Abundant Game Reported in Lancaster County This Year
County news outlines plentiful game in Lancaster as Warden Keene reports high wildlife activity. Local incidents note Mrs Miller injured after a fall, a fatal quarry accident with a horse and cart, a record school enrollment in Ephrata, legal petitions for pardons, and church pastoral moves in New Holland and Ostenburg.
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S. A. Keene
Christiana
Lancaster County
John Miller
Marietta
Longenecker Mennonite Church
Peter Wenger
East Manor
Penn
Lime Stone & Cement Co
Rheems
Ehprata
H. HE. Gehman
Edwin B. Eberly
Ephraim R. Kreider
Clay Township
John E. Malone
War costs and local notes from the era
Since March the state paid 22000 for fighting 1270 forest fires that burned over 210000 acres. The government appropriated 1000000 for a New York Central shops addition at Jersey Shore. Barbers at Ridgeway hiked prices to 50 cents a haircut with 20 cents extra. Saturday haircuts 60 cents. Bismarck post office in Lebanon county renamed to American Quen tin. Luther Kling of Emmaus received a $10 check for flagging a train after a broken rail near Macungie. Ross Stevenson patrolling for U boats in navy 10 years. brothers in infantry and navy. Sergeant George Skillum ordained Baptist minister awaiting chaplaincy. Morris Oxford, 22, died from injuries after a speeding car knocked him from a horse near Pottstown. autoist did not halt. Mahanoy township school board kept 45 teachers with $10 monthly raise, granted leave of absence for Principal Harry Mc Kerns in France. Lieutenant Harold E. Cooper credited with capturing seven Germans on battlefield via camera observations shared by Lieutenant Charles I. Reid.
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New York Central Railroad
Jersey Shore
Ridgeway
Bismarck
Lebanon County
Quentin
Roosevelt
France
Reading
Macungie
Luther Kling
Emaus
Ross Stevenson
Milton
Frank
James
Navy
George R. Skillum
United States Development Battalion
Gettysburg
Harrisburg
Morris Oxford
Rattlesnake Hill
Pottstown
Douglasville
Mahanoy Township
Harry McKerns
Sam
Harold E. Cooper
United States Signal Corps
Charles I. Reid
Millersburg
Cooper
Reid
York Haven Lady Gained Relief Through Tonall Merits
Mrs. Frank Copp of York Haven, Pa., suffered years with a disordered stomach and kidney ailment. She credits Tonall with restoring sleep, appetite, weight, and calm nerves after trying many remedies, buying it at J. E. Charles' Drug Store in Lititz.
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York Haven
Frank Copp
York County
J. E. Charles’ Drug Store
Lititz
Irrigates Two Acre Tobacco Field at Fry Farm
Jacob M. Fry, a progressive farmer of Fry's mill Ephrata township, operates a pumping machine at a nearby well. The device runs day and night, delivering ten gallons per minute from a twelve foot deep well. Water temperature is .50 degrees. Fry uses it to irrigate a two acre field of tobacco.
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Jacob M. Fry
Fry’s Mill
Ephrata Township
Fry
Groundhog Endangered by War Garden Incident
In Shamokin Rufus Van Horn waited with a shotgun when a ground hog emerged from under boards into a war garden. He shot and killed the animal, the first groundhog sighted in years within city limits as it hoarded produce. Meanwhile in Mauch Chunk a Stamp-Out Pro-German Club elected officers to oppose sympathizers and the so-called Hun influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamokin
Rufus van Horn
C. W. Young
Mauch Chunk
George W. McGovern
U. S. Bobst
Observing Frenchman and a Grass-Cut Sign in Normandy
A Normandy sign at a farm lists horses taken to grass with rates based on tail length. The farmer explains the rule: horses with long tails can swat flies and graze, while short-tailed horses are too bothered by flies to graze.
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Normandy
September and October county fairs and church event list
The notice lists events from September and October including the sixth convention of the Sunday schools at Brickerville Lutheran charge on September 7, several county fairs in Nazareth Northampton Lebanon Chester Reading Lancaster York, and the dates October 14 and October 8 to 11 for Lancaster and York county fairs respectively. The piece reads like a compact local events calendar with emphasis on fairs and a religious gathering.
