Upcoming fairs and gatherings across Pennsylvania region
The notice lists major fairs and events from Sept. 22 to Dec. 11 across Allentown Trenton Lancaster York Doylestown Ephrata Manheim Atlantic City and Reading. Events include county fairs farmers day and Grange conventions with dates in September October November and December.
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Allentown
Trenton
Lancaster
York
Doylestown
Ephrata
Lancaster County
Lutheran
Longenecker Family Reunion Draws Big Lancaster County Turnout
The Longenecker clan held its largest spring reunion with 400 to 500 members from Lancaster, Lebanon, Berks and Dauphin Counties plus a Pasadena, California representative. About 300 names fill the historian’s latest list. 900+ in Lancaster County. Attendees included Reuben R. Longaker and George M. Longaker who have attended every reunion. Ten deaths, seven births, and one marriage were recorded in the past year. Officers elected: President Reghen R. Longaker, First VP Albert B. Shenk, Second VP John F. Longenecker, Third VP George M. Longaker, Secretary-Treasurer David E. Longacre, First Assistant Secretary Ira L. Shenk.
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Longeneckers
Longacre
Longaker
Longenecker
Lancaster
Lebanon
Berks
Dauphin
Pasadena
Cal
Lancaster County
John
Germany
Daniel
Ulrich
Reuben R. Longaker
George M. Longaker
Longenecker Family Reunion Held at Lititz With Notables
The Longenecker gathering featured David Longenecker and George M. Longacre among elders, gifts to the oldest and youngest members, an afternoon program including hymns and addresses by Rev. J H Longenecker Palmyra and Rev. Linnaeus Tongenecker, plus a pantomime. The group plans next reunion near Ringing Park Pottstown late August or early September 1925 and praised the local committee led by John F L Longenecker.
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David Longenecker
Phila
Christian
R. Longenecker
New Hol
George M. Longacre
Pottstown
Sylvia Longenecker
John F. Longenecker
Lititz
Glyde
Walter Hess
Lincoln
Jesus
Jacob Longenecker
Palmyra
Reuben R. Longaker
Edna Tuongenecker
J. H. Longenecker
Margaret, Paul and
Linneans Longenecker
Sweigart and Peichert Sisters
Mohnton
Christian R. Longenecker
Linnaeus Tongenecker
Ringing Park Pottstown
John FL Longenecker
Pebble Pickers Lose Jobs as Steel Balls Take Over
On the Pacific coast pebble picking for grinding mills collapses after science introduces steel balls that work faster and last longer. Pebble pickers shift to new lines of work as the market vanishes.
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Tpacific
Triumphs of Philosophy Quote on Present ills and Enduring Good
A compact reflection contrasts philosophy and current troubles. La Rochefoucauld notes that philosophy easily conquers past and future ills, yet present ones often override reason. He adds that good received from others should help us bear suffering.
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la Rochefoucauld
Night school formed by Mount Joy farmers in Garber's drug store
Mount Joy leaders organized a night school for ages 16 to 50 at the public school, aiming to help factory-working children and rural students. In West Chester, thousands of large black crickets invade homes seeking warmth, chirping loudly and disturbing residents, especially in the southwestern area.
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Mount Joy
Garber’s Drug Store
West Chester
Bee stings inspire Bloomsburg beekeeper’s livelihood
Suggestion that bee stings cure rheumatism led Collis Bower of Bloomsburg North Center township to enter beekeeping years ago. He now manages about 75 colonies, finds some relief from his ailment, and spends hours weekly studying bee culture to improve his stock.
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Collis Bower
Bloomsburg North Center Township
Bower
Dress Well and Succeed Sparks Wide Editorial Fire
A professional psychologist hired by manufacturers to improve male dress faces sharp editorials and broad public scrutiny. The piece catalogs famous figures and their outfits, noting editors’ fashion critique and the psychologist’s plan to spur nationwide reform, aiming for publicity and debate.
