Beck Visits Audubon Home and Mill Grove Farm Tour
Herbert Beck recounts a pilgrimage to Mill Grove Farm, Audubon’s first American home, and the nearby Valley Forge region. The piece details the Wetherill family stewardship, the 1762 house, Audubon’s youth, the Perkiomen creek, and the contrasting atmospheres of light hearted Washington HQ life and austere Valley Forge challenges.
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Valley Forge
C. H. Martin
D. F. Magee
A. G. Seyfert
Weiter
America
Vallee Forge
Mill Grove Farm
Udubon
Washington
Audubon
Mall Grove
John James Audubon
William N. Wetherill
Philadelphia
Wetherills
New Orleans
Fatland Ford
Lucy Bakewell
War Department funds go to Mt Gretna improvements
The War Department allocates 36865 for permanent improvements at the Mt Gretna military reservation. York County Home Board raises county home board rates from 3 to 6 dollars weekly, effective only when inmates have funds or relatives pay. A winter forecast predicts heavy snow and extreme cold next season based on rag weed height.
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Mt. Gretna
War Department
Mt. Gretna Military Reservation
York County
Poot
Funeral Hymns Dictated by Fatally Injured Man
William B. Aungst 41 a Pennsylvania Railroad car repairman died after a shift engine crushed his left leg and mangled his face while he was beneath a car. He calmly dictated hymns for his funeral before dying Sunday morning.
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Willian B. Aungst
Tollidaysbourg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Oxen fading from county farms across the region
The article notes the decline of oxen in the county with the last pairs on the Hanna farm in Fulton Township and Park Shank’s Peach Bottom property. It recalls oxen as once common on farms and on roads, contrasts with tobacco country in Danville Virginia, and describes wide usage in South Africa where oxen are still prevalent.
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Hanna Farm
Fulton Township
Park Shank
Peach Bottom
Danville
Virginia
South Africa
Reunion After Two-Year Missing In Lancaster Home
John A. Falck 67 of Overbrook, long believed dead, returned to his wife in Lancaster after two years away. The Lancastrian and brother of Milton S. Falck, Falck had roamed the country after vanishing on May 5, 1923, with his wife’s steadfast faith finally vindicated when he walked back onto the Lancaster veranda. Memory returned slowly as he recounted his wanderings and the sense of homecoming.
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John A. Falck
Overbrook
Milton S. Falck
Lancaster County
Falck
Lancaster
Cleveland
Woman Upholsterer Keeps Busy at State Capitol
Miss Letitia Carr, one of the state’s few women upholsterers, works on fifth floor at Blarksburg Capital. She repairs chairs and furniture, hems draperies, mends state flags, and fabrics during lunch and spare time, saying the work is challenging and satisfying.
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Blarksburg
Letitia Carr
Miss Carr
Capitol
State
Memory of Noted Trader to Be Marked by Local Histories
The memory of Martin Charter, noted Indian trader and interpreter, will be honored by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission and the Lancaster County Historical Society with a large boulder and bronze plate. The marker will be unveiled in Washington borough, reflecting on regional history and notable figures.
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Martin Charter
Pennyania
Millersville enrollments rise as term begins
During the second week of the fall term at Millersville State Normal School the enrollment reaches 475 with expectations of reaching about 480, an increase of roughly 100 students from last year.
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Millersville
Millersville State Normal School
Big blast at Manheim quarry powers road project
A blast by J C Showalter of Ephrata in the Winters quarry north of Manheim loosened 5000 to 6000 tons of stone using 1400 pounds of dynamite. Stone will build a road from Manheim north to the Lebanon County line, with the quarry expected to yield over 200 tons daily at full capacity. More than a mile of the road is finished, with plans to finish the entire road this fall.
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J.C. Showalter
Ephrata
B. Winters
Manheim
Lebanon County
Farm Calendar guidance for silage and seed choices
Advice on silage quality through proper filling and silo walls. Urges early orders for forest trees as nurseries may be unable to meet demand. Encourages fall vegetable planting in cold frames. Stresses sanitation in poultry to reduce internal parasites. Recommends selecting seed corn while on the stalk for observing growth and health to ensure 1926 crop readiness.
Shenk Tourists Enjoy Farflung Canadian Rockies Tour
The Ridgeway Special Educational Tour directed by O. H. Shenk returned to Lancaster after about 12 000 miles by train auto boat and more. The 26 travelers visited Niagara Falls Detroit Chicago Minneapolis Winnipeg Vancouver Tacoma Portland San Francisco Yosemite Grand Canyon Cripple Creek Lookout Mountain and other sites in Canada and the western United States. The trip featured Ford Swift Pillsbury and other landmarks with dramatic mountain scenery and a sunset over the Rockies.
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O. H. Shenk
Ridgeway
Canadian Rockies
Yosemite Valley
Cal
Grand Canyon
Arn
Lancaster
Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Ont
Canada
Hydro-Electric Power Company
Hamilton
Welland Canal
Detroit
Ford
Chisaya
Mennon
Winnipeg
Ranff
Lake Louise
Action Rockies
Vancouv
Tacoma
Washington
Ranier National Park
Trained at Thaddeus Stevens School Boys Build A New House Each Year
Orphaned boys from across Pennsylvania study manual trades at the Thaddeus Stevens Industrial School in Lancaster. Each year they construct a complete brick and frame house, then tear it down to begin anew, while learning carpentry bricklaying pattern making electricity and machinery. The state funds the school and forty seven boys are enrolled.
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Thaddeus Stevens Industrial School
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Botton
Epes
Thaddeus Stevens
Sesqui Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia
Coming events list highlights the Sesqui Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia from June 14 to Sept 17 1926 and the Pennsylvania State Firemen's Convention at Stroudsburg October 5 to 8 in Monroe County followed by the Lancaster Co Christian Endeavor Convention at New Holland on November 5 and 6.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Stroudsburg
Monroe County
Lancaster Co. Christian Endeavor
New Holland
Feud Over Dog Blamed For Barn Fire Near New Holland
A family feud over a dog is blamed for a Monday barn fire near New Holland that killed Howard Sandoe's animals. State police continue to investigate as Sandoe relatives expect a neighbor who may explain the blaze origin. Fire caused two powerful blasts that shook nearby homes and left the barn a mass of char.
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Ego
Howard Sandoe
New Holland
Slosine Rin
Sandoe
Calendula Blossoms On First Day In Old Roman Calendar
The Calendula plant is said to bloom on the first day of each month, as per the old Roman reckoning. The note references the timing and mentions months in the rear.
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Keystone Exchanges
Ray Weed
George Reed
Bellefonte
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Morris Road
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Bernhard
Montgomery County
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Williamsport
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King of Prussia
President Hayes
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Co-Opera Bone 1 Association
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