Havana The Beautiful Foreign City And Its Modern Comforts
Havana blends European charm with American ease as tourists travel by old carriages or modern taxis. English is widespread, theaters and promenades thrive, sugar dominates the economy, and trips into Pinar del Rio’s tobacco regions are easily accessible by rail. The city remains a busy port, with plazas, churches, and arcaded streets reflecting tropical life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Army of Occupation
America
West Indies
Malecon
Vuelta Abajo
Pinar del Rio
Habana
Ha, Yana
Spanish-America
Tropics
Central Park
Coffee and Tea Use and Ground Rent Debates
The piece discusses coffee and tea as widespread stimulants with potential health downsides and advocates moderation. It shifts to local history noting the Ground Rent Lease of Manheim land, back rent disputes with J. D. Hiester, and a Lincoln township assault case involving George Berndt amid claims of neglecting his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borough of
Manheim
J. D. Hiester
Thad Stevens
George Berndt
Lincoln Township
Somerset County
Berndt
Justice of the Peace
War and medicine in wartime economy
The piece notes a drop in incomes for prominent English physicians and surgeons as the war reduces demand for imagined illnesses. Many doctors volunteer to serve the government, overwhelmed by the surge in supply while normal practice collapses due to patients’ fear of sickness and a shift in priorities.
Conestoga Traction Schedules Lancaster Lititz Division
Lititz and Lancaster tram lines publish weekend and weekday car times. Saturday departures from Lititz at 5.45 6.45 A M and every 30 minutes to 8.45 P M then 9 15 10 45 11 45 P M. From Lancaster at 5 00 6 00 A M and every half hour through the day then 9 00 10 00 11 00 P M. Sunday runs begin 8 15 A M from Lititz and 7 00 A M from Lancaster with weekday pattern. Freight cars depart Lititz 9 15 A M and 3 15 P M arriving Lancaster 11 80 A M and 6 00 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarsed
Rairroader
Lititz
Lancaster
P. and R. Time Table Trains From Lititz
Trains depart Lititz for Reading and Philadelphia on weekdays at 7 45 A M and 2 14 P M and 7 06 P M Sundays at 6 06 A M and 7 06 P M for Lancaster and Columbia at 8 16 A M 1 33 and 7 06 P M 8 16 A M and 7 06 P M for Lebanon weekdays 1 24 and 7 08 P M Sundays 8 14 P M and 7 06 P M
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Also Mentioned on This Page
Morro Castle
Kansas City Star
Lancaster County
the News Journal
Garden Spot
News Journal
Lititz Record
West King St
Nam
Farmer
Oliver
B. Gochnauer
Conestoga Traction Co
Lancaster and
Washington
Via
Philadelphia
Reading
R. R
East Petersburg
Lancaster Junctior
Rothaville
Millway
Akron Ephrata Stevens
Denver
Reinholds
Vinemont
Fritztown
Washington ‘Arriv
Union Station
U. S. Capitol
Congressional Library
Corcoran Art Gallery
New National Museum
E. Myer
Lititz AC
A. R. Keller
PENNA
Aya
Loganton
Pine Station
Hershey, Leaman & Co
Lifitz Penna
H. P. Gingrich & Co
Main St
Mapes
W.H. Muth & CO. Coal, Lumber and Cement
Lititz, Penn’a
Kreso Dip
U 3. Department of Agriculture
Lewis N. Moyer
J. Fred Essig
Rothsville
Perna
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