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America
My. Longfellow
Johnstown Democrat
George Washington
Jefferson
Benedict Arnold
Benjamin Franklin
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Myron Herrick
United States
Thomas Edison
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Henry Lord
Andrew Mellon
Russell Sage
J. P. Morgan
Daniel Drew
Jim Fisk
Conrad
Frederick the Great
William Hohenzollern
Holland
Rome
Julius Caesar
Diogenes
Socrates
John D. Rockefeller
Clarence Darrow
James Hamilton Lewis
Democrat
Engineer Falls After Quick Stop On Reading Train
Edward Connelly of Port Carbon, engineer on Reading No. 9, the Reading Flyer, between Philadelphia and Pottsville, stopped his train between Dougassville and Monocacy shortly after 8 pm last Thursday when he collapsed from apoplexy. Fireman Leiby rode into Reading with the train and a relief engineer replaced him. Connelly was taken to Reading hospital in serious condition. The heavy train usually carries ten to twelve coaches south of Reading.
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Dougassville
Monocacy
Edward, Connelly
Port Carbon
Reading Flyer
Philadelphia
Pottsville
Leiby
Reading
Connelly
Hawk and Blacksnake Death Battle Found
Louis Bush of Wilkes-Barre reported near White Haven the two bodies found in a woodland death struggle. The hawk’s beak and talons were embedded in the snake, which had coiled around the bird and appeared to have crushed or choked it.
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White Haven
Louis Bush
Wilkes-Barre
Escape in Their Nighties at Mountain Inn Fire
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Mountain Inn at Krebs Station near Shenandoah. The road house hotel housed summer guests who fled in nightclothes as flames swept the building on Thursday.
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Kreb’s Station
Shenandoah
Good Roads Plan Aids Lancaster County Farmers
Senator Homsher promotes a road plan with the State Highway Department to cut costs for Lancaster County townships. The new framework allows state aid from $5,000 per mile upward, enabling over a million dollars in local matching funds for road building. At $10,000 per mile, this could yield about one hundred miles versus twenty under the old policy.
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Homsher
Lancaster County
Senator Homsher
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Flemisher
Turth Will Out In Lancaster Inquiry Impact On Coalition Claims
The Lancaster Inquirer exposes how Coalitionists seek credit for Musser administration achievements, while city government had no role and police protection lapses allow bootleggers and criminals, revealing striking contradictions in local policy and enforcement.
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Musser
Lancaster City
Police Department
Lancaster Inquirer
A Vain Attack On Lancaster County Politics
A circular by the Coalition Party seeks to persuade Lancaster Republicans to vote a local ticket. It claims false city improvements credit to Coalition rule, notes police and school department criticisms, and highlights a $150,000 debt from a chosen filter plant purchase under Mayor Musser.
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Coalition
Lancaster County
Coolidge
McCullough
Democratic State Committee
Lancaster City
Conestoga Traction Company
Coalition Party
Charles E. Gunzenhauser
Chamber of Commerce
Musser
Horace the Flower Man brightens Chicago hospitals
Horace L. Eshbach known as Horace the Flower Man, a 62 year old Moravian baker, has spent 28 years visiting Chicago hospitals on Saturdays Sundays and vacations to distribute flowers. He recently handed out 8000 blossoms during a Chicago visit and recalls meeting Billy Sunday in his early Y M C A days before his rise in ministry.
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Chicago
Horace
Horace L. Eshbach
Ile
Pennsylvania
Billy Sunday
The
Central Y. M. C. A
Flower man Horace Eshbach aids hospitals through gifts
Horace Eshbach visits Protestant Jewish Catholic white and colored hospitals with flowers. He supplies Central Y M C A headquarters in Chicago and has earned semi official status among flower merchants who grant him generous discounts. He became a practical nurse three years ago living among Dunkards and Mennonites in Lititz Pa. He asks patients pay what they can or nothing and says no millionaire in Chicago is as happy as he is to help the poor.
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Billy
West Side
Eshbach
Chicago
Central Y. M. C. A
Horace
Lititz
Lightening the Burden by Cropping a Few Years
A brief note from the Boston Evening Cran script hints that cropping a few years helps many women carry their age well. The item reflects fashion and beauty commentary in a historical newspaper fragment.
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Boston Evening ‘Cran Script
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Shir Sas
Standard
W. H. Buch
Fire House
Lititz, Pa
Berwick
William C. Boardman
New York Construction Company
Bloomsburg
Automobile Company
L. B. Ketcham
John Giles
Line Forman
Delta Electric Power Company
Delta
York County
Turth
Blumster Mann
Horace L. Eschbach
Grepe
C. S. Zartman
Bogis
Long & Co
Lancaster, PA
Irvington, N. Y
Record Printing House
Enemms
Gaurt Itee
Ralph M. Spacht
Litefz
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