Various Local Notices Highlight Community Struggles and Commerce
Bethany Orphans Home in Womelsdorf houses 900 children since 1863. Northumberland county reports a shortage of teachers due to matrimony, with 30 schoolmarm brides recently. Hanover burglars poisoned watch dogs then stole $300 and valuables. Northern growers sell 35 Holstein cattle for $7500, average $214. Cheat River dam plans by Kuhn interests for power, West Penn Railways expands power plant. Peach shipments rise from Franklin County to major cities, with prices $1 to $1.40 per basket and $2 to $3.25 per carrier. European note on German fiction Raabe’s Zum Wilden Mann mentioned with local German contacts and scenes.
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Bethany
Womelsdorf
John Manjon
Wyndmoor
Northumberland County
Milton
Stanley Stankiewicz
Hanover
Pennsylvania
New York
Arling Cobb
Ulysses
Kuhn
West Penn
Connellsville
Cheat River
West Virginia
West Penn Railways Company
Chambersburg
Franklin County
Edgemont
Cavetown
Western
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Allentown Fair Promises Record Attractions in 1922
The Allentown Fair opens September 1922 with a new $100000 steel grand stand for 10000, famed horse races with major purses, three heat pacing races featuring Minor Heir Lady Maud C Hedgewood Boy and George Gano, plus Allie Wooster relay and sprint events. Daily New York Hippodrome acts, superior steam and electric rail access, unchanged twenty five cent admission, and daily aeroplane exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown Fair
Heir
Lady Maud C
Hedgewood Boy
George Gano
Allie T. Wooster
New York Hippodrome
J. B. Fitzpatrick
Allentown
Lehigh Valley Traction Company
Aviation Meet Planned in Harrisburg This September
Harrisburg readies a three day aviation exhibition with Rex Smith Aeroplane Company machines and top pilots. Expect in field near the city dome stunts cross country altitude flights and a possible prize for the first flyer to circle the capitol dome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Patriot
Rex-Smith Aeroplane Company
Chicago
Capitol
Radium Safe Design Guards a Mysterious Substance
The Los Angeles Times reports on lead lined inner safes and outer protective enclosures used to store radium. A three inch lead inner cell and special outer safe prevent emanations from the radioactive material while a round door allows testing for defects. Mercury vibhe tubes inside the door collect emanations to prevent loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Los Angeles Times
Progress and Misery Inventions Bring Both Benefit and Harm
Dr Irving Fisher notes advances from houses to printing bring benefits and side harms. He cites tuberculosis from poor ventilation, eye strain from reading, and spinal issues from chairs. The cure lies in improvements like glasses and ventilation, not abandoning civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Fisher
New York
Christian Advocate
Scottish Pearls and Mortality Fears Across History
A clashing array of notes covers Scottish river pearl fishing historically lucrative yet less so today, with records of substantial values in 18th century Scotland and 1865 German syndicate activity. Also cited are fears of premature burial leading figures like Harriet Martineau Edmund Yates and Lady Burton to arrange drastic post mortem precautions and body inspections.
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Scotland
London Standard
Harriet Martineau
Edmund Yates
Lady Burton
London Chronicle
Life as a Fine Art and Envy in Society
A fragment features Mr Henpeque praising a woman as lucky and notes Mrs Henpeque’s rebuttal about lack of female critics and envy of gowns. It blends a quotation from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune with reflections on life as a refined art learned through lifelong patience, per Drummond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Henpeque
Drummond
Not Going to Alice’s Inneheon Word Exchange
A brief, humorous exchange notes a vow to Alice’s Inn and a missing dress returning home. The quoted line from Harper’s Bazar contrasts with a aphorism from La Bruyere about laughter and happiness, underscoring wit and weariness in social satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice's Inneheon
Harper’s Bazar
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Zum
Wildem
Man
Europe
William Raabe
Herman T. Frueauff
Bethlehem
Abraham R. Beck
Dr. Pierce
Radium Safes
Brunnerville
E. G. Geyer
Thomas Steffy
Broad Street
Lititz, PA
Ind
Peck-Williamson
Co. E. Myer Tinner and Plumber
The
Lancaster Trust Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
Tianes
Willis
J. Hay Brown
Setles Grabille
Long
John Hertzler
John TD. Skicms
Herbert C. Miller
G. S. Mellinger
John §. Graybili
W. A. Hensel
H.W. Hartman
John Stertzler
John A. Nauman
OUR
Miller J.T. Breneman
J. H. Weaver
Waltham
Wertsch
Watchmaker
Lititz
PENNA
W. H. Muth & Co
la Bruyere
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Lancaster
Fulton Studio
Amos
S. M. Huber
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
Cette
Pere Section
Waverly Oi Works
Lind
Pitimek Ola
Jurg
Waverly
Landing Farmers’ Hotel
Sorrel Horse Hotel
A. B. Adams, Prop
King St
Dlancaster, Pa
Sasa
Maurice River
E.C. Ritchie
Ge L.keita
Justice of the Place
Real Metate
Lowk
Bronnerville
M. M. Souders
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