New Quarryville Opera House Nears Opening
In Quarryville the new opera house edges toward completion signaling an upcoming opening in the lively town. The article also notes local anecdotes from Mechanics Grove where Jacob M. Swart sold two hogs, and includes various Lancaster County news items on banking plans, dynamiters trial in Indianapolis, Christmas thefts, brewery retirements, rural racetracks, secret societies, and an Amish wedding with notable missing feast items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quarryville
Jacob M. Swart
Mechanics Grove
Indianapolis
Lancaster County
Shireton
Maytown
Lancaster
Paul Heine
Gap
Knights of the Mystic Chain of Lancaster
Mystic Chain
Stoltzfus—Stoltzfus
Farmer's Homestead 1913 Almanac Distribution Begun
Farmers National Bank distributes the Farmer's Homestead Almanac praised as a compact home guide for farmers, merchants, schoolchildren, and households. The almanac, heavily endorsed as containing extensive, solid information, is offered free upon request and is widely valued by librarians in New York City's great public library system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Hemisphere
New Library
City of
New York
Farmers National Bank
After Christmas Toy Lot Remnants and Quiet Reflections
A post holiday vignette recalls the clutter of gifts left by Santa. Toys scattered about include a wooly horse, a crippled figure, a torn dolly dress, a tired jumping jack, and a tin charger. Children and parents reflect on overindulgence and the afterglow of Christmas as a doctor eases distress. A sly witticism about trust completes the verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Portrait painter Peter Grosh of near Lititz remembered
Lancaster exhibit features a Moravian painter from Mechanicsville near Lititz, Peter Grosh, active around 1816 18. An article by Prof. Herbert Beck traces his lineage from John Valentine Grosh of Eichloch 1706 to his late life travels, self taught art, and varied crafts. Grosh died in 1859 at Petersburg Indiana and rests in a Moravian family plot near Mechanicaburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Grosh
Lititz
Herbert Beck
Lancaster
A. R. Beck
Mr. Grosh
Matthew Grosh
Mechanicsville
East Hempfield
Peter
Adam Smith
Manheim
Grosh Farm
D. McN. Stauffer
Smith
Lancaster County
Stauffer
Conrad Weiser
Grosh
Matthew
Veronica Grosh
Bender
Philip Grosh
Jacob Grosh
John Beck
Abraham Rk. Beck
Indiana
Petersburg
Philadelphia
Lancaster and
Mechanicaburg
Pardon Bid Grows For Mrs Kate Edwards Who Killed Her Husband
Renewed interest has been taken by those seeking a pardon for Mrs Kate Edwards jailed in Berks county for eleven years after killing her husband John Edwards. Her daughter Ella aged sixteen, from Allentown, met her after years apart, stirring calls to reunite the family and begin anew. A petition to the Board of Pardons for a rehearing will be presented with support from Reading women.`
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Edwards
John Edwards
Berks County
Ella
Allentown
Edwards
Board of Pardons
Reading
Lancaster's Great Cattle Market at Union Stock Yards
Berks county buyers play a major role at Lancaster Union Stock Yards one of the Easts largest cattle markets. It handles about one tenth of cattle received and around 100000 head a year plus substantial hogs. The yard ships feeder cattle to farms for winter fattening and spring market. Lancaster farmers fatten a quarter of cattle for fertilizer and profit. The market serves Central and Eastern Pennsylvania plus Delaware New Jersey Maryland and parts of New York. Virginia and Tennessee supply many cattle this year, with some from St Louis Chicago Kansas City St Paul and Indianapolis. Season runs June to January with Monday as the big day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berks County
Great Union
Lancaster
Central
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
Maryland
New York State
Virginia
Tennessee
Union Stock Yards
St. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
Kas
St. Paul
Indianapolis
False Colors and Iridescence in Opal Formation
A compact summary of how opal shows color through layered hydrated silica structures. The piece explains that opal’s iridescence arises from light refraction at differing indices in adjacent layers, not from inherent pigment. It compares opal to nacre and describes an experiment with wax to reveal hidden surface irregularities causing color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harpers Weekly
Barbers Through Antiquity and Early England
The earliest barbers appear in fifth century B C Greece and third century B C Rome. In medieval England the barber served as physician to the king, with laws restricting barbers in London to preventing surgery or bloodletting beyond tooth drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Rome
England
Londo
Don’t Do It. Guard courage, resolve, wisdom, and patience
A reflective exhortation cautions against wasting resilience in harsh mood. It urges preserving courage, resolve, wisdom, and patience to meet challenges without drifting into obstinacy or despair.
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Norfolk
Orr
Shippensburg
Walter H. Buch
S. Broad St
Record Big
Farmer's Homestead
Edward
X-mas
The
Lititz, Pa
Lancaster’s
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
REED
Morris
Limbert
Heinitsh’s
S. Queen St
Everett
T&e
S. & H. Green
Chas. H. Frey
East King St. Lancaster, Pa
North
Queen Stret
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