Pennsylvanian rail delays to enforce work laws and local notices
The article notes trains laid out at Montand and Lock Haven to obey an eight hour limit with a $1900 penalty for violations. It reports broom corn plans in York county, a US fish hatchery site near Newville, and Sunbury speed law enforcement against O F Rockefeller. It mentions foreign buyers in Roaring Creek Valley and a Can ton milliner repelling a burglary with a pistol. It also highlights the Penn State College Y M C A becoming the world’s largest with about 1500 members and rising.
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Montand
Lock Haven
York County
Pennsylvania
Newville
Cumberland County
Montgomery
Sunbury
O. F. Rockfeller
Taby
Dissinger
Rockfeller
Columbia County
Catawissa
Centralia
Mt. Carmel
Roaring Creek
Ora
Westgate
Canton
Bradford County
Main
Sullivan Streets
Global Tents Line the Barnum and Bailey Grounds
Roaming the show grounds reveals a cosmopolitan street with 32 nationalities represented among the circus troupe. Fifteen interpreters are needed to coordinate the four hundred performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Grace Lutheran Pastor Shaves After Thirty Years
Rev. William H. Myers of Grace Lutheran Church in Reading removed his mustache for the first time in over thirty years. Members initially failed to recognize him, but he admitted his identity with a smile, and a parishioner predicted a larger congregation next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Myers
Grace Lutheran Church
Reading
Mr. Myers
Pennsy Employees Idle In Major Reduction
Report shows over 30 000 Pennsylvanian Railroad workers idle across the system. From a peak of 120 000 on eastern and 60 000 on western lines, totals now equal about 150 000 furloughed or idle. Freight cars idle and past motion comparisons cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Four Widowed Sisters to Attend Pilcher Funeral
Four sisters, all widows of railroad engineers killed in wrecks, will attend the funeral of Engineer Thomas Pilcher of Huntington West Virginia. Pilcher died in a Chesapeake and Ohio wreck near Thurmond last Tuesday. He married one of the Misses Gerner sisters of Albemarle Virginia, as did the other engineers. Each man died in his cab on a fast express, with the fireman on each train killed too, though no passengers were hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Pilcher
Huntington
W. Va
Thurmond
Pilcher
Gerner
Albemarle County
Virginia
Frost Fighting Smudge Pots Save Colorado Orchard Crop
An April frost devastated US fruit and crop losses estimated at 75 to 100 million dollars. In Colorado's Grand Valley a 3 million dollar crop was saved using orchard heaters or smudge pots, first proven three years ago and improved since. A May 12 Linden Hall event features piano and vocal girls admired by bachelors at 8 p.m.
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Louis Meyer
United States
Grand Valley
Colorado
Myr. Meyer
California
Bronse
Weather Bureau
Linden Hall Auditorium
Dark Clothes Drive Gold Factory Hiring Rule
A New York Sun report explains that gold factories require dark clothing to prevent gold dust from being seen. A Bohemian applicant learns the rule when refused a job for wearing light clothes, then secures work after buying a dark coat and waistcoat.
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New York Sun
Obedience to a Cue Sparks Death Bed Resolve
In an 1798 Mississippi post, Major Butler defies General Wilkinson by keeping his cue in his coffin. The episode shows stubborn pride in early American military life. Separate items note German court bans waltzing dating to 1859 and other anecdotes from press humor.
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Butler
Gulf Coast
United States
Mississippi
Ort Adams
Wilkinson
Damtrameck
Major Butler
Green
Prig
Frederick
Augusta
New Palace
Berlin
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E. G. Geyer
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Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Lancaster
M. H. Shenk
Imrzrenna
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Lancaster Trust Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
J. Hay Brown
John D. Briles Grabill B
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John Hertzler
John DR. Skiles
Serre
Q. Mille
Mellinger
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Real Batata
W. A. Hensel
H.W. Hartman
John Hertazler
John A. Nauman
John B. Miller JR
Breneman JT
H. Weaver
Thomas Steffy
Broad Street
Lititz, PA
Wertsch
Watchmaker
Lititz
P. & R. Depot
PENNA
W.h.muth&co
W. H. Muth & Co
Decker and Janssen
JZ Janssen
Janss
J. B. Young & Son
Orange St
Wight Gasolina
Waverly
Tstintanco
Heeral
Waverly Oil Works Company
PITT
Sburg
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Fulton Studio
Amos, Photographer
S. M. Huber
Lititz, OR
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Rothsville
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Lock Box
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