Lancaster area notes and incidents across the Garden Spot
Reports from Lancaster and surrounding towns include an Armstrong Cork plant in Lancaster supplying 100 workers, local fairs and baseball hopes in Ephrata and Manheim, a 1 885 pound Durham cow shipped from Mt. Joy, 14 car thefts in two weeks in Lancaster city and county, high candy output in Lancaster, a sleeping sickness case in a three year old child and isolation steps, a suit for 700 dollars over a saw mill engine by Luity Motor Co. against Charles Lebzelter, breweries moving to beer under 1 percent alcohol tax exemption, a tobacco warehouse consideration near Quarryville, new curb market tree sales at Smoketown, a bluish meteor near Mt. Pisgah and Bear Mountain, a Lancaster man found dead after an oil stove accident, and planned wings for the Central Pennsylvania Odd Fellows Orphanage dormitory and study facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Cork Company
Pittsburgh
Lancaster
Ephrata
Manheim
Mt. Joy
York County
Lancaster City
America
Walter Kautz
Board of Health
Luity Motor Co
Charles J Lebzelter
Lancaster Breweries
Lancaster County Tracc Brewery Association
Quarryville
Lancaster Curb
Smoketown
Lo Cents
Mauch Chunkrom Mt. Pisgah
Bear Mountain
Philadelphia
Minerad A. Rupp
Bayless Pulp and Paper funds seek new village clubhouse
Bayless Pulp and Paper proposes a dollar for dollar $50,000 community clubhouse in the village with theatre, banquet rooms, ballroom, gym, pool, bowling, billiards and smoking rooms. Town subscribers have $25,000 and the company adds another $25,000, guaranteeing annual interest for the community. A voucher dated 1812 outlines benefits to the community at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayless Pulp and Paper Company
Austin
Americana Gur and Foundry Co
Berwick
Lehigh Portland Cement Co
Lehigh County
West
Annie Wright
Glasgow
R. J. Jousten
Honey Brook
Scotland
John Beegle
Newry
Blair County
Beagle
Improvements for Mt Gretna Reserve Militia Camp Staked Out
Engineers begin staking lines for an encampment at Mount Gretna for the Pennsylvania Reserve Militia planned for mid-summer. State encampment grounds of 2095 acres under major upgrades under Adjutant General Beary with Col Howard Martin directing health, dam, water supply, bath houses, latrines, and a new sewer system. Chestnut blight cleared from parade grounds, lumber sold for state use, and woodlands cleared to improve view from trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Gretna
Pennsylvania Reserve
Mount Gretna
Beary
Howard Martin
Pennsylvania Dutch tone helps U S gunners halt Germans
The Pennsylvania Dutch speaking machine gunners from Allentown's Company C under Captain Dillinger used their dialect near Chateau Thierry to signal friendliness. Surrounded by a numerically superior German force, the gunners spoke in Pennsylvania Dutch to convey they were a friendly detachment, causing the Germans to retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Reading
Allentown
Lancaster Way
Iron Division
Dillinger
Chateau ‘Thierry
Hazleton Has 4 Majors in Army Hertz is Latest
Captain Louis Hertz of Hazleton has been promoted to major of the 308th field artillery in the Seventy-eighth division. He served in France during the war and is a relative of Dr. Lincoln Hertz. The note, received by his parents, confirms Hazleton now has four majors in the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Hertz
W.A. Herts
Hazleton
308Th Field Artillery
France
Hertz
Lincoln Hertz
After the Spanish Flu Tonall Builds Up the System
Clayton M Gibble a farmer from Ephrata Pennsylvania says he had influenza and stomach troubles. He used Tonall to build up his system and after half a bottle feels much better. Druggist Cox recommended Tonall and he gives a personal endorsement dated December 12 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton M. Gibble
Ephrata
Cox
Tonall
Pennsylvania Dutch bravado sparks mule tale from Camp Dix
Veterans narrate a Pennsylvanian Dutch soldier misread as a German spy during a camp confinement. Captain Earnhardt recalls the moment a convalescing Lebanon native joked with army mules in a New England unit. The piece also sketches life in wartime Pennsylvania communities and daily rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Barnhardt
Lebanon
109Th Machine Gun Battalion
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Earnhardt
Sam
New England
Taincaster County
Transatlantic Air Voyage The Next Feat in 1910
I B Windsor weighs the race to fly the Atlantic by air, noting France England and the U S plan attempts. He cites risks and hopes for success while pondering how a successful flight could reshape immunity and international relations as air travel becomes a global corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
War Department
Atlantic
English Channel
Blériot
Wilbur Wright
Hagishman
Aged man swindled out of savings in Reading court
John Lukac, 65, of Allentown, testified in Reading police court that during the war he saved 1000 at Bethlehem Steel and, unable to read, invested in bogus stock in Allentown. The attorney could not recover his money, leaving the man poor and jobless. He received only a night’s lodging and sympathy as he walked Penn street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Therg Wag
Reading
John Lukac
Allentown
Alderman Mayer
Miller
Bethlehem Steel Co
Bethlehem
Total
Secon
Penn Street
Pondering Price Shifts From 18th Century Receipts
Old Ambler records reveal 1781 grave digging at 2 dollars and 1820 daily work values of 62½ cents for mowing plus 1 dollar for cradling oats and 60 cents for threshing rye. A dated voucher from 1812 references eight natmds? across forgotten trades, illustrating vast pride of labor prices across a century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Coward
Ambler
He Gale
Farm Worker Oscar Bonholtzer Struggles After Illness
Oscar Bonholtzer of Quarryville fell ill with the flu last fall then pleurisy and underwent surgery. Neighbors aided by stripping four acres of corn and delivering the crop for sale while he recovered. He remains active in his work despite missing days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Bonholtzer
Mar Quarryville
God
Worthington man credits Pierce remedies for relief from bronchitis
A Worthington resident describes years of chronic bronchitis and severe weakness. He reports taking Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription which he says rid him of bronchitis and restored health and strength. He also mentions using Pleasant Pell for his family over years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Pierce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Kissinger
Munsing
Cooper
Wilson Baum
W. H. Buch the Record Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
Odd Fellows
Aggeci
Alion
Beecham
Martin
Perna
Army
J. E. Quinetas
Penna
I. BH. Windsor
Poplar Mechanics
Maracine
Wingert & Haas Hats
New
John A. Haas
N. Queen St. Lancaster, FA
Has. H. Frey’s
East Kingst
Lancaster, Pa
McDougall
W. A
Arex Couns
Bree
C. H. Kreider
E. Main St
W. W. Appel & Son
Efwelfes
Fticiana
You
W.W. Apple & Son
Optometrists
Queen Street
LinnscTse
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