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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NIDW
Suffrage Results and Coal Tax Reflections
The article compares coal price dynamics during miners strikes with tax effects on consumers. It notes Pennsylvania’s strong performance for womens suffrage, contrasting with Massachusetts New York and New Jersey. It highlights Pennsylvanians’ support and suggests women have reason to celebrate there.
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Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Keystone State
How Can the Rabbit Survive
The author argues rabbits endure amid large gunner numbers and many hunting dogs. Prolific breeding and adaptable refuges keep cotton tails present despite widespread efforts, while hunters boast skills and dogs chase rabbits around farms, making survival a miracle.
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Villa
Mexico
Bender
Football Is No Gentle Game in the Philadelphia Record
A Philadelphia Record writer extols football’s rough charm and the spectacle of 22 players on the Irish lawn as the whistle blows. He describes the kick off and the rush to the goal line, noting the clash of ends and runners amid vivid, if graphic, action imagery.
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Philadelphia Record
Gladiators
Football's appeal spans colleges nation wide and thrills fans
The piece praises football as a wholesome outdoor pursuit and notes its evolving play style. It cites spectator benefits and praises the sport's tough, real men who compete at high levels while referencing the Denver Press and the Lirit RECORD, now enlarged in its thirty-ninth year under publisher J. Frank Buch.
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Nertheless
Denver
Lirit
J. Frank Buch
Community print earns praise and invites state welfare conference
Lancaster paper The Recoup receives kind remarks from D C Haverstick on its improving standard. The paper has been invited by Governor to attend the Third Pennsylvania Welfare Efficiency and Engineering Conference in Harrisburg. The event will educate the public and state departments on engineering projects and natural resources.
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Lancaster
Buch
D. C. Haverstick
Haverstick
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Lancaster Markets Show High Prices For Foodstuffs
Lancaster markets, famed for abundance, show high prices with eggs at forty cents a dozen, butter thirty five to forty cents, and potatoes up to seventy five cents, despite Philadelphia market levels being lower. Large quantities of these goods are shipped weekly from the county to the city.
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Lancaster
Philadelphia
Tobacco trade and 1915 crop prospects in Lancaster
The Lancaster Intelligencer notes strong demand for Pennsylvania tobacco from eastern trade journals. Most old warehouse stock is sold with exports possible but much is retained for higher prices by major manufacturers. The 1915 crop is shaping up well. harvest may accelerate after a week of moist weather. Blach Bros pay five cents per pound for hair cuts, and hail damaged tobacco remains salvageable for scrap.
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Lancaster
Blach Bros
Cherry Grove Literary Society to Open Friday
The Cherry Grove Literary Society in Elizabeth township opens Friday November 19 with a prepared program. The debate question is resolved that the East offers a greater advantage than the West. All are invited to attend.
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Cherry Grove Literary Society
Elizabeth Township
Local notices and gatherings around town this week
Chas Kratzert wired Abram Hies tand for lights. Mrs Haverstick ill with quinsy. Villa Brema polished with Boettcher's stone coat. Surprise party for Mrs Klaus at her home with many neighbors attending. John Kratzert’s blacksmith shop under remodeling. Klaus hosted guests from Lititz and Talmage. Auto accident by Butcher Dean damages pole near the rotary. Institute week keeps children busy while farmers husk corn. Revival services at U B church continue with pastors visiting and partners aiding next week. Neighbors from Akron and Erb dale stop by J W Roth and R L Keith households.
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Chas. Kratzert
Abram Hiestand
Monroe P. Haverstick
Villa Brema
Boettcher
Christ Klaus
Dan
Lausch
John Lausch
Eva
Esther
Shissler
Ephraim Rohrer
Harry Brookmyer
Lee Zwalley
U. B
Walters
Ephrata
Behney
Manheim U. B
Martin
Rineer
Millersville
Charles
G. A. Kemper
Wayne Bender
Akron
J. W. Roth
C. M. Althouse
Elizabeth Buch
Erbdale
R. L. Keith
Andrew Shultz
Stevens
Wiker
Lancaster
J. D. Hackman
M. D. Hammer
John
Fianna Smith
Brickerville Budget and church growth noted
H M Harter works on crushed stone for the State highway once the Horse Shoe turnpike. Immanuel Lutheran Church reports large Sunday attendance with one hundred members in service and seven new members received into fellowship.
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H. M. Harter
Immanuel Lutheran Church
White Oak Whittlings and School Movements
G Reade Alexander, assistant county superintendent, toured the township and praised the schools. Penryn gains a school director in John Biemesderfer after many years. Airy Hill pupils visited White Oak and Locust Grove. Local quartet Mesars Diebm Singer Eshleman Weber performed at a Dee Run teachers meeting. Families from Diehm, Amer, and Lititz visited relatives. Keller returned from Philadelphia trip.
