Suit Over Fallen Pavement Damages in Lancaster County
A Lancaster woman, Mary A. Miller, sues the city for 15000 in damages after falling into an unguarded pavement hole. The report also notes local peculiarities, including a 32 year old Manheim merchant’s horse, family travels to England, and county politics and weather-related incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Miller
Lancaster
H. C. Boyd
Manheim
M. G. Hess
England
Weyler
Lancaster County
Island
Frank J. Trout
Bart Township
Can't Dodge Law Boosting Salaries in Lancaster County
The last legislature cost Lancaster County six thousand dollars by boosting county court criers to a thousand dollars a year. Governor Tener signed the bill but county officials resisted, seeking a loophole to keep the old fifty dollar monthly pay. No loophole existed, and the courts have ordered payment at the higher rate. Eleven upstate positions exist in local courts, yet many weeks yield little to do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Tener
When Is Thanksgiving Day 1911 Discussed
The article notes uncertainty over Thanksgiving date in 1911. Almanacs show the fourth Thursday as usual, but November has five Thursdays this year. Some calendars mark November 30 in red, prompting debate about whether Thanksgiving could fall on the last Thursday or later.
Monster Rabbits from England Enter America as Prize Winners
Achey and Fisher of Manheim secure a Flemish giant buck weighing 17 pounds and a champion Palace King doe of 16 pounds from Ore, Sussex. The pair are touted as the best shipped to America and valued highly as prize-winning animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Achey & Fisher
Manheim
Ore
Sussex
England
America
Pickle Crop Pays at Quarryville Farm
James McCauley, farming Water Company's land at Quarryville, harvested an acre of pickles. Ten thousand pickles were sent to the Strasburg pickle factory, fetching about 25 cents per hundred, yielding roughly 150 dollars per acre. The Quarryville Sun notes the low effort compared with tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McCauley
Water Company
Quarryville
Strasburg
Wealth a Burden Says Rockefeller After Sermon
John D Rockefeller told Rev Carter Helm Jones at Euclid Avenue Baptist in Oklahoma City that great wealth is a burden and robs life of peace. Jones preached the sermon comparing royal crowns to wealth, noting the heavy weight leads to dissatisfaction. Rockefeller praised the sermon as solemn and true and remarked on the rain saving crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockerfeller
Carter Helm Jones
Oklahoma City
Statter
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Jones
W. W. Bustard
Dr. Jones
Europe
Italian Lessons Begin For Captains New Neighbor
Hulda, a bright neighbor, asks for Italian lessons from the captain who tutors her with enthusiasm. Their exchange reveals shared love of language and literature, and the captain contemplates his growing feelings as Hulda’s presence sparks his imagination. Gabriela, darker and gifted in English, arrives, creating tension with Hulda while the captain notes their contrasts and potential rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulda
Petrarca
Beatrice
Armida
Laura
Julia
Desdemont
Dulcinea Dee Tobasco
Mme
Charles XII
Sweden
Moltke
Ijtis
Skarnikatis
Franzeska di
Franzeska
Gabriela
Guiseppe Giusti
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. H. Buch
Clothier and Gents’ Furnisher Record Building
Lititz, PA
Monster Rabbits
Tiulda
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
Heinish’s
Heinitsh’s Big Furniture and
S. Queen St
Hoffmeier Bros
King Street
Opticians
N. Queen St
North Queen Btri
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