Reading to Erect $450000 Soldiers Memorial Museum
Happenings across the Garden Spot describe Lancaster County plans to raise a $450,000 memorial complex combining a museum an art gallery and an auditorium in Reading. The report notes local farm activity tobacco handling tomato contracts grain outlook and honors for a Penn State student decorated for bravery.
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Reading
Issac Weaver
Lancaster
Fritz & Sons
Quarryvills
France
Lancaster Seedieal Growers Co
H. A. Kready
Mountville
Back Run Road
Rapho Township
Clayton P. Zink
United States
Pennsylvania
Quarryville
Paul Gray Musser
Mast Ross Street
Pennsylvania State College
Section 519
U.S. Andtrance Corps
Italy
Musser
Penn State
Prices at Public Sale Offer Surprises for Local Farmers
At Jacob Adams retirement sale in Fulton township kettles bought six years earlier for 2.50 and 3 dollars sold for 8 and 11 dollars each. In Unicorn, Harry Héss sale saw farm implements fetch high prices including a cooler bought for five dollars and knocked down at 20 dollars.
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John Griffith
Doylestown
John Meyer
Horsham
James Parks
Jacob Adams
Fulton Township
Harry Héss
Unicorn
Soldier Romances Assigned to Accompany Soldier’s Body
A Fort McHenry romance between George Townsend of Bristol and Miss Mary E. Rietschy of Lancaster culminates as Townsend, an attache in the medical service, serves on the guard of honor for Daniel A. McFarland whose death at Fort McHenry led to a Lancaster wedding. Townsend and McFarland were close friends and the couple began correspondence after Ruth Keppel, McFarland’s wife, met Miss Rietschy months earlier.
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Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Guard of Honor
Daniel A. McFarland
Lancaster
George Townsend
Bristol
Mary E. Rietschy
Townsend
McFarland
Ruth Keppel
Miss Rietschy
Joseph J. McWarland
War Bride From Scotland Returns To Harrisburg Family
Mrs Irvin Beckley of Harrisburg welcomed her new sister in law, a Scottish war bride, who married Royal M Beckley of Lancaster after meeting in Scotland while he trained in the aviation service. He remains in Europe with a troop of C 8 boys and is due home soon. The voyage to New York was rough, with water several inches deep in state rooms, but Red Cross help arranged the meeting with Beckley relatives. The bride arrived in Harrisburg with Mrs Harper noting a ship access difficulty but success in seeing the bride aboard the ship Plattsburg.
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Irvin
Beckley
Lariigburg
Royal M. Beckley
Lancaster
Soldier Leads Seven Men in Argonne Machine Gun Nest
Corp Charles D Gable of Co D 1th Machine Gun Battalion recounts a thrilling Argonne battle. He led seven men against a German machine gun nest, capturing it while his company charged the position. Gable was seriously gassed and remains affected by the gas.
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Corp
Charles D. Gable
Co. D
Hth
of the Argonne
Gable
Great Medicine For Him And His Ailments Says Farmer Brown
Chester Brown a farmer near Honey Brook Pennsylvania testifies that Tonall cured his dropsy and swollen feet legs and run down system after reading about it in newspapers. He says it has done him great good and recommends it for the benefits it does for suffering humanity. Testimony given July 3 191? Tonall sold at J E Charles Drug Store Ltit?
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Chester Brown
Honey Brook
Tonall
Altoona to Use Gas Masks for Firemen and Water Workers
United States army gas masks will be used by Altoona firemen and water and sewer bureau employees. Cuy Manager Hinkle placed an order for a dozen masks. Water department workers have been overcome by chlorine gas during purification work. One mask was tested and provided protection against chlorine fumes. Firemen will wear masks when entering buildings with dense smoke.
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United States Army
Water and Sewer Bureau
Altoona
Cuy
Hinkle
Water Department
Marietta Citizens Accuse Edison Of Overcharging
Marietta borough council heard residents charge Edison Electric Light Company with unfair billing and wiring charges. Charles Seaman claimed his home was wired at cost while others had wires installed free, and he urged council to act. The council opposed the practice calling it unjust and warned of inviting another company if fair treatment failed.
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Edison Electric Light Company
Marietta
Borough Council
Charles Seaman
Auto Accident Causes Multiple Crashes in Mechanicsburg
Six recent auto crashes in Mechanicsburg are blamed on reckless driving. In the latest incident Arthur Weaver was seriously injured riding a mule on the turnpike when a son of Jacob Myerg driving an auto spooked the mule. The auto struck a telephone pole and Gemperling property fence, leaving the occupants uninjured and authorities promising speeding controls.
