Mercersburg Hit By 10000 Dollar Fire At Hotel Mercer
A fire in Mercersburg Pa destroyed parts of the Pen Mar Grocery store and damaged the adjacent residence drug store and hotel. Firemen from Mercersburg and Antietam Fire Co of Hagerstown contained the blaze by midnight with damage estimated over 10000 dollars. The fire began in the basement of the Pen Mar Grocery and spread through the store then to the Stelzer home and nearby drug store owned by Dr John Mc Laughlin. The alarm was raised by local youths and the town praised the Hagerstown unit for its rapid response.
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Mercer
Mercersburg
Mercersburg Fire Company
Antietam Fire Co
Hagerstown
Pen-Mar
A. B. Stelzer
Seiger
John McLaughlin
Charles McLaughlin
Hagerstown Company
Harvest Home Observed By Lutheran Group In Shady Bower
Shady Bower notes record Harvest Home service planned by the Lutheran congregation next Sunday at 3 PM. Local residents including Ethel Yeakle Darce Gearfoss Lydia Kreps and many others visit family and neighbors across Clearspring Maugansville Leitersburg Chambersburg and Hagerstown areas with social calls and weekend gatherings.
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Shady Hower
Ethel Yeakle
Darce
Morris Mentzer
Chambersburg
Alicé Sellers
Elled Kratz
Elmer Forsythe
Della Harsh
Thos. Shank
Charlton Road
Norman” Mets
Donald
Morris Shank
Hubert
Edna Shank
Mil
Hagerstown
Allen’ Miner
Doris
James
Leitersburg
William Shank
Robert
Ralph
John Scott
Thomas Shank
Harry
Jesse Miles
Clearspring
Witmer
Catherine Mile
Catherine Wiles
Clearspring High School
Kitty Ward
Mrs Delia Harsh and Catherine Miles Visit Clearspring
Mrs Delia Harsh with Catherine Miles and Miss Catherine Wiles spent the weekend with friends in Clearspring. Mrs Helen Spickler visited her home folk on Saturday.
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Delia
Catherine Miles
Catherine Wiles
Clearspring
Helen
Spickler
Folke
Evening Post adopts abbreviated eight to five columns
New York news notes the Evening Post founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1782 changed to five column format to aid readability amid congestion and travel. It also reports American vessels totaling 901 of 875,971 tons were broken up condemned or unfit for service in the last fiscal year.
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New York
Alexander Hamilton
Evening Post
John C. Martin
New York Evening Post, Inc
Price fixing for gasoline likely
Washington reports administration officials and oil executives pressing to finalize their study of oil price structures. The oil planning committee works without pause amid a price war and rising gasoline costs, with hopes to fix prices within 48 to 72 hours and crude at about $1.00 a barrel.
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Washington
Oil Planning and Coordinating Committee
Compar
Market quoted prices and regional price differentials noted
Fragmentary text mentions New York State, differing price bases for commodities and fuels. It references metals like silver and coal deposits and the complexity of pricing differentials across regions.
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New York State
Why the Sun Takes Two Minutes to Set
The piece explains why the sun appears to take about two minutes to set, based on its half degree diameter and Earth's 1440 minute rotation. It notes winter apparent size and a negligible difference, and contrasts with the Moon which rises and sets in 24 hours due to its rotation and smaller horizon.
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Earth
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