Palmyra Happenings Chronicle Local News Gestures
Palmyra notes social calls in Reading and Harrisburg visits, new livery stables on Railroad street, school exams set for April 22, and street improvements on Main street. Residents travel to Lebanon Harrisburg Shippensburg and Myerstown for events and holidays. a small Sunday party at Jonathan Snyder’s West Main Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Henning
Reading
J.C. Fasnacht
Railroad Street
Fasnacht
Eagle House
Katie Brehm
Harrisburg
Benjamin Miller
Ethel Miller
Meyerstown
Samuel Faxster
College Street
Mable Wagner
Lebanon
Ray Early
Carlisle
M. Ricker
Abraham Price
Anna
Pauline. Miller
George B. Evans
Snake
Joseph ‘Lauck
East Main Street
Palmyra and
Campbelltown
Christian Foltz
Franklin and Marshall College
Morris Klick
Frank Brehm
John Brewer
Elmer Klopp
David Snyder
Chaffeur
Myerstown
Cornwall
Jonathan Snyder
West Main Street
Palmyra
Harry Potterger
Harry Hershberger
David Hershberger
Raymond Kreider
Milton Mark
Harry Poorman
William Hartz
George Lauser
Joseph Brown
Milton Flowers
Paul Brewer
Howard Heilman
Daniel Moyer
Jonathan Snyder, Jr
New Road Roller Arrives for Berks and Reading Turnpike
A 12-ton Huber steam road roller arrived in Palmyra last Saturday for the Berks and Reading Turnpike Company. Frank Moyer of Palmyra, representative of Huber Steam Roller Company, Marion Ohio, sold the latest model with improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huber
Palmyra
Berks and Reading Turnpike Company
Frank Moyer
Huber Steam Roller Company
Marion
Ohio
Trinity Reformed Ghureh Sunday School and Services
Trinity Reformed Ghureh schedules Sunday School at 1 30 p m Preaching at 10 15 a m and 7 30 p m Heidalberg League at 6 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Reformed Ghureh
Heidalberg League
Double Weddings At Campbelltown
Campbelltown April 3 A double wedding was held at the Keller home with Minnie Keller marrying Charles Fox and Ira Treist marrying Clara Scheib. Rev C F Kreider united the couples. Also reported were local items including a successful operation, local births, moves, a boiler accident, Easter services cancellation, and a large Brookside farm sale promising 1000 bushels of potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbelltown
David Keller
Minnie Keller
Charles Fox
Ira Treist
John Beamesderfer
Colebrook
Mt. Gretna
Hard to choose a husband in a witty exchange
A playful dialogue features a caller claiming it is easy to pick a handsome husband while the other cautions that ease hides difficulty. The exchange centers on attraction, judgment, and the chasm between choosing and obtaining.
Branscomb’s Quick Auto Choice Sparks Debate
The dialogue notes Branscomb took six months to decide on a car while his wife had been known for only two weeks before marriage. The exchange frames car buying as a serious matter and hints at a rushed union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branscomb
All the Latest Trimmed Now on Display
Miss S. M. Foltz promotes trimmed goods at S. W. Corner Greiner Block in Palmyra. The display highlights new offerings and the newspaper urges readers it pays to advertise in the Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Foltz
Lebanon
County
John W. Snake
Michael Eby
J. Edward Gruber
S. W
Greiner
Palmyra
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clinton Rhul
Penbrook
Hilda Erb
Elizabethtown College
Daniel Baldwin
Locust Street
Hazel Hartman
Helen ‘Henry
William’ Miller
Sarah. Gingrich
Shippensburg Normal School
Mrs
Levi Gingrich
Fleeta /Kettering
Duncannon
Ke Own
Mable Eichberger
Stéelton
Catherine ‘Kreider
Ephrata
Miss Pearl King
Middletown
Town
New Road Roller
Paul J. Dundore
Chicago
Fred Zellers
Railroad
St. Almyra, Pa
James Kelly
David “Boyer
Lawn
Mary Brandt
H. K. Kreider
Shenkat
Walters
John Stauffer
Anson Ney
Jonas Allwein
Will Hallman
Harry Swope
Illinois
William Boltz
John Botz
Annville
Brookside
Dissinger
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