Local sports and town notes from Lancaster area
Bainbridge gunner Guy Camp leads a duck season 57 birds while Philip Bard’s bronze turkey hen at Ironville totals 217 eggs. A Lancaster horseman, Harry Fryberger, escapes a fatal grade crossing wreck. Lancaster’s John N Woods dies. he was connected to Prof. John Beck and James M Beck. Fishermen Jake Brubaker and Sam Myers from Drumore haul a large salmon string at Toad Hole. G Rufus Boyd of Manheim named bank teller as Guaranty Trust opens in Lancaster. Manheim Belting’s new plant nears operation. General Superintendent Long visits Lancaster and Columbia. grade crossing at Manheim turnpike would be removed.
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Guy Camp
Bainbridge
Philip Bard
Ironville
Harry Fryberger
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Fryberger
John N. Woods
G. Rufus Boyd
Manheim Borough
Guaranty Trust Company
North Duke and
Grant Streets
New Year
Manheim Belting and Manufacturing Company
Hess
Long
Pennsylvania Railroad
Columbia
Manheim Turnpike
Fountain Designed by a Woman in Lancaster Yard
Miss Blanche Nevin the sculptor of General Muhlenberg’s statue in Washington has a backyard fountain in Lancaster Pennsylvania that draws attention. It is supported by four female figures prominent in U S history including Mrs Mary Baker Eddy.
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Blanche Nevin
General Muhlenberg
Washington
Lancaster Pa
Mary’ Baker Eddy
See Pennsylvania first urged at Harrisburg meeting
J Horace McFarland promotes See Pennsylvania first urging Pennsylvanians to value local scenery over foreign sights. He laments forest loss, river pollution, and industrial growth blighting state landscapes while championing Pennsylvania as varied and majestic. The piece also notes Blue Ball stock sale and Mayor Mears predicting annexations.
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Pennsylvania
J. Horace McFarland
Harrisburg
State Conservation Association
McFarland
Uncle Sam
Keystone State
Continent
West
Penn
A Florida trip from Lancaster county travelers in 1920s prose
A Lancaster County trio recounts a Southern excursion from Reading to Philadelphia and Washington to Jacksonville and Miami. They describe cotton fields, mossy marshes, pine and palm landscapes, citrus groves, and tropical plants along the way, praising hotels and the San Carlos in Miami and inviting northern readers to visit the Florida coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borror
Lancaster County
Mercury
Hill
Cocalico Hotel
Ephrata
Reading
Philadelphia
Pottsville
Phoenixville
Baltimore & Ohio
Washington
Southern
North Carolina
Carolinas
Jacksonville
Miami
Royal Palms Hotel
E. L. Deckert
St. John’s River
Fruit
Biscayne Bay
San Carlos
Land of Beauty
Susan Bucher
Winged thieves in nature mimic human roberies
The article explores animals that steal or deceive for meals, from osprey and pelican ploys to gulls, frigate birds, owls, shrikes, bees eaters, and the wolverine. It describes clever theft tactics, ambushes, and the sly mechanics of each predator, highlighting a curious taxonomy of purposeful roguery in the animal kingdom.
American in England Mistakenly Keeps Accent Joke
A London Tatler quips about an American who spent so long in England that he believed he had shed his accent. Returning home, he asks a booking clerk in Liverpool how much to travel, only to be told Five dollars and a half, colonel, exposing the enduring transatlantic speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Liverpool
Euston
London Tatler
Thought He Was Smart Mrs Benham What Is The Meanest Thing
A brief quotation item cites Mrs Benham and Himerson reflecting on smart men and harsh words. It presents a quip about a foolhardy proposal and asserts a boy gains mastery when given address and accomplishments. The piece reads as a compact salon card note.
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Benham
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. H. Buch
Haberdasher
Record Bidge S. Broad St
Lititz, PA
Blue Ball
John D. Barr
Mears
Steelton
Highspire
Middletown
Florida
Lititz
Fielding
Thackeray
Shakespeare
Dickens
George Eliot
Africa
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Bank of Perpetual Good Will
Royal Morris Chairs
Cellarettes
Widow Reed
Sectional Book-Co
Heinitsh
S. Queen St
Dr A. Reed
Dr. A. Reed
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
Himerson
N. Queen St
North Queen Street
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