Mute street solicitor and local oddities in Altoona area
Altoona police detain a mute who says fever left him unable to speak. Chambersburg editor Pomeroy claims presidents visited town and ponders Lincoln’s presence. The Garfield Republican jokes about marrying bachelors to boost town growth. A man bets a pound of water crackers in fifty minutes, loses by one minute. A Hershey woman explains using a darning gourd from a detached telephone line. Tramps face jail costs in Cumberland County, totaling 2800 including jail maintenance. A new cave near Hummelstown-Harrisburg draws scientists, rivaling Mammoth Cave for beauty and life.
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Altoona
A. Nevin Pomeroy
Chambersburg
Washington
Taylor
Buchanan
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Glearfield
William Seip
Emaus
Seip
Hershey
Lebanon
Cumberland County
Justice of the Peace
Pennsylvania
Turnpike
Hummelstown
Harrisburg
Kentucky
Lancaster's New Theatre Opens in Colonial Style Vaudeville
Six years after arriving in Lancaster Mr Howard E Dean shifted from picture houses to vaudeville and built the Colonial Theatre at North Queen and Chestnut. Contractor Joseph Breneman completed a handsome new playhouse now open with high class vaudeville nightly, following his Hippodrome and Electric Theatre ventures.
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Howard E. Dean
Lancaster
Electric Theatre
Wout King Street
Dean
North Queen and
Chestnut Streets
Joseph P. Breneman
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Investigating the Bond Dealer in Bond Purchases
Allen G. Hoyt urges bond buyers to research the bond dealer and the sponsor bank before purchasing. He notes small towns should consult a local banker who can liaise with New York or Chicago to verify the dealer’s standing and reliability, reducing losses from poor choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Allen G. Hoyt
The
Christian Herald
Concrete's aging makes it tough to break apart
The Boston Advertiser notes that concrete grows harder with age and becomes very durable. Wrecking a concrete structure requires explosives to loosen the mass and then sledgehammers to sever steel reinforcement, a long and tedious process that damages typical demolition tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Advertiser
Cumberland Railway Stock Offer At Various Cash-Stock Exchanges
Subscribers may obtain Cumberland Railway Company stock at par value Fifty dollars with options to trade cash for stock or shares, under a plan with 25 percent installments due March May and July 1912. If no allotment occurs, first payment refunded in full. partial allotment applies excess to remaining balance. No interest. forfeiture if balance not paid. Name and address required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Railway Company
Local Lodge and Club Meeting Schedule for Lititz Area
Community groups and fraternal organizations list their regular meeting times across Lititz. Entries include Knights of Malta and K of B gatherings at Rudy's Hall, Garfield Castle events, Ladies of the G E sessions, G A R Stevens Post, and other clubs with dates and venues in Lititz and surrounding halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C
Mourning Star Temple
G. E
Study's Hall
Washington Camp
Stevens Post
Brobst's Hall
P. Gis Springs
UC. A. M
Fay Po. M
Rudy's Hall
Juits Borough
Council Chamber
Lititz Hose Company
Fase Orange Street
Warwick School Board
Warwick
Titus
Lancaster and Lititz Bus Schedule Fragments
Partial timetable shows Lancaster and Lititz departure times from early morning to evening with half hour intervals on busy days. Saturday patterns include extra morning and evening runs. Sunday repeats from Lancaster and Manheim with identical cadence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Lititz
Tleave Lancaster—a. Vis
Mae
Pannel Oe. M
Hager
P.M
Manheim
P. & Kh. Time Table Trains From Lititz
Train schedule lists weekday departures from Lititz to Reading Philadelphia Lancaster Columbia and Lebanon. Weekdays include 7:58 AM to Reading and Philadelphia 1:08 PM and 7:03 PM. Sundays 7:58 AM and 7:08 PM to Reading Philadelphia. Lancaster Columbia departures 8:19 AM 1:26 PM 7:03 PM. Sundays 3:10 AM and 7:03 PM. Lebanon trains: weekdays 7:03 PM. Sundays 8:10 AM and 7:03 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vune In
Scan
Lititz
Reading
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Columbia
Lebanon
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Regal Grape
Lancaster's New Theatre
Pierce
Shippensburg
Newville
Carlisle
Mount Holly Springs
Frederick
Mount Holly Springs Park
Reading Railroad
Gettysburg
Mount Hollysty
C. W. RR. Co
Elliotson
Plainfield
West Hill
Cumberland Valley
Red Bridge Park
Chambersburg, Greencastle & Waynesboro Street Railway Company
Valley Traction Company
S. M. Kitzmiller & Bro
Penn
Brunnerville
Geyer
Schleibh
Tom
John F. Schleith
Spruce St
Inv
Peoples Marble & Granite Works
J. H. Keener
Maytown
Elizabethtown
Ind
Marietta and
Lancaster Trust Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
Léstate Ofwigehs
John Tierpile
John D
Hon
J. Tay Brown
Jobn DK
Sailes Grabill
B. Long
TW. Hartman
John Hertzler
John A. Nauman
John T. Miller JR
Breneman I
Weaver
Lord Cams
S. M. Huber
East Main Street
Morley
Waverly 01 Works Co
Pittsburg
Areo
Waverly
Decker and
Janssen
Joe Per Cupy
J. B. Young & Son
E. Orange St
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Stephen B. Kissinger
W. Lemon
L. J. Weachter
Brunnerville, Pa
A. H. Kreider
W. Vine ST
U.S. Derr
W. H. Muth & Co
Lititz, Pa
McNeil
Fin
A. G. Hershey
Old Mill
Front Street
John H. Tshudy
Qualiay Fargers
Sorrel Horse Hotel
A. B. Adams
Prop’r
King St
Coal & Lumber
Victor
Monarch
Griffith and Boyd
Bear & Long Lititz
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