Middletown church sends 50 testament to war zone
A church in Middletown dispatched fifty testaments to Europe to be distributed among soldiers in the war zone. Other items report Coatesville paying $150 for an ankle injury after stepping into a hole, and the district learning the accident site ownership is unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God Sunday-school
Middletown
Europe
Coatesville
Oscar Sharp
Easton
Phillipsburg
George Wood Anderson
Samuel Midoch
Reading
Germany
Fritz
Tribune-Republican
Meadville
Crawford County
Montoursville
John A. Morrison
York
Mt. Gretna
Altoona
Blair County
Third Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
The Hundredth Yew Tree and a Local End of World Tale
A curio about cleanliness and household neglect contrasts with a local legend from Painswick churchyard. There are ninety-nine yew trees and a belief that the hundredth planted signals the end of the world, a tale repeated in the countryside near Streat and Gloucester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painswick Churchyard
Streat
Gloucester
England
Slitting a Pen Marvel of pentinking machinery
A description of a pen making process notes the center slit created by two chisels that barely pass each other. It praises the precise positioning required to align the chisels for the cut as a marvel of pentinking.
Smoke and Olaf Duel for Yukon Gold at Dawson Race
Christopher Bellew and Joy Gastell star in a Yukon trek tale of dog teams, danger, and prize wealth. Smoke, alias for a fearless tenderfoot, battles fierce jams, crashes, and rival drivers across Mono Creek, White River, and Sixty Mile to reach the Dawson gold office. He and rival Big Olaf share a dramatic finish, a million-dollar prize, and a grudging respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Bellew
Joy Gastell
Shorty
Nce
Joy
Smoke
Breck
Lake Lebarge
Dawson City
Squaw Creek
Surprise Lake
Smoake
von Schroeder
Ianson
Hudson Boys
Moke
Mono Creek
Sied
Theft Relay Station
White River
Ife
Toor
Billy
Olaf
Suioke
Dawson
Gold Recorder
Sitka
Siska Charley
Big Chil
Arizona Bill
Arizona
Bill
Big Olaf
von Schroeter
Big Claf
Siga
Tive
Klondike
Klondike City
Yukon
Wondike
Smokey
Chook
Dawson Bank
Gold Recorder’s
Recorder’s
Stewart River
Surprigze Lake
Mother Lode
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arthur Heckert
Williamsport
Jack London
The
Wheeler Syndicate
Rexall Orderlies
Lewis N, Moyer
Tore Sud
Big Twin
E. King Street
Lititz
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