Community notes from Mt. Joy to Lancaster county events
Last week E H Zercher of Mt Joy shipped 2600 sweet peas to an eastern dealer. Paul Lewis of Robert A Lamberton Lodge Philadelphia donated 30000 for a Paul Lewis Memorial Building at Elizabethtown Masonic Home. R L Kimbrough faces prosecution over a 102.23 check to Samuel McCover with no deposit. Mae Hollinger of Manheim begins clerkship at Keystone National Bank. Kreider shoe factory expansion eyed at Elizabethtown. Kreider is principal owner. Ephrata Brick Works reports 30000 bricks fired this season and contracts for eight new houses. Henry Bingaman sale yields high prices for old tableware. a corner pitcher sells for 9.25 to Monroe Bingaman. Postmaster Spencer of Lancaster city asks federal officials to assess time savings from rural automobile routes. autos could run most days except heavy snow. If adopted, carriers would earn more but fewer workers cover larger areas. no decision yet.
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E. H. Zercher
Mt. Joy
Paul Lewis
Robert A. Lamberton Lodge of Masons
Philadelphia
Elizabethtown Masonic Home
R. L. Kimbrough
Samuel McCover
Miss Mae Hollinger
B. R. Hollinger
Manheim
Keystone National Bank
Mae
Kreider
Elizabethtown
Congressman Kreider
Ephrata Brick Works
Ream Bros
Henry Bingaman
Middle Creek
Monroe Bingraman
Ephrata
Reading R R Engineer to be Pensioned
John Wilson longtime Read ing Railway engineer slated for April 1 pension at age 70. Career spans 1870 start as carpenter to 1902 assignment on Kutztown and Allentown branch with earlier roles including fireman trainmaster and passenger engineer. Born Kimberton 1845, survived by two sons Addison and Cleon. wife and daughter predeceased him.
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John Wilson
Kutztown & Allentown
Reading Railway Company
Mr. Wilson
Reading & Columbia
Middletown & Hummelstown
Kutztown
Allentown
Wilson
Landisville
Columbia
Kimberton
West Vincent Township
Chester County
Thomas
Rebecca Wilson
Mary Louisa Beck
Lititz
Addison
Cleon
An Unique Society Mount Joy Excludes Two Professions
An Unique Society Mount Joy claims to be the most exclusive club, admitting any person of good character except ministers and saloonkeepers. Investigations show it is unique in excluding these two professions, with members hinting at a balance between extremes the group seeks.
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Mount Joy
Ministers of the Gospel
First Watercress Planting in Berks Connected to Lebanon History
In reminiscences from the Lebanon Daily Times, Edward Jones of Blandon Berks county is noted as the planter of the county’s first watercress. A Welsh-descended Blandon native, Jones moved to Lebanon in 1866 with his family and carried seed to Gloninger's Spring where the watercress was planted. It spread over the spring grounds and was sold at hotels and bars for years.
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Lebanon
Blandon
Progressive Mennonites form new church at Mechanics Grove
The lower county sees Rev J E Seaman lead the revival that produced about 200 converts at Quarryville and Mechanics Grove. A new brick church will be built at Mechanics Grove, with A R Eckman contracted to erect it. Seaman to lead the congregation as it grows.
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Quarryville
Mechanics Grove
J. E. Seaman
Seaman
A. R. Eckman
Wife of M. S. Hershey Dies in Philadelphia Hospital
Mrs Catharine Sweeney Hershey wife of chocolatier M S Hershey died last Friday afternoon at Bellevue-Stratford Philadelphia after a long illness. She had been in Atlantic City for health then moved to Hershey Pa. Born Miss Catharine Sweeney of New York City she was about 45 and survived by no children. Hershey hurried from Florida to be at her bedside.
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Hershey
Philadelphia
Catharine Sweeney
New York City
Lincoln
Mosby
North
South
Lincoln's Kind Heart and a Soldier's Fate
A Lincoln tale recounts his aversion to the death penalty. He delays orders to execute Job White, and pardons a Mosby captive after learning of his wife's plea and his political foolishness. Lincoln's tenderness shows even amid war.
Junior Partner Advice Sparks Forthright Matchup
In a recent uptown gathering Littlemap advised young bachelors on marriage rules. He urged husbands to assert dominance and make wives the junior partners, even suggesting the caveman approach if needed, a remark that drew mixed reactions and was cited by the New York Times.
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Littlemap
Littleman
New York Times
Holland's Abode of Peace in Zeist Moravians
Zeist in Holland hosts a long settled Moravian community famed for peace and simple living. The sober gray buildings sit within cultivated grounds. Goods and inwares are sold in plain rooms with a simple counter, reflecting Quaker-like restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Zeist
London Chronicle
Explaining Gravitation Law in Simple Terms
The Scientific American notes that when asked why a stone falls, a scientist may say he does not know. Earlier, he would say it falls because the earth and stone attract each other, a statement similar to saying an unsupported stone falls due to universal attraction proved by experiments.
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Scientific American
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America
W. H. Buch
Dignites Lintz
Spencer
Lancaster City
Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
Lewis N. Moyer
Reading R. R
Berks
Atlas
Reading
David W. Rothensies
Delhi
N. Y
Charles A. Stephens
Fred G. Anderson
Baltimore
Corporation Funding & Finance Company
Reading Mutual Life
Reading Life Insurance Companies
Rothensies
Court House
Williamsport
Dr. EK. 3S. Snyder
Renee
M.S. Hershey
Chocolate King
Holtwood
Ephrata & Lebanon Electric Railway Co
General Butler
President Lincoln
Singer Butler
Butler
Job White
Methuselah
Farmers National Bank
Penna
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Morth Faust
Lancaster
Bugs
W. A
House of Good Shoes
Chas. H. Frey
King St
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