Local notes from the county reflect diverse calls to action
The county reports include Harry Moore as a prominent tobacco grower with 135 acres, a new Quarryville water filtration project, and topographic survey progress by the U S geographical department. It also notes Mrs Barbara Hershey’s 100th birthday, a suspected rabies case from a bull terrier, a mad dog outbreak, and a lynching incident in Lancaster involving Percy Richardson after assaulting Emma Tammany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Moore
Quarryville Water Company
Beaver Creek
Lancaster County
United States Geographical Department
Quarryville
McCall’s Terry
Pennsylvania
Barbara Hershey
Reuben Kauffman
Millersville
Henry 8. Rich
Marietta
University of Pennsylvania
Percy Richardson
Emma Tammany
Lancaster
Zach’’ Walker
Coatesville
Inspection Meeting for Lancaster Tobacco Growers
The Lancaster County Tobacco Growers Association will hold an inspection meeting at the Willow Street and Landisville experimental stations on Saturday afternoon September 2. Transportation from Centre Square Lancaster leaves at noon on the Strasburg trolley to Willow Street, returning at 1 30. Departure from Lancaster at 2 15 on the Elizabethtown car for Landisville. Meetings are free and open to the public and focus on leading cigarette varieties with kept records for growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Tobacco Growers Association
Willow Street
Landisville
Centre Square
Lancaster
Strasburg
Elizabethtown
Landigville
Memorial for Christiana riot draws national figures
The Christiana riot memorial committee plans a September 9 program with Pennsylvania and Maryland governors ex governors Pennypacker and Stuart US federal judges congressmen and public figures. A monument unveiling at 11 a.m. a tour of sites including the underground railroad route and the Gorsuch killing spot and a lunch program with special rail trolley rates are arranged. Peter Woods the sole survivor will appear and weapons from participants will be displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiana
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Pennypacker
Stuart
United States
Philadadelphia Courts
Congress
Burgers
Edward Gorsuch
Peter Woods
A Mean Trick at Berry Patch Causes Skirt Theft
A group of Warren women blackberrying shed skirts for easier picking and wore overalls. They later found their discarded garments stolen, forcing them to return home in overalls amid public amusement. The note ends with a proverb about today’s action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
The Tenth Language continues with a mysterious encounter
In a quiet hour a mysterious gentleman appears by Hulda and the balcony. Captain Skarnikatis investigates the scene while Hulda and Gabriela react to a letter and a possible rival, foreshadowing further revelations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skarnikatis
Hulda
Rome
Plaster of Paris
Gabriela
John Smith
Julda
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Mentor
W. H. Buch
Haberdasher
Record Bloges
Broad St. Lititz, PA
R. von Gottschall
Herman T. Frucault
Bethlehem
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
Heinitsh’s Big Furniture and
S. Queen St
Horrmutenn
Hoffmeier Bros
Lancaster’s
King Street
Opticians
N. Queen St
North Queen
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