County News Briefs from Lancaster Area
Governor Brumbaugh will attend the Lancaster Young Republicans banquet on March 4. The Brethren Eastern District meeting will be held in Elizabeth town on April 21 and 22. County Commissioners plan to fund the mothers pension act if board salaries are cut. Dr. Smith Armer of Columbia, 91, is the oldest living graduate of Hahnemann Medical College and has practiced in Columbia 59 years. Mrs. Anson McVey received 1404 for three years wages plus 106 for funeral expenses after her husband, a laborer for AT&T, died December 28 1914 from injuries from a Philadelphia and Reading train near East Petersburg.
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Church of the Brethren
Pennsylvania
Elizabethtown
Board of Managers
Smith Armer
Columbia
Hahnematin Medical College
Marietta
Philadelphia
Reading
East Petersburg
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Witchester paper run sparks town debt repayment surge
The Mexia Texas Herald reports a paper editor delivering a Witchester incited delinquent subscribers to chase him down. People he met paid long overdue debts, one man clearing ten years of arrears. On returning to the office he found hay wood potatoes and a barrel of turnips sent as tribute.
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Nick Houx
Mexia
Texas
Herald
Editor questions longevity theory with cafeteria comeback
Lebanon News quotes an editor debating Doctor Richardson of Massachusetts who links death to intestinal wear from digestion. The mock dialogue ends with a diner ordering fried foods and beans, joking about living forever.
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Doctor Richardson
Massachusetts
T Lebanon News
Union Irrigation Company Collapse Hits Lancaster Investors
The Union Irrigation Company of Louisiana failed, causing Lancaster city and county residents to lose about half a million dollars. Judgments totaling 250000 against Joseph Haefner and 26000 against five others plus more against M S Graybill E L Kauffman John B Reist John B Schmucker and John B Senger were issued. The judgments secure obligations to Nauman and Groff as collateral. Franklin D Schell led the enterprise with promoter pilots luring investors who funded field operations. Endorsers from multiple counties face trustee management as a note of 15000 held by a Louisiana bank also entered suit. The plant failed to sell and no bids were received. Investors still seek to shed liability while awaiting possible partial relief.
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Lancaster Morning Journal
Union Irrigation Company
Louisiana
Lancaster City
Joseph Haefner
M. S. Graybill
Bareville
E. L. Kauffman
Banks
John B. Reist
Penn
John B. Schmucker
New Holland
John B. Senger
Kinzer
John A. Nauman
John M. Groff
Franklin D. Schell
Lancaster County
Lancaster
Irrigation Company
When Boot Passed Bootjack Vanished In Times Past
A nostalgic look at bootjacks shows how common they were in households. Boots with heavy leather, brass toe pieces, and red topped models were described, along with the labor of fitting old boots and the widespread use of home made bootjacks kept by the kitchen stove.
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Hartford ‘‘Courant
Notation on Career Ambition and Salary Growth
The text contrasts two phrases about striving for higher earnings each year. One version presents a serious girl E always seeking greater pay, while the other, a frivolous girl, equally aims for higher salary but with a lighter tone.
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Dudge
Evening victors nearly lose at noon says Detroit Tree Press
A Detroit Tree Press note remarks that several winners of the evening were nearly defeated at noon, highlighting a striking contrast between daytime uncertainty and nighttime success.
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Detroit Tree Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. AH. Buch Clothier
Governor Brumbaugh
Lancaster Young Republicans
Lebanon
Jack
Quarryville
Jacksonville
Florida
New Era
Ingleside
Thorndale
Chester County
Nazareth Moravian Church
Board of Trustees
P. R. Meinert
Albert O. Sturgis
H. J. Reusswig
Edward Loux
William Henry
Lewis N. Moyer
Seadog
Baltimore American
Farmers National Bank
Lititz
Penna
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Appel
Appel Optical Department
Optical Department
Queen ST. North
McDougall
W. A
Fry
Chas. H. Frey
King St
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