Reading area will among us in October bequests and crops
In Emma Bohm's will Reading estate a $1000 bequest to Franklin and Marshall College. Lancaster October revenue receipts total $453,785.33 with cigars $227,239.72 beer $164,177.75 and spirits $30,510.92. Manheim peach crop reports many borers. one tree held thirty seven. Park S. Trout sues Pennsylvania Railroad for $10,000 after wife died in a collision with a train. Local farmers raise skunks as a new income. skins valuable and population grows. Denver and Ephrata Telephone complains to PSC about Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company cables feared to disrupt service. Justice J Hay Brown to become Chief Justice. Mayor Frank B McClain to be lieutenant governor. Barn fire on Stoner Seitz farm. harvest disruption followed by community corn husking aid at nearby Haverstick farm. Aaron Wimner keeps bees in parlor floor boards to supply honey. up to fifty pounds at a time accepted as rent.
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Lancaster
Park S. Trout
Pennsylvania Railroad
Denver and Ephrata Telephone and Telegraph Company
Public Service Commission
Harrisburg
Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company
Edison Aided U S Submarine Battery Drive
Edison secretly worked for months for the government to develop a new submarine battery. A preliminary trial of his battery is under way at the New York navy yard, with Admiral Dewey chairing the Navy Board. The New Jersey inventor previously perfected a battery system used on several submarines. The new type has been in development for 18 months.
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Thomas A. Edison
Detroit
United States
General Navy Board
Admiral Dewey
Edison
New York Navy Yard
New Jersey
Blind voter uses hole punched ballot in New York election
A totally blind former traffic policem an in New York City devised an unusual voting method. He obtained a sample ballot the same size as the regular ballot and cut holes in it for the marks. In the booth he aligned the sample over the regular ballot and marked through the holes.
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New York City
Organist Appointed for Reading Moravian Choir
The Reading Moravian church hires Prof. L. B. Schock as choir director and George Kingkinger as organist to elevate its music to the high Moravian standard. The church traces a rich hymnology lineage from early Bohemian hymn books to American Moravian traditions, noting Dr. J. Frederick Wolle's influence on Bach fêtes and Moravian music as a whole.
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L. B. Schock
Jungbunzlau
Bohemia
John Hus
Luke
Prague
J. Frederick Wolle
Bethlehem
Doctor Wolle
America
Reading
Prof
George Kingkinger
History of the American flag from medieval roots to stars
The article traces flag origins from medieval crusade standards through British and colonial banners to the first US flag adopted in 1777. It notes pine trees on New England coins, diverse colonial flags, the Cambridge flag, Betsy Ross’s tale, and the 1794 and 1818 flag revisions reflecting state additions Vermont 1791, Kentucky 1792, and later adjustments to thirteen stripes.
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Pope Urban II
St. Andrew
St. George
James VI
Scotland
England
James 1
South Britain
North Britain
America
New England
Massachusetts
Boston
South Carolina
South
Cambridge
Washington
Mass
Colonies
Betsy Ross
Continental Congress
United States
Union
Vermont
Kentucky
Congress
Bank official swears to truth of Lancaster County statement
A sworn affirmation from BH Wour, cashier of the named bank, declares the preceding financial statement true to the best knowledge and belief, under the State of Pennsylvania and Lancaster County.
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State of
Pennsylvania
County of
Lancasters
Ld. BH. Wour
Better Farming Next Year
Agricultural experts urge diversified crops and intensive farming to boost output next year. With crops underperforming this year and population rising, farmers are advised to increase hog numbers, grow more vegetables such as potatoes, and hire extra help on 60 acre farms to raise supplies and curb future food price rises. The piece notes most tillable land is closed and current yields lag European farms, calling for urgent reform.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
A Safe Tyke of Woe in Dallas Street Scene
A Dallas Evening Journal humorous anecdote recounts a woman and friend chased by a dangerous fear as she felt a sting in her skirt. A passerby investigates and destroys the culprit a safety pin mistaken for a deadly creature. The crowd breathes relief as the harmless pin falls to the pavement battered but intact.
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Dallas Evening Journal
Dallas
Mary
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Norfolk
Dr. Wright
Orions the Record
W. H. Buel Clothier Quizz
Emma Bohm
Franklin and Marshall College
Manheim
J. Hay Brown
State Supreme Court
Frank B. McClain
Stoner Seitz
Mountville
Mr. Seitz
Jonas Haverstick
Mr. Haverstick
Aaron Wimner
Hast Drumore
U. S
Moravian Church
Brownstown Rational Bank
Brownstown
U.S
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Furntitu
Pritavex Naid
Yayohte
D.h. Wolf
Navy
Guo. A. KemPrr
A.V. Walter
WH. Gibwin
R.m.shiffers
Farmers National Bank
Lititz, Penna
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Brussels
Axminster
W. A
Apple
Oveen ST. Worth Jewelers Opticians
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
East
King St
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