Pottery of rare value in Berks County collection
Philip D. Hoch of Oley township stores a large room full of Pennsylvania pottery and glassware valued at hundreds of dollars. The 30 year collector has catalogued pieces including Washington Lustreware, a silver coated clay teapot, Liverpool Masonic pitcher, and a set of plates with U S presidents. A biblical inscription vase, a pewter platter, and Richard Jordan ware feature among standout items in a historic, family treasure.
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Pennsylvania
Berks County
Philip D. Hoch
Oley Township
Manatawny
Mr. Hoch
Hoch
United States
Willian Penn
Pneland
Washington Lustreware
Washinton
Lafayette
Washington
Mr. Ioch
Woodrow Wilson
Moch
Geragh
Kotztown
Anklin
Lincoln
Mr. Hots
Hardy
William H. Hare
S Beverage
China
Hach
Oley Antiquary
Richard Jordan
Eyes of the World A Film by Clune Company At Lititz Paramount
Harold Bell Wright novel The Eyes of the World translated to a motion picture by The Clune Film Producing Company makers of Ramona. Shown at the Paramount Theatre Lititz on Saturday. Cast includes Taine Taine wife Conrad LeGrange and Aaron King in a tale of ambition passion and moral struggle with scenic San Bernardino settings and a femme fatale plot.
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Harold Bell Wright
Clune Film Producing Company
Lititz
Paramount
Mr. Taine
Taine
Conrad LeGrange
Dave
Aaron King
Why a Cat Has Whiskers and Pa Leads in Ice Cream
The article explains cat whiskers guide movement in the dark, sensing touch through delicate whisker nerves. It also notes Pennsylvania leads in ice cream production with about 23 million dollars, stating industry reach, plant counts, and milk and sugar usage at the 1910s convention in Philadelphia.
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Emmett
Campbell Hall
Pennsylvania
Allan
Delecates
Asylvannia Association
Manufactu
West Virginia
New England
Acation
Garden Pier
Seven Valley
Toa d Friend of the Farmer from Naturalist F. 8. Klinger
A 1920s style naturalist article debunks toad myths, notes toads deter predators with skin fluid, and explains feeding with a sticky tongue. It describes shedding skin, taming toads, slow growth, and the toad’s ecological value in farming.
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Ted
J. M. Binganian
Ephrata
Tle
Luminous Dats Popular in Early Radium Watch Trade
The radium luminescent watch industry grew from a single 1908 production by Dr. George P. Kunz. From 1910 onward imports and sales rose, with about 3,400 radium watches and clocks sold in 1915 in the United States. By 1919 the market reached roughly 2,200,000 high grade and cheaper watches and clocks, reflecting rapid expansion.
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George P. Kunz
United States
Nieree
Man's First Dwelling Place in Gobi Region
The Gobi Desert, high and central to Asia, is proposed as humanity’s origin point, from which people descended as waters receded. The Tibetan plains nearby yield vines, olives, rice, legumes, and domesticated animals. wild yak, horse, camel, sheep, goat, dog, and reindeer inhabit these mountains.
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Gobi
Asia
Earth
Tibet
Cashuire
China
Nature's Unchanging Way and the Power Within
A compact meditation on natural law and effort. The text argues that endurance and self-motivation unlock strength, thought, and opportunity. It frames nature as a fair but demanding guide: to gain more one must act, persist, and invest effort rather than wait.
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de Haviland
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Nature
Torre Ganeiy
Executor's Notice for Estate of Sarah Weidman
Letters testamentary granted on the estate of Sarah Weidman of Warwick Township Lancaster County Pennsylvania. All indebted parties should pay promptly and those with claims must present them for settlement to the undersigned residing at Schaefferstown Lebanon County.
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Lavinia
Sarah Weidman
Warwick Township
Lancaster Co
Schaefferstown
Lebanon Co
Load Up Right Grit for Personal Growth and Strength
The piece urges aligning added tasks with life work and existing talents. It argues the magnet of steel-like focus draws effort naturally, turning small daily turns into a tower of strength over time.
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Adam
Toad
Klinger
York
Hagerstown
Ephratamont
Hunt
Curtis Hessel
Gist
Cedar & Main Sts
Vba
Desert of
Harnish
Harnish Attorney
Phares Weidman
Orrow
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Dill , Company
Norristorm
Dill’s Baim of Lite
South Broad Street
Fountain Or Square
Zartman Gross
N. S. Myers
S. Broad St
Ittla
Timaru
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Fashion Park
Cortley
Groff & W
North Queen Lancaster
Lititz Electric Supply
C. BE. Mobler
East Main St
Lititz, Pa
Raezers
Pulmon-Ic
Hees,h. Reegees
Penna
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