Two men gassed in trench. Hippey in critical condition
In Columbia Josiah Stoll and John W. Hippey were overcome by gas while making a trench connection. Hippey’s condition is reported critical. Damages of 1728 were recovered from Lancaster & York Furnace Car line by Harry Brown after being knocked from a crowded car. The Manheim Sentinel notes rising drunkenness in town and describes a missing watch case from Tobias S. Stehman’s home along the Lancaster and Lititz turnpike. Ezra Nagle and family, once residents at Sporting Hill, are described as struggling. his wife moved their furniture to the Lancaster Junction station and they planned to relocate near Philadelphia.
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Josiah Stoll
John W. Hippey
Columbia
Hippey
Lancaster & York
Harry Brown
Manheim Sentinel
Tobias
Stehman
Penn Township
Lancaster and
Lititz
Ezra Nagle
Sporting Hill
Nagel
Lancaster Junction
Philadelphia
Fall Pruning Advice for Peach Trees by Prof Surface
A correspondence from Prof H A Surface of the state Department of Agriculture outlines fall pruning for peach trees. Plant as soon as leaves drop, avoid trees leafed off by artificial means, and cut back at planting though not as far as spring pruning. The note ends with a store ad for Fisher's Hast End Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Surface
State Department of Agriculture
Editor rejects free advertising in Topeka Daily Capital
The Topeka Daily Capital editor laments offering free advertising to payers and promoters. He cites recurring requests from fair associations baseball managers and church groups for complimentary space and tickets, noting staff preferences for cash and the public's skepticism toward free ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Capital
Sporting Goods
Billy and the thin wife joke in a clipped quip
A sharp joke describes Billy's wife as extraordinarily thin. The speaker, Binks, exaggerates with comical images of her wearing a wedding ring around her neck, eating soup with an echo, sleeping in a fountain pen, and Billy tying her in a knot before kissing her. The punchline imagines her pulling the bath plug.
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Billy
Little Binks
Cost of Living to Rise on Coming Winter Prices
Agriculture Department officials forecast higher staple food prices for the next seven to eight months based on crop data. They report a corn shortfall of at least 400 million bushels affecting livestock and meat costs, and an 87 million bushel potato shortfall worsened by European drought. Wheat and rye prospects are strong, especially in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Europe
Canadian
Department of Agriculture
Pinchot Opposes Taft Nomination in Look Ahead Politics
Gifford Pinchot former United States Chief Forester opposes Taft renomination reviewing Taft record from conservation view. He prints a letter to Theodore Roosevelt cataloging sixteen charges against Taft. Pennsylvania hunters face later opening season changes with specific bag limits for bear rabbits squirrels quail pheasant wild turkey and Hungarian quail across dates and totals.
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Gifford Pinchot
United States
Pres. Taft
Roosevelt
Taft
Pennsylvania
Forward to Tomorrow The Call to Always Move Ahead
A motivational speech urges living in the future over the past. It compares optimistic forward motion to a boat's progress and contrasts Hebrew optimism with historical Japanese focus on the past. It exhorts individuals to let the past die, embrace tomorrow, and march forward as guided by a biblical command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Israel
Changed Mind on Matrimony and Wealth in City Tale
A bachelor narrator recounts alternate paths to marriage and wealth. He visits Jim, once opinionated, now meek, whose wife steers their grand lifestyle. The tale contrasts flashy resort living with Jim’s wish for a quiet, modest life and a simple job.
Meat prices rise as receipts hit record highs
The Philadelphia Record notes cattle receipts at St. Paul and Omaha topped all records in one day and Chicago hog receipts last week exceeded any in six years, suggesting meat prices may stay high unless a new reason for shortages is found.
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St. Paul
Omaha
Chicago
Philadelphia
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Mentor Union
W. H. Buch
Haberdasher
Record Bidge S. Broad St
Lititz, PA
Fisher’s
Mr. Pinchot
Evanston
St. Lawrence
Jim
Palm Beach
New Brunswick
Old Jim
Wisconsin
Tay
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
East
King St
Whittall’s Rugs
Whittall
America
BIG Furniture and Carpet
S. Queen St
Lancaster
N. Queen St
North Queen Street
M. M. Souders Electrical Contractor
Crystal Spring Farm
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