Local Notes and Oddments From Lancaster County
A Lancaster County meeting at Hphrata discussed freeing the Clay and Hinkletown turnpike with 17 000 users noted. John G. Dougherty returns to Wphrata after 30 years to visit his daughter Mrs. H S Becker. Apids threaten orchards. spraying advised. S R Zimmerman of Manheim auctions a 1914 Overland via surprise box bids. Lancaster’s Own-Your-Own-home campaign reports 800 dwellings sold. April 1 records show 434 deeds and 25 mortgages. Ice manufacturers raise prices 15 cents per hundred pounds. Grapes found pruning at Elizabethtown preserved from last summer. Lancaster city and towns face an gepoclin attack, with airship loot of literature threats in Fifth Liberty Loan drive.
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Hphrata
Clay
Hinkletown
John G. Dougherty
John Town
Wphrata
H. S. Becker
Oregon
S. R. Zimmerman
Manheim
Lancaster
Recorder of Devils
Inlumbia
Elizabethtown
H. Bo Heem
Lancaster City
al Gepoclin
Nora
North Lebanon plant to erect brick stack at cake ovens
AL the North Lebanon plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company is building a brick stack for the cake ovens. The stack will stand 250 feet high with a 15 foot base and take six of seven weeks to complete. Bank Bros of Middletown sold out to J J Newberry Co, which now operates sixteen stores under Stroudsburg offices. Dr H C Williams of Lansdale begins a modest memorial hall campaign aiming for 150000 dollars over two weeks. Philadelphia officials publish price quotations in the Maginner to Consumer campaign with varied prices across several towns for eggs butter and other goods. Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co works on canal and towpath for navigation amid freshets. Registration of discharged soldiers begun by County Recorder James Lentz. Prof A Wertsch of Lancaster City plans entertainments for war demobilization efforts.
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North Lebanon
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bank Bros
Middletown
Pennsylvania
Blphrata
Elizabethtown
J. J. Newberry & Co
Stroudsburg
H. C. Williams
Lansdale
Tansdale
Philadelphia
M. J. Mullen
Motor Rural Parcel Post Transportation
Oregon
Oxford
Talmage
Leola
Gondville
Brownstown
Tising Sun
Overton
James
Lentz
Wertsch
Lancaster City
Lancaster Y. CA
Bolshevik Ideals Flayed by Judge Patterson in Philadelphia
Judge John M Patterson of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas denounces Bolshevism as fostered by a flippant attitude toward public officials. He argues Americans should respect elected leaders, even amid debate, and urges dissenters to leave if they cannot accept U S leadership. He supports Wilson’s aims while defending lawful removal of corrupt officials.
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John M Patterson
Philadelphia
Patterson
Wilson
Winter May Return Says Old Clippings From Wilmington
Clippings collected in a family Bible recount historic cold spells and unusual sleighing across years including 1816 the Year Without a Summer. The notes note cold snaps into May and June plus fruit losses and crop impacts. A 19th century clipping lacks paper attribution and notes the author as Mr lingel’s father.
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Shoemakersville
Engel
Marc
Ile Rye
Mr. Lingel
Capture of Jel Davis Tries in South Home
Casper Knoble aged 74 Civil War veteran, credited with capturing President Jefferson Davis, dies at Mountain Branch Soldiers' Home in Johnson City Tennessee. Knoble native of Switzerland, enlisted at Cincinnati. A son Charles O Noble resides in Philadelphia.
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Casper Knoble
Jefferson Davis
Mountain Branch
Johnson City
Tenn
Knoble
Switzerland
Cincinnati
Charles O. Noble
Philadelphia
HUNTING AND FISHING TO RETURN STRONG IN LANCASTER COUNTY
Sam Keene, Lancaster County game protector, reports abundant small game and upcoming restocking. Brown trout will be released in several streams ahead of the April 15 opening. Pheasant and quail are plentiful after a mild winter. Illinois and Virginia shipments boosted pheasants. quail are widespread but scattered. Open season for dogs runs Sept 1 to March 1. closed season for animals is March 1 to Sept 1. Keene coordinates with Fish Commissioner Buller to stock streams statewide.
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Sam Keone
Christiana
Lancaster Co
Keene
Courtly
Virginia
Quarryville
Game Protector
Iie
Buller
Telephone tax details and assault case in Lancaster
The Bell Telephone Co. announces a new revenue act tax on messages from April 1 1919 with five cent charges for 14 to 50 cent bills and ten cents for higher amounts. The tax is collected from the message payer and shown on monthly statements. John Milton Henry of Colemanville was committed for hearing before Alderman Nocbler on assault and battery and breach of the peace for allegedly beating his wife and threatening his mother in law with a shotgun.
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Bell Telephone Co
Peninsylvania
John Milton Ienry
Colemanville
Alderman Nocbler
Lancaster
Ifenry
Isis
Tonall praised by Lititz farmer as stomach tonic
Aaron W. Heisey of Lititz Pennsylvania says he suffered indigestion and stomach gas for five years after paying high medical bills. He credits Tonall with superior relief and would have paid ten dollars for a bottle. Druggist Charles at Lititz retailed Tonall.
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Aaron W. Heisey
Lititz
Charles
Stump Reveal Unearthed Primitive Stone Axe on Neversink Mountain
While strolling on Neversink Mountain Reading resident Jacob Miller found a well preserved stone ax wedged in a rotted stump. The axe, embedded in a sapling before white settlers arrived, shows native fastening via rawhide thongs. It reflects early tool making and the sturdiness of primitive axes.
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Reversink Mountain
Jacob Miller
Reading
Miller
Neversink Mountain
Sint
Basket Case Rumors Denied by Army's Surgeon General
Major General Ireland states no foundation for reports of soldiers with all limbs lost being called basket cases. He asserts not a single such case exists on this side of the water or among American expedition forces and praises efforts guarding wounded status throughout the war.
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Ireland
Furiher
State Agricultural Notes on Apple Spraying and Taxes
Fruit growers who elected spraying last year regretted it as neighbors earned five to seven dollars per barrel for sprayed clean apples. Western counties report poor fruit trees from two years of corn shortage and labor scarcity. An agricultural journal suggests taxing farmers for farm machinery left exposed to weather to be placed under cover, despite junk dealers opposing such a measure.
John Yeanish Reaches 96 After War Memoir and Recovery
John Yeanish, longtime Columbia resident since age ten, celebrated his 96th birthday last week. He recovered from a broken leg at 95 and remains active, reading without glasses and recalling his three years as a Union soldier during the war.
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John Yeanish
Colimbia
Spring health boost with Dr. Pierce remedy
The advertisement urges renewing energy and clear health in spring through blood purification. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic, claiming it strengthens blood, wards off influenza, and improves skin and vitality. A testimonial from Mrs. Glen Bailey cites asthma recovery after using the product.
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Dr. Pierce
Dr. Fieree
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
le Roy
Glen Bailey
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Munsing
Cooper
Wilson Baum
W. H. Buch the Record Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
the County
Beechams Pills
Wilmington
Del
T. C. A. Thomas
Free Gospel Misn
Davis
Seldiers
Sam Bene
Pulephone Tax
Vfece Apriet
Tonall
J. E. Charles’ Drug Store
Enreza
Washington
J. T
Wingert & Haas Hes
New
John A. Haas
N. Queen St. Lancaster, FA
Chas. H. Frey
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
W. A
C. Bower
M.D
C. Hilreider
W. W. Appel & Son Jewelers & Opticians
WLW
Apple GiSon Optometrists
North
Queen Street
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