Indian herbs and lore from Reading’s pioneer botanist
Dr Stephen of Reading, a longtime druggist and naturalist, showcases 212 medicinal roots and Indian Lenni Lenape cures in his garden. He recalls old Reading apothecaries, Dutch drug names, archaic herb storage, and the role of Indians in early settler medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally
Peter
Garden
Stephen
Reading
Gerhart M. Bischoff
Bergner
Jansey Rein-farren
Dr. Stephen
Ireland
Scotland
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Bernhart
Reamstown Gun Club Builds Big Lodge
The Sunflowers Hunting Club held a special meeting at Treasurer S. P. Wolfshill’s home in Reams town. The 19 member club recently bought 70 acres in Franklin county near Black Gap and built a fireproof 24 by 44 foot cabin to house all members. Last year they hunted deer there and took five fine specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunflowers Hunting Club
S. P. Wolfshill
Reamstown
Franklin County
Black Gap
Sousa Band Will Play in Lancaster on Saturday
Sousa's famous 100 piece band scheduled for two concerts at Lancaster Country Club on October Sth. Enos Rohrer is erecting a brick fire proof public garage 180 by 50 feet at Mt Joy. Lancaster voters total 34 976 in nine wards. Samuel Ream died recently in Holton Kansas leaving an estate about 16000 to brothers and their children. Charles Adams candy maker died Lancaster leaving an estate about 500000 with no will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sousa
Lancaster
Country Club
Mt. Joy
Enos
Rohrer
Samuel Ream
Holton
Kans
Harvey
Elizabethtown
Charles T. Adams
Bellefonte Church Organ Finds Liquor Clot in Pipe
A Bellefonte church organ was found clogged by a quart of liquor amid an investigation into the organ’s refusal to play. The bizarre find accompanies local notes on hair bobbing, a planned Canam Station massacre monument, and Revolutionary War scout ambush details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefonte
War Department
Bedford
Canam Station
Allegheny Township
Blair County
Achenbachs Win Pennsylvania Cup for Potato Yield
Achenbach and Son of Bath claim the National Stockman and Farmer silver cup for the highest potato yield in 1922 with 47914 bushels per acre. Franklin Woodring of Easton R 4 takes second with 442 bushels, earning Pennsylvania both trophies in Northampton County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Achenbach & Son
Bath
Pennsylvania
National Stockman
Franklin Woodring
Easton R. 4
Northampton County
Moravians to Dedicate New Building on Founder’s Day
The Moravian College and Thessal Seminary in Bethlehem marks its 116th year on founder’s day October 2 with dedication of a new $40 000 memorial science building on the southeast campus corner. Separately estates sale notices report multiple farm and property transactions in Penn township Manheim and Norristown with prices per acre and total sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian College and Thessogical Seminary
Bethlehem
Wyandotte Cave: America's Largest Underground Wonder
The article details Wyandotte Cave in Crawford County near the Blue River where nitrous earth and opium salt frosting were found, rivaling Mammoth Cave in size. It describes massive formations like the Pillar, Columbian red tunnel, and a vast Senate Chamber with a towering rock pile and mineral deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Indiana
Ohio
Plaster of Paris
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Wyandotte Cave
Senate
Ceris
Odd Fellows Hall
Wrandotte
Crawford County
Deus
Western Newspaper Union
Deist Doctor Hulls Life and Horse Theft Incident
Philadelphia reports on Doctor Hulls noting his Deist beliefs and broad medical talent. It details his humane practice, later horse theft pursuit by Hulls who chased a demented youth from White Oak through Warwick to Harrisburg, ending with the capture and sale of the worn horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor
Hull
Lititz
Vis
John Beck
White Oak
Beck
Warwick
Dol Hull
Harrisburg
Sewer System Plan Approved for Elizabeth Town
The state Department of Health approved a sanitary sewer system and treatment works for Elizabeth Town and the Masonic Home, signaling official backing for the new facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Masonic Home
State Department of Health
Fall farm tips on calving, poultry, peach borers and silo paints
Agricultural brief offering advice on cow conditioning before calving to maximize milk, preventing fall poultry colds through ventilation, peach borer control deadlines, and silo painting safety. Warns against lead paints inside silos and suggests linseed oil for new silos and roofing compounds with asbestos filler for cracks.
Fragmented remark on marriage and suitors in a social note
A personal social snippet discusses comments about marriage prospects and implied attitudes of potential suitors, noting a shift in hinting after marriage. The tone suggests a reflective, gossip-like passage common in intimate or domestic columns.
Teaching Parrots to Talk in a Private Training
The article describes parrot trainers who cage birds, cover them with bags to block movement, and repeatedly cue words for hours. Once a bird repeats phrases correctly, it learns to say them and then is exposed to people, often leading to associations with the trainers and girls who lift the bags.
Dialogue Snapshot Reveals Secret Identity Estimation
A tense exchange features a caller asking about a woman’s age and a responder cautiously suggests she appears not younger than her early twenties. The dialogue hints at hidden familiarity and a protective silence surrounding the subject.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted for 40 Years Use
Advertisement notes over four decades of use for Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It describes an ointment for local application and an internal tonic that acts through the blood to reduce mucosal inflammation. Sold by all druggists. F. J. Cheney 4, Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney
Toledo
Ohio
Towns Maintaining Forests For Water Supply
The American Tree Association notes forests on watershed lands are increasingly protected by towns. Municipal governments maintain forests to safeguard streams that feed domestic water supplies, a practice growing due to the value of clean water.
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American Tree Association
Have You Personal Magnetism A Woman’s Radiant Health Claim
An advertisement promotes Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for weakness and nervous ailments in women. It asserts the tonic's herbal composition and decades of use, inviting readers to send 10 cents for a trial pamphlet to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York.
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Sweet Orr
Monito
Bear
Dr. Wright
W. H. Buch
Lititz, Pa
Reamstown Gun Club
the County
Lancaster City
Keystone Exchanges
Sunbury
G. E. Starner
Mark
the State
Norriston
Fairview Village
Norristown
Mary A. Summy
Penn Township
Manheim
Lancaster Junction
Harry B. Garber
R. B. Long
Watel
Joseph H
Mt. Hope Road
Abram
Suming, Jr
Harriet B. Wreagy
John R. Pfantz
America
Lititz and
Doctor Leyi Hull
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State College
Ford
Hite Brothers
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