Sermon on Life's Greatest Law Draws 175 in Park Theater
The Rev. Roland E. Crist of Montgomery Pa led the third in a series of union services in the park theater. Despite poor weather and camp meetings, 175 attended. Crist preached on the law of service, stressing selflessness and bearing others burdens beginning at home and extending to county and church life. He cited Luke 22 24 27 as his text.
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Roland’ E. Crist
Presbyterian Church
Montgomery
Jesus Christ
Crist
Second Annual Feese Reunion at Hershey Park
The second Feese family reunion gathered members from Philadelphia New York New Jersey Ohio Indiana and nearby counties at Hershey Park. The program featured an invocation by T H Hamilton Harrisburg a welcome by Elmer E Fiese Steelton a speech by Miss Anna M Keller a history talk by John Fiese and musical numbers. Souvenirs honored the oldest man Joseph Fiese thirty youngest boy Edward Gassert and youngest girl Mary Kaler plus the youngest bride Mrs Jacob Ebersole. The Fiese family traces its Pennsylvanian line to Samuel Feese born 1752 with German origins and early settlers moving from Tennessee to nearby areas.
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Hershey Park
Philadelphia
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Indiana
Park Pavilion
T. H. Hamilton
Harrisburg
Elmer E. Fiese
Steelton
Anna M. Keller
Keller College
John Fiese
Elsie Arnold
Campbellstown
Joseph Fiese
Palmyra
Josiah Fiese
Edward Gassert
Jacob Gassert
Lebanon
Mary Kaler
Jacob Ebersole
Anna ‘Stufile
Fiese
Pennsylvania
Samuel Feese
Germany
Tennessee
Samuel
David
Fiese Family Reunion Heads to Hershey Park Next Year
The 1912 gathering near Lebanon drew 300 relatives of the Zinn Fiese line. Elmer E Fiese of Steelton was elected president and John Fiese of Palmyra secretary treasurer. The elder Zinn Fiese, a long time township supervisor and farmer, died in 1840 and was buried by the Lutheran chapel site on Eighth Street in Lebanon. The next reunion is set for 1913 at Hershey Park.
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Lebanon
Eighth Street
Fees
Feese
Fiese
Elmer E.fiese
Steelton
John Fiese
Palmyra
Hershey Park
North Side family learns of baby sister through nurse
A North Side family with several children expects a surprise as the eldest boy, twelve, helps sift ashes. A nurse reveals the newborn is a baby sister, not a brother, leaving the boy to ponder the ongoing ash-sifting duties with humorous disbelief.
Dialogue Fragments Hint at Courtship Worries
Safe dialogue shows a mother forbidding a girl to date Richard without a chaperon while a confidant notes his slow manner. A second exchange questions marriage plans and urges the suitor to ask the girl, revealing tension over proposals.
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Richard
The Game of the Free by Minna Irving
A poem describing China embracing liberty and modern reform. It imagines women voting, men shaving nails, and Western influences like Shaw and Ibsen. The piece notes historic progress from a closed wall to leagues and baseball, with Confucian heirs joining the liberty ideal.
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China
Shaw
Ibsen
Confusius
Liberty
Minna Irving
What's in a Name The Wasps Team Gets Stung by Umpire
In a playful exchange a player asks about team naming and the nickname Wasps is noted. The dialogue hints at a spirited game atmosphere and a stubborn umpire causing friction.
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