First Mexican Quail Arrive in Pennsylvan ia
The first Mexican quail to arrive in Pennsylvania for distribution have reached southeastern counties. They are in the hands of county game protectors and will be distributed in fields open to hunting early this spring. A large number of rainbow and brook trout are also being sent from state hatcheries as Commissioner Buller plans broad minnow distributions. Two men, Roy Askey and Samuel Zimmerman near Lewisburg, were fined for illegally killing a rabbit as a opossum. They pleaded guilty and paid 38.75 dollars each plus costs, with licenses recalled for two years. Tractors on farms have surged to thousands, up from a few hundred at WWI start, with counties reporting 50 percent yearly increases and use for land clearing and road work.
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Pennsylvania
Buller
Roy Askey
Samuel Zimmerman
Lewisburg
Miles Reeder
Squire Getkin
State Department of Agrculture
Doan's Kidney Pills Credited By Lititz Man
Lititz resident Harry Garman of 219 Broad St reports relief from weak kidneys and sleepless nights after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He says a few boxes cured his kidney trouble and recommends the remedy. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y reports the testimonial.
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Lititz
Dean
Harry Garman
Broad St. 1
Doan
The Blizzard of 1888’s March Blackout Hits the East
The great blizzard began March 11 after an unusually mild March 10. Snowbound roads lasted four days, telegraph lines fell, and railways across the eastern region beyond the Alleghenies were crippled.
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Allegheny Mountains
Tobacco Growth Aid Funded By Farm Bill Move
A provision in the Agricultural Appropriation Bill allocates 41000 dollars for investigation and improvement of tobacco and its production and handling. The measure intends to benefit Lancaster County tobacco growers during the July 1 fiscal year start.
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Congressman Griest
Lancaster County
Opposition Forms to Millersville Minister in May Primaries
Circulation of a petition in Millersville marks the first definite step to oppose incumbent Congressman W W Griest. Rev W D Marburger, a Millersville pastor and supervising principal of Manor township schools, seeks the Republican nomination with backing from former Roosevelt Republicans.
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W. D. Marburger
Millersville
Congress
The
Reformed Church
Marburger
Manor Township
The Quiet Power Of Leaving With Grace
A thoughtful piece urges professionals to quit with dignity rather than burn bridges. It contrasts the small ambition of leaving in bitterness with the mature choice to move on amicably. The article stresses self control, long term career psychology, and preserving relationships for future opportunities.
Thought Versus Speed in a Motor Age
A Kansas City Star passage argues that thought is far slower than motion. It notes mental signals travel about 110 feet per second while light is vastly faster, and uses a thought experiment with a 75 mile arm to show quick action outpaces thinking.
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Kansas City Star
Fact vs Word People Debate A Clash of Approaches
A philosopher contrasts two kinds of people the word man who shapes facts to fit a conclusion and the fact man who analyzes, seeks truth, and draws honest conclusions like solving a math problem. He argues the fact man proceeds forward from evidence while the word man starts with a verdict.
Barton Hirneisen Sells Tobacco Patch Produce Buy Lancaster
Barton Hirneisen of East Cocalico harvested 5101 pounds of tobacco from a 2.4 acre patch and sold it at 18 cents per pound to Root Tobacco Company of Lancaster.
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Barton Hirneisen
East Cocalico
Root Tobacco Co
Lancaster
Sure of One Audience Joke Turns Into a Retort at Boggs
Boggs, unsuccessfully trying to elicit laughs, storms off muttering that he will tell his favorite story to Smithers who owes him money. The scene captures a tense moment as he vows to seek a laugh by a different listener and reveals a pending debt between colleagues.
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Boggs
Smithers
Town Promoters Plan Second Bank in Elizabethtown
In Elizabethtown a pair of promoters are canvassing and organizing planning activities to secure a second bank in the bustling wealthy town, signaling growth prospects and local financial expansion.
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Elizabethtown
Medals For Ericsson Mark Naval Turning Point
Sixty years ago in Hampton Roads the Monitor clashed with the Merrimac ending wooden warships and heralding ironclads. The clash proved Ericsson's turreted monitor superior and sealed the fate of the Confederate ironclad, a milestone commemorated in New York with ceremonies honoring the Swedish inventor's pivotal role.
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Hampton Roads
John Firisson
Monitor
Virginia
Merrimac
United States Navy
Norfolk Navy Yard
John Hricsson
John M. Brooke
Washington
Cumberland
Congress
Brooke
Ericsson
Minnesota
Sweden
John Ericsson
New York
Evisson
Union
Scranton’s Underground City Powered By Coal Depths
Scranton grew from a country hamlet to a major city built over a system of coal mines. Below the street level a maze of shafts forms an underground city supporting the economy and daily life. Workers descend to the mines each day, while the surface life continues above.
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
Scranton Coal Basin Powering City Wealth and Mines
Scranton sits at the heart of a rich anthracite coal basin in central Pennsylvania. The city hosts over 33 operating mines with annual output above 6 million tons, contributing about a billion dollars of wealth to residents and mine owners. The basin yields more coal than any city worldwide, with deep tunnels pre dating New York’s subway plans. A separate feature tells how Nelson’s Eskimo pie idea, sparked in Chicago from 19 cents, grew into a global confectionery icon through license sales and royalties, now producing over a million pies daily.
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
America
Lackawanna Valley
New York City
Christian K. Nelson
Chicago
Omaha
Nelson
Iowa
Russel Stover
Stover
Earthquakes and oil myths from a Houston preacher
A Houston preacher links the Mexico and California earthquakes to a theory about petroleum in the earth. He tells his flock that lubricating grease keeps the earth’s axles turning, and that oil companies drilling could stop the world from moving, warning of a stalled car if drilling continues.
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Mexico
California
Houston
Texas
Bredders
Earf
Breddern
Gudes Pepto Mangan touted as vitality tonic
A vintage advertisement promotes Gude's Pepto Mangan as a remedy for fatigue weight loss and pale color. It claims doctors widely prescribe it for thirty years and suggests taking it with meals and during convalescence. Available in liquid and tablet forms from druggists.
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Gude
Have You Lost Appetite Stomach Bad Do You Cough
An Oregon era style health ad recounts Mrs John McAllister describing stomach catarrh and debility cured by Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery. She details weakness cough loss of appetite and subsequent regain of strength after starting the tonic. The ad urges obtaining the medicine in tablet or alcohol form.
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Harrisburg
John McAllister
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Munsing
Cooper
Brunner Woolen Company
W. H. Buch
Lititz, Pa
the County
Penn
Sydy
Yan
Mickie
Charles Sughroe
Westen Newspaper Union
Neves Re
Dour Park
Chesterfield
Liggett & Myers
Tobacs Ct
Himself
Chesterfield Andesa
J. F. Essig
W. W. Appel & Son
N. Queen St. Lancaster, Penna
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