Indian Hannah Died 121 Years Ago in Chester County
A 160 year old note recalls Indian Hannah of Chester County dying in 1803 at the poor house. She lived in a Brandywine wigwam, traveled countywide, doctored children, and sold baskets. The piece describes Lenape settlement patterns, housing, diet, and basket making by women on East Whiteland’s thousand acre tract including corn, hominy, and Penn’s cakes.
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Poulson
Advertiser
Chester County
Hannah
Forsooth
Z. Parker
Kennett
Thousand Acre
East Whiteland
William Penn
Cigar Factory in Telford to Close Leaving 65 Out of Work
The General Cigar Factory in Telford announces closure, following the shutdown of two large clear factories at Souderton, putting about 65 employees on the unemployment line as production ends.
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Souderton
Indus
Telford
General Cigar Factory
Farm Calendar shows tools to cut farm labor costs
The article urges farmers to study labor saving machinery to reduce production costs as profits hinge on costs, not just market prices. It discusses green feed planning for dairy cows, including oats and peas, alfalfa, millet, clover, and corn. It suggests feeding milk to baby chicks and testing lime needs for alfalfa and clover. It also covers forage strategies for hops, including alfalfa, clover, and rape plots for July and August pastures.
Trappers in Lancaster County Enjoy Strong Season
Trapping season in Lancaster County ended with strong profits as raw hide prices rose sharply, especially muskrat hides nearly doubling. Total county fur receipts reached about 200000 dollars, with older trappers recalling much lower prices for tanskrat, skunk and other furs and noting today’s profits would have made them wealthy.
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Lancaster County
Hot Water Bottles Go to Northern China Exports Rise
American and British manufacturers export large quantities of rubber hot water bottles to northern China where Chinese women use them during the cold winter months to keep hands warm when outdoors.
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China
Klan Message Warns Public in State Towns
A disjointed excerpt notes Ku Klux Klan threats delivered by masked men in white robes. Parades and fire warnings reported near Weatherly and other towns, with churches visited and a reader warned to reform or face tar and feathering.
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Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Discovery well unlocks Gurder field near Tie with 100 bpd output
Charles Cranal drills a productive well near Tie in the Gurder field opening a year ago. The discovery well reaches 504 feet, producing about 100 barrels per day at a depth near 1100 feet.
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Gurder
Tie
Charles Cranal
Eleven Pallbearers Carry Heavy Chester Man’s Casket
Albert R. Walker of Chester died weighing 525 pounds prompting eleven pallbearers to carry his casket, six feet six inches long, thirty five inches wide and twenty nine inches deep, reinforced with metal. The funeral was held at an undertaker, and interment followed at Chester Rural Cemetery on Victoria place.
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Albert R. Walker
Chester
Walker
Victoria Place
Lebanon Chamber Probes Hoarded Road Funds
Lebanon Chamber of Commerce officials discussed the Manheim road between Hulls Tavern and Manheim at the weekly meeting. Noggle factory owners from Rexmont and Manheim protested winter road conditions, noting Lancaster County’s half million dollar surplus. The Lebanon group urged the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce to take up the matter.
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Lebanon
Lancaster County
Manheim
Hull’s
Lebanon Chamber
Lancaster Chamber of Qconunereé
Squirrel Trial Turns Owl Attack Into Hand Injury
Rushing after a supposed squirrel on a Lackawanna pole, M. Smith, a railroad worker, stuck his hand into a top-hole and was bitten three times. He later learned the creature was a screech owl whose beak clamped his thumb, leaving painful wounds needing medical care.
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T. M. Smith
Eneman
Lackawanna
Smith
Methodists Meet in Lancaster for 137th Philadelphia Conference
The 137th session of the Philadelphia conference of the Methodist Church will convene in Lancaster from March 26 to April 1 at the First Methodist Church. Prominent speakers include Bishops Derry McConnell Fisher of Singapore and Pickley of India. The Philadelphia conference is one of the largest in the church, with 102000 members and 227 churches.
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Philadelphia
Bethlehem Steel Band Picks Claude M. Stauffer Leader
Claude M. Stauffer of Hazleton, former leader of the Carlisle Indian School Indian Band, has been chosen to lead the Bethlehem Steel Company Band. The Carlisle Band once toured nationwide providing music for football games under coach Glenn Warner. After the school ended, Stauffer led the Loysville Orphans Home Boys’ Band near Harrisburg.
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Claude M. Stauffer
Hazleton
Carlisle Indian School
Bethlehem Steel Company
Carlisle
Glenn Warner
Stauffer
Loysville Orphans
Harrisburg
Postmaster Retention Petition Sought in Elizabethtown
County section reports Elizabethtown post office workers petition President Coolidge to retain Postmaster Schnellman. Schnellman, appointed during the Wilson era eight years ago, faces removal amid shifting federal staffing.
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Elizabethtown
Coolidge
H.R. Schnellman
Ile
Tt. Wilson
St Matthews Church Campaign Raises 43008 For New Building
St Matthews Lutheran Church in Bloomingburg reports a campaign raised 43008 in cash and pledges toward a new church building. The total including future pledges reaches 110000 as work began the week after the drive.
