States bar 80 headlight devices in PA rule
After September 1 only twenty eight legal motor vehicle headlight devices will be allowed in Pennsylvania. The Department of Highways announced on June 1 that eighty devices will be barred. The approved list was formed by thirteen states with the Illuminating Society and SAE. Focus adjustment and regular checks urged to prevent misalignment from vibration.
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Pennsylvania
Department of Highways
Sys- Pennsylvania
Department Oftem
Illuminating Society
Society of Automotive Engineers
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia
Ontario
Quebec
Canada
Paul D. Wright
Highways
Insects Wreak Toll on Pennsylvania Farms and Orchards
H E Hodgkiss of Pennsylvania State College Extension reports ongoing pest pressure across farms, gardens, and orchards. Infestations include red bug, cutworms, codling moth, and peach pests, with southeastern spray programs in place and twig injury anticipated from oriental peach moth. The peach twig moth causes similar damage, reddish brown in color, resembling the oriental moth.
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Pennsylvania
H. E. Hodgkiss
Pennsylvania State College
Hodgkiss
State Buys 8253 Acres of Forest Land for Game Reserve
State game commissioners have purchased 8253 acres in Sullivan county from Central Pennsylvania Lumber Co and others including 2500 acres leased as a game refuge. The $29,572 purchase, financed by hunter license proceeds, adds to the commission’s public lands for game conservation.
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Sullivan County
Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company
Infants Died in New York Boarding Homes 1854 to 1859
A historical note reports about 1,000 infants boarded out yearly in New York between 1854 and 1859, with only ten in every hundred surviving. The statistic underscores the high infant mortality in charitable foster care during that period.
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New York
New Mexico Four Stages of Civilization Revealed
Four stages of civilization are traced in New Mexico from Pueblo villages and irrigation to a prehistoric city culture with four story stone houses. Ruins across plains and cliffs show a long history. Adventure magazine notes a Pueblo Bonito building rivaling Washington in size.
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New Mexico
Pueblo Bonias
Washington
Adventure Magazine
Elizabethtown to Start Sewage Plant This Summer
Borough council and Masonic Homes officials announced plans to build the sewage disposal plant and trunk lines this summer after years of delays caused by state engineering staffing and decisions. The Lancaster area reports also note France-bound Olympic hope and other regional civic changes.
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Elizabethtown
Masonic Homes
Ephrata Young Lady to Tour Europe by Cunard Line
Miss Florence Bishop daughter of Mr and Mrs John Bishop of Washington Avenue Ephrata will sail from New York on Cunard s Cameronia on Saturday June 7 to begin a Europe tour returning August 28. The itinerary includes Glasgow Edinburgh London Hague Brussels Lucerne Interlaken Brigue Stresa Bellagio Venice Florence Rome Paris and Cherbourg in France.
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Florence Bishop
John Bishop
Washington, Ave
New York City
Cameronia
Cunard Line
Europe
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Scotland
Leamington
London
England
Hague
Holland
Brussels
Belgium
Tucerne
Interlaken
Brigue
Switzerland
Stresa
Bellagio
Venice
Florence and Reme
Italy
Paris
Cherbourg
France
Keel Hauling Explained as Naval Punishment
Keel hauling was a punishment used in the British and Dutch navies. The offender was hauled along the ship beneath the keel using tackles from the foreyard arms, with weights tied to the feet to ensure sinking.
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British Empire
Netherlands
Explosion Ends Life Of Harold Howard In Bradford
A 21 year old Harold Howard, employed as a shooter by American Glycerine, was killed when eighty quarts of nitroglycerin on a truck exploded near Bradford. Only fragments of the body and truck were found, rocking the countryside. Nearby, William Fritz narrowly escaped a savage dog attack from a German police dog.
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Harold Howard
American Glycerine Company
Bradford
William M. Howard
West Branch
William Fritz
Gilberton
Schuylkill County
Fritz
Germany
State nurseries ship nine million trees in spring push
Harrisburg reports 9,160,569 forest tree seedlings shipped during spring across state nurseries run by the Department of Forests and Waters. It marks the largest movement since propagating trees began a quarter century ago, under state oversight and effort.
