Lebanon considers city takeover of Campbelltown Road rail line
A Lebanon subcommittee outlines plans to acquire a 56 to 80 foot wide street along Campbelltown Road from Twelfth to Sixteenth Streets and to receive a deeded right of way from Hershey line for city use. The proposal includes 25 feet additional track space and a city grade without cost, with council action expected later.
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City of
Lebanon
Messrs. P. S. Kreiser
Jerre Greiner
Twelfth Street Heights
Market Square
Sharp
Crowell
Graeff
Krause
Gerberich
Gates
M. S. Hershey
John Snyder
Lancaster
N. H. Herr
Hershey Improvement Company
J. B. Leit~hiser
Campbelltown
Twelfth Street
Hershey Railway Company
In Memory of Old Virginia
Mrs. La Salle Corbell Pickett recalls a chance meeting with an old colored man aboard a crowded streetcar His respectful greeting Mistis echoes memories of a Virginia plantation era and slavery reflections on past social norms.
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la Salle Corbell Pickett
Virginia
Meeting with Uncle Sparks Virginia Memory
Mrs Pickett thanks her elderly relative in a car scene of respect as he declines to stand. She leaves with a summer glow after slipping him a coin for lunch in memory of Virginia. Later, an arbutus bouquet arrives from an old colored man for the tall bluecoat lady recalling old times.
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Mistis
Rainy Sunday Visits and Local Notes at Bindnagles
The Sunday rain brought welcome relief as local residents share family visits and travel notes. Palmyra visitors to Deer area, Prof Lerch’s business trip to Lebanon, Uhrich from New York visiting a farm, infant death of Daniel and Reese family member, and veterinarian Dr Betz kept busy. Moses Hetrick and Seltzer family visits noted along Swa tara and Hanoverdale.
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Joseph Miller
A. Lerch
Lebanon
Irvin J. Uhrich
New York
Daniel. Reese
Royalton Social and Visits Highlight Weekend News
Royalton residents hosted visitors from Harrisburg and Tyrone over the weekend. The Royalton band held a Commons social to raise funds for instrument purchases, while local families hosted guests and attended the Paxtang union picnic. Rev. J. F. Smith of Penn Street improves after illness.
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Royalton
Miss Fay
Harrisburg
J. F. Smith
Penn. Street
M. H.alleman
Geo. Geyer
Paxtang
Harry Lerch
Tyrone
Esther Keller
Burd Street
Wm. Nestor
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Eas Ares
Vee
Ahs
Eer Peele Oo
Hershey’s
Hershey Chocolate Company
Hershey, Pa
Highway Committee
Old
George-E. Pickett
Bindnagles Church
Mrs. Muldoom
Palmyra
Deer
Dr. Betz
Moses Hetrick
Hummelstown
Mrs. $. Seltzer
Swatara
Daniel Reese
Hanoverdale
David Gordon
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