Overland Red Bird Upholds Reputation in San Antonio Test
The Overland Red Bird demonstrated remarkable fuel economy on the Scenic Loop in San Antonio. A five-car crew tracked the car carrying two passengers, logging 47 miles total and averaging 25 mph with over 32 mpg on a nine mile steep route, despite hills and stops.
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Overland
San Antonio
Tex
Mint
Sweet Charity
Willys. Overland
Toledo
Ohio
Fredericksburg Road
Krempkaw
Inspiration Point
Red Bird
Dallas
Red Bird and Overland models gain international fame
The passage notes the Overland family and their Red Bird models earning international reputations through similar conquests in Mexico Australia England and Canada.
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Mexico
Australia
England
Canada
Planting Duck Food Aids Wild Waterfowl Near Harrisburg
Edward Dunning, executive secretary of the Central Pennsylvania Fish land Game Conservation Association, has planted wild celery lilies and other mall attractants in Harrisburg streams and Wildwood Lake to nourish migrating ducks and geese. The program, supported by federal protections, reports Black ducks with broods near Foster's Island and tame nesting near Delaware Bay and Boston Fens.
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Edward Dunning
Central Pennsylvania Fishland Game Conservation Association
Harrisburg
Association
Wildwood
Dunning
Foster's Island
Wildwood Lake
Park Department
Delaware Bay
Fens
Boston
The Falling Star Reflected in a Siwash Chief Tale
In Emma Lindsay Squier’s The Wild Heart a star’s fall evokes a Siwash chief’s tale of spirit comfort. The line of light sparks sadness as the poem links celestial signs to easing a soul’s passage into the Great Darkness.
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Siwash
Paradise
Emma Lindsay Squier
Sunday School Leader Raub Serves 40 Years Quarryville
G J P Raub has supervised the Quarryville Reformed Sunday School for over four decades with his wife as a longtime teacher. Meanwhile, Ephrata residents Samuel Ludwig and family, along with Martin Grostefson and kin, travel by auto to Grand Lodge, Michigan, then California and plan a lengthy trip. Abram C Flory becomes a great grandfather at 92 as two children join the families of Rapho township couples in one night.
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G. J. P. Raub
Quarryville Reformed Sunday School
Samuel Ludwig
Mary
Martin Grostefson
Ephrata
Grand Lodge
Michigan
California
Abram C. Flory
Abram Flory
Adam Kline
Rapho Township
War Romance Ends in Sudden Tragedy Abroad
J Rollin Quillen of West Chester learned of Fraulein Wally Reise death while preparing for their voyage to America. He had served in the navy, then joined the army of occupation, and was among the last home from World War I. Reise fell ill and died just as travel plans were finalized.
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J. Rollin Quillen
West Chester
Fraulein Wally Reise
Quillen
Navy
Army of Occupation
Germany
America
Fraulein Reise
Crater Lake A Scenic Masterpiece in Oregon’s Crater Lake
A 1923 Western Newspaper Union piece describes Mount Magamia in southwest Oregon where a collapsed peak formed Crater Lake. It highlights the lake’s depth, elevation above sea level, lack of inlets or outlets, and brilliant blue waters surrounded by cliff walls. Phantom Ship island and a crater within a crater are noted as striking features.
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Oregon
Portland
San Francisco
Tis
Crater Lake
Sam
Western Newspaper Union
Teenager Dies After Mosquito Bite Scratches
Harry Wiley aged 16 of Dillsburg Dauphin county died in Harrisburg hospital after scratching a mosquito bite with his fingernails. Physicians said infection or complications from scratching contributed to his death, though the bite itself was not fatal.
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Harry Wiley
Dillsburg
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
Man Survives 100 Foot Plunge After Auto Goes Through Bridge Rail
Harry Lentz of Jersey Shore narrowly escaped serious injury when his car went through an overhead bridge railing near Staverstown in Jefferson county. The vehicle was wrecked and a railroad crew cleared the wreckage. Lentz suffered only scratches and two minor bruises. Local reports note the incident followed a collision with a speeding car on the bridge.
