Garden Spot relics and a daring cannon ball tale
Happenings across the Garden Spot include relics from Gen. John Parris in Harrisville and a surveyor’s fee noted in 1834. A cannon ball rolled from Laurel Hill in Johnson G toward Andrew Mishen’s home, shattering a parlor window and splintering rooms. Also, a young girl improved after an operation to remove a button lodged in her throat, restoring breathing. A mixed jury in county court required heavy time to decide tobacco receiving charges against Andrew John and Joe, the first such mixed panel formed here, amid wartime rumors and local quips.
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Joy
Yem
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Johnsong
Vennard Island
Andrew Mishen
Andrew John
Joe
Vecthat
Gude's Pepto Mangan Boosts Run-Down Wives
Advertising plea urges husbands to give Gude's Pepto Mangan to tired nervous wives. Claims the tonic provides iron and vitality, suggesting household strain stems from fatigue. Dated promotional style mirrors early 20th century drug ads and cites thirty years of doctor recommendation.
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Gude
Cruggist
Denver Fire Co Orders Fire Track
The Denver Fire Company decided to purchase a Triple Combination Hahn Fire Engine with a six cylinder motor and a guaranteed water capacity of 500 gallons per minute. A co operative packing association of tobacco farmers was organized at Donerville with a warehouse and manager secured and business to start with a rush. From the bed of the stream behind his lot at Ephrata Harry Giveler has dredged coal washed down by flood after a bin upstream spilled its contents. B J Myers Esq Lancaster city will petition on April 17 for condemnation of the Manheim and Penn Township turnpike to have it permanently toll free and upkeep devolve on Penn Township. James Vonnell Summit Hill Pa foreman of Diligent fire company claims to be biggest volunteer fireman in Pennsylvania at six feet two inches and 385 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Fire Co
Denver Fire Company
Wis Door
Ephrata
Harry Giveler
B. J. Myers
Lancaster City
Lancaster County
Manheim and
Penn Township
Fruitville
Sun Hill
JamesVonnell
Summit Hill
Pennsylvania
Travel Letter From Europe Ends With Naples to Venice
The writer recounts scenes from Cordoba, Algiers, the Riviera, and Naples. Notes Mosques and churches, Algiers narrow streets, and the Garden of the Gods. Describes Pompeii Amalfi Capri Sorrento and daily life in Naples with vivid details and a final Cranberry Punch recipe. The letter hints at future stops at Fiume and Venice and closes with a subscription note.
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Cordoba
Seville
Spain
Algiers
St. George’s Hotel
Riviera
Corniche
Monte Carlo
Nice
le Tuebie
Des Anglaise
Corniche Road
Villefrache
Beaulieu
Metropole
Blida
Chiffa
Fiume
Venice
Naples
Pompeii
Amalfi
Cappuchinni Convent
Castellamore
Sorrento
Oddly Wide Juniper at Elizabethtown Masonic Home
A remarkable tree at Elizabethtown's Masonic Home is 24 times as broad as tall, a prone juniper growing along the ground rather than from a central trunk. Described as the finest native specimen in the United States, it is protected by local Scouts against cattle trampling.
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Elizabethtown
United States
Masonic Home
Special Eye Scouts of
Elie
Farm Calendar and Reminders for State College Area
Timely notes cover apple spray timing for San Jose scale oyster shell scale and rosy apple aphid control with lime sulfur nicotine and arsenale mix. Also includes guidelines on chick feeding silage planning farrowing care and a local anecdote about a Tulsa loan officer, with a closing line about Read the Record at $1.50 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Are You Frail Mrs Myers Praises Dr Pierce Medicines
A Watfordsbury woman recalls childhood typhoid and persistent illness. After using Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, Favorite Prescription, Anurie tablets, and Pleasant Pellets she reports marked improvement and weight gain. She urges others to try these medicines and notes Read the Record at $1.50 yearly.
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Watfordsburg
Dr. Pierce
J. A. Myers
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W. H. Buch
Lititz
Lititz, Pa
the County
O. L. Gilre
John P,rris
Harrisville
Aeich
Board of Lens
Pennssylvania
Sanmel Me
Risiile
Know Hing Party
Hng
Helen Louise Nettlesteading
James
Axpenin
Lonsch
Mickie
Doc
Gary
Charles S
Ineah
Olst
Soenese
Keystone Exchanges
Annunzio
Palestine
Greece
Turkey
Egypt
Ephrata Review
Chesterfeld
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Ca
Pennsylvania State College
Charles Myers
United Savings and Loan Company of
Tulsa
Mrs. Smith
Myers
O’rouke
Cicarettes
Tae
Bes
Beecham
Grube’s
John L. Peiffer
Spruce St
Ind
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