Governor Sproul Known For Roads Knowledge On Visit
Two Indiana visitors touring Harrisburg stop to ask a guide about state routes and the William Penn Highway after meeting Governor Sproul. They learn he is temporarily in Harrisburg for duties and praise his road knowledge as he heads to the Hill.
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Indiana
Third Street
State Capitol
Harrisburg
Pine Street
State House of
Pennsylvania
Valley of the Susquehanna
New York State
Allentown
Easton
Water Gap
Lackawanna Trail
Binghamton
Sproul
Graves to be cared for in abandoned Terre Hill cemetery
In a Western Terre Hill cemetery from 150 years ago and earlier Welsh settlers lie the graves of General Henry H. Hambricht and Judge Edwards. The P O S of A Terre Hill keeps the plot tidy but funds are low. Congressman Griest will seek an appropriation and may contribute privately until funds arrive.
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Terre Hill
Henry H. Hambricht
Washington
Judge Edwards
Congressman Griest
Farm Calendar and Winter Farmers Week at State College
The column urges surveying orchard damage from pests and diseases to plan next spring controls. It advises sorting rotten corn for better keeping, warns against abdominal dropsy in hens, promotes high protein feed imports, and describes Farmers Week events at State College from December 18 to 21 with programs via county agents or Prof. T. I. Mairs.
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Wpennsylvania State College
School of Agriculture
State College
T. I. Mairs
It Must Have Been Dead at Least 6 Months But Didn't Smell
Natives along the Miani River in Florida recall a tale of spirits while a cabin incident reveals a rattlesnake. A RAT-SNAP ad from L. N. Moyer of Lititz and S. M. Fahnestock of Lexington promotes the 35¢ cake, claiming it kills rats.
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Florida
Old Sumptuary Law Curbs Gold Lace for Women
Massachusetts blue laws banned women from wearing gold lace reflecting strict colonial controls. The antiquated provision highlights early legal limits on dress and display by gender.
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Massachusetts
Antique Stiegel glass pieces draw offers at county fair
Within the county dealers in antiques report Frank Treisen of Schoeneck paid $26 for a salt box and another dealer $100 for a Stiegel glass finger bowl. The Stiegel works were built at Manheim about 150 years ago and sold at sacrius sale in 177d. Serena Snyder of Lancaster travels to San Francisco then Hawaii to visit Mrs. Gully and then Onyder plans to visit the Philippines and Japan.
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Schoeneck
BaronsStiegel
Aew
Stiegel
Stiegel Glass Works
Manheim
Sacrius
Hawaii
Serena Snyder
Lancaster
San Francisco
L. C. Gully
Mary Weichans
Miss Onyder
Palippines
Japan
Ephrata Owls Buy Historic Hotel Cocalico Site
The Ephrata Owls purchased the former Hotel Cocalico site at East Main and Lake streets for 14200 dollars. Seven weeks earlier Allison Messner of West Cocalico suffered a skull fracture from a falling stone at a quarry and was treated at Lancaster General Hospital. Later he was home with a bandaged head when a gun burst, injuring his face and nose.
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East Main and
Lake Streets
Ephrata
Hotel Cocalico
The
Ephrata Owls
Allison Messner
West Cocalico
Lancaster General Hospital
Rich beggar hid money as officers seize roll at Water Street Mission
Alexander Henry, a crippled pencil vendor, was arrested after officers found a pocket roll containing 100 50 and 10 dollar bills sewn into his trousers. They jailed him for disorderly conduct despite his pleas to leave town. Other items note couples separated by death, an Odd Fellows home ground breaking, and regional geography figures.
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Alexander Henry
Water Street Mission
Lancaster
Alexander
Northumberland
Green Tree Fence Sought to Protect Rare Prostrate Juniper
The Pennsylvania Forestry Department seeks permission to fence the Green Tree south of Hershey to guard a rare prostrate juniper, possibly 75 to 150 years old, circling the ground in a 40 foot diameter. Noted cuttings and trees at Elizabethtown’s Masonic Home underscore its significance.
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State Forestry Department
Hershey
Elizabethtown
Reverend Gaylord moved to Amherst Massachusetts
Household goods were moved by Wolf Brothers of Hopeland to Rev. EB Gaylord in Amherst Massachusetts. The convoy includes a spring and mattress for the road and a long 169 mile trip from New York. Rodent caution text follows with RAT SNAP advertisement by L N Moyer Lititz and S M Fahne stock Lexington.
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Wolf Brothers
Hopeland
Samuel
Walter
Ivan Wolf
EB. W. Gaylord
Coleman Memorial Shapel
Brickerville
Amhurst
Massachusetts
Welf Brothers
Wolf Bros
Mass
New York City
Beauty and suffering in human resilience
A reflective note on how beauty emerges from enduring calamity with cheerfulness, contrasting insensitivity with true grit and spiritual strength. The passage suggests suffering can become noble when faced with courage and grace.
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Lititz Woman Again
Lititz resident Mrs. B Oehme reports chronic backache chills headaches and dizziness relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She praises the remedy noting long lasting improvement and occasional use to keep kidneys healthy. Manufactured by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y sold for 60 cents at dealers.
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Dean
Lititz
Doan
Ochme
Cold in the Head and Catarrh Cure Advertised
An advertisement explains nasal catarrh as a cold attack and promotes Halls Catarrh Medicine a local ointment plus a systemic tonic. It claims quick mucous membrane action and fewer future colds, noting druggists have sold it for over 40 years and listing F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
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