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Mechanicsburg
Arthur Weaver
Court Crier II
Gemperling
Weaver
Jacob Myerg
Qamage
Ato
Victory Loan Campaign Opens April 21 Nationwide Drive
Treasury officials urge citizens to begin saving for the Victory Loan as a three week drive starts April 21. Secretary Glass aims to popularize the loan like Liberty Loans, choosing five year notes over long term bonds. Short term notes will stay near par. interest rate and total amount not fixed, with a possible rate around 4 percent or higher.
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Treasury
Glass
World traveler Joseph Mikulec visits Lancaster after 18 years on foot
Joseph Mikulec, who has walked about 100000 miles across 26 nations in 18 years, arrived in Lancaster en route around the world. He carries autographed letters from President Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt, and updates his journey begun in Croatia with two years left to roam.
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Joseph
Mikalee
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Croatia
Tie
Wilson
White Hlouse
Joseph F. Mikulec
White House
Théodore Roosevellt
Sagamore Till
Joe F. Mikule
Taft
Soldier Boy Guarding Peace Conference in Paris
Akron borough woman Mrs Sallie Snader receives letter from her son Eugene Snader a U S soldier in France describing guard duty at the Peace Conference in Paris He recalls seeing President Wilson during his first trip to the conference and writes from the front lines overseas
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Akron
Sallie Snader
Eugene Snader
U. S
France
Paris
Wilson
Philadelphia businessman dies in turnpike oiling crash
A jury awarded Mrs. Lydia Budd of Philadelphia $6,000 for her husband Budd who died in an automobile accident on the Lancaster and Elizabethtown turnpike last summer. Budd, with wife and child, were traveling to Harrisburg when a stretch of road recently oiled caused skidding and his death. Budd was a Philadelphia businessman.
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Lydia Budd
Philadelphia
Lancaster and
Elizabethtown
Budd
Larrisburg
Lancaster
Gets 200 Eggs a Day From Plymouth Rock Flock
Carl Shenk, a young farmer of Mechanics Grove in Drumore township, raises 400 Plymouth Rock chickens noted as among the finest in the county. The flock averages 200 eggs daily, with no Sunday off, a record kept throughout the winter. Shenk attributes the success to proper housing and regular feeding.
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Carl Shenk
Mechanics Grove
Drumore Township
Plymouth Rock
Mr. Shenk
Farmers Fight Fires in Lancastery County Campaign
Farmers report fires costing over 50000 as a fortnight of blazes spurs a fire prevention drive in Lancastery County. The campaign targets vagrants sleeping in barns and urges barn security measures across farms and towns.
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Lancastery County
Brewery to Continue Operations Despite Near Beer Plan
Contrary to expectations, breweries in northeastern Pennsylvania will not suspend operations on July 1. Machinery has been installed to produce near beer with alcohol content regulated by law. Current local beer contains about two percent alcohol and is regarded as near beer. Few employees will be laid off.
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State Forestry Commission
Pennsylvania
Ephrata Leaders Push State Reading The Cloister Club
The Cloister Club at Ephrata plans a mass meeting on March 26 to support a state highway from Ephrata to Reading and to remove tolls on the Clay and Hinkletown turnpike. Invitations have been sent to nearby town representatives and state officials.
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Ephrata
Reading
Clay and Hinkletown
Hides and Shoes Prices Show Divergent Trends
Article notes a drop in hides and tallow prices affecting butchers while shoe prices rise, and claims lower tallow failed to reduce soap costs. It argues soap remains expensive and urges economical use, highlighting broad consumer impact.
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Cooper
Wilson Baum
W. H. Buch The.regord Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
the County
Phares Carpenter
Denver
Jon
Glees
Germany
Blandon Tire Company
Henry Heasley
Ree Heights
South Dakota
Ella N. Matz
Shillington
P.M Sharpless
Chester County
Bayard Kane
West Chester
John Kreider
Kratzerville
Beecham
Soldier Romances
Lassie
J. E. Charles’ Drug Store
Annie Wagner
Joe
Weiser
York
Atlantic City
Grace Weiser Davis
Brailey Beach
N. J
Hmily Weiser Heaps
Eparrata
Brewery
Wingert & Haas Hat
John A. Haas
N. Queen St. Lancaster, PA
Has. H. Frey’s Shoe Store
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
W. A
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Chester
Buffalo
Shoes Co Ip
W. W. Appel & Son: Jewelers & Opticians
Kaiser Bill
Bill
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North
Queen Street
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