Notable Civil War memories and local rules in 1910s style
Mrs Eliza A Richards of Franklin recalling visits with President Lincoln in 1864 describes breaking red tape at the White House. York and Lititz Springs Park benches face new moonlight night spacing limits from Mayor Nugentagler, with relaxed rules on cold nights. Lebanon Valley dairy reports record butter fat and milk yields from cows, plus two cows breaking daily milk records. Bethlehem Steel to raze Twin Bird Coleman furnaces at Cornwall, linking to Freeman and Coleman families and local mines history. New Jersey Law and Order Sunday proclaimed for Jan 23 with sermons urging government support. Augusta police judge Kent found guilty of traffic law violation on police evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza A. Richards
Franklin
George C. Richards
Lititz Springs
York
Hnugentagler
Bethlehem Steel Company
Cornwall
Edwin Helms
Lebanon
Lebanon Valley
Freeman
William Freeman
William Coleman Freeman
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
Bethlehem Company
Cornwall Mines
Cornwall Railroad
American Tron and Steel Manufacturing Company
Lebanon County Farm Bureau Receives Carload of Michigan Potatoes
The Lebanon County Farm Bureau has just received a carload of Michigan potatoes. The delivery marks a local agricultural update with potential impact on regional markets and growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Lebanon County Farm Bureau
Return of Mrs. Kate Rapplauer From Hungary Visit
Mrs. Kate Rapplauer has returned to Elizabethtown after a six months visit to her native land Hungary to see relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Rapplauer
Elizabethtown
Hungary
Missionaries to India depart for service abroad
Missionaries Rev and Mrs George J Lapp and daughters Lois and Harriet of Manheim left Friday for New York to sail to India as Mennonite church workers. Auctioneer A A Landis of Ephrata left on a six month trip to Dutchess Alberta Canada to continue his work after returning in fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Lapp
Lois
Harriet
Manheim
New York
India
The
Mennonite Church
Ephrata
Canada
A. A. Landis
Dutchess
Alberta
George Welles Ely
Columbia Presbyterians
Mr and Mrs Drumm Seek New Home in Utah by Auto
Mr and Mrs Lester Drumm of Mart township travel by car toward Utah seeking a new residence. An unknown man sent 100 dollars to Strasburg township Road Supervisor John Ulrich with no note beyond saying it was conscience money. Some people spend half their lives wanting what they cannot have and the other half getting what they do not want.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Drumm
Marti Township
Utah
Strasburg Township
John Ulrich
Harding's golf outing ends with a joke exchange
At St Augustine Florida President elect Harding encountered a red faced golfer trapped in a sand trap. He urged the man to swear and relax, while the silent reply noted a lack of words to express anger. In Washington Coolidge salary boosted by 3000 a year to 15000. First typhus death in New York since 1892 reported as immigrant cases rise.
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Harding
St. Augustine
Fla
Coolidge
Washington
Senate
New York
Realth
Copeland
Health Department
Pennsylvania Odd Fellows mark centennial with six homes and parade
The Pennsylvania Odd Fellows celebrate 100 years with four orphanages in Philadelphia Meadville Sunbury Ben Avon and two homes for aged members and Rebekahs. More than 500 children attend the orphans and will march in the June 7 parade in Philadelphia and attend ceremonies at the Metropolitan Opera House and Willow Grove. Plans for hundreds of thousands more in improvements and expansions are underway as presidents and managers meet in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Odd Fellowship
Philadelphia
Sunbury
Odd Fellows
Ogontz and Chelten Avenues
Meadville
Ben Avon
Seventeenth and Tioga Streets
Grove City
Rebekah
Seventeenth Street
Allegheny Avenue
Avalon
Metropolitan Opera House
Willow Grove
Terrible Dissipation Exam Ends In Chewing Gum Confession
A man nervously faces a medical life insurance exam. The physician asks about dissipation and a fast life, but the man reveals in a small voice that he sometimes chews a little chewing gum, prompting humorous relief.
Governor Signs Congo Marriage License for Missionaries
Enos Rosser Hess and Mary Elizabeth McIbraith, Lancaster County missionaries, will wed in Congo Free State after a multi nation process. The governor and secretary of state signed the license and Washington and Belgian officials must finalize after local effort by Deputy Attorney General B J Myers. No wedding date has been set yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Lancaster
Washington
Enos Rosser Hess
Mary Elizabeth McIbraith
Congo Free State
Congo
State Capitol
Lancaster County
B. J. Myers
Mr. Hess
Clay
Christian Alliance Church
Africa
Miss Mcnbraith
Alliance
Dr R V Pierce and his Golden Medical Discovery
Over fifty years ago a young physician in Pennsylvania gained fame for uniform disease cures. Dr R V Pierce later settled in Buffalo and marketed Golden Medical Discovery across the United States. When you feel run-down try this energizing tonic in tablet or liquid form. Nearly a million bottles were sold last year.
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Pennsylvania
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Interest in Well-Bred Berkshire Herd Slump at Lancaster Sale
Interview with S N Root of Woodside Farms near Lancaster on the Harrisburg pike notes farmers’ lack of interest in well bred Berkshire stock. Root, noting future sales may attract breeders, cites pure bred stock selling for less than pork prices and recounts a profitable long lived pure bred cow to argue stock value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire
Lancaster Wair
S. N. Root
Woodside
Lancaster
Harrisburg Pike
Mr. Root
Berkshire Association
Root
Farmer’s Dream Price Makes Market Item Within Reach
A fragment notes that the item’s original price was within reach of most successful farmers, suggesting it was affordable for common growers. The line implies a lower cost point and broad accessibility in a rural market context.
Martins Repel Starling Scourge at West Chester Box
The article reports that martins, threatened by starlings and blackbirds at the West Chester area near the Normal School, were aided by Dr. Warren who shot several intruders with a shotgun. An advance party of martins visited the Ehinger box, with a larger main flock expected to arrive soon. Flickers previously tried to nest at Lititz but were driven off by martins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Ehinger
West Chester
B. H. Warren
Dr. Warren
Martina
Springs
Lititz
Latitz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Keystone Exchanges
Lincoln Weil
Lebanon County
Lebanon Valley Dairy Improvement Association
Frank E. Fernster
N. J. Trenton
N. J
Law and Order
New Jersey
Edwards
Augusta
Lewis. L. Kent
Cooper and Munsing Union
W. H. Buch
Lititz Fire House
the County
Strasburg G. A. R. Post
Henry
H. W. Weaver
Rheems
Ephrata's
Barr Spangler
Marietta
John Yeanish
Kinderhook
Tipperary
Bui Durham Tobacco
Shane and
Pete
BY Ken Kling
Jekkin
Tim
Sam
Frotere Service
Oddfellowship
Fevernor
W. W. Appel & Son Jewelers & Opticians
North Queen Street
the Iron Man
Record Printing House
South Broad St
Chas. H. Frey
Cantilever Shoes
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
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