Misery to relief by Tanlac in Allentown man’s tale
Henry Fenstermacker of Allentown Pa describes brutal stomach catarrh with bowels headaches and loss of appetite. After trying many remedies he finds Tanlac offers quick relief, restoring appetite and bowel regularity. Also notes Miss Agatha Rhodes, Altoona’s first woman truck driver, a Penns Creek trout record, Paxton oak loss, Tyrone park offered to pilot aviators, and a Newark postcard mystery near Lock Haven.
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Henry Fenstermacker
Allentown
Altoona
Agatha Rhodes
Miss Rhodes
Penn’s Creek
Paddy’s Mountains
Lloyd M. Isenberg
John L. Rohrbach
Sunbury
Harrisburg
Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Tyrone
Pennsylvania
United States
Widmann
Lock Haven
Newark
N. J
Slaughterer
Elizabethtown Men Enlist As County 106 Goes In To War
Small town notices include 106 Elizabethtown youths serving in U S military forces. Other items report Eitnier bakery sale to R H Wright of New Holland, Quarryville street lights off for four weeks, a jail episode involving John Q Day, a hen aged 14 years, a penny from 1891 found in a wasp nest, and steers shipped by farmers from Donegal Springs totaling over 5220000 dollars. Turnpikes repaired by the state, constabulary vacancies, and a Reading telegraphy school are announced alongside local misfortunes and curiosities from the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Uncle Sam
Eitnier
Terre Hill
R. H. Wright
New Holland
Quarryville
Strasburg Electric Light Company
John Q’day
Marietta
Lancaster
Laura
S. C. Ensminger
Manheim
Times Job Printing House
Donegal Springs
Mt. Joy
Donegal Road
Modern Soldier's Equipment in Napoleonic and Modern Times
A Popular Science Monthly piece notes the French infantry in Napoleon's era carried a gun and knapsack, while modern foot soldiers bear a full arsenal. They include grenades, wire shears, a rifle, pick and shovel for trenches, signal lanterns, sky rockets for HQ contact, and a gas alarm. Physical fitness is key in recruit exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Tonall Promises Lasting Relief After One Bottle
John Houtz of 1017 Church St Lebanon Pa testifies that one bottle of Tonall gave immediate relief from gas in the stomach and helped him sleep well again. He notes he worked at Lebanon Boiler Works and that Tonall’s benefits outlast the price. The testimony dates to May 11 1918 and Tonall is sold at J E Charles Drug Store Lititz.
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John Houtz
Church St
Lebanon
Iron tonic Irontic touted as blood maker at front lines
The text promotes Irontic a new iron and herbal tonic claimed to build red blood and boost energy for fighters at the front. It credits Dr Pierce and Buffalo Surgical Institute for research and offers trial details and availability through druggists. It also references Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a known laxative and claims of regularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce’s Surgical Institute
Women’s Dietetics Classes Offered by State College
The State College offers two six day Dietetics and Home Economics classes starting June 1 and June 17 to train women who will teach local girls to aid farmers’ wives. Lancaster county seeks three or more volunteers, preferably with Domestic Science training, to apply to the Woman's Committee Room 658 Woolworth Building Lancaster before June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hore
State College
Lancaster County
Woman’s Committee
Woolworth
Lancaster
Council of National Defense
America Leads in Toys Says Whittemore
William G. Whittemore of the American News Company declares American manufacturers produce about ninety percent of U.S. toys and will retain control of the lucrative postwar industry. He recounted his prewar Germany trip for his firm and suggested postwar peace will not end American initiative in toy production.
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America
William G. Whittemore
American News Company
New York Journal of Commerce
Whittemore
Germany
Mrs. Cameron’s Daughter Dies in Cairo Egypt
News from America reports the death of Mrs. Roland Lindsay daughter of ex Secretary of War Donald Cameron of East Donegal in Cairo Egypt where she had resided for five years. Her husband was a treasury official in the Egyptian government.
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America
Roland Lindsay
Donald Cameron
East Donegal
Cairo
Egypt
Treasury
A Stranger in the Lobby Meets a Medicine Shaw Proprieter
In a lobby conversation a man evaluates a dignified stranger as a public figure, a statesman who speaks to crowds. The other reveals the man is the proprietor of a medicine Shaw, implying a notable public persona and connection to the pharmaceutical trade.
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Medicine Shaw
How China Will Benefit from Indemnity Postponement
Nations allied against Germany and Austria except Russia have agreed to a five year postponement of Boxer indemnity payments. Russia will remit one third of what she owes. China gains use of 100,000,000 dollars for five years and hopes for further remission later. Whether the postponement will be actual remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Austria
Russia
China
Trade Terms and Customs Dues in Far East Policy
The passage notes that gains from exchange are uncertain due to China’s heavy advantage. It highlights a clearer gain in allied powers allowing China to raise customs to five percent. It also states current duty schedules based on 1902 imports and 1858 exports would nearly double present revenues, per Far Eastern Review.
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China
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L. N. Moyer
Our Merchant Tailoring
Detmer, Mason and Hanson
Wilson Baum
W. H. Buch
THE
Record Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
the County
John F. Waser
Silver Spring
United States District Court
Howard J. Lowell
President. Wilson
Lancaster and
Williamstown
Manheim and
William H. Keller
Mauch Chunk
Reading Railway Company
Reading
Reading City
Swift & Company
Chicago
Fred H. Muslenberg
Philadelphia
Carl Spatz
Charles B. Spatz
Boyertown
France
Strassburg
Rosa Sanactia
Easton
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Charles W. Manley
West Chester Pioneer Corps
No. 1
Grant
Spencer Grunden
Susquehanna Water Gap
Rockville
Cumberland County
Harrisburg Public Library
J. Augustus Beck
Fred Waechter
West Hazleton
J. E. Charles’Drug Store
Lititz
Union Stock Yards
Illinois
U.S.A
Wingert & Haas Hat
John A. Haas
N. Queen St. Lancaster, PA
Frey’s
Chas. H. Frey
East
King St
Lancaster, Pa
Reed, Wicker
Flore
W. A
W. W. Sewe
North Queen Street
Broad Street
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