Manheim area notes and incidents in county news
Thrown before a reaper Samuel Myers of Christiana died from deep cuts after his team bolted. Others report a barn reroof at Lewis Irwin’s in Sadsbury and a memorial drive for Major General Samuel P Heintzelman born in Manheim. A. B. Myers of Millersville loses forearms in a Hanover explosion but remains an avid hunter. Calf born tail-less at Hoffines farm near Mt Joy and Elizabethtown leads county in automobile ownership. A man leaped from a Seaman Place bridge near the Pennsylvania Railroad, while William Funk of Lancaster died by his own hand. County roads resurfacing and cement bridges progress in Fulton township. Ray Brecht and Herman Geth injured in farm accidents. Leinbach named sealer of weights and measures for Lancaster. Edith Rockey drowns off Atlantic City before lifeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel ©. Myers
Christiana
Lewis Irwin
George B. Fogle
Sadsbury
Marheim
G. A. R. Post
Samuel P. Heintzelman
Manheim
A. B. Myers
Millersville
Hanover
Safe Harbor
Adam Linard
Hoffines
Mt. Joy
S. H. Hertzler
Elizabethtown
Lancaster
Seaman Place
New York Day Express
William Funk
State Highway Department
Green Tree
Quarryville
Fulton Township
Ray Brecht
Newtown
Herman Geth
John A. Leinbach
Lancaster City
Minister Calls for Nudity in Women Fashion
Rev Stephen A. Nettles editor of the Southern Christian Advocate argues for absolute nudity as preferable to modern dress. He claims sensuality in women's attire harms morality and cites African tribes as robed in beads of perspiration. He also blames bathing costumes as a chief source of degeneracy of modesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen A. Nettles
Southern Christian Advocate
Mr. Nettles
Centenarian Woodsman Seeks Long Life Through Exercise
Ninety one year old Martin I. Witmer of Manheim advocates daily wood chopping as the best exercise for longevity. He claims to outchop many men decades his junior and remains hale and hearty while pursuing his ambition to live to a hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin I. Witmer
Manheim
Jurors Pay Jump Promises County Wide Interest
The act raises juror pay from two fifty to four dollars per day with the same mileage. Aides expect many to seek jury service as a vacation at the county seat. The article notes August church festivals and Moravian revival history in Herrnhut Germany in 1727, and discusses meat substitutes and cooking practices. It also covers a manslaughter and negligence case against Joseph Light in Lebanon County for a wreck at Sinking Spring. A Hershey family reunion at Rocky Springs Park is planned for August 29 with Milton Hershey as president. An early postal experiment in 17th century Paris attempted prepaid letters with stamps but failed due to mice in letter boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber
Marx
Light
Hershey
United States
America
Rocky Springs Park
W. L. Hershey
Lancaster
Milton
Paris
Maeterlinck on the Future and the Afterlife
Maeterlinck in Le Mort outlines four possible outcomes after death outside religion. They are total annihilation survival of our current consciousness survival with universal or a different form of consciousness from our present one.
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Maeterlinck
Mahogany Mill tale of James Lick and rebuked suitor
The story of Lick’s Folly or the Mahogany Mill recounts James Lick’s romance with a miller’s daughter, the stern rebuke he faced, and his vow to own a mill. In 1873 he built a grand mahogany mill near San Jose, photographed it, and later donated it to the Paine Memorial Society of Boston with proceeds supporting a memorial ball and a lecture course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lick
Lick
Janes Li
Lick Observatory
Damnes Lick
San Jose
Paine Memorial Society of
Boston
Gale
Fierce Arab dogs and a sitting trick in Arabia
The article recounts Lady Ramsay describing how village dogs in Arabia attack strangers. It cites a tale where an elderly Turk sits on the ground to deter the dogs, who then retreat. The piece blends curiosities about dogs, superstition, and a humorous aside about colors and psychology from Mrs. Madison, mentioning Dawson and a stable’s manner.
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Arabia
Wiites
Lady Ramsay
Sunday School Times
Ada
Mrs. Madison
Dawson
Madison
Ambitious citizen serves as train caller at Union Station
A new citizen, eager to imitate every flag slogan, works as a train caller at Union Station. After calling a stray string of city destinations, a man rushes up asking for the last train to Cleveland. The caller responds in puzzled fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methussiah
Union Station
Kansas City
Denver
Salt Lake
New Orleans
Baltimore
New York
Cleveland
Touis Post-Dispatch
The Limit Incident on English Ship
An English ship carried an American passenger list and the crew engaged in a heated quarrel. Two stewards exchanged harsh curses with a final jab about eating like a passenger as a crowning insult.
The Culprit Quote From The London Telegraph
The narrator claims someone entered his room last night and he found no reason to shoot. He admits fear of becoming a widower if he had acted. The remark hints at personal danger and possible crime without graphic detail.
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London Telegraph
Geraniums Rise From a Winter Soap Box Tale
In Harper's Weekly a visitor asks Mrs Hoerak about intensive gardening. She answers she spent last winter raising a single geranium in a soap box, illustrating a humorous extreme of careful cultivation and dedication.
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. H. Buch
Record Building
Lititz
Edith Rockey
States Avenue
Atlantic City
Daily ‘Record
Sunday Record
Big City Daily
Philadelphia Record
Record
Washington News
the Record
Moravian Church
Herrnhut
Germany
Susannah Kuehner
Hershey Family Reunion
Farmers National Bank
Lititz, Penna
Leinbach & Co
Lancaster, Pa
Lancaster’s Daylight Department Store
S. & H. Green
Lancaster County
Bell
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Fry
Chas. H. Frey
East King St
Heinitsch’s
W. A. Heinitsh Big Furniture and Carpet Store
S. Queen St
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