Religious Notices and Local Intelligence Report
Local notices list Sunday English services at MonRa Aveas at 9 00 AM and 7 00 PM, German preaching at RyANoseniesat 9 30 AM, with a prayer meeting at 7 00 PM. Also, worship schedules for ReverMep at White Oak and Brickerville. LeVithan Evangelical services at Millport and Lexington. Shipping cattle: first livestock shipment this season sent to Dottsville by Means and Wellshigan, with weekly exports. Obituaries note John Holtz died of lockjaw in Twhalion. age about fifty, wife in asylum in Harrisburg, remains buried at Petersburg. County alms house has 500 residents. Lavuewater Children's Home hosts 46. Barge Cats owner Willian Ochme reported with unusually heavy weights. oldest 24 pounds at nearly four years, youngest 4 pounds.
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MonRa Aveas
White Oak
Brickerville
LeVithan
Sendavent
Hoglish Sy vii
Sunadiy Ab Poima
Millport
Lexington
Luturenka AN
Birlickeyville
Dottsville
John Holtz
Lauruet Holtz
Ife
Harrisburg
Petersburg
Pay Your Fire Tax at PAOHe and Warwick Dates
Mr Tsrmel Zartiman will collect fire tax due from Penny Towne ship Fire Insurance Company members in Warwick township at the PAOHe house in Rothsville on February 12 and at the Warwick house on February 14. Seventy five cents extra will be charged if payment is late. The Fire Committee held its regular monthly meeting Saturday evening with little business. They reported readiness of hooks, poles and ladders stored in Thomas Keller's barn for use. The notice urges residents to dispose of rubbish along Lititz and Lancaster pikes and notes varied local opinions and news items of town life, including sleigh travel, commerce, and editor involvement.
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Tsrmel Zartiman
Paohe
B. A. Kindig
Rothsville
Warwick House
Penny Towneship Fire Insurance Company
Warwick Township
Milice
Thomas Keller
Mite
Lititz
Lancaster Pike
John Wanamaker
The
Record
Dimner
George
Sollinger’s
Killian’s
Duces
Broad Street
Launcaster
Springs Hotel
George Williams
Jesse Pannabecker
Penn Township Fire Insurance Association
Warwick
Seather & Grube
John Evans
Jacob Shirk
Lancaster
Andrew Lane
Weidler Bender
Rome
Mite Society
Catharine
Tiane Diffenderfer
Millport
Jefferson Keener
Samuel Grosh
Otage Street
Fatal Fire Injures Child at Snufftons Mechanicsburg
A three year old daughter of Mr Frank Martzall died from burn injuries after her clothing caught fire while her father prepared to butcher for his tenant at Snufftons East Hempfield Township Mechanicsburg. The child inhaled flames and Dr Bowman of Petersburg reports slim chances of recovery.
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Frank Martzall
Mechanicsburg
PACTS AND FANCY DAUNTS AND DAILY LIFE NOTES
A jumble of small town notices and social quips covers free concerts sleighing high spirits and local commerce. Readers note horse drawn rides for the poor at a time of busy holidays bakery moves April 1 and a stream of local events from dances to school director elections. A sharp critique targets mistreatment of German travelers jailed and robbed amid a call for civic reform and cleaner streets.
Town Sittings and Local Business Gossip
The town notes a new firm Lauser & Son formed by Jos. H. Lauser and son George T. Lauser. Cigar manufacturing grows with Zerhe and Brother buying old homes. Thomas J. Schueter will start making cigars after schoolhouse possession. A Virginia native, Rev. A. Bachman, returns to Lebanon county with large land holdings. A cigar business, a Sunday school convention on February 22, and social events including a surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. Bachman are reported.
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Goss
Jos
Lauser
George T. Lauser
Kremer
de. Reily
Dr. Wiester
Dev. Johnston
Michael Fessler
Heidelberg Township
Peters. Miller
Joh Ulrich
Virginia
A. J. Bachman
Lebanon County
Old Dominion
Zerhe and Brother
Thomas J. Schueter
Horne
Mov
Carpenter
Reading
Lesture
Union School House
Bismarck
Mrs. Bachman
The Raid on the Buzzards Arrests at Ephrata Mountain
Constable Jones and citizens raided the mountain near Abe Buzzard s home and captured a long terrorizing gang including David Hornberger Eli Henry Teage Breweiser and Abe Buzzard s wife. They face multiple burglary and larceny charges while Mrs Buzzard is held on receiving stolen goods. A Philadelphia detective aided the evidence leads to extensive hearings with about twenty witnesses. Henry Hornberger and Breweiser face trial on numerous counts.
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Buzzards
Jones
Ephrata
Abe Buzzard
David Hornberger
Eli Henry
Teage Breweiser
Squire Kraatz
Njgen
Buzzard
Liberty
Philadelphia
James Clifford
Henry
Fphrata
Eli Hei
Daniel Hornberger
Isaac Breweiser
Mrs
William Stober
Candlemas Day Weather Lore Across Traditions
A reflective piece explains Candlemas Day superstitions about the groundhog and other lore from Welsh, Scots, and New England origins. It cites rhymes and lines predicting six more weeks of winter if a shadow appears, or milder weather if not, noting weather guessing as a long standing, cross cultural practice.
