Keystone firm to motorize hose wagon with Ford truck
The Keystone Hoge Co. of Myers town will motorize its hose wagon by mounting a reel on a one ton Ford chassis and adding Holloway chemical tanks. The shop already uses a Seagraves auto engine wagon for emergencies. A steel hook aids in hidden fires. A local collector, A. Pierce of Renova, owns notable bird skins and a panther skull from a Ridgway hunter. Pierce recalls wolves around Lock Haven in 1857 near Bald Eagle Mountains. Pierce is a retired Pennsylvania Railroad engineer who drove Renova to Kane passenger service.
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Keystone Hoge Co
Myerstown
Seagraves
Union Fire Company
Lebanon
A. K. Pierce
Renova
Mr. Pierce
Lock Haven
Bald Eagle Mountains
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kane
Dying Civil War Veteran Herman Newnyer of Harrisburg
Herman Newnyer aged 80 died at his Harrisburg home in a Civil War era veteran and longtime musician. He was one of the oldest musicians in the state and survived by three members of the First Pennsylvania Volunteer Band that marched with Sherman to the Sea. Born in Baden Germany, he came to America at age eleven.
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Herman. Newnyer
Harrisburg
First Pennsylvania Volunteer Band
Sherman
Baden
Germany
Frantic Shtick Echoes in Odd Couple Banter
A quirky exchange unfolds as Florine refuses to marry a man who avoids eye contact while speaking, prompting Chlorine to joke about wearing the eye contact longer. The bizarre dialogue hints at playful tension and social quirks.
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Florine
Prairie bedstead and the pioneer’s improvised sleep
Mildred J. Sharp describes the prairie bedstead, a crude improvised sleeping platform built from forked poles, chapboard slats, and interwoven bark. The pioneer used a combination of found materials to support a feather bed, creating a portable, rustic nighttime lodging once common on the prairie.
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Mildred J. Sharp
Millersville Leader Amanda Landis travels amid town notes
County residents report tax receipts totaling 632 400 dollars with ten thousand paying income tax this year. East Petersburg Bank near opening around April first. Potatoes in Quarryville priced at 25 cents a bushel with growers holding stock. A Black Horse sale yielded a Rhode Island Red crop purchase by a stranger named IL M Mehler who vanished with the coop and poultry. Delaware river shad arrives with roe 1 25 and bucks 65 to 75 cents. herring 28 6 cents a dozen. Mt Joy Legion begins steps to secure a home with charter application in Lancaster Courts on April 19. Thomas C Rorer receives Harding thanks for gifts of Louella butter and Asco coffee.
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Black Horse
IL. M. Mehler
Rhode Island
Delaware River
Mt. Joy
Pioneers in Conestoga Wagon Reach Westward Toward Wyoming
William Faithful of Pennsgrove New Jersey with his wife, baby, and Mrs. Faithful's sister Marion Grant of Ardmore travel in a Conestoga wagon through Lancaster headed to Evanston Wyoming. They expect seventy five days to reach their homestead.
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Wyoming
William Faithful
Pennsgrove
N. J
Lancaster City
Lincoln letter found among Dr Houston’s effects unfolds Civil War era views
A hitherto unpublished Lincoln letter appears in the late Dr J W Houston of Lancaster collection. Written to Caleb Russell and Sallie A Fenton in January 1863, Lincoln expresses gratitude for support toward restoring peace and pleads for divine guidance and liberty.
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Lincoln
J. W. Houston
Lancaster
Harlan
A. Lincoln
Cabinets on Auto and Rabies Reports Headed by Labs
A Popular Mechanics illustrated feature shows a western motorist converting a car with hidden cabinets for camping gear rifles cooking and medical items. Separately Pennsylvania reports 14 February rabies cases in dogs with 18 heads examined. most cases near Philadelphia likely spread by stray dogs.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
In Terms of Taxation First Taxpayer Exempts Family Growth
A brief exchange between two taxpayers discusses additions to their households and notes that both exemptions are thriving. The dialogue playful aside hints at tax terminology while focusing on family expansion.
Ambition and Industry Behind Lancaster Theatre Man
George MM Krupa, owner of the Hippodrome and lessee of the Hamilton in Lancaster, plans a 10 country tour across Europe. He arrived in America at 25 with little English, toiled in coal mines, moved into film shows in 1911, rented the Hamilton in 1915, bought the Hippodrome for 129000 in 1919, and has spent 90000 on improvements including a top pipe organ. His wife assists and will manage in his absence abroad.
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George MM. Krupa
Hamilton
Hippodrome Theatres of
Lancaster
England
France
Czecho-Slovakia
America
Johnstown
Hippodrome
Summer School at Mount Gretna Planned by Chautauqua and Lebanon Valley
Mount Gretna will host a summer school beginning June 20 run by Rev. Dr. G S Gossard of Annville’s Lebanon Valley College and supported by college instructors. The program will be issued for credit by the Pennsylvania State Board of Education and accredited schools. After the session, the Mt Gretna Bible conference of the United Brethren in Christ Church will run for ten days.
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Gretna
Mount Gretna
Pennsylvania Chautauqua
Lebanon Valley College
Annville
G. S. Gossard
Pennsylvania State Board of Education
Mt. Gretna
Golden Medical Discovery Praised by Satisfied Customer
Johnstown resident Danl A. Miller lauds Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and tonic boosting energy, aiding a sluggish liver and persistent cough. He says it delivers quick relief and is a trusted family remedy kept at home.
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Johnstown
Pat
Dan
Miller
Pine St
McVey's Restaurant Changes Hands in Mifflin County
John B Weidman has run MecVey's in Mphrata for a year and will hand over management to Joseph McVey on April first. McVey plans several improvements before opening under new ownership.
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John B. Weidman
MecVey
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