Borough Will Build Pavements and File Liens on Delinquent Homes
The town council met monthly with Chief Burgess Diehm and six councilors present. Revenue from licenses and fines totaled 17.50, and water rents reached 4 012.31 with a hydrant added on North Broad Street. The Street Committee reported tarvia on most streets. Second Avenue was graded and macadamized between Front Street and Christ Bucher’s residence. The council ordered liens against owners who failed to build pavements and discussed funding a policeman for spring grounds, plus routine payments to vendors and salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgesas Diehm
H. H. Bomberger
J. H. Bomberger
Dr. Posey
Frederick
H. J. Pierson
North Broad Street
Front Street
Christ. Bucher
Second Avenue
Fire and Water Committee
C. Hassler
Council
East Petersburg Notes Show Local Moves and Visits
East Petersburg notes report Elam Stehman relocating a tollhouse to his lane corner along the Manheim pike for use as a tenant house. Local residents share visits, travel, and social calls, including Mayme Hostetter from Ohio with Elias N Eby family, and several Wissler family gatherings. A brake repair incident left Eli Kauffman’s threshing rig with a broken arm for James Matthews, and sale notices include a Columbian airtight heater, a pool table, a Paige six, and two Beagle pups for hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elam Stehman
Manheim Pike
Victor Swart
Paige
Ben Kauffman Agency
John Wissler
Calvin Gochnauer
Lancaster County Story Denounces Lititz Groundhog Tale
In a rebuttal to a Lititz dog versus groundhog anecdote, Geo W. Hensel of Quarryville defends Lancaster stories. He cites a lengthy, storied exchange from the Records and mocks the five pound dog tale as preposterous in the lower county weather reality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Hensel
Quarryville
Mr. Hensel
Philadelphia
Lancaster Way
Brother Hensel
Lititz
Union Sunday School Outing Set for August 14 at Long's Park
Lexington locals report the annual outing of the Union Sunday school will be held on Wednesday August 14. Scholars and friends will travel to Long's Park near Lancaster where last year’s event was a success. Visiting groups from Lancaster Brunnerville Lititz Manheim Sun Hill Reading Brickerville East Petersburg and local families are noted as attendees or hosts with several social calls and camp meetings mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Sunday School
Long’s Park
Lancaster
Hiram Kline
Norman Kline
White Oak
Auction of general merchandise in Brownstown Saturday evening
H L Keith will auction a large lot of general merchandise on the second story of the restaurant building Saturday evening Aug 3 beginning at 7 oclock. Tuesday's rain was greatly welcomed and helped growing crops. Edith Herr eight months old daughter of Walter and Beatrice Herr funeral held Tuesday afternoon with interment in Brownstown cemetery. Harvey Neidermyer caught a two pound bass on the first Saturday. J Earl Wolf passed Christiana examining board exam last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Keith
Edith
Walter
Beatrice Herr
Brownstown
Harvey Neidermyer
J. Earl Wolf
Christiana
Local Social Notes From Lebanon Area
Miss Ida daughter of Christ Snyder left Sunday for Pasadena California. Mr and Mrs L B Weist Mr and Mrs Norman Graybill and Mr and Mrs Joseph Balmer spent Sunday in Lebanon with friends. Quite a few attended the Sheaffers town picnic on Saturday and the camp meeting on Sunday. C B Snyder and family spent Sunday at Lebanon. A number of our young folks attended the funeral of Miss Elizabeth Brown at Ephrata. Private Charles Messner of Camp Meade had a 48 hour furlough and was here to attend Miss Browns funeral. Misses Vera Landis and Mary Weint spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Sarah Iba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida
Christ Snyder
Pasadena
Cal
L. B. Weist
Norman Graybill
Joseph Balmer
Lebanon
Sheafferstown
C. B. Snyder
Elizabeth Brown
Ephrata
Ata
Charles Messner
Camp Meade
Kreider and Eberly Begin Four Month Prison Terms
Ephraim R Kreider and Edwin B Eberly, both farmers in Clay township, started four months in Lancaster county prison after a long conspiracy case spanning nearly two years. Convicted at the 1916 term for defrauding, retried in 1917, denied new trials, and upheld on appeal, they were ordered to serve the sentence with $25 fines and prosecution costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephraim R. Kreider
Miller
Clay Township
Edwin B. Eberly
Hosterman
Garber
Hawaii Letter from Kauai Explorer Describes Far Side of Island
Theodore B Buch writes from Waimea Kauai July 1 1918 about mountain scouting trips frost at wintertime fern growth cattle damage to forests and dwindling wild cattle goats and pigs in the highlands the Grand Canyon like canyon views and a reef fishing trip with torch spearing on the other side of the island plus a separate report Oliver Seaman farmhand employed by Tillman Risser injured when a wagon wheel pinned him at a farm near Lincoln condition described as critical but no bones broken Dr McCaa of Ephrata attends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Cook
Waimea
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Kolalau Valley
Oliver Seaman
Tillman Risser
Jacob Fry
Lincoln
Seaman
Dr. McCaa
Ephrata
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lititz Pa
W. H. Muth & Co
W. H. Greek
Joshua Rollman
Henry M. Fasnacht
Ceeee Jac
F. Longenecker
D. M. Grayhill
United Telephone Co
Long & Co
Edison Electric Co
June Street
Stag Products Co
Fralich
Penna
Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation
Water Dept
Walter Miller
Elmer Brenneman
C. N. Derr
CG. Brubaker
Rodman
Hiram G. Sahm
Bucher
Lewis Murr
Wayne Seldomridge
Herry Anspach
Peter Brubaker
Jacob Ruh
Alfred Douple
Martin Lenhart
B. Stauffer
Joseph Flory
Nathaniel Erb
James Sesseman
Stone
Jno
R. Gibbel
Earl Frederick
Aaron Kabler
Andrew Myers
Norman Eberly
Harry Brenneman
Albert Shenk
HL A- Weidman
Cs. Yerger
John Yerger
E. K. Brubaker
B. Adams
East Petersburg
William Kopp
Brickerville
Mayme Hostetter
Ohio
Elias N. Eby
Samuel Steffy
Clarence Steffy
Herbert Graybill
Howard Rue
Reading
Chester Wissler
Eli Kauffman
James Matthews
Carrie Miller
Liita
R. M. Grabill
Helen Wopplenstein
Nellie Karl
Dorothy Miller
Myrtle Graver
P. Miller
Mary Muckle
Henry Sedentough
Clarence Gochnauer
Chester
D. H. Gochnauer
Sunny
Robert Gochnauer
John Bigler
Eddystone
Katharine Steinfort
D. E. Gochnauer
Lexington
J. W. Roth
Brunnerville
C. B. Dillman
Paul
Jennie Workman
Landisville
Samuel Fahnestock
Manheim
Abram Minnich
Sun Hill
A. G. Fahnestock
William and
Elizabeth Buel
John Biemesderfer
Ellauel
Israel Zartman
Elizabeth Metzler
Abram Metzler
Brownstown and Vicinity
Hawaii
Theodore B. Buch
Waimae
Kauai
Broken Canoe Gulch
Libby
Booth
Shad
Smucker
Mason
Usc
Hunt
Heinz
Seaman & Seed
Broad ST
Dissinger’s Daylight Store
Palm Beach
Palms Beach
Palm Beach Beach
Dixie Weave
Groff & Wolf Co
N. Queen St. Lancaster
C. H. Kreider
Main St. Ind
Esthla Grosch
Lititz Clothing and Shoe Store
Lititz Clothing & Shoe Store
Trimmer
Grandma’s
Mason’s
Dixie
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