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Staverstown
Jefferson County
Harry Lentz
Jersey Shore
Lentz
Where the Pennsy's Revenues Go
The Pennsylvania RR spent most income on salaries for 220,000 employees, 51.41 percent, and 17.07 percent on supplies and materials. Coal use accounted for 7.29 percent, taxes 4.549 percent, losses and damages 641 percent, and interest 4 percent. Only 5.56 percent remained for dividends to the investors.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Bear Still At Large Near Kane Despite Rumors Of Killing
Hunters and trappers along the Kinzua creek near Kane Pennsylvania report that Old Bald Face the large black bear weighing about 800 pounds is not dead as rumor claimed last winter. The aged creature has been seen all summer, roams the woods near Kinzug Road, raids camps and butter storages, and even children report glimpses of the evasive animal.
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Kinzua Creek
Kane
Kinuza
Milo Oviatt
Kinzug Road
German Girl Eva Vogel Enjoys Lancaster County Visit
Miss Eva Vogel of Rothenburg Germany stays with Mrs. Musser on Willow Street Pike and expresses delight at America. Her father, a railroad official, lost everything in the war and the family adapts. Eva grows confident, enjoys the stores, and eats heartily amid relief and new vitality.
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Eva Vogel
Rothenburg
Germany
America
Lancaster
Reunion Notes From Goods and Guths Ancestors in Lehigh County
Records from the 1788 arrival of Lorentz Guth in Lehigh County show prices from that era. Wheat 40 cents a bushel, rye 27 cents, flour 90 cents a hundred, beef and pork 2 cents, ham 4 cents, applejack 25 cents a gallon, rye whisky 24 cents, a drink and a cigar 3 cents, hotel meals 5 to 10 cents, and a bed 3.44 cents.
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Lorentz Guth
America
Lehigh County
Goods
Guths
Jackson Park
Allentown
Four Year Old Falls Asleep On Thresher Platform
Ruth Moore, daughter of Wm. M. Moore on a Bethlehem area farm, slept on her father's threshing platform at quitting time. Unseen by workers, the apparatus moved to a nearby farm where the girl rolled into tall grass and slept until morning. Parents believed she was with relatives and did not miss her until daybreak.
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Ruth
Wm. Muffy
Moore
Bethlehem
Lititz Physician Dr Shelly the Early Life and Legacy
Philadelphia obituary recalls Doctor Shelly a Lititz physician with roots in Lititz Academy and the University of Pennsylvania. He built a wide practice by 1840, valued education, horticulture at Warwick and family life with six children. A Whig then Republican, he supported education and balanced duties with a fragile health.
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Shelly
Ranck
Lititz Academy
University of Pennsylvania
Linnaeus
Lititz
Warwick
Manheim Road
Farm Calendar Clean the Poultry House
The calendar urges thorough cleaning and disinfection of the poultry house before winter quarters. It covers Peach Borer control from Sept 4 through September and September 10 as the start date for P D B usage in northern and mountain regions, with extensions to Oct 15 in southern areas. It also notes Hessian Fly damage, saw plow for replanted wheat, fruit cellar prep, and hogging off corn as labor-saving tips from Dr. Hayner of Pennsylvania State College.
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Hayner
Pennsylvania State College
Aged Elkton Parson Dies After Operation
Dr. Martin Schweitzer of Ephrats relieved R D Lockerbie in Elkton Md and returned home. The 85 year old minister who officiated at about 19 000 marriages and averaged 2800 yearly died Tuesday after an operation. He presided over 126 weddings during his Elkton stay.
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Schweitzer
Elkton
Martin Schweitzer
Ephrats
R D. F. Lockerbie
obituary sketch notes late writer’s death in New Haven church
The sketch laments missing age and date of death and asks forgiveness for brevity. It states the writer’s remains lie in the cemetery at New Haven and identifies the deceased as belonging to a local church denomination indicated by initials.
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New
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Monito
Bear
Dr. Wright
W. H. Buch
Lititz, Pa
Texas
Stork
T. T. Maxey
Keystone Exchanges
Man
Norwich
McKean
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Pennsy
Lancaster County
Mupe
Japan
L. N. Moyer
Lititz and
Dr. W. A. Shelly
Philadelphia
FORD
Farmers Nat’l Bank
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