Mystery Sea Bean Luck and its Roll of Fabled Fortunes
A long, lively note on Sea Beans said to bring luck or misfortune, with anecdotes from The Butter Times Genesee Times and others. Tales include a sailor saved after a shipboard incident, a barn fall injury survived, a stenographer’s marriage, and two sisters eloping with one arrested for bigamy. The Elkland Journal editor meets a man in a street dispute, then declares the bean unlucky. Editors wonder if luck travels with the bean, as demand rises and the supplier warns limited stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butter Times
Jim Tuner
California
Genesee Times
Harry Huston
Ohio
Indiana
Elkland Journal
Pampas Plumes Captivate Travelers and California Visit
Early travelers praised Pampas Plumes in South America and Peru. California gardens grow larger blooms resembling Ostrich Plumes. The California Cars tour will give a Pampas Plume to the first fifty married ladies with daily admission tickets during their stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Peru
California
Big Shark Captured At California Exhibition
Henry Stillman of 87 Lewis Street attended the North of Bay counties exhibition when his father J W Stillman identified a 26 foot, 10 583 pound Monterey Bay shark as the one his son Fan supposedly captured. The shark’s vertebrae suggest a 460 year age and exhibition officials say Stillman is the first East observer to witness the capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stillman
California
North-of-Bay
Lewis Street
Mr. Stillman
J. W. Stillman
Monterey Bay
Stillman
East
Geneva
Lancaster Woman Ends Life by Gas
Mrs. D. P. Stackhouse, 63, wife of a Lancaster businessman, was found dead in her bathroom Tuesday evening by boarder Mrs. Pearl Wiggins. A radiator gas hose in her mouth indicated suicide. no letters were found. Act reportedly occurred in the afternoon while husband Mr. Stackhouse was away in Hammelstown. Daughters Ella, principal of a West Chester school, and Dora, a nurse at Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, noted despondency as a contributing factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Stackhouse
Lancaster
Pearl Wiggins
Stackhouse
Hummelstown
Ella
West Chester
Dora
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia
Public Sale Listings Across Lititz and Warwick Boroughs
The Public Sale Register itemizes forthcoming auctions in Lititz Warwick and related townships with numerous dates from February through March. Items include horses cows pigs farming gear household goods farm stock and real estate. buyers should note sale locations such as Leber's Stables Ephrata Lititz Warwick Penn township and Lime Rock.
Assignee’s Sale of Thomas Wagon Company Plant
Public sale announced for February 23 1912 at 1 PM on the premises in Lititz Lancaster County. Assignee Joan M Miller for creditors exposes real estate comprising a 19 880 square foot lot with a two story brick factory and shed plus complete wagon works and vast personal property including wagons finished parts tools and machinery. Also includes a royalty interest in a patent agreement with FG Thomas dated November 18 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misery Tow
Annie Butt
R. D. Gibson
Peter TB. Burkholder
Lititz
H. Burkholder
South Broad Street
Warwick Township
Huber
Ulysses
Penn Township
Lilite
Italtville
A. H. Tesi
Liti
Thomas Wagon Co
John M. Miller
Lime Rock
Jacob Leitzinger
Busling
Landis Valley
Dana Grube
Susan, Grube
Dee
Warwick
Rathyville
Millport
Fred Lamet
Xear
Penn
Manheim
Maphaim Pike
Levi KE. Miller
Warwick House
Pite Hill
Oberlyts Mill
Waarwick
Charles
David Custer
Clay
Lincoln
Wis
D.L. Burkholder
Manheim Township
Lully
Frontville
Warwick Tow Ip
Buchistar
Charles Birkenbine
Henry Erb
Warwick Typ
Monroe Greenly
Oregon
Millgort
Benjamin W.iMgh
Buturdar
Wick Township
Amos Sensenich
Thomas Wagon Company
Lancaster County
Joan M. Miller
Sibley & Ware
Ohio
Compan
FG. Thomas
Unius Stiles
Reading & Columoia
N. B. Teun
Lititz, Manheim & Ephrata Gas Company
Railroad Company
Administratrix Notice for H Howard Gingrich Estate
Admin notice from Lititz Borough Lancaster County calls all creditors to settle estates of H Howard Gingrich and Maria Pfautz. Mary E Gingrich administratrix and Ga Prauts executor seek claims and payments from those indebted or holding demands. Isaac Lorsh of Penryn advertises sale of mite rights to John D P Bear and invites prospective buyers by postal card or email.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Howard Gingrich
Lititz
Lancaster County
Mary E. Gingrich
Bette
Maria Pfautz
GA. Prauts
Isaac Lorsh
Penryn
John DP. Bear
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pampas
Hamilton Watch
H. R. Wertsch
E. Main ST
Thia
Leber
Ephrata
Nebraska
J. W. Plcer
Isaac Sarah
Ind
Bell
H. H. Snayvely
Rrsads
Thomas Wagon Com
Pany, A Corporation
Lee, Ty
Kansas & Nebraska
A. No. L
Goa
Menno Kuaerz
Atel
Jos. W. Baker
Hager
Men’s Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Young Bros
King St
Hager & Bro
Lancaster, Pa
Sayres Scheid Sweeton
Fayer
John & Whaver,len Mawr Seed Farms
Kinzers, Pa
Crystal Spring Farm
Lititz, Pa
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