MIXED State News Items From The Record
Over the state notes potato crop by John Warnick of Waynesboro nine planted and five pecks dug. A teen lover shot Naomi Leister and faced trial for aggravated assault. Divorce testimony exposes Calvin Schaeffer’s shared affections and a ruling for divorce. Richarda Post will cover National Grand Army fare and dues credit for nonattendees. Farmers in Warren Crawford and Erie cling to hand cradles amid rains draining grain. Benjamin Thorne lands a 30 inch 18 pound Brandywine carp after long fight. Albert Remmsnyder supplies a Sunday picnic feast with beans ham olives pickles ketchup crackers and water. Burt Mechling’s fast action saved Evaline after a copperhead bite two miles from Kittanning. Read the Record for $1 a year.
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John Warnick
Waynesboro
S. C. Warnick
Rivera
Minn
Daniel Snyder
Lansdale
Naomi Leister
Calvin L. Schaeffer
Exeter Township
Annie E
Reading
Richarda Post
Pottstown
National Grand Army
Washington, D. C
Warren
Crawford
Erié
Brandywine
Benjamin Thorne
West Chester
Thorne
Albert Remmsnyder
Beach Haven
Sam
Burt Mechling
Evaline
Kittanning
Daffy Daniel Finds Courage at the Carnival Fire
Frances Blake, a new schoolteacher, learns Daffy Daniel is Daniel Ford, a reclusive farmer. At Firemen's Hall carnival a blaze traps guests. Daniel directs panic control, rescues many, and saves Frances atop a roof. Afterward the crowd honors him as a real man and hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner
Mrs. Dyweedy
Daffy
Miss Blake
Tweedys
Mrs. Tweedy
Daffy Daniel
Frances Blake
Daniel
Ford Place
Overbrook
Frances
The
New School
Daniel Ford
Mr. Ford
Pondpoint Bugle
Tiret
Bauiel Ford
Daniel Ward
Wrances
Rances
Agricultural Trust Company to be formed in Lancaster
Lancaster County farmers and business leaders back a new Agricultural Trust Company to aid farmers and industry. Shares priced at $100 with $5 per share due on subscription. calls expected August 2 and September 6. Subscription requests and inquiries directed to J W Fehl, Treasurer, with a long list of regional subscribers and interested parties across Lancaster and surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Lancaster City
Lancaster
Agricultural Trust Company
J. W. Fehl
Pro
Fehl
Martin Lefevre
Strasburg
Aaron C. Sanders
Manor Township
Albert G. Herr
Washington
Boro
S. F. Sweigart
Albert R. Landis
J. W. Feh
Chas
Hess
New Providence
L. O. Davis
John E. Lefever
Safe Harbor
Rh. D
Henry M Herr
Millersville
Franklin Warfel
Conestoga Centre
Frank 8
Miller
Isaiah F. Hess
John M. Herr
Geo. F. Murry
Christian F. Lauder
Moses R. Landis
R. D
Silas E. Bard
Denver
Henry J. Gish
Elizabethtown
Amos N. Risser
Plan Big Goat Farm Near Freeland and White Haven
New Jersey capitalists and Michael Gallagher of Freeland plan a large goat farm between Freeland and White Haven to exploit idle woods and supply a local tannery, amid reduced kid imports due to the war. A Kerein Kid Company representative has looked at land near Honey Hole and Upper Lehigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeland
White Haven
New Jersey
Michael Gallagher
Honey Hole
Lehigh
Kerein Kid Company
Precedence Debate at Cambridge Doctors in Law Lead
A Cambridge discussion pondered whether doctors at law or medicine should precede. The chancellor asked who goes first at an execution thief or hangman. Hearing the thief leads, he ruled doctors in law first and doctors in medicine next in rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Cambridge
Loudon
Court Hears Plea After Curbstone Incident
In Buffalo Express prose the exchange shows a defendant contending no crime was committed after a clash. He explains the altercation occurred as he says he was using his head on Stone and asks why the court punishes a blunt remark. The court probes the timing of the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Express
Sorcery in New Guinea and other old world curios
A Harper's Magazine excerpt narrates a New Guinea sorcery trial where a puri-puri healer demanded a dog and a pig as payment for curing a mother-in-law. after failure, the son-in-law killed the sorcerer with aid from two friends. Additional notes cover Cleveland spelling origins, a Luxurious Poorhouse at Morden College, and conditions for admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Harper’s Magazine
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland Herald
Morden College
Blackheath
London Chronicle
Building Our Big Canal and Panama Admin Struggles
The Panama canal project is praised for its engineering scale yet challenged by overwhelming administrative demands. Stevens argues engineering was the easy part, while supply, labor, policy, and social factors across a tropical, sparsely populated isthmus created the true hurdles. The article notes health concerns and unfamiliar living conditions added to the complexity, shaping a view that administration outpaced technical feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Stevens
United States
North
Central America
Western Hemisphere
Panama
George W. Goethal
Berbner
Hedgehog Fish Describes Air Filled Defense
The hedgehog fish, a strange creature, has a spiny body and a defense mechanism. When threatened it breathes air to inflate its body into a football shape, bristling spines in every direction. It floats on its back, balance upset, with opponents kept at bay by its impenetrable armor.
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Sousa
Willow
Philadelphia
R. R
Willow Grove
Fare Ly. A
Lancaster I.e
East Petersburg
Lancaster Junction
Manheim
Lititz
Millway
Akron
Ephrata
Reinholds
Vinemont
Henry L. Gise
J. P
John H. Martin
Mt. Joy
Clayton J. Rover
Lane Forney
John Mohler
M. H. Hottenstein
Samuel R. Nissley
John A.G. Balmer
Harvey Hoasier
Donegal Springs
Hossler
Holmes
Wu Ting Fang
England
Lo Feng Lo
France
Yu Keng
Melpomene
Philadelphia Ledger
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