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St Matthews's Lutheran Church
Bloomburg
One Suny's
Mount
Cas
Pkdges
Seven Stars Hotel on Blue Mountain Burns Down
The Seven Stars hotel at Schubert on the Blue Mountain Ridge in Berks county was completely destroyed by fire. The building had been licensed since 1850 to Samuel Strauss and later Jacob S. Moyer. The occupants escaped with only their clothing. The fire’s origin remains undetermined.
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Seven Stars
Schubert
Blue Mountain Ridge
Brecht Ill in Lancaster Hospital
M. J. Brecht of Lancaster former public service commissioner of Pennsylvania and county school superintendent is seriously ill in a Lancaster hospital.
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M. J. Brecht
Lancaster
Public Service Commissioner
Pennsylvania
Canvass to Probe Harrisburg Homes for Liquor
The committee of 1,000 members called the thousandeers will begin work Sunday. A Sunday mass meeting is arranged to divide the town into districts and start systematic snooping for liquor in homes.
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Harrisburg
Bank Stock Sold at Ephrata
Twenty nine shares of stock of the Farmers National Bank were sold at public sale in Ephrata. John E Sheaffer of Ephrata took 15 shares at 210 dollars per share and TI G Mentzer of the borough took the remaining 14 shares at 209 75 dollars per share.
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Ephrata
Farmer’s National Bank
Jom E. Sheaffer
TI. G. Mentzer
State suit targets child labor in tobacco home work
The state government seeks to bar children under sixteen from working as tobacco strippers in homes and would use the ruling against Philadelphia sweatshops. Harry Tiel, district inspector, led the suit, drawing protests from Charles F. Hess of Seed Leaf Tobacco Co. Hess opposes child labor yet denies sending tobacco to homes. The State Department representative says current evidence ties a Hess plant to home fires.
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Philadelphia
Harry Tiel
Distr
Charles F. Hess
Seed Leaf Tobacco Company
Lancaster
State Department
Hess
Redeem Railroad Tickets From 1861 and 1863 Found in Philadelphia
Oldest railroad tickets presented for redemption in Philadelphia. A 1861 Marysville to Stormsburg ticket dated November 8, 1861 paid 26 cents after tariff lookup. A second ticket from 1863 Johnstown to Pittsburgh was kept as 1.50 after inquiry revealed it funded a funeral for a Union soldier. bearer sought 1.50 in compensation.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Marysville
Storrisburg
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
Delicate Operation Saved Life of Lancaster Boy
A delicate operation saved the life of Warren Riley three years old of Lancaster. A surgeon removed a large splinter from the child’s chest where it lodged after he slid down a sliding board.
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Warren Riley
Lancaster
Second the Motion Jud Tunkins Quip Hits on Self Talk
Jud Tunkins jokes that a man who talks about himself is as tiresome as a phonograph with a single record. The quip sharpens the show's light humor and political satire tone.
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Jud Tunkins
Notable Locks From Milton to Keats A Motley Hair Tale
A Manchester Guardian note recounts a curious collection of famous hair samples and their travels. Bayard Taylor described visits and identities of strands claimed to have belonged to Milton, Keats, Shelley, and others, with Leigh Hunt as a witness and judge of their authenticity.
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Leigh Hunt
Bayard Taylor
Misston
Shelley
Keats
Doctor Johnson
Dean Swift
Charles Lambtress
Manchester Guardian
Goldbeating the World Oldest and Modern Art
The regilding of Buckingham Palace railings recalls that gold beating is both ancient and modern. Originating with the Romans about 2000 years ago likely via the Greeks and Egyptians, the craft is still done by hand despite machinery. A 200-ounce 22-carat brick is worth about £900, and skilled workers can beat gold to extremely thin sheets, covering large areas.
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Buckingham Palace
London
Feast of the Ass Ceremony Amid Medieval Traditions
A historic rite described as one of the quaint middle age ceremonies, celebrated around January 14. A girl rides a stuffed ass in procession to the church, where the animal and burden rest near the high altar. The congregation brays at the responses and the priest brays thrice for blessing.
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London
Clock Controlled Poultry Feeder With Alarm System
A ceiling or yard mounted device automatically feeds grain at set times via an alarm clock. It distributes portions over a 20 foot area to exercise birds and can be linked to lights without affecting the feeder. Quick setup aims to reduce attendant care, Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Help the Old Folks A Helping Hand Extended to Many Md People
Old folks suffer backache and kidney trouble. Dean's Pills advertised as relief. A Lititz carpenter Franklin G Buch endorses them after a cold settled in his kidneys and back. One box stopped the backache and cured nighttime trips to the toilet. 60 cents at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Lititz
Dean
Franklin G. Buch
Carpenter
Foster-Milburn,Co
Mirs
Buffalo
N. Y
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Cooper
W. H. Buch
Bethlehem Steel
the County
Lancaster Bay
S Rai
Famous
Milton
New York
Jalna
Barrett Brown
America
Bayard Paytir
New York Tribune
Leigh Crient
Hemmersiith
Taylor
Long & CO. Coal & Lumber
Record Printing House
Lititz, PA
Grube’s Shoe Store
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