Notable Lancaster County Figures and Local Advancements
Within the county, Ezra Reist of Manheim, a long time Zion Lutheran Sunday school officer, is highlighted among Lancaster’s aged citizens. The county’s six building and loan associations hold 24,415 shares, with monthly savings totaling $24,415 and assets over $1.6 million. Squire John H. Epler of Elizabethtown, a long time justice of the peace, recalls voting for Fremont 60 years ago. The School Directors' Association confirmed three assistant county school superintendents: G. Reed Alexander, Daniel W. Geist, and Samuel Simons. J. W. Espenshade of Elizabethtown owns a German print Bible over 200 years old and an 1841 paper on President Harrison’s funeral. Otto Olson of Ephrata, inventor of the electric tobacco feeder, attracts global inquiries about his machine. Lancaster cattle set a new high price in New York as Hereford steers sold for 10.75 per hundred weight. Ira Leisey of Columbia faces false pretenses charges after a bogus check. The Federal Bureau of Fisheries plans to ship fish from White Sulphur West Virginia to stock Lancaster rivers and streams. With horses scarce due to European warfare, Lancaster and upper Chester counties boast near-ready horse ranches and sizeable stock.
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Ezra Reist
Manheim
Zion Lutheran
Lancaster
Squire John H. Epler
Elizabethtown
Dauphin County
Fremont
Germany
Wm. Henry Harrison
Otto Olson
Ephrata
Ira Leisey
Columbia
Smith
J. G. Moyer
North Queen Street
Federal Bureau of Fisheries
Washington
Lancaster County
White Sulphur
West Virginia
Bureau
Europe
West
Southwest
Chester Counties
Board of Health Orders Weed Cut to Curb Hay Fever
The health department issues notices to property owners to remove overgrown weeds from yards or face fines. Officials say weed seeds drift by wind and pollen harms residents, while enforcement of food market cover rules for butchers and bakers progresses.
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Board of Health Department
Health Department
Rexall Orderlies Mild Laxative Sold By Us
Children often hide constipation fearing distress. Rexall Orderlies offer a mild laxative with a sugar taste. Sold only by us for 10 cents by Lewis N. Moyer.
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Rexall Orderlies
Lewis N. Moyer
Rexall
Lewie N
Mayer
Home Paper Loyalty and Landis Family Reunion Invited
An essay extols the local paper as essential to community knowledge and identity. A cordial invitation announces the fifth Landis family reunion at Conestoga Park east of Lancaster on Saturday August 21 with music addresses readings and socializing options including lunch provisions and nearby hotel dinners. Read the RECORD, $1.00 a year.
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Landis
Conestoga Park
Lancaster
Groundhog Tale and Local Farm News from Lancaster Area
A Lancaster County report notes a record groundhog still at large in Providence township after hunters observed an exceptionally large rodent in Snyder Hollow. The piece also covers potato blight threats to late crops, and a theft of dinner from Jacob Diehm’s Quarryville home as locals discuss wheat shipments to Europe and rising prices amid war.
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Providence Township
Lancaster
Providence
Snyder Hollow
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W.H. Buehcote Snne
New York
Frank B. McClain
New York Butchers’ Company
Big City Daily
Great City Daily
Home Paper
Home
Mumees
W. H. Mouth & CO
Stas
R. R. Depot
Lititz, Penna
Reading
R. R
West Point
Ocean Grove
Niagara Falls
Eagles
Lancaster New Hira
Jacob Diehm
Quarryville
Lancaster Intelligencer
B. Fritz
Dardanelles
Farmers National Bank
Lititz
Penna
Panama
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Elgins
Hamiltons
W. A
S. Queen St
Chas. H. Frey
East King St
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