Pennsylvania History Family Of Revolutionary Matriarchs
Frederick A Goddearles narrates the Brown family of Lancaster County and Northumberland, detailing Matthew Brown a Continental veteran and founder of Washington Academy later Washington Jefferson College, his son Matthew Brown Jr and their roles in Jefferson College and Washington College. The piece covers births deaths marriages and a monument unveiling in White Deer Valley with multiple descendants attending.
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Matthew Brown
Lancaster County
John Brown
Scotland
Ireland
James
John
America
Matthew
Carlisle
Eleanor Lytle
White Deer Valley
Northumberland County
Committee of Safety
Carpenter's Hall
New Jersey
Thomas
William Brown
Harrisburg
Dickinson College
Northumberland Academy
Carole Presbytery
First Presbyterian Church
Washington
Brown
Washington Academy
Center College
Jefferson College
Canonsburg
Brow
Alexander Blaine Brown
Mary
Alexander Blaine F
Mary Williamina
Backus Wilsbur
William Ferguson
United States Army
Washington and Jefferson College
Eleanor Brown
Emerson Collins
Maitland Alexander
Pittsburgh
Susan Brown Alexander Unveils Memorial Donor Role
Susan Brown Alexander, a granddaughter of a Revolutionary hero, unveiled the monument and served as its donor. The ceremony highlighted lineage and civic memory as part of a DAR presentation.
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Coming Daughters of the
Susan Brown Alexander
Fourteen Hurt As Trolley Car Hits Truck In Peekskill
A Peekskill collision left fourteen injured when a trolley car struck a motor truck. Investigators described the impact as severe with several passengers and the truck driver requiring hospital care.
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Peekskill
International Tomes Service
Peekse
N. Saly
Disease free raspberry club formed by Schuylkill farm boys
In Pottsville Pa ten young farmers in Heggens Valley organized the first disease free raspberry growing club under county farm agent and extension specialists. Statewide efforts have aided 150 growers in 35 counties to obtain 158000 healthy plants. One patch yields 4000 quarts per acre. another 2520 quarts. The club emphasizes disease free stock and sound cultivation.
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Pottsville
Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County
Heggins Valley
Callera
Schuylkill Farm
Herries
Atock
Erle
Lebanon County
Baldwin Cabinet Favours Cruiser Building Plan
London July 15 The Baldwin cabinet faced a split over naval construction with Lord Birkenhead's committee report. Proposals call for five 10,000 ton cruisers this year and four more annually to 1931. Churchill opposes the program urging strict economy to balance the budget, while laborists largely oppose on principle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
Britain
Baldwin
Lord Birkenhead
Winston Churchill
Labor Party
Boy struck by golf ball may lose sight
In Pittsburgh on a Northside street James McAfee aged 12 was struck in the right eye by a golf ball and may lose sight. James Turner 17 who allegedly struck the ball is under arrest for violating a city ordinance as doctors treat McAfee at West Penn Hospital.
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International News Service
Fittsburgh
James McAfet
Ukaly
James Turner
McAfee
MccAfee
West’ Penn Hospital
Spraying Best For Trees Show Demonstration In York
York Pa July 15 In an apple dusting demonstration in the county today County Agent GG Weber found fifty percent of foliage on the check rows infested with apple scab spots. The dusted row showed thirty percent affected while trees on the regular spray schedule had less than one percent of leaves with the spots.
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York
GG. Weber
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