County Notes Highlight Local People and Oddities
Various short items from the county include dairyman 80 head herd growth, Congressman Griest shipping cannon to Mount Joy, 21 year old Philadelphia electrician electrocuted at MecCalls Ferry, a rare find of buzzard nests near Gap, Aldus Brubaker’s long market attendance, a Lancaster Post Office clerk burned saving his wife, a fire caused by a 23 year old child, and shad fishing trips by Isaac Hardwere and William Krow. A blue print official visits farms to inspect pig pens, with a monthly cost around $2008 in state oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Kraybill
Elizabethtown
Congressman Griest
Mount Joy
George Smith
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Water and Power Co
MecCalls Ferry
Aldus Brubaker
Rawlinsville
Lancaster
James Bowers
Isaac Hardwere
Columbia
William Krow
Locust Grove
McCalls Ferry
Free Thinker Proverb in Philadelphia Record
A quoted remark defines a free thinker as any man who isn’t married. The piece also notes a business advisement about prudent savings, contrasting first and last dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Pop
Philadelphia Record
Coffee Loving 103 Year Old Dies in New Jersey
John M. Butler born January 16 1810 in Tottenville Staten Island died last week at his Ocean Grove home New Jersey. He reportedly remained vigorous despite doctors giving up and credited eight cups of coffee daily along with occasional liquor. He joined the Methodist church at 99 after a sea captain friend urged reform and had recovered from pneumonia at 96.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Butler
Tottenville
Staten Island
Richmond County
Ocean Grove
N. J
Methodist Church
1911 Act Declared Unconstitutional By Judge Butler
The 1911 legislature act raising mayor and burgess terms statewide was ruled unconstitutional by Judge Butler at the county court in West Chester. J Paul McElree, borough solicitor of Coatesville, brought the test case to decide if Burgess Jesse Shallcross’s term was legally served. The decision may be appealed to a higher court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
West Chester
J. Paul McElree
Coatesville
Jesse Shallcross
Do It Yourself Declines General Roasting Requests
An editor of a far Western paper rejects calls to attack rivals and urges readers to settle grievances directly. He cautions against dragging the printer into disputes and notes imperfections in all mortals. The piece ends by urging patience and humor about a church pastor receiving a new automobile.
Lancaster County Farmers Profit From Cattle Feeding and Fertilizer
The Reading Eagle notes Lancaster County farmers profit from fattening cattle for market and from fertilizer produced by large cattle numbers at Union Stock Yards. It cites 100000 to 130000 cattle and 10000 to 17000 hogs received yearly, with 30000 cattle kept for winter feeding for spring sale. It also warns of neglected sheep and hogs and shifts in tobacco, potato, and cabbage crops due to market conditions and warehouse backlogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading Eagle
Lancaster County
Union Stock
West
Maryland
Virginia
Philadelphia
New York
Warwick
Farmers Turn To Cabbage For Profits In Powdered Market
A nurseryman grows 140000 cabbage plants under contract for a Philadelphia dealer who supplies hotels and restaurants. Under good conditions the yield could reach 300 dollars per acre, double tobacco, prompting many farmers to plant cabbage this year for sauer kraut and other products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Othr
Dedication Planned for Bethany Orphans Home Chapel
The Bausman Memorial church of Bethany Orphans Home at Womeladorf, under construction, will be dedicated on the home’s fiftieth anniversary August 2. Seventy three subscribers have given 96 486 70 with 6 049 70 paid and at least 2 000 still needed to finish the church without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bausman Memorial Church
Bethany
Womeladorf
Good Roads Urged By Farmer From Womelsdorf
Thomas L. Reed of Womelsdorf writes to a Philadelphia paper urging road improvements to aid farmers. He criticizes lavish public buildings and graft, argues highways should be built with taxpayer money for rural winter and spring travel, and emphasizes honoring labor while keeping costs honest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Reed
Womelsdorf
Philadelphia
Australian Place Names Inspire Mark Twain Poem
The text notes Mark Twain, born in a country praised by Robert Louis Stevenson for its place names, delighted by Australia’s toponyms. He collected eighty-one names and wove sixty-six into a forty eight line poem, praising Wootoomoollog as especially musical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Robert L. Stevenson
Australia
Djamberoo
London Chronicle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Knox
Menton Union
B. V. D. Union
Lawrence Mills
Merion Mills
Walter H. Buch
Record Building
Lititz
George D. McIlvaine
Gap
Lancaster County Farmers
Bethany Orphan Home
Studebakers
Studebaker
Tudebaker
Chicago
Minneapolis
Boston
South Bend, Inc
Dallas
Kansas City
Denver, San Francisco
Piuladelphia
Farmers National Bank
Farmers National
Penna
Lancaster City
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
W. A. Heinitsh
House of Good Shoes
Chas. H. Frey
King St
North Queen Otre
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