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Witches Win in York
Nichols, Dudley | January 23, 1929 issue

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In the pleasant Susquehanna Valley of Pennsylvania in the summer of 1927 the city of York determined, the language of its Chamber of Commerce, to put itself on the map. The behemoth Philadelphia had its sesquicentennial. But, had not the Continental Congress, when the behemoth fell in the way of attack, moved on to York and sat there from September, 1777, until the following June. The old state house which had stood on the square had vanished but at least there remained the memorial name, Continental Square. Accordingly York held its own sesqui, invited Congressmen to make resounding speeches, engineered parades and processions, and hoped that all this would put the place on the map.

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LEGISLATORS; SPEECHES, addresses, etc.; CITIES & towns; SUSQUEHANNA River Valley; YORK (Pa.); PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED States
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