Community reunions and picnics fill late summer schedule
A list of upcoming gatherings across Lancaster area including Stuher Rothsville Myers Grove Ephrata Brickerville Schaefferstown Durlach and Eberly family events. Notable items include Labor Day union at Eberly grave yard dedication and Farmers Days at Ephrata October 15 and 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bromnstown
Stuher
Ephrata Park
Lutheran Aa Evangelical
Rothsville
Myers’ Grove
Lititz
Steffy
Emanuel Lutheran U. S
Brickerville
Schaefferstown
Elser-Oberlin
McQuate Family
Frymyer
Eberly
Durlach
B. Eberly
Ludwig
Gensemer
Ephrata
Sunday Excursion Fare Details for Philadelphia Trip
Special excursion tickets from Philadelphia Reading Terminal depart at 10 00 P M on September 19 and are valid only on that date. Return fare allows travel within the time limit, with war tax included, and tickets may be used on any train for the excursion in both directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Reading Terminal
Bee Keepers Meet Moves to Kirk Home Trip
Lancaster County Bee Keepers Association invites members to an automobile trip to Mr. Joseph P. Kirk’s home near Peach Bottom on Wednesday August 25 1920. The group departs at 12 30 p m from the Lancaster County Farm Bureau with Chief Appary Inspector Charles W Green of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture attending to discuss indoor and outdoor winter problems.
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Bee Keepers
Lancaster County Bee Keepers Association
Joseph P. Kirk
Peeach Bottom
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
Lancaster
Aparry
Charles W. Green
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Harry D. Herr
Special Through Train Leaves Reading to Philadelphia
Passengers may travel on any train day to Philadelphia then via Bound Brook to final destination within ticket time limit. Reach Reading Terminal by August 24 at 2 PM for the Special Through Train leaving Philadelphia at 2 PM. Long Branch arrives 5.05 PM and ary Park Ocean Grove 5.25 PM. Return tickets valid for 16 days and must be presented to ticket agent at destination for validation. Children ages 5 to 12 travel at half fare.
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Philadelphia
Bound Brook
Pasengers
Reading Ferminal
Long Branch
Ary Park
Ocean Grove
Outdoor Banks for Vegetable Storage
Outdoor banks or pits store vegetables in well drained locations with conical piles and straw or leaves lining. Vegetables are covered with straw and earth, ventilation varied by pit size, several small pits preferred, and different crops stored together with separators. In cold weather cover with straw fodder or manure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Secret Iron Furnace Linked to Perry Cannon Ball Secret
Discovery of an ancient iron furnace near Steubenville reveals the source of Perry era homemade cannon balls. Workers uncover Tarr family furnace on Tarr farm Hancock County West Virginia across from Steubenville. Old records say Peter Tarr labored to forge balls from local ore and shipped them to Commodore Perry’s forces to strike at British naval forces.
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Commodore Perry
Lake Erie
Steubenville
Perry
Tory
West Virginia Steel Company
Tarr
Hancock County
West Virginia
Peter Tarr
Ohio River
Putin Bay
Kelley's Island
Gloucester Seeks Return to Nighttime Glory and Maritime Legacy
The historic port of Gloucester Massachusetts may regain its late night prominence as American shipping resumes. National Geographic calls Gloucester the mother of American fisheries while tales of Old Mud's Paradise and wrecks near Gloucester appear in Kipling and Longfellow. The city boasts the rosy glaucus a fragrant flower in waters near Gloucester and landmarks like Rafe's Chasm and Whales Jaw.
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Gloucester
Rourine
National Geographic Society
Glowcrater
Kipling
Janes B. Conwells
Mrs. Ward
Norigan
Longfellow
Cloncester
Rafe
Painless Dentistry Myth in Global Travel Tales
A travel vignette comments on how painless dentistry advertising like painless dentistry attracts Americans abroad. It notes that foreign dentists seldom claim painless work, contrasts attitudes, and urges readers to consider personal tastes when shaping surroundings. The piece then shifts to a Jamestown College president recounting a humorously evolving “trend of the times” tale about a minister, a lawyer, a wagon driver, and a roadside luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
Norway
Sweden
Sahara
Times
Kreeze
Jamestown College
French Views of Indiana in a Marseille business inquiry
C Michelon of the Alliance Francaise describes a letter from a major Marseilles firm seeking details on Indiana tribes. The note highlights mutual unfamiliarity beyond Paris and New York among both nations and peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
United States
New York
France
Paris
C. Michelon
Alliance Francaise
Marseilles
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Reeve
Atlantic City
Ocean City
Wildwood Sea Isle City
Cape May
Reading
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Columbia
lFare iv
Eit Pete
Juancaster
Manheim
Litit
Millway
Kron Ephrata
Steven Denver
Reinholds
Vinemont
Fritztown
Reading T
Lancaster County
Lancaster City
Asbury Park
Middletown
Lancaster Lititz
D. Lorah Mauger
Hunt
Curtis Hensel Rn
Iturziss Cedar
Lititz, Penna
Fordston
MR. Farmer
Ford Automobiles
Lititz Motor Co
Lititz Motor Company
Frank B. Burkholder & Bro
Penna
Tenderfoot Rank Boy Scouts
Terre Haute
Wabash
Indianapolis News
Holland
Harold Murr
Sterizol
Rei
Fred Essig
Real Estatf
Essig
M. D. A. Long
D.D.S. Lititz, PA
H. K. Cooper
Main and Cedar Sts
E. B. Beck
Broap St
Lititz Bell
Joseph B. Wissler
Fehl Building
Duke Street
Hershey & Gibbel Comveyancers
Scriveners
Algo
Ind Tel
J. B. Herr Notary Public
Keystone Underwear Co
Ind
Spruce St
Geo. L. Keith
Lincoln Ave
Lititz, PA
Spruce Villa Farm
J. Clayton Brubaker
LaFrance
Raison
GRUBE
East Main St
Long & CO
SLATE
Atimulus
Columbian
Royal
Hood Tire
Wo. M. Amer
Broad Street
Howards. Young
East Orange St
Hassler
Runt
Rick
Curtis Hensel
Lawrence K.grosh
Life Insurance
P.O
Frank £. Schnerer
Lititz Ind
Zartman Bros
Bear
Hershey, Leaman & Co
W.H. Muth & CO
L. N. Mover
E. Main St
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