Dr Aaron F Ballard Ocean Grove founder dies at 98
Dr Aaron F Ballard longtime president and founder figure of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association died after a long illness at age 98. Born in Bloomfield New Jersey Christmas Day 1820 he helped launch the camp meeting project in 1869 and led the association since 1898. He served in the Methodist Church General Conference in 1872 and is credited with authoring a paragraph banning card playing theater going and dancing in church discipline. Ballard grew up in Essex County and after early work hardships pursued schooling at night while supporting family. He began preaching after meeting David W Bartine and Henry Brown, and later joined the local preacher rank before conference call.
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Raven
Dr. Ballard
Bloomfield
N. J
Essex County
Ballard
David W. Bartine
Newark
Large garages rise in towns as licenses flood Lancaster
Reports describe W E Grouse planning a large garage at Denver while J A Garber builds a major garage at Elizabethtown. Lancaster issued 57 Thanksgiving marriage licenses in two hours amid county activity including property theft, wild animal sightings, and a trolley man’s assault.
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W. E. Grouse
Sor
Denver
Lancaster
J. A. Garber
Ford
Elizabethtown
Kathryn Kaylor
Ethel Heistand
Highspire Knitling Co Incorporation and Local Notes
The state reports the Highspire Knitling Company formed with fifty thousand dollars capital using the Highspire distillery plant. Dives Pomeroy & Stewart distributed funds to armed men. A new two man operation model by Ruos Miller Co. Yeoman. Betsy. Local dog tax and road condition concerns cited by rural carrier William Snyder. A 14 year old hunter nets a mink worth eight dollars. A West Chester fur piece uses squirrel fur from Cyrus Hoopes. A York man plans to return to France to marry a war orphan. Deer hunting trip in Maine yields two deer amid heavy snow. Robbery of Mrs Swanson's key. War orphan Milo Girard. Revered Rent found in Michigan sanitarium. Altoona ministers' salaries and church auto equipment debate. Medera brewery at Clearfield County abandoned after thefts. crowd drunkenly raids scene. one man, Mike Siganos, reportedly dies from alcohol-related incident.
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Altoona Minist
Medera
Clearfield County
Mike Siganos
Socialist City Farm Fizzles in Allentown Campaign Debacle
Allentown mayoral campaign centers on City Farm once run as Socialist Labor effort. City Controller sworn figures show two years of taxpayer costs with little profit. Council votes to rent the $122000 farm to Fred H Stevens for five years at 4000 first year, 2200 second, 2500 later, while mortgage bears about 129990 at high interest.
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Allentown
John Allen
Fred H. Stevens
Pig Eats Pastor's Watch in Curious Rural Incident
A garbled report describes a pig taking a pastor’s watch during a rural incident. The scene involves Rev. George Erkigmen Val and a dramatic fall of a timepiece into a sty while villagers react to the loss and a perceived slight.
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George Erkigmen
Wittgi
Enlarge Ephrata Shoe Factory Adds Office Story Additions
Contractor Shiffer lands the job to add seven stories to the Harry Shoe factory office area in Ephrata. Work starts as steel framework will be erected and the project aims for completion in 80 days, following a prior expansion at the John factory. Nearby, good salmon fishing continues on the Susquehanna below Holtwood with several anglers reporting sizable catches.
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Foim &. Shiver
Cilder
Harry Shoe
Ephrata
Shiffer
Susquehanna
Holtwood
Christian Wisler
Oldham
Nisler
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Billmyer
Guining
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Oscar E. Shepp
Shepp
Bainbridge
Smith Heaps
Harvey
Heaps
New Holland
Wagner
Third and
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Columbia
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Quarryville
Oxford
Peach Bottom
Fulton Howse
Poath Flottom
Cuba
Highspire Knitling Company
Highspire
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
Reading
Ruos, Miller & Co
Doylestown
M. D. Schmetzax
Bethel Township
William FH. Snyder
Seven Valleys
York County
Charlie Rickert
Sellersville
Smivs
Lillie Hoopes Kautz
West Chester
Cyrus Hoopes
France
Esme
Ralphh Frey
York
650Th Aero Squadron
New York City
Paris
Milo
Jeanne Girard
Néiman F. Brooke Binder
Maine
Augustus Swanson
Reevill
Swanson
Honey Creek
Allie Erich
Bethlehem
Eri
J . Sterner
See- Heektown
Lee Servel
Samuel N. Rent
Episcopal Church
Warwick
Bottle Creek
Mich
Chester County
Pig
Pastor
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Hank and
Pete
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Usne
Fea
Ima
Doorus
Frey’s Shoe Store
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
Wingert & Haas Hat Store
John A. Haas
N. Queen St
England
Heinitsch’s
W. A
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Ephrata Shoe Factory
Ruth
Gladye
W. W. Appel & Son
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