Prince Charles honors Quarryville nurse Louise Miller
Louise Miller of Quarryville a nurse trained at Frankford Hospital served with the Red Cross from 1917. She spent six months on the Mexican border and twenty months in France with base hospital units. Her hometown honored her with a patriotic song at a Quarryville Presbyterian Church meeting.
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Louise Miller
Querryville
Methodist Hospital Training School
Philadelphia
Prankford Hospital
Red Cross
Miss Miller
Frankford Hospital
Mexican
France
Pennsylvania
Querryville Warehouseman Recalls 1897 Prices
In a reminiscence titled Good Old Times a Querryville warehouseman notes October 1897 costs for staple goods. He cites wheat at 1.25 to 1.30 dollars per bushel, cats at 32 to 25 cents, old corn 60 cents, field corn 38 cents, hay 9 to 12 dollars a ton, and straw 5 to 6 dollars a ton.
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Querryville
Church Debate Recommends Paid Ministers at Brethren Conference
At the 28th annual Eastern District ministerial meeting near Mohlers, Pennsylvania, speakers urged replacing unpaid pastors with paid ministers for church welfare. Elder John Herr argued churches must support pastors as the church of the future. Also included are panels on cartoons and a brief obituary note on James M. Shultz, a Columbia man who died at 45 after injuries from a 1896 trolley accident.
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Church of the Brethren
Mohlers
Fprvata
Pennsylvania
Chmveh
John Herr
Silverstown
James M. Shultz
Columbia
Marietta
The Socks My Mother Made Anniversary
Mrs Samuel H Lea and her Lancaster husband celebrated their golden wedding at a daughter’s Neffsville home with 45 attendees. Their son Rev J B Leaman of Upland Ohio was absent. he recalls the gray socks worn when they wed in 1869.
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Samuel H. Lean
Lancaster
Neffsville
J. B. Leaman
Upland
Osi
Seaman
Big Demand for Butter Substitutes Rise in Prices Spur Substitutes
The article notes high butter prices drive strong demand for substitutes with country merchants licensing sales well above prior levels despite a $106 annual state license. Farmers who previously sold milk to creameries now buy substitutes, and eggs could also be substituted if available.
Woolworth Widow to Inherit 443000 Yearly Income
Mrs. Frank W. Woolworth, widow of the retail magnate, will receive 443000 annually from the estate. A Supreme Court order requires Hubert Parsons to file an additional bond of 2600000, raising his original 50000 bond. At Green Hill mushroom cannery near West Chester, workers prepare food for winter under Deveau Packing Co. with Corbett as managing superintendent.
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Frank W. Woolworth
Supreme Court
Giegerich
Hubert T. Parsons
Green Hill
West Chester
Jacobs
Deveau Packing Co
Corbett
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules touted for kidney health
An advertisement warns kidneys weaken gradually and urges immediate treatment with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It claims the product restores strength, cites Dutch origin and royal charter, and promises refunds if unsatisfied. Do not delay, visit a druggist and look for the Gold Medal label.
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Haarlem
Holland
The
Netherlands
DAL Haarlem
Tiny four-ounce motor powers new dental tool holder
A claimed world’s smallest practical power motor forms the electrical portion of a dental tool holder shown in Popular Mechanics. Weighing four ounces the motor measures 1% inch in diameter and 234 inches long, highlighting its miniature scale and engineering.
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Popular Mechanics
Lititz Man Praises Doan's Kidney Pills for Kidney Trouble
Hu G Witters of 118 S Cedar St Lititz testifies his kidneys troubled him with frequent secretions back pain and insomnia. He used Doan's Kidney Pills from J E Charles Drug Store and says they strengthened his back regulated his kidneys and removed symptoms. A later note confirms long-term cure and endorsement. Price 60c at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Lititz
Hu. G. Witters
S. Cedar St
Dean’s
J. E. Charles’ Drug Store
Doan
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Princh
Frankford
Hes
Ish Heitz
Simpleton
Henry
Mrs. Black
Ilenty
Cartoons Magazine
Brunswick
Bey
Cain the Bruns
Collender
Arch Street
Woolworth
Fred Sprout
Fulton Township
Baltimore
Sprout
Peach Bottom
Joe Cato
Game Commission
Hill's
Cascaral
Quinine
Mr Hill
Eveready
Lititz Electric Supply Co
C. E. Momler
Prop
Lazell
Newburigh-on-the- Hurlson
New York
Curtis Hensel
L. N. Moyer
Lititz, PA
J. Fred Essig
Real Estatf
Essig
Smartt
D. A. Long
D.D.S
E. B. Beck
Tudy Assistant
Broan St
Lirrrz
H. Hk, Cooper
Joseph B. Wissler
Fed
Duke Street
Hershey & Gibbel Conveyancers
Scriveners
Clarking
Saies
Ine
J. B. Herr
Keystone Underwear Co
Ind
Maple St
Geo. L. Keith
Lincoln Ave
Lue
I Legei Papers
Tititz, PA
Royal
Hood Tire
Agate
Aluminum
Wm. M. Amer
Spruce Villa Farm Dairy
Clayton Brubaker
Freed Bros
Mason’s Army
W. M. Grube
Lititz Springs Bank
Long & CO
SLATE
Agency For
Ford Truck
Oxford
Zartman Bros
Beer's Carriage Shop
Lemon ST
Howards. Young Piang Tuner
East Orange St
Paone
Sico, Hasaler
PENNA
Life Insurance
P.O
Frank E. Schnerer
Spruce ST
Bell
Hershey, Leaman & Co
W.H. Muth& CO
Main St
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