Gas to Be Source of Motive Power for Industries
A 1925 Atlantic City convention report from industrial engineers of major U S gas companies states that many industries adopted manufactured gas for heat treating and drying processes. It estimates 3 to 5 billion additional cubic feet annual production to meet new installations, with indirect hot air heaters expanding gas use in chemicals, fabrics, steel components, paper, and more.
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Vnva Eport
Atlantic’ City
United States
J. F. Reynolds
Consolidated Gas Company of New York
Allentown Hosts 52d Reunion of Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers
Allentown hosts the 52d reunion of the Survivors' Association of the Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers on the 63d anniversary of the Battle of Pogotaligo. Of 1,500 men, only 57 survivors remain. 20 attended, all at least 80 years old except Ben Zellner. Association of Sons of the Forty-seventh, led by Mayor M. W. Gross, organized the event. Officers re-elected: President Capt. William J H. Bartholomew, Allentown. Vice President Solomon Hillegass, Allentown. Secretary Milton P. Cashner, Bethlehem. Chaplain Rev. Asher Hess of Philadelphia. Judge Richard W. Jobst spoke at the army bean dinner. his father volunteered after walking 40 miles.
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Allentown
Forty-seventh
Pensylvania Volunteers
Pogotaligo
Lehigh County Régiment
War Department
Ben Zellner
Association of Sons of the Forty-seventh
M. W. Gross
William J H. Bartholomew
Solomon Hillegass
Milton P. Cashner
Bethlehem
Asher Hess
Philadelphia
Richard W. Jobst
Veteran Steinmetz Celebrates 80th Birthday At Home
Myerstown Civil War veteran David Steinmetz marked his 80th birthday with a day of corn husking and work at his wagon painting shop on South Railroad Street. He maintains vigor, reportedly cutting an acre of corn in a day and continuing his daily vocation amid a long life of labor.
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David Steinmetz
Myerstown
Steinmetz
William Yerger
Railroad Street
Corn Fields Show Strong Harvest Across County
A Lancaster New Era report notes vast corn piles in fields with mostly undamaged ears, signaling a big crop. Husking is active, color varies from white to yellow due to planting diversity, yet overall yields exceed past years.
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Lancaster
Fort Augusta Site Near Sunbury Finds Teeth and Arrow Heads
Finds at Fort Augusta near Sunbury include teeth believed to be Indian and numerous arrow heads. The 1755 fort stood on the Susquehanna edge facing a cliff and the river, with powder magazine and well remaining as markers. Restoration work credited to Mrs. Amalia Gross, owner of land held by the State.
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Fort Augusta
Sunbury
What How
State Historical Commission
Amalia Gross
Cabbage Grower Near Quarryville Nets $3000 From Harvest
John Plastino of County Profitable Crop near Quarryville is harvesting and shipping cabbage to Lancaster from a twenty acre field. He expects a net yield around $3,000 as large quantities of cabbage have been grown in the county this season.
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John Plastino
Quarryville
Lancaster
Public sale of 72 acre farm between Manheim and Elstonville
A public sale on October 31, 1925 will offer 72 acres and 144 perches with 14 acres pasture. Improvements include a two and a half story brick house six rooms, barn, tobacco facilities, Delco lighting, well and running spring water. Farm adjoins Joseph Bomberger, Benjamin Shenk, John Showers, and others. sale starts 2 PM. John W. Burkholder and Webster Gibbel act as agents. Wien Ensminger Clerk.
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Manheim
Elstonville
Joseph Bomberger
Benjamin Shenk
John Showers
John W. Burkholder Webster Gibbel
Wien Ensminger
Public Sale of Limestone Land in Warwick Township
Public sale of valuable real estate set for Friday October 30 1925 in Warwick Township 21 miles west of Lititz 44 miles to railroad. A limestone tract with improvements offered 50 60 or 70 acres with frontage along a state highway of over 1000 feet. Also 20 building lots on Witmers Heights sold at the same time and place. 2 3 of purchase price may remain if desired. Sale at 1 30 P M terms to be announced by Martin Witmer H Snavely Auctioneers M M Garman Clerk Pout 2 Bb
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Warwick Township
Lititz
Witmers
High Aim in Teaching Kindness to Animals Explored
M L H of the Immane Education Press bureau Boston and journalist Killa Wheeter Wilcox discuss humane education. They argue sympathy for animals reflects broader reforms and urge teaching kindness to all creatures in schools to promote peace and good will.
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Immane Education Press Bureau
Boston
Killa Wheeter Wilcox
Earth
Finest Chinese Teas Regarded as Dessert
John W. Harrington writes in the New York Herald Tribune that Chinese tea, not ice cream, forms a dessert culture. He notes cholera era advice to boil water and steep herbs, giving rise to tea culture and its ceremonial role in the Flowery Kingdom.
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China
John W. Harrington
New York Herald Tribune
Fragmentary remark on tea, desserts, and symbols in drink names
The text hints at superfine teas treated as dessert drinks and compares a small cup to figurative foes, mentioning “Mist on the Mountain” and a sense of compliment and fury. Names, places, or clear events are not established in the readable excerpt.
Amusing Bible Error Reported From Oxford Press
A New York Herald note recalls a 1804 Clarendon Press edition at Oxford University with a misprint in Matthew. The verse reads Who has hearn to ear let him hear, illustrating cockney influence touching England’s oldest university.
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Clarendon Press
Oxford
University
Eaigland
New York Herald
London Inn Fashion Flashes Back to Victorian Garments
The piece notes a revival of the tail coat and opera cape style once common in Victorian times. It mentions dinners jackets rising after the war and a shift toward formal white tie and tail cut attire in smart hotels, as reported by the New York World.
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London
West End
York World
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Jonestown
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Loyalton
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Mifflinburg
Quebec
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Gollam’s ‘Ice Cream
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Brackbill
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Mantel Martin
Neigh Port
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Lebanon
Thesmoronaphallus
Martin. Witmer H
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M. M. Garman
Father
Lawrence Hawthorne
Dad
Lititz Springs National Bank
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