Local notes and upcoming events in Lancaster County
Miss Fanny Hershey leaves Lancaster for India as a missionary. The Lancaster County Supervisors Association meets October 23 at the courthouse. August revenue totals for Lancaster include 497112.92 from receipts, 29398.45 cigars, 197205 beer, 38744.62 spirits, and 27834.54 tobacco. A singing school opens September 12 at Steinmetz's meeting house between Ephrata and Akron with Prof. A D Brunck teaching. A Marietta restaurant worker, Harry Park, ignites matches in his hip pocket and burns fingers trying to extinguish flames. Post office clerk Charlies B. Hogendohler is jailed on falsifying records and embezzlement with bail set at 1500.
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Fanny H. Hershey
Lancaster
India
Lancaster County Supervisors’ Association
Court House
Charlies B. Hougendohler
Columbia Post Office
Campbell
Hogendohler
Justice of the Peace
George F. Lutz
United States
Trapping the Hessian Fly Warns for Early Seeding
Professor H A Surface of Harrisburg warns farmers to avoid early seeding as wheat season nears. He advises planting a tray strip across fields to catch Hessian fly eggs, delaying seeding until after the last week in September, and later turning down the trap strip before reseeding.
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H. A. Surface
Harrisburg
Borough Council Approves Dog Control Ordinance in New Holland
At Monday’s borough meeting New Holland passed second reading of a dog control ordinance prohibiting dogs running at large without owners. Violators face a £2 fine. Council also directed Solicitor Burkholder to draft an ordinance establishing legal status for the newly organized board of health.
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Borough Council of
New Holland
Council
Burkholder
Board of Health
Free tax free cigars for emloyees rules issued
Regulations to govern tax free cigars for cigar factory employees were issued by Secretary Mc Adoo. Cigars may not exceed 21 per week per individual and must be smoked by the employee to whom issued. The law limits use to the employee and forbids distribution. Manufacturers must keep daily tallies of cigars issued, workers receiving them, and their use, with monthly Treasury reports.
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McAdoo
Treasury Department
Teach Sex Hygiene In Public Schools of Nation
Dr. Thomas M. Balliet, former Reading schools superintendent and NYU dean, champions sex hygiene education in public schools. He supports Dr. Charles W. Eliot from Harvard, urging federal action. He cites a shift in public opinion due to medical advances and city life signs, calling for strong laws to combat commercialized vice and oppose segregation and lax regulation.
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Thomas M. Balliet
New York University
Reading
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard College
Buffalo
WN. Y
Eliot
Banana boom could reshape world food markets and Caribbean trade
The North American Review argues bananas rise from fruit to staple with wider acreage and new uses including flour and confection. Improved transport tethers Caribbean supply to Europe, challenging US market dominance while linking banana growers with distant regions. A Lancaster to Philadelphia car tale mirrors broader shifts in trade and industry.
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Chester Lloyd James
North American Review
Tropics
Pacific
Caribbean
Dakotas
Manitoba
Europe
United States
Vulgar Dances Stir Moral Outcry Across Society
A dated editorial denounces the Tango Bunny Hug and Grizzly Bear as vulgar dances fueling corruption among youth. It warns that these forms originate in dives and saloons, urging parents to monitor teens’ engagements and calling for a return to decent dancing or none.
The Crooked Path Of The Primeval Wood
Anonymous recounts a rural tale of a calf led home along a crooked trail through primeval woods. A lone dog, a bellwether, and wandering men create the first migrations by following an irregular path. The poem reflects on stubborn guidance and human striving.
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Shevn
Bill
Ghale
Tax mail order houses deplete population of towns
Congressman Alinebaugh of Illinois argues in the Congressional Record that great mail order houses erode rural town life and depress local merchants. He cites Chicago firms with vast floor space and profits, and notes plans by Montgomery Ward to build in Kansas City. He urges taxing mail order sales to fund country roads.
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Alinebaugh
Kiinelaugh
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
Kansas City
Nineteenth
Campbell Streets
New York
San Francisco
Portland
Hinebaugh
Way to Keep Babies Well Advice From Calumpbia Health Dept
Health department guides mothers on infant care during heat. Emphasizes pure milk, clean bottles, and cold storage. Recommends frequent bathing, light clothing, air circulation, and prompt physician care for illnesses. Warns improper food and high temperatures cause most deaths.
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Calumpbia
A Popular Native Annual Collins in Bicolor in Bloom
A Popular Native Annual Collins in Bicolor is now in bloom on shady hillsides. It is very easy to culture, free flowering, and seeds are easily gathered. It is a favorite in gardens across the United States and worldwide. Plant it this season and grow a hedge of it next year.
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Collins
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W. H. Buch
Clothier and Gents’ Furnisher Record Building
Lititz
York
Philadelphia
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Farmers National Bank
Lititz, PA
Leinbach & Co
Lancaster, Pa
Lancaster’s Daylight Department Store
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Chas. H. Frey
East King St
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