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Local notes and notices from the county region
Condemned livestock value reaches 175000 in the county. Collins Station hotel owner displays a 300 pound pumpkin. A 23 inch pike is pulled from Conewago Creek near Elizabethtown. Marietta canal boatman Samuel Thuma, 80, widens his status in local Odd Fellows ranks. Florin Water Company merger approved and operating in East Donegal. Lancaster’s Arthur Hall accused of razor attack on 75 year old Rachel Wallace. Hugh M North Jr named president of Columbia National Bank. A farm fire at Harry Sweigart home wipes two buildings, with losses around 2500. Additional local humor and ads wrap the page.
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W.C. Ray
Collins’ Station
Falmouth
Russel Smith
Conewago Creek
Elizabethtown
Smith
Samuel Thuma
Marietta
Pennsylvania
Thuma
Thuma & Brother
Odd Fellows and the Order United American Mechanics
Florin Water Company
Mount Joy
Donegal Township
Arthur Hall
Lancaster
Rachel Wallace
Hugh M. North, Jr
Columbia
Columbia National Bank
Harry Sweigart
Reinhold