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Department of Forests and Waters
Harrisburg
How Peruvians Devised System of Enumeration
Peruvians used quipus a knot tied rope device for arithmetic counts. Colored strings signified objects and ideas with white indicating silver yellow gold and red war while knots acted as ciphers to encode numbers. The Quipu formed a complete counting system used by rulers and scribes.
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Mexico
Burning Elm Meteor Fire Remade Willian Town Legend
James Fowler of Springfield Mass revived the tale of Willian town’s Burning Elm on his father’s farm. The ancient elm, 27 feet in girth with a top limb 108 feet high, reportedly burned from August 4 1892 until November 4 the night Grover Cleveland was elected president. The blaze began as an apparent lightning strike but was caused by a meteor. Molten mass poured from the stump as the tree finally burned down, leaving a 105 foot high remnant. Neighbors joked the fire timed to Cleveland’s victory.
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James Fowler
Springfield
Mass
Williantown
Columbus
Grover Cleveland
United States
Cleveland
New York World
Apple History and Prominent Horticulturist Ioammi Baldwin
The article traces apples from wild European and Asian origins to European cultivation and American progress led by Ioammi Baldwin, engineer and horticultural pioneer. It notes the United States producing most of the world’s crop, with Canada aiding North American dominance, and mentions cultivation across Europe, New Zealand, and Tasmania.
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Europe
Asia
Ioammi Baldwin
Hig
United States
Canada
Norway
France
New Zealand
Tasmania
Detroit News
Reward for Jesters Who Lighten Life's Burdens
England praises its playwrights and wealthy men while France awards academic palms to the Fratellini brothers for boosting public morale. The New York World notes a shortage of merriment and urges subsidies and pensions for top comics, arguing serious national mood stems from a lack of first-rate wit and urging cash prizes for exceptional clowns.
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England
France
Fratellini Brothers
New York World
Will Kemp
Shakespeare
Grimaldi
Charles Dickens
Coming Events June to Nov church and community gatherings
A long list of events through autumn includes General Conferences at Hershey, family reunions at Lititz Springs and Ephrata Park, Fire Co. festivals in Akron Stevens and Reamstown, picnics and Sunday schools in Reading and Lancaster areas, fairs in West Chester Pottsville Reading Allentown Trenton Lancaster York Doylestown, and the National Grange Convention in Atlantic City.
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Church of the Brethren
Hershey
Ecenrode
Lititz Springs
Stauffer
Weinhold
Ephrata Park
Sweigart
Fire Co
Akron
Lutz
Stevens
Miller
U. S
Reading
Lancaster
Salem U. B. S. S
Columbia
Emanuel Lutheran S& S
Otterbein U. E
Knights of Malta
St. Stephen's Lutheran §. S
Kopp Reunion
Zem Zen
Siesta
Princes of Bagdad
Pienic
Lancaster New Era
Reams
Kkemper
Adamstown
Wenger
Qoberholtzer
Stuber
Brownstown Union S. S
Kurtz
Witmer
Gantz
Butzer
Keath
Reamstown
Frymyer
West Chester
Pottsville
Allentown
Trenton
York
Doylestown
Lancaster County
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W. H. Buch
Fire House
Lititz, Pa
Highways Bureau
the County
W. W. Posey
Mrs. Posey
Pilgrim
Franklin and Marshall College
Robert J. Pilgrim
St. Peter’s Reformed Church
F. & M. College
Lititz
Keene
Pinchot
Abe Cohen
Ephrata
Simon Cohen
Russia
Morris Cohen
Young Lady
Euroope
Keystone
Jewett Dyer
Wilkes-Barre
Baltimore
Dyer
Perry County
Bessie Bailey
George Bailey
Big Valley
Marysville
Bert Anderson
West Pittston
Anderson
Slaymaker & Durkee
Eyster & Weiser
John Strickler
Sunbury
J. K. Smith
Congress
Coolidge
North Pole
South Pole
Royal
Admiral Peary
Scott
Stanley
Beth
Res
Ralph M. Spacht
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