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Wynterre
Death of Levi Hivhelberger at Farmersville
Levi Eichelberger died at his residence in Farmersville on the 28th after years of rheumatic and other illnesses. He endured severe pain, required moving by vehicle, and could not raise his hands at times. He learned tailoring, then became a skilled mechanic, ran a thriving Palmersville business, and left a wife and several children. The remains were buried at Voganville on Thursday. The obituary notes his mind remained lively despite illness, and mentions the community’s strong newspaper patronage and weekly readership, including Philadelphia and New York papers, with substantial annual spend on dailies and weeklies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Hivhelberger
Levi Eichelberger
Farmersville
Isaac Buch
Palmersville
Voganville
Township election set for February 19 in Hiccons region
The proclamation by Constable T. H. Herman designates Tuesday February 19 as the annual township officers election date. In addition to usual offices, the post announces the election of an elevated justice of the peace with the term of A. H. Reidenbach expiring this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wnship Hiccons
T. H. Herman
A. H. Reidenbach
Hsy
Pastor Resigns After Two Years At Reformed Church
Rev. B. Sheaffer tendered his resignation as pastor of the Reformed church after two years, citing ill health and inability to continue. He and his family plan to move to Martinsburg Blair County to live with Mrs. Sheaffer's father, Rev. F. Ripley. The Evangelical congregation held a first of several protracted meetings in their new church where the lower room is finished and the rest will be completed by spring. A Saturday evening entertainment by local residents will benefit Kaniman Park. A sleighing party from Hazlehurst town visited town Tuesday. N. W. Wetzel of Pottsville bought several tobacco lots in the area. Mrs. John K. Fisher purchased the old Evangelical meeting house on North Charlotte Street and plans to convert it into three dwellings by spring.
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Manheim
B. Sheaffer
The
Reformed Church
Martinsburg
Blair County
Kaniman Park
Hlizgahothtown
N. W. Wetzel
Pottaville
John K. Fisher
Evangelical Meeting
North Charlotte Street
Moravia Sunday School Elects Officers at Meeting
The Moravia Sunday school annual meeting elected officers for the year. N. S. Wolfe was named Superintendent, Louisa Weitzel Secretary, Haydn H. Tshudy Treasurer, Lt. WFeltmer Libra tan, and assistants Alonzo Miksch and J. J. Greider. A resolution directed Rev. Nagle to address the children monthly and end the separate children's meetings.
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Dhe
Moravia
N. S. Wolfe
Louisa Weitzel
Haydn H. Tshudy
Libratan
Wfeltmer
Alonzo Miksch
J. J
Surprise party honors Bethany family with gifts and music
In a Tuesday gathering of Bethany congregation members and friends, a surprise party rang through the home bringing many useful articles and a generous purse. Flora the horse received praise for her faithful service as hosts and guests shared music and social time, with thanks offered to all donors for their kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany
Flora
D. C. Topras
Millard Hildebrand Found Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter
The trial for the murder of Henry Eshleman ended with Millard F. Hildebrand convicted of voluntary manslaughter by a jury that deliberated until Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred at Bruns saloon in Strasburg after a dispute over a dog, culminating in Hildebrand throwing Eshleman out and beating him. Eshleman died from his injuries. Hildebrand was remanded for sentencing after an arrest of judgment motion.
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Wildebrand Casal
Millard F. Hildebrand
Henry Eshleman
Bruns
Strasburg
Hildebrand
Eshleman
Hig
Hildrebrand
Bull Chases Train Near Reading Station
A bull driven by Henry Landis ran ahead of a locomotive on Tuesday afternoon as it moved toward Reading. The engine repeatedly sounded the whistle and slowed, but the animal did not clear the track. The chase lasted about a quarter of a mile without collision.
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Reading
Henry Landis
Enterprising fair tickets draw crowds and cash
A local notice urges vigorous campaigning for prizes at the upcoming Ephrata fair to fill coffers. It warns would be entrants about subscription books and debt collection, mentioning revolvers and a cross dog as deterrents. The piece also advertises the Haven hotel in Philadelphia with reduced rates and convenient downtown location.
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Ephrata
Wenger and Woolen Goods and Hardware Sale Ad
A dated newspaper ad promotes canned foods with prices and descriptions for Wolle canned tomatoes corn peas pineapple salmon peaches prunes dates currants raisins and figs. It advertises Wenger's Roller Flour at 80c per 14 and notes flour quality grades. Also lists blankets shirts underwear prints hosiery and segars offered with reduced prices due to a cold snap.
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Valencia
Wenger
Special Barcaras sale inaugurates cheap dry goods era
Special sale announces twenty low price items across prints ginghams muslins and sheetings with bargains on quilts blankets carpeting and fabrics. It promises weekly Barcaras prices and highlights textiles including Lowell all wool carpets Roxbury Tapestry Brussels and Horner Body Brussels at notable discounts.
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Caret
Lowell
Roxbury Tapestry
Brussels
Horner
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