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Brickerville Lutheran Charge
Brickerville
Northampton
Nazareth
Hanover
Lebanon County
Lebanon
Chester County
West Chester
Collects Locks to Cloth War Babies
Geraldine Farrar leads American women in sewing dresses for Belgian infants from old stockings. Two stockings joined and folded form a comfortable outfit for needy babies, with donations pouring in nationwide.
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Geraldine Farrar
Miss Farrar
Airman turns gun on helpless civilians in retreating attack
A witness from Epernay recounts a German airman who, after crashing, fired on fleeing noncombatants including a woman and child. Despite dying hours later, the bomber continued firing as crowds fled, and police rescued him only as the motor arrived.
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Laura Forest
American Fund For French
Epernay
German Crops Shortage Spurs Soldier Harvest in Russia
Reports from Germany indicate widespread crop shortfalls due to drought and pests with meat and sugar controls. Soldiers are sent to Russia to harvest grain for army use while peasants face rationing and soap shortages amid government directives.
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Russia
Kaiser Aml
SoissSons-Reims
Germany
United States
Mecklenburg
Pomerania
Poland
Lithuania
The
Food Administration
Death Dream True Sergt Wegner Killed in Accident
Mrs Ira Farr of Wo 1229 Upton avenue Minnexpells recounts a dream about her foster son Sergt A E B Wegner of the Medical division 332nd infantry Camp Sherman which led to a warning about horse work The dream proved true as Wegner was killed in a horse accident causing a fractured skull according to war department telegram and subsequent investigation
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Sergeant Wegner
Three Hundred and Thirty-second Infantry
Camp Sherman
Ira Farr
Upton Avenue
Minnexpells
Deserter Son Returned From Camp Wheeler in Georgia
Starling Hicks Jr is alleged deserter who left Camp Wheeler Macon Georgia two months ago. He was found hiding near Jasper Alabama and handed over to military authorities by his father who spent nights in the woods locating him. The father said he could not harbor a deserter even though he is his son.
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Starling Hicks, Jr
Camp Wheeler
Macon
Miltary
Jasper
Ala
Woman Appointed Tax Collector to Complete Unfinished Term
Grace Robinson of Goshen New York is appointed to finish her husband John W Robinson's term as tax collector while he serves in the war. She will oversee home tax collection and maintain duties at the office for the remainder of the term.
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John W. Robinson
Goshen
WN. Y
Grace
Castor Beans Thrive in South Georgia Fields
Responding to the government's demand farmers of South Georgia have planted castor beans extensively. The crops are thriving and in splendid condition, impervious to insect attacks.
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South Georgia
Shoes Made For Camp Lewis Soldier In Size Fourteen
A Seattle footwear factory recently completed a pair of shoes for a Camp Lewis soldier in size 14. The boots measure 17.34 inches in length and six inches across the ball, reflecting a custom oversized fit for military footwear.
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Seattle
Camp Lewis
Patriotism of the Stomach Stake in a Brown County Hunt
A group of Indianapolis businessmen touring Brown County finds no meat or bread at a farmer’s home after a day of hunting. A placard in the window reveals Mary’s United States Food Administration pledge, teaching them a lesson about wartime duty and the prevalence of pledge cards in rural homes.
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Indianapolis
Brown County
Mary
United States Food Administration
Food Administration
Beginning With Poultry Advice for Beginners
If the beginner has poultry keeping experience, buy eggs and start with setting them. Otherwise begin with fowls to gain knowledge of caring for poultry before attempting to raise chickens. Nai Tow ace
Captain Mother and the War Discipline Play
A home front tale shows a mother who acts as Captain Mother guiding her son Private Billie in military style discipline. She enforces attention and salutes, reviews his weekly conduct with the family staff, and awards a metal button decoration for loyalty to house and superiors. The piece frames obedience as a riveting game that shapes the boy’s behavior.
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Billie
Armye Cief
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America
W. H. Buch
Record Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
the County
Lancaster County Fair
Lancas
York
WW. W. Appel & Son Jewelers & Opticians
N Street
Alabama
Wingert & Haas Hat
John A. Haas
N. Queen St. Lancaster
East King Street
Lancaster
Chas. H. Frey
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
W. A
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