Postmaster's Son Accused of Mail Tampering
Commissioner Lowell charged Joseph Wertz Jr. with tampering with the mails. Bail set at 500 dollars, case continued to December 8 in Philadelphia. Wertz Sr. claims the charge is a frame-up to remove him from office. Wertz Jr. is 15 and has worked as a post office clerk amid clerk shortages. inspectors say a test letter with 2.20 in marked money was delivered to him October 15.
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Lowell
Joseph Wertz, Jr
Washingtonboro
Philadelphia
Wertz
Young Wertz
Professor Harter Returns From Canada Fishing Trip
Professor Charles Harter of Maytown returned from a Canada trip with an Indian guide. He enjoyed fishing and hunting and plans to return. The Herrons then note he and Mrs. Harter are moving to Pottstown where he will teach in the high school.
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Charles Harter
G. A. Harter
Maytown
Canada
Hatter
Pottstown
Flywheel Disaster Claims Ephrata Man at Penn Steel Plant
A 15 ton fly wheel burst at Penn Steel and Iron Corpora tion in Lancaster Friday morning killing Ira R. Weaver of Ephrata aged 32. Several workers including Francis Brill Charles Wilmer Walter Roth Homer Howe and Alois Buhe were seriously or badly injured as flying metal and steam injured many others. A 1500 pound wheel piece flew 300 feet and a large fragment pierced the roof. The building housed over 69 workers and damage was about 25000 dollars.
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Penn Steel and Iron Corporation
Ira R. Weaver
Ephrata
Lancaster
Ohio
Francis Brill
Charles Wilmer
Walter Roth
Homer Howe
Alois Buhe
Bakers unveil hollow doughnut with filling at convention
At the National Bakers Association annual convention the new doughnut featured no hole with the inside filled to add nutrition. Bakers forecast war bread trends using potato flour and other substitutions to save sugar and eggs.
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National Bakers's Association
Squirrels Saved for Coat and Other Rural Incidents
West Chester man saved hides of 20 grey squirrels for a fur coat. Barn near Jonestown burned, $8,000 loss with live stock saved. Lewistown man fined $25 for out of season turkey. hospital patients in town ate it. Harrisburg lawyer admitted to Supreme Court practice in Pittsburgh. Lebanon men received two fine fox hound puppies from Cleveland, Georgia. Deer sighting near Annville. may be from Hershey Park. Highspire distillery to become hosiery mill backed by local capital. York Home Building Association forms to erect $1,000,000 in homes. Waynesboro strikers fined and jailed. work stoppage continues. Westmoreland blue-eyed baby up for adoption after abandonment. Rattlesnake Will mechanic plans airplane with Ford motor. wartime glider earlier. Eldred township thefts report cows and hogs stolen. wagon loaded with produce found robbed.
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Daniel Roebuck
Jonestown
Millard Connors
Lewistown
Lewistown Hospital
Dorothy Vaughn McCormick
Harrisburg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Ray Nolin
George H. Mattes
Lebanon
Cleveland
Paddy
Shealfér
Annville
Wershey Park
Highspire
Ilighsp
whHe
Waynesboro
W. Bush Gillan
Westmoreland Hospital
First Reformed Church
Jacob Wahl
Will
Germany
Ile
Eldred
Lycoming County
Oscar B. Reeser
Thomas Hek
Warrensville
Williamsport
Lancaster area notes small farms and civic growth
Local farming updates include Abram Bradley near Mt Joy with a four pound sweet potato, Leander Schoolmaker selling his 130 acre farm for 15 000, and East Petersburg planning a Welcome Home celebration for veterans on Nov 15. Lancaster Home Builders Association chartered to erect 500 houses. Ephrata Grange formed. new hosiery mill planned in Eph rata. a major limited post office theft at Mountville.
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Abram Bradley
Mt. Joy
William Sheaffer
Elizabethtown
Lancaster Breweries
U. S
Bill to Return Railroads Reported by Senate Committee
Senate interstate commerce committee reported a bill to return railroads to private ownership under federal supervision. It would take effect 80 days after passage and Chairman Cummins plans to bring it to the Senate immediately after the pace treaty passes.
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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Senate
Mifflin Farmers Plan Pure Bred Cattle Drive
Mifflin County farmers form a milk society to buy a carload of pure bred Holstein cows aiming to boost milk production. They note local creameries use whole milk for ice cream and bakery products, making butter production rare and often relying on market purchases to supplement supplies.
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Mifflin County
Paper subscription label warns of expired date
Reader notice highlights that a past label date means subscription expired and delivery may stop unless paid in advance, urging renewal to continue service.
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Munsing
Cooper
Detmer Woolen Co
W. H. Buch
Lititz
Flywheel
Isaac Gardiner
West Chester
Leander Schoolmaker
East Drumore
Ryan
Lewis
FL. M. Sprecher
Jacob Michelberger
Murrell
Chester County
D. S. von Neida
Ephrata Mountain Springs
Lancaster Home Builders Association
East Petersburg
Jacob la Bryson
Columbia
Quarryville
J. W. Eckert
Trinity Reformed Church
Marietta
New Holland
Lancaster County
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Chésinot Street
Rudy Wissler
Gomen
Mountville
Mountville Grocery Co
Mountville Inn
Edward Showers
Liberty Coin and Sign Co
Lancaster Mich
Manheim and
Sporting Jill
Rapho Township
Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Watt & Shand
Raiders
Stephrow
Hepbrow
Kane
Hank
Pete
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Yea Boss
Better Shoes
Has. H. Frey’s Shoe Store
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
Wingert & Haas Hat Store
John A. Haas
N. Queen St
England
Heinitsch’s
W. A
Mifflin
W. W. Apple & Son Jewelers & Opticians
Queen St., North Lancaster, FA
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