Mix of local notices and curiosities from Wilkes-Barre to Chambersburg
A travel ing salesman John James of New York is jailed in Wilkes-Barre for spitting on sidewalks and pays a fine. A 29 foot steam hammer shipped from Chambersburg to Milwaukee showcases massive forging power. Albino robins nest near Butler's Paterson residence while farmers in Indiana and York counties report fox shots and inquiries into the York Fair. Civic clubs push for a clean Memorial Square in Chambersburg and a $400 robbery on Lakeside prompts bank caution. Creamery butter trades at 27 cents versus 35 cents farm butter due to pasture and storage dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John James
New York
Wilkes- Barre
Pollock
James
Chambersburg Engineering Company
Milwaukee
Butler
Paterson
McKean Street
Paterson Lot
Indiana County
Nimrods
Lewis Brothers
Smicksburg
Hartman
Sherman Seanor
Carl Leslie
William Stoniger
York County
South Carolina
John Commerce
Spartanburg
5. C
Weiser
York Chamber of Commerce
Chambersburg
Civic Club
Memorial Square
Patrick Delaney
Lakeside
Huntzinger
Pottsville
Cost of cattle and eggs spurs urban outlook change
Fat cattle fetch lower prices per pound than farmers paid last fall while eggs at 14 cents and butter run lower than six year levels. City residents may curb muckrake ideas about the working class as a result.
Early Moravians Easter Celebration and Education Roots
The piece traces Moravian beginnings with Philadelphia and Nazareth buildings begun 1740 for Whitefield, schools funded by Moravians, and the origin of the University of Pennsylvania. It describes Moravian Easter rites in Nazareth and Bethlehem, including love feasts, trombone choirs, and sunrise processions at God’s Acre with music and devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Whitefield
Philadelphia
Nazareth
Whitefield
University of Pennsylvania
Charity School
Fourth and Arch Streets
Ephrata
University
Bethlehem
America
Count Zinzendorf
Moravian Corporation
Haster
God’s Acre
God’s Acres
Christ
Old Penn Weekly Review
Gum Chewing Revealed Behind Lan caster Station Benches
Carpenters uncover numerous chewed gum wads under bench edges in the Lan caster Pennsylvania Railroad station women's waiting room during repairs. One seat held fifty two wads and another thirty eight, suggesting the gum was saved for later pickup by female patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lancaster
Eloping Parson of Tennessee Matrimonial Mecca
A Wide World Magazine piece details Mr Burroughs the “Marrying Parson” who runs a hotel for runaway couples and performs ceremonies under dramatic circumstances. A mountain couple once rode to his door on a mule, the girl wearing white with blue dots and an India rubber ring, while the rustic suitor wore Kentucky jeans and a slouched hat. The parson asks about fees and quotes a purse based price before the ride continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennesee
States
Burroughs
Wide World Magazine
Kentucky
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Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo
N. Y
Common Sense
North
Carlina
Brunnerville
Lancaster County
E. G. Geyer
Conestoga Brand
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Doges Ax
Thomas Steffy
Broad Street
Lititz, PA
M. H. Shenk
Inez"resna
The
Lancaster Trust Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
Wille
HAY Brown
TOHN
D. Seiles
Grabill
Be, Long
John Hertaler
John D. Seiles
Herbery C. Miller
C. 5. Mellinger
John 8. Graybill
W. A. Hensel
H. W. Hartman
John Hertzler
John A. Nauman
John B. Miller J T
Breneman JT
H. Weaver
Wertsch
Watchmaker
Lititz
P. & R. Depot Penna
W.h.muth&co
W. H. Muth & Co
Decker and
Janssen
Century Sheet
J. B. Young & Son
E. Orange St
Fulton Studio Crate
Amos
Cortright
S. M. Huber
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
Florida
Cedar Creek
Ritchie's
E. C. Ritchie Railroad Restaurant
Ind
Waverly Oil Works
Refi
Pittsburg
Waverly Special Auto
Waverly
Continental Food CO
Bratace, Cataie Poultry, Hoge, Itc
John F. Schleibh
Spruce St
Lititz Ltd
W. H. Bollinger
East Main Street
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