michigan the village dubbed the popcorn center as plans begin to plant 2000 acres for the season. A farmer story claims Tom Thumb corn popped on a hot tin roof causing a snowlike shower that allegedly frightened horses to death.
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Brooklyn
Jackson
Michigan
Maytown tobacco man sells 1000 cases to Landisville firm
M. R. Hoffman of Maytown and Marietta sold last week to Baker & Wasser of Landisville 1000 cases of 1919 tobacco at about 85 cents per pound.
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M. R. Hoffman
Maytown
Marietta
Baker & Wasser
Landisville
Manheim Claims A Larger Engine In Fire Engine Debate
In Mount Joy township three schools Bellaire Northeastern and Oak Dale have under ten pupils and will close next term. Five more township schools lack teachers. Lancaster plan includes planting hundreds of flowers at the Soldiers Monument Penn Square to enhance the site. Manheim asserts a 750 gallon fire engine exceeds Lititz by 150 gallons and will test against Lititz in official trials.
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Mount Joy
Bellaire
Northeastern
Oak Dale
Soldiers’ Monument
Penn Square
Lancaster
Manheim “Sentinel
Lititz
Manheim
Seagrave
Franklin & Marshall Class of 62 Graduation Plans
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster will graduate class of 62 in June with 84th annual commencement starting June 5. Goethian and Diagnothian oratorical contest for Wetzel prize, baccalaureate sermon June 6, promenade June 7, alumni meeting, trustees, and class day events through June 9 led by Dr George D Wilson and Rev J E Tuttle.
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Franklin & Marshall College
Lancaster
Wetzel
Henry H. Apple
Rossmere
Alumni Association
Board of Trustees
Reformed Church
Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
College Chapel
George D. Wilson
Harvard University
J. E. Tuttle
Swarthmore
Richard H. Klein
Pheasant Eggs Hatching For Release In State Woods
Hundreds of pheasant eggs are hatched by Pennsylvania farmers and sportsmen under State Game Commission guidance. Young birds will be released in woods and fields when ready after receiving eggs from the commission. Beavers sent to Bucks Tioga Columbia Centre Luzerne and Cameron counties mark the Commission’s early deliveries with no plans for Dauphin Perry or Huntingdon releases.
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Pennsylvania
State Game Commission
State Commission
Bucks
Tioga
Columbia
Centre
Luzerne
Cameron
Dauphin
Perry
Huntingdon
Mill Built 1774 Torn Down in Clay Township Landmark
The Eberly mill, a 30 by 50 foot stone grist mill with an overshot wheel, erected in 1774 between Mt. Airy and Hoppel and later owned by Harvey Eberly’s family, is being razed by owner Walter Z Clair. The mill’s decline ended profitable operations about fourteen years ago, and stone removal will repurpose the sandstone. Also noted are the long marriage of Eli J Barr and his wife, residents of Lititz to Marietta, with eight children and multiple descendants.
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Eberly
Clay Township
Mt. Airy
Hopeland
Walter Z. Clair
Harvey Eberly
H. S. Eberly
Durlach
A. J. Eberly
Lancaster
By. Clair
Walter Z
Clair
Adam Berry
Berry
Samuel Shober
Rothsville
Mr. Clair
Eli J. Barr
Marietta
Ail in the Game Over Price Dispute in Town
A farmer confronts rising prices saying a peck of meal cost sixty five cents compared with twenty cents previously. He explains selling tobacco at a warehouse for forty eight cents a pound and ends with a blunt rebuke when asked about meal pricing.
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W. H. Buch
Lititz Fire House
Keystone Exchanges
Michigan Village
The
Wee
Franklin & Marshall
Turkey
TORY
Eberly Mil
House of Brunswick
Unswick
Lititz Motor
Frank Burkholder & Bro
Sidia
Worth Green Street
Lancaster, PA
New York
Sy. A.M
Lancaster E. Peters
Lancaster Manheim Lite
Ephrata
Stevens
Denver
Reinholds
Vinemont
Fritztown
Liberty Street
Aquarium
Battery Park
Metropolitan Museum of Art
St. Ave
82D St
American Museum of Natural History
77Th St
Zoological Gardens
Bronx Park
Boston Road
Botanical Gardens
190Th St
Central Park and Menagerie
5Th Ave
65Th St
Fifth Ave
Riverside Drive
Fort George
Statue of Liberty
Battery Fork
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Wingert & Haas
Wingert & Haas Hat Store
John A. Haas
N. Queen St
Chas. H. Frey
East King St
England
Heinitsch’s
W. A
S. Queen St
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