Lititz Scene From Old Lititz and Vicinity
Philadelphia dated July 28 1884 recounts Lititz history from the Kline home acting as a preaching station to early settlers who formed the town. It notes Georg Kline’s 1740 residence, a primeval forest, and the Main Street that later formed Lititz. Details include Zinzendorf influenced land grants, Danneberger the organ builder, and early crafts such as sugar manufacture and bakery in Lebannon.
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Geo.d
Thomas’ House
Frederick Zitzman
Zitzman
Holland
Ile
John ‘Ricksecker
Mr. Ricksecker
Lititz
John Schoenlein
Schoenlein
Joseph
Julianna
George Kline
Tuast
Kline
Peter Reist
George Kaye
Tome
Hickory Town
Lancaster
Manheim
Ephrata
Reading
Geo. Kline
Zinzendorf
Danneberger
Trinity Lutheran Church
Old Reformed Church
Senft
Christian F. Rauch
Senft’s
Old Time Winter Dishes Featured In Salads and Roasts
The piece presents culinary tips and recipes including a decorative fruit salad with pears and mayonnaise, wild duck dressing with paraffin cleaned feathers, chestnut puree with chicken stock, and a boiled dinner of hocks with cabbage turnips carrots and beets. It emphasizes preparation steps and flavor improvements.
Settlers Introduced Honey Bees Across Early America
Historical records show honey bees were introduced by French English and Spanish settlers. Indians called the swarms that escaped and settled in hollow trees. they feared them as precursors of whites yet soon sought honey. The spread dates are sparse in old histories.
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Ann
Steudere
la Subtla
America
Origin of Y Yankee term traced through languages
The article explains Yankee as a cant term for Americans deriving from British use for insurgents. It notes Civil War usage by Confederates for Union soldiers and British misuse for Americans. The most plausible origin is a corrupted pronunciation of English or of French Anglais once used among American Indians.
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Americas
Great Britain
United States
Wood supply worries US paper industry
The forest service warns that the world’s accessible timber is inadequate for modern needs. The US relies on Canada for about one third of its pauper requirements and a pulp wood export embargo there could cut off raw materials for American paper. The note highlights risks of dependence on foreign timber.
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Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Canada
Dominion
United States
Telephone Workers Receive Vail Medals for Heroic Acts
Theodore N. Wait Bronze Medals awarded by Bell System fund honor telephone workers for conspicuous public service. Recipients include Miss Yeager Mrs Toughill Mrs Aulen who aided during a 1922 Merchistsville fire. Mrs Bassett who summoned aid after a train wreck. Rif Salter who stayed at a switchboard during a 1929 fire. Miss Hay who traced a burglar. Miss McCarthy who coordinated medical help after a mine explosion. and Thomas Hogan who aided a trolley accident victim.
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Lins
Theodore N. Wait
Bell Telephone Company
Bell System
Guetwards
Yeager
Toughill
Aulen
Merchisttville
N. 5
Autwy Rillel
Red Cross
Pnlire
Rif Salter
St. Marys
Bilding
Ridgway
Dimporiumn
Hay
Reading
Alouns
Miss McCarthy
Barnesboro
Spangler
Positina
Thomas Lawrence Hogan
Telephone Demonstration Attracts Large Crowds
A Bell Telephone Company display titled Go Minutes in a Central Office draws over 107000 attendees across churches clubs and schools. The hands on exhibit uses a standard switchboard with real relays and plugs to show how calls are connected and answered. Demonstrations in big cities use two central offices while smaller towns use one. The event remains free of charge and aims to explain the unseen workings of the telephone industry.
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Bell Telephone Company
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Rapid Improvement in Telephone Switchboards
The article traces early telephone evolution from two initial telephones to the first switchboard in May 1877 linking five Boston banks, then the first commercial exchange in New Haven in 1878 with eight wires, followed by growth in New York Bridgeport and Philadelphia. It notes the progression to the first multiple board by 1879 and describes the scale of large boards with millions of soldered parts, signal lights, and extensive wire networks.
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Boston
New Flaven
Connecticut
New York
Bridgeport
Philadelphia
Trained for Emergencies Proves Herself Heroine
In Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania a telephone operator hearing moans on a call acted swiftly to summon a doctor, likely saving a life. The bride of two weeks remained calm, saying such emergency response is part of her training and everyday heroism.
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Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Lititz spring events draw many reservations for picnics
Lititz communities showcase growing interest with thirty Sunday School and family reunion reservations. Planned picnics include Lititz Moravian S picnic on July 19, Lititz Union S A picnic on August 9, and the Lancaster County Zem Zems Knights of Malta on July 26. The calendar lists numerous reunions and church group gatherings from May through August, reflecting a busy social season.
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Lititz
Covenant U. B. S
Lancaster
Thurs
Columbia Union S. S
Alsace Lutheran S. S
Reading
Tues
Broad St. M. E
Lenecaster
Wed
Mechanicsburg Union
S. Thurs
Lititz Moravian S
Gude’s Liquid or Solid Promises Health Boost
Old time advertisement claims Gude’s Liver Pills will brace you up and restore vigor by enriching the blood and bringing back healthy color. It urges readers to obtain Gude’s from their druggist in liquid or solid form for renewed energy and ambition.
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Gude
Pulmonic relief booklet offered for respiratory disorders
Advertisement for Raezer’s Pulmonic claiming relief for asthma bronchitis pulmonary catarrh and tuberculosis. No alcohol or dope health builder in 3 oz bottles priced at 1.00 each with postage. 6 bottles 35.50. 12 bottles 10.50. Raeser’s Pulmonie Co. 129 Liberty Street Lititz Pa. Distributors wanted.
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Raeser’s Pulmonie Co
Liberty Street
Lititz
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Lititz and
John Thomas
Rauch
New Moravian Church
Lebanon
G. RK
Oliner
Tal Telephone Sa le
Demonnstration Board
Lititz Springs
Eckenroad
Stauffer
Sweiger
McQuate
Kupp’s
St. Luke’s Reformed
Taylor
Cnip
Lititz Union
Kemper
Salma U. B.S
Columbia
Brownstown Union
Bomberger
Butzer
Buch
Keath
Mon
Frymeyer
Elser-Oberlin
Raezer’x Pulmonic
Earth
Lfe
BOYD
Ralph M. Spacht
Pinkerton & Bohn
Lancaster, PA
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