Various local notices from Lancaster area including deaths and developments
In County Conrad Smith Marietta a 91 year old cobbler is profiled. Landisville plans tree plantings for War participants. Columbia mills restart, Klei Chocolate expands capital. A Rock Springs resort remains closed after fire. Carry W Long dies from plamine poisoning after lemon pie incident. Hog sale near Elizabethtown yields high prices. Road projects and turnpike updates. Marietta blasting yields 9 10 thousand tons stone. Ephrata Commandery inspects new chapter. Fire loss and treasury actions in Norristown. Catasaqua station robbed for $59. X ray unit to locate a silver half dollar at Crozer Hospital. Harrisburg to Susquehanna hydro plans at McKee’s Falls. Foreign nationals mortgaging homes for Santor during dry period. Cautionary notes on alcohol transport in Beaver and Ohio valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Smith
Marietta
Landisville
East End
Columbia
Klei Chocolate Co
Elizabethtown
Rocky Springs Park
Carry W. Long
Genestega ‘Praction Co
Tmotormen
Lone
At &. Graybill
Sphrata
Adamstown
Lancaster
Reading
Clay
Winkletown
Ephrata Commandery
Bruighish of
Louis Ohlman
Tthe
Odd Fellows
Meadville
Ivan Ruch
Water Mount Bethel
Firemen’s Union
Norristown
Union
Bucks
Delaware
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Catasauqua
O. A. Williams
Crozer Hospital
Chester
Emma Willamson
Sasquehanna
Rarrisburg
Snyder County
McKee
Halfalls
Sunbury
Beaver
Ohio
Santor
Indian Spring Legend and Carvings at Tebanon
A local feature near Tebanon recounts Indian Spring with owner Mr. Hower’s wood carvings and a legendary tale of Yellow Feather. The site includes wigwam shapes, birds carved into trees, and two iron pots on tripods. Hower claims an authentic preserved Indian head and a magical tea pot linked to fairy lore, with visitors testifying to flavorful tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tebanon
Tower
Mr. Flower
Actes
Hower
Abrogt
Yellow Feather
Great Swamp
Mr. Hower
Mr. Mower
Mother's death after rare set of triplets in Reading
Mary Meck wife of Edward Meck died after complications of diseases in Reading aged 29 years 7 months 10 days. She delivered two boys and a girl on Tuesday in April. the first born died on Thursday April 10 at the parents' home. The surviving twins are healthy and the daughter is at Reading Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary (Nee Hain
Edward Meck
Reading
Lucky Man Credits Tonall For Recovery In Lititz Testimonial
Howard J. Smith, a 35 year old Lititz farmer, says a local druggist advised Tonall for his nervous breakdown. He reports improved appetite and sleep after use and credits Tonall with his recovery. The testimonial, dated October 26, 1918, notes Tonall is sold at J. E. Charles' Drug Store in Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Charles
Lititz
Lancaster County
Howard J. Smith
Litita
J. E. Charles’ Drug Store
Largest sale of any medicine in the world noted
A report from the bureau of statistics shows food prices rising in March after hopes for normal levels. prices for six years 1913 to 1919 rose 80 percent with meats and staples climbing over 100 percent. Butter dropped in February then rose in March. Postage rates revert July 1 with a new Victory stamp replacing the old three cent mark. George Washington departs the laurels as Miss Liberty appears on the new stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Ivor Statistics
Hutter
Congress
George Washington
Miss Liberty
Liberty
Pigeon Co 7 Returns From France With 1000 Feathery Messengers
Pigeon Co 7 brings 1000 homing pigeons from France including 100 captive Germans who bore messages on their necks. Captain John S Carney of Pittsburgh used 800 pigeons and set them at Langres under Pershing signals. Pigeon Cherami earned a Distinguished Service Cross with nine flights under heavy fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carney
France
Langres
General Pershing
Signal Corps
Cherami
Wants Wood as President
General Leonard Wood is proposed for the Republican presidential nomination by attorney J. Levering Jones in the Politico-Economic Review. He is described as a strong, simple, upright, vigorous Roosevelt-type leader who could guide the nation during the next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levering Jones
Politico-Economic Review
Leonard Wood
J. Levering Jones
Politico- Economic Review
Chandler Brothers & Co
Roosevelt
Wood
Mr. Jones
Hey
Death of Lancaster Athlete in Honolulu Fall From Building
James Baker a former Lancaster resident and athlete died December 13 in Honolulu after falling 265 feet from the wireless ten story building where he worked. He was thirty five and had played football baseball and boxing for Alert A.C. in Lancaster. His sisters in Lancaster learned of his death through relatives and a San Francisco hospital letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tle
Wireless
Tanvernment
Honolulu
James Baker
Lancaster
Baker
AL OG
Misa Maury A. Baker
North Queen Street
Bentman
Sanginel Katfiman
East
Marion Street
Iwan
Sig
Deker
San Francisco
Sentman
Alert A.C
American Construction Company
Urges Laws to Prevent Angeks on Children
Rev De 5 W Meminger spoke at the funeral of four year old Anna Mary Hershey murdered at John Sandoe’s home. He called for immediate legislative action to curb such crimes and protect the innocent. The tribute also notes Father A Karl’s upcoming 50th priesthood anniversary in Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
De 5
W. Meminger
Anna Mary Hershey
John Sandoe
Father A
Karl
Lancaster
Jie
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Endorsed by Reader
A reader testimonial claims the tonic purifies impure blood, improves liver digestion and skin conditions, and revitalizes arteries and veins. It urges readers to buy locally or request a trial package from Dr. Pierce’s Invalids Hotel in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Golden
Burnham, Pa
Morris W. Ramsey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Munsing
Cooper
Wilson Baum
W. H. Buch the Record Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
the County
Leband County
Tonall
Mic
Iic
Pigeon Company Home
Weet Zower
Enolan
Wincert & Haas
John A. Haas
Queen St. Lancas
Chas. H. Frey
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
W. A
Lee A.M. Krreider & Son
Penn Esther
Appel & Son
City
State of
Pennsylvania
Optometrists
Queen St
S&m
Longman & Martinez, Makers
N.Y
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