Radio reception experiment tested by Bell and Reading officials
Engineers from Bell Telephone and Reading Company investigate radio reception without a set using a five mile wire as an aerial near Bardmore north of Coatesville. Night operators hear Berlin and other distant stations, while nearby Philadelphia and New York signals prove elusive. The test group includes Reading president A. T. Dice and other executives.
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Bell Telephone Company
The
Reading Company
Bardmore
Coatesville
Berlin
Philadelphia
New York
Brandmore
A. T. Dice
Deserted East Hill joins list of vanished villages
The village of East Hill near Williamsport is now a deserted hamlet after Monroe Case, its last resident, moved away. Once home to 12 farms and a school, residents left for markets, leaving hunting camps as the only permanent presence in the area.
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East Hill
Williamsport
Monroe Case
Irishwoman Fair Geraldine and Elizabeth Fitzgerald Link
The note says Irishwoman Fair Geraldine, a noted character in England in the sixteenth century, was the Irish Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald, daughter of General Fitzgerald, ninth Earl of Kildare, who later became the wife of the Earl of Lincoln.
Fire prevention talk highlights dangers of overheated hay
Lancaster County Firemen's Association met in Elizabethtown where Chester County's fire marshal warned that barns burn when hay is green or overheated during harvest. He cited a case of a hay mow heating to 160 degrees triggering combustion and noted smothering fires without air. He promised results of investigations to come.
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Lancaster County Firemen's Association
Elizabethtown
Chester County
Choosing Between Two Conducts and Two Names
A brief reflection on moral choice, comparing two possible conduct and two versions of self. It cites Robert Louis Stevenson and his Jekyll and Hyde polarity as a guiding allegory for steering toward the best within us and away from the worst.
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Mann Robert Louis Stevenson
Cavtor Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Henry van Dyke
Goiter Treated Successfully by Pennsylvania Ladies
Pennsylvania women report home treatment for goiter using Sorbel Quadruple with letters and willingness to share experiences. Names include Mrs F P Baker Titusville, Mrs Frank Myers Duncanville, Mrs Plovence Dindinger Wempum, Mrs E E Marks Millersburg, Edna Wright Homestead. Sorbol Company Mechanicsburg Ohio. Local outlet L N Moyer's Drug Store.
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Pennsylvania
Goitre
FP. N. Baker
W. Oak St
Titusville
Frank Myers
Duncansville
Plovence Dindinger
Wempum
E. E. Marks
Millersburg
Edna Wright
Homestead
Sorbol
Mechanicsburg
Ohio
L. N. Moyer’s Drug Store
Dangerous Crossings Eliminated by New Lancaster Road
Two of Lancaster county's most dangerous grade crossings between Chickies and Watts west of Columbia were eliminated by a new state highway project running on the east side of the railroad. The route, opening to traffic now, avoids cross tracks between Marietta and Columbia and removes a dangerous hill, improving safety for autoists.
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Lancaster County
Chickies
Watts
Columbia
Marietta
New York Children Leave Lancaster County After Two Week Visit
Sad farewells mark the departure of 749 New York children who spent two weeks in Lancaster County on a vacation. Hosts watched tearful goodbyes as youngsters boarded the train at 1 o clock, many laden with gifts and new clothes. The visit left both sides glad for the experience and memories to share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Horst
North Cornwall Township
Blue Mountain
Hanover
Walter Tobias
Adam Bomberger
Edwin Shell
John Donmeyer
Ew Latte
Lancaster County
Elias Miller
Leavenworth
Kan
Newton Miller
Gordonville
Miller
New York
North Queen Street
Big City
York
Lancas County
Lancaster
New
Doan's Pills touted for kidney relief in Latitz ad
A Lititz reader Mrs. Paul Kauffman describes back pain from heavy work and kidney irregularities. The ad promotes Doan's Pills as a stimulant diuretic, claims relief after using Dean's Pills from Moyer's Drug Store, priced 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co. is listed as the manufacturer.
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Doan
Doan’s
Paul Kauffman
Lincoln Ave
Dean
Moyer
Coming Events List For Local Reunions and Conventions
Community notices list several reunions and conventions. Highlights include the Coldren family reunion on Saturday September 12, the Elser Oberlin reunion at Zacharias Ferry's Clay home, the Sesqui Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia from June 14 to September 17, 1925, the Pennsylvania State Firemen's Convention in Stroudsburg October 5 to 8, and the Lancaster County Christian Endeavor Convention in New Holland November 5 and 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Elser-Oberlin
Zacharias Ferry
Clay
Pennsylvania State Firemen’s
Stroudsburg
Monroe County
Lancaster Co
Christian Endeavor
New Holland
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U.S. Brick Co
Ephrata
Munsing
Cooper
Duoford
High Rock
Lawrence Union
Arrow
Ide
Sweet Orr and Company
Freeland
W. H. Buch
Felix
Blaufmans
Susie
L. F. van Zelm
Gwostery
MR. .Ot
Lotts
Emily
Featherhead
Bunk
Keystone Exchanges
Horst
Blue Mountains
Moses Gundrum
Sheafferstown
New Jersey
South
Long & Co
Lititz, PA
Bryan
George W. Hensel, Jr
Quarryville
United States
William Jennings Bryan
Florida
Hensel
Dan Bride
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Public Service Information Committee
Germany
Tual
the County
Trolley Express
Strasburg
For
A. Rawsing’s Sons Vinegar Company
Columbia Brewery
Lynn G. Adams
Columbia Brewery Company
Charles’ Hoover
Kew
John S. Weaver
Ile
Lady Coolidge
Lady Roosevelt
Charles A. Kibbie
Illinois
Cc. S. Zartman
Lititz
Lititz Springs National Bank
Capital
Coldren
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