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G. Reade Alexander
Penryn
John Biemesderfer
Airy Hill
White Oak
Locust Grove
Mesars
Diebm
Singer
Eshleman
Weber
Dee Run
Abel
Clayton
John Shopf
Aaron Hershey
Jacob Ruht
Oliver Diehm
George Keller
Philadelphia
Noah Mark
Lizzie Lamparter
Harry Stormfeltz
Rossman
Hiram W. Diehm
Wm. Amer
Emma
Lititz
Milton B. Diehm
Lancaster
Hopeland Happenings and Local Hunts Quietly Fill The Weekend
Local residents Isaac Engle and Monroe Wenrich from Manheim spent weekend with friends. Schaefferstown hosts visiting ministers for two weeks of evening services at U S church. Hunting trips return with numerous game including 29 rabbits and a pheasant from Indiantown Gap. Eber S. Farlow seeks treatment in Lancaster. Four Meiskey brothers plus Wests hunt Scott Run and bring back 44 rabbits, 4 quail, 2 pheasants and 1 woodcock. Elmer Rudy family visits Schaefferstown. Harry Palm killed by a moving car while hunting near the E L trolley line. his dog sold earlier.
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Isaac Engle
Monroe Wenrich
Manheim
Tobias Haldeman
Howard
Schaefferstown
U. S
Albert Enek
John Palm
William and
Milton Ditzler
Indiantown Gap
Lebanon County
Eber S. Farlow
Lancaster
Elias West, Jr
Harry
Arthur
Charles Meiskey
Scott Run
Monroe Co
Elmer Rudy
Adam Herneisen
Harry Palm
Mr. Palm
Schaefferstown Sayings and Local Affairs Brief
In Manheim. Miss Georgie Keath and Miss Anna Keath visited Lebanon. The Onward Literary Society will present a program Friday. Miller and Moy er found 18 rabbits. The Schaefferstown band played at the ME fair. Undertaker Harry Wike prepared Miss Lydia Brubacher of Buffalo Springs. A district teachers' institute is planned for Saturday Nov 27. The Zerbe cigar factory leases to Rush and Brother of Reading to start cigar production. Heidelberg Township Water Co sold its castoff woodstave pipe at public sale.
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M. J. Burkholder
Manheim
Georgie
Anna Keath
Lebanon
Onward Literary Society
George P. Miller
Andrew J. Moyer
Schaefferstown
Harry Wike
Chargle
Lydia Brubacher
Buffalo Springs
Zerbe
Rush and Brother
Cigar Manufacturers
Reading
Heidelberg Township Water Co
Revival meetings yield eleven conversions in U K church
In Browstown area the ongoing revival at the U K church reports eleven conversions to date with continuing interest. A large flock of wild geese drifted south over the area Tuesday morning as H N Mohler moved into Catharine Graybill's house.
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U. K
H. N. Mohler
Catharine Graybill
Young America
Institute
Jacob Haldeman
West Earl Castle
Washington Camp
S. of A
California
K. G. E. Hall
Theda Wolf
Lancaster
Justus B. Myer
Lancaster Families Share Sunday Visits and Recoveries
The report lists multiple local families visiting relatives in Lancaster Brunnerville Lititz Reading and Lebanon. Notable notes include Mrs Zartman recovering after illness and Mrs Enck spending last week in Lebanon with her daughter.
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Lancaster
Elmer Todd
I. H. Kauffman
Brunnerville
Harry Kauffman
John Enck
Lebanon
W. C. Hess
Martin Zartman
Jennie Workman
Everett Mathers
Lititz
C.B. Dillman
Lillian Himmelberger
Menno Habecker
William
Lizzie Buel
Reading
Ella Buel
Robert Russell
Local visits highlight Halfville weekend gatherings
Phillip Frankford and wife and R Z McQuate and wife of Rothsville visited Wayne R Hess on Sunday. James G Enck and family of Brickerville visited John D Todd. Scott E Shreiner returned from Johns Hopkins Hospital. D S High and family visited friends at Brownstown on Sunday.
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Phillip Frankford
R. Z. McQuate
Rothsville
Wayne R. Hess
James G. Enck
Brickerville
John D. Todd
Scott E. Shreiner
Johns Hopkins Hospital
D. S. High
Brownstown
Beamesderfer
Manheim
William Garrett
Benjamin Garrett
Ben
Daniel
Kleinfeltersville
Elam Stark
John Singer
Kermit
Charles Enck
John Shaar
Wayne Gantz
Lititz
John Gantz
Lottie Keller
Lancaster
Edwin Enck
William Stuber
Rufus Gaul
Calvin
Ailt
Ephrata
Menne Habecker
Harness Mishap Near Edwin Markley Farm Leads to Free Housed Horse
Two teams collided near Edwin Markley’s home on a Saturday evening. One harness tore, the horse escaped and dashed into a Dillman’s rear, becoming entangled in a vehicle. Meanwhile, a sequence of visits unfolds as local families host relatives and friends through the weekend in Klein feltersville and surrounding towns.
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Edwin Markley
Dillman
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B. B. Leaman
C. W. Stuart & CO
Newark, N. Y
H. A. Herr
Diriraba
Dissinger
N. Broad Street
Halfville
Lexington
Trimmer
Brubaker Brothers
Empire and McFarlin Autos
Broad St
Fountainrens
Edison Electric Company
Lancaster, Pa
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