Mount Joy Centenary Plans and Local Figures
In Schoeneck residents push for electric lighting linked to Newmanstown plant as Mount Joy marks its 1912 centennial with plans likely for August or September. Barr Spangler remains active at 88 in Marietta and at bank meetings, while John D. Wooks’s estate shows substantial wealth. Edgar Sensenich is elected Portland Trust cashier in Oregon.
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Schoeneck
Newmanstown
Mount Joy
Barr Spangler
Marietta
Portland Trust Company
Portland
Ore
Quarryville
John G. Reist
Farmers Stripping Season Brings Busy Sheds to Life
The article describes farmers in full harvest mode with sheds buzzing as workers strip produce. Long hours strain labor crews and contrast with union limits as activity peaks across the season.
Hull's Tavern Reaches Century Mark With License Grant
In Lebanon county license court on Saturday William F. Hull received the one hundredth liquor license for Hulls tavern, a road house alongside the South Mountains. Built in 1812 by Frederick Koch, the tavern straddles Lebanon and Lancaster counties with parts in both, and its history traces to the Koch family era. Hull acquired the license after a long lineage of ownership, with the business expanding since 1848 to accommodate travelers, summer excursionists, and winter sleighing parties.
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Lebanon County
Hull
William F. Hull
Road House
South Mountains
Manheim
Lebanon
Lancaster County
Charity drive echoes through Prov newspaper plea
The Gazette and Bulletin of Lawrenceville Pa reported 26 Williamsport tuberculosis families, including 96 children, needed food and clothing amid a cold wave. Subscribers quickly donated to a $500 relief fund led by a $25 contribution. Also noted were California Cars arriving February 8 and 9 and a remark about Dosters riding remnants by the pound.
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Gazette and Bulletin
Lawrenceville
Williamsport
Cattle Dealers Arraigned Over Tuberculosis Shipment
Harry and James Stauffer of Cedar Lane trading as John Stauffer, tied to Union Stock Yards Lancaster, were arrested on Dr M Mullins NY Agriculture inspector charge. The men allegedly shipped a red cow with tuberculosis on Oct 2 1999 via Pennsylvania RR, killed for Jersey City, as deputy marshal Myers of Philadelphia made the arrest before US Commissioner Howard J Lowell.
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Harry and
James Stauffer
Cedar Lane
John Stauffer
Union Stock Yards
Lancaster
M. Mullins
New York
Department of Agriculture
United States
Howard J. Lowell
Stauffers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Myers
Philadelphia
War between brewers and retailers over corn beer threat
In Hazleton an elderly miner explains corn beer as a drink brewed from roasted corn mixed with molasses and potatoes, sometimes tobacco used to sharpen strength. Wives of English miners reportedly brewed it, with many households keeping a barrel for meals.
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Hazleton
Public health step makes pulmonary consumption notifiable
A British effort to protect public health adds pulmonary consumption to compulsory notifiable diseases. Proponents cite strong preventative value through publicity, while critics argue disclosure should occur only when disease is contagious. The balance favors mass protection over individual scruple.
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Great Britain
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Chas. H. Frey
King St
N. Queen St
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Queen Stre
Monterey
Bay
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
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Farmers National Bank
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