Remarkable Quarryville Lumberman and Regional Notes
County-wide notes highlight Henry Keen the lime burner of Quarryville still drives his labor, directs a stone crusher, and oversees lime deliveries to Maryland. Cattle from Chicago arrive in Lancaster for December at 63 cents with fattening to 8 cents next May, a trend seen as discouraging beef consumers. Reamstown to get a national bank. Ten and three are cited as current prices for tobacco. Union Trust distributed Christmas savings funds totaling 150000. Penn Iron Company resumes operations with 250 hands after a year. Amos Minnich fined for leading a horse by a rope around its tongue. An old hen owned by Ben Cochran lays a daily egg in a keg of nails, prompting dollar-egg talk before Christmas.
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Henry Keen
Quarryville
Ieee
Maryland
Chicago
Lancaster County
Reamstown
Union Trust Company
Lancaster
Penn Iron Company
Amos Minnich
Ephrata
Ben Cochran
The Deadly Corn Shredder
The corn husker and fodder shredder ranks as a very dangerous farm implement with seven county accidents already. In East Druore township two men were badly hurt in a week on the same farm, and one Shaub brothers’ farm saw a second accident while explaining safety. A young farmer died earlier and his brother later lost a hand to the same machine.
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East Drumore
Shaub Brothers
Stop Spitting Now A Public Health Plea
Public health appeal urges an end to spitting in trains, theatres, and public spots. It warns that spitting spreads germs causing colds influenza and serious diseases like pneumonia and diphtheria. The author urges personal decency and care for others to help tuberculosis disappear.
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Catige
Karl Debf Schreinitz
Christmas Appeal From United Zion Home and Hospital
Rev James A Heitler manager of the United Zion Home Lititz Pa issues a Christmas appeal. The home and hospital thank supporters for past charity and request turkeys chickens fruit cake money or other gifts to provide a good Christmas dinner for the aged and infirm residents. Donations may be shipped by trolley or freight to Lititz Pa. Public is invited to visit when possible.
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James A. Heitler
United Zion Home
Lititz
United Zion Home and Hospital
Moravian Sewing Society Story From 1856 Revival
A historical sketch recounts the Moravian Sewing Society from 1856 in Lititz turning embroidery into aid for church needs and soldiers. It notes wartime work with the Christian Commission, later revival by Mrs. S. C. E. Beckler in 1875 and Ceelia T. Enck's presidency since 1907, with ongoing efforts to fund missions and furnish chapels.
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Wolfe’s
Pittsburg
Lititz Academy
Pauline Tshudy
Christian Commission
Huebener
Fett
United States Sanitary Commission
Brethren of the Church
Linden Hall
William C. Reichel
Ladies of the Christian Commission
Elan
Asidvad
Saldadothes
S. C. E. Beckler
Lyceum
Theological Seminary
Cecelia T. Enck
Unyielding Toll of Poor Roads on American Households
An essay critiques national road waste of 225 million dollars yearly, equating it to twelve dollars per person. It argues the burden harms the economy, unaltered by tariffs or cycles, and notes women’s equal voting status should reflect broader equality, even in small courtesies like removing hats in public spaces.
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United States
Retreat From Moscow sears memory of Napoleonic ruin
Fragmented reminiscences describe Napoleon's 1812 Moscow retreat, an epic scene of misery. Over 400000 troops faced famine, frost, and Cossacks. only about 20000 survived. Horses perished, dogs mourned, and townsfolk exploited the stranded army amid widespread desolation.
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Moscow
Napoleon
Russia
Irydal Monti
Wordsworth
Hira
Noli
China
Pearsons
Telepathic Clock Astonishes Liverpool Family
A mantel clock in a Liverpool builder's home fell at 11 30 in the morning yet remained running. An hour later the builder noted the same minute the clock fell from a top of a building, with his wife confirming the eerie coincidence and leaving the couple mystified by the inexplicable event reported by the Liverpool Post.
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Liverpool
Liverpool Post
Explosion of a Flower in Algiers Botanical Garden
A spathe nearly three feet long burst open with a detonation-like sound in Algiers botanical garden. The head of the palm tree emitted golden dust from the flower debris as the heat roasted it to rust. The director cited fermentation from extreme dryness and a recent fire as the cause, noting ostrich eggs in Algiers explode similarly.
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Algiers
Slarper’s
Doctor Sanderson the Clever Undependable Physician
An old Scotch physician, Dr Sanderson, was known as a queer yet clever doctor who drew the ignorant to avoid him. While walking, a sweep rolled down a staircase and the doctor rushed to help asking if hurt. The reply was no and the man claimed to feel better.
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Norfolk
Orr
Shippensburg
Walter H. Buch
Broad St
Record
Lititz, Pa
Moravian Sewing Society
X-mas
The
Farmers National Bank Yearly Savings Club
Farmers National Bank
Wengert & Haas Ata
Roll
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
REED
Morris
Limbert
Heinitsh's
S. Queen St
Everett
S. & H. Green
Chas. H. Frey
East King St
North Queen Strel Lancaster, PA
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