Gardener of Trolley Routes Has Traveled Many Miles
In Quarryville George Gardner has logged 34 years with Conestoga Traction and ridden some 465 trips around the world in spirit. He avoided a physical breakdown by switching from coach painting and cigar manufacturing to trolley motoring, now a healthy 59 year old veteran of the Traction Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gardner
Quarryville
Conestoga Traction Company
Altho
Traction Company
Dandelion Outshines Spinach In Spring Tonic Duel
A passage compares the dandelion and spinach noting the dandelion’s tonic and playful uses. It frames spinach as a greens-only plant while the dandelion performs springtime signals and pot herb tricks, urging spinach to stay quiet.
Police seize 50 gallons raw alcohol in Lancaster raid
Acting on an inside up, Lancaster police arrested two gum runners at Lititz pike and Liberty street. They identified themselves as William Eisenberg, 40, and George Imes, 21, of Reading. A touring car, allegedly owned by Innes, was seized.
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Lancaster
Lititz Pike
Liberty Street
William Eisenberg
George Imes
Reading
Innes
Stock White Oak Dam With Fish
Joseph Connelly of White Oak and Guy George of Manheim bought the former White Oak Dam water right from Morris Hollinger. They plan to repair the dam breast to create a water body and stock streams with fish for the community to fish in within a few years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Oak Dam
Joseph Connelly
White Oak
Guy George
Manheim
Morris Hollinger
Expensive Parrot Case Over Living Costs186
Nick Carras of East Stroudsburg kept a parrot Pretty Polly in luxury for over a year costing 963.25. Mike Vaaivus acted as board ing base for 606 days demanding 25 cents daily for feeding. Justice Nilas set 12 cents a day. Carras valued the parrot at 5 dollars.
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Nick Carras
East Stroudsburg
Pretty Polly
Mike Vaaivus
Polly
Nick
Mike
Justice of the Peace
Nilas
Carras
Knights of the Golden Key Organizes in York
The Knights of the Golden Key, a new purity in government group, gathers 357 members after two months. It plans to present its platform at Republican and Democratic national conventions and will seek a charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Knights of the Golden Key
York
New Political Society
Oldest Prisoner Waives Bail Spends Time In Poems
John Noble 74 of Oil City a longtime Franklin jail inmate says he would rather stay jailed than live with his wife and worries only about being moved. He writes poems and reads newspapers while his wife sues for desertion and non support. The State Police lease a six acre Hershey farm for a training school troop moving from Mount Gretna with a 14 room farmhouse to be renovated including steam heat showers and horse facilities.
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John Noble
Oil City
Franklin County
Noble
State Executive Board
State Police Department
Hershey
Newville
Mount Gretna
John Burroughs
Henry W. Henshaw
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Thor
Martins Arrive at National Bank Yard as Sparrows Are Evicted
The martin colony fills the big bird houses in a Chester County yard and guides younger birds to West Chester. English sparrows, residents of the winter boxes, are driven out after a rumpus. A closing note references arriving Black residents in York for the summer.
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National Bank of
Chester County
West Chester
Bluff
Vermin Drive Seeks Health Action As Disease Fears Grow
Health authorities pursue ver min control measures to prevent a smallpox outbreak after last spring when cases traced to southern black workers. Farmers receive soil and lawn tips, lime, manure, and bone meal guidance for better crops. Vermin campaign targets cats, foxes, weasels, and crows to protect game and poultry.
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South
Bacteriology
Dairy Department
State College
G. Lincoln Ruth
Berks County Red and Gun Assoiation
Protest Memorial Day Sports By West Chester Veterans
West Chester groups Protest Memorial Day sports saying the day should be sacred to Civil War veterans. General George A. McCall Camp Sons of Veterans and McCall Post AR urge citizens to uphold the observance.
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George A. McCall
Sons of Veterans
West Chester
McCall Post
The
A. R
Estate of Anna Elizabeth Gochenauer Lititz notice
Letters of testamentary on the estate of Anna Elizabeth Gochenauer late of Lititz Pa have been granted to the undersigned. All indebtedness should be paid promptly and any claims against the estate must be presented for settlement to the undersigned. Minerva B Stoneback Easton Pa Willis B Gochenauer Lititz Pa Joseph B Wissler Attorney.
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Anna Elizabeth Gochenauer
Lititz
Minerva
B. Stoneback
Easton
Willis B. Gochenaur
Joseph B. Wissler
Annie L. Buchter
Warwick Township
Bromberville
Lancaster Co
Out of the Money in Third Party Campaigns
The piece argues third party campaigns often stumble after election day as they run on someone else ticket. It notes the risks of misalignment between platform and voter expectations and the fragility of single ticket support.
Executor's Notice for Christiana M Sehmacker Estate
Letters testamentary granted to 5. C. Schmucker as executor of Christiana M Sehmacker, deceased of Lititz Lancaster County. Creditors and debtors must present and settle claims promptly with attorney George B Johnson. Sapr-6t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiana M. Sehmacker
Lititz
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
C. Schmucker
George B. Johnson
Sapr
Estate of Nathan L Snyder Lititz executor named
Letters testamentary granted for Nathan L Snyder estate. Emma B Snyder named executor residing Lititz address. Creditors to present claims to attorney Harnish & Harnish, Lititz. Notice requests settlement with executor at 118 East Front Street Lititz.
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Nathan L. Snyder
Lititz
East Front Street
Lititz, A
Administrator's Notice for Richard W. Sammet Estate
Letters of administration issued for the estate of Richard W. Sammet late of Warwick Township Lititz R D No 4. Catherine Sammet named administrator with M G Schaeffer as attorney. Notice dated April 17 with six time to file claims.
Estate of Annie L Buchter Case in Warwick Township
Probate notice for Annie L Buchter late of Warwick Township Lancaster County declares legal actions regarding estate administration. Filings mention Bromberville and parties Leroy Hoffer and Joseph B Wissler dated 10 April.
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W. H. Buch
Lititz, Pa
Gardner
Keystone Exchanges
Lebanon
Lebanon County
Lebanon Valley Fair Association
North
Cornwall Township
Brownsville
Shenandoah
Portland Cement Association
John Aspdin
Leeds
England
Egypt
Aspdin
Isle of Portland
John Smeaton
Eddystone
Smeaton
Ruth
Forbush
Massachusetts
William T. Hornaday
New York Zoological Park
Notich
Emma B, Snyder
Harnish
Harnish, Atty
Sapr-ot
Richard W. Sammet
Catherine Sammet
M. G. Schaeffer
Leroy Hoffer
Elmer Eby
CY Met Em
Long & CO. Coal & Lumber
Record Printing House
Grube’s Shoe Store
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