Lancaster County Orphans Court Judge Begins Second Term
Within the county Eugene G. Smith started his second term as judge of the Lancaster county orphans court. Judge A. B. Hassler administered the oath. Dr Charles E Helm assisted a Christmas birth to Walter Miller, yielding a baby girl. The Lancaster Inquirer lists county bank assets at 41 837 495 52 and forty eight banks in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene G. Smith
Orphans’ Court
Lancaster County
A. B. Hassler
Court of Common Pleas
Charles E Helm
Bart
Walter Miller
The
Lancaster Inquirer
Marriage Licenses and Divorces for 1911
There were 1,309 marriage licenses issued in 1911, five more than 1910. Divorces granted numbered 115, or nine percent of the marriages.
The Human Skin Its Wonders and the Nervous System
An author extols the skin as a marvel of adaptability strength and self cleaning power noting its nearly 3 000 000 sweat glands and high heat resistance While lauding the nervous system the piece highlights the brain's ten million cells and the extensive network of “live wires” throughout the body.
The Body's Hidden Protection From Nature's Influences
The piece argues every body part has a purpose from skin to nails and hair. It explains nerves conduct poorly and a top layer of dead skin prevents pain and infection, noting eyelashes waxed ears nostrils and brows all serve protective or functional roles.
Historic Flint Lock Musket Traces Lineage to Revolutionary War
James L. Schaadt of Allentown displays a flint lock smooth-bore musket over 150 years old with a storied history. It passed from a Virginia farmer to a freed slave, then to the slave’s son Moses Caesar, who lived near Allentown and died circa 1890. The gun, acquired at a public sale, is long heavy and has a 60 caliber and old-style Hint lock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Schaadt
Allentown
Virginia
Moses Caesar
A Year’s Death Record List for Lancaster Families
A yearly memorial list chronicles numerous deaths from January to July across Lancaster County locales including Lititz, Manheim, Rothsville, Brickerville and East Petersburg. It records names ages and burial places associated with Moravian and Lutheran congregations and nearby cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Township
Elizabeth Hassler
Graybill’s
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lancaster
Hiram Demmy
Lititz
Moravian
Brickerville
John D. Matthews
Emanuel’s Lutheran
Elizabeth Township
Lavina Hauck
Rothsville Lutheran
Stevens
Lizzie Doster
Martin Miller
Middle Creek
Manheim
Levi H. Hess
East Petersburg
Neffsville
Fannie Ruhl
Kreider
Hopeland
Clay Township
George K. Enck
St. John’s Lutheran
Emma Hall
Kissel Hill
Jacob S. Minnich
Longenecker’s
John G. Keener
William C. Evans
Warwick
Lizzie Heiser
Mechanicsburg Lutheran
Warwick Township
Mary Greenly
Millport
John Evans
Rothsville
Harriet McAllister
United Zion
Sarah Wentling
Ebenezer Cemetery
Lebanon
Sparrows Point
Maria Marks
Graybill
Zachariah Ferry
St. John’s
Penryn
Cyrus R. Dohner
Akron
Samuel Roger
Russell Burnell
Julius
Annie Sturgis
United Evangelical
Aaron G. Zartman
Catharine Felker
White Oak Cemetery
Hast Petersburg
Annie Hershey
Hast
United Zion Cemetery
Zion
Louisa Utermehl
Lutheran
Parker Bishop
White Oak
Harvey
Florence Koehler
David George
Machpelah
Elm
Samuel Diehm
Melvin B
John
May Schleith
John Dussinger
Robert Mellinger
Mary Rickert
Brownstown
Jacob Sheaffer
Roy
John S. Gingrich
Abram F. Hostetter
Evangelical
Samuel Grube
Louis Buck
New Holland
Sarah Tshudy
Henry Weidman
Hammer Creek
Jacob Beamesderfer
C. G. Boyd
Fairview
George Mearig
Mary A. Kling
James O. Sturgis
Emma
Harrison Binkley
County Hospital
Samuel Seaman
S. M. Beamesderfer
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. H. Buch
Haberdasher
Record Bidge S. Broad St
Lititz, PA
Bourne
Mechanicsville
Milton M. Lenon
Longenecker
Amos S. Miller
Lime Rock
David Greiner
Naumanstown
Rachael Werntz
Naurcaster
Aaron Frey
Christian R. Hershey
Erb’s
Henry H. Wike
Henry Bemesderfer
Susan Pickel
Harrisburg
John K. Dyer
Adam Ressler
Charles B. Amer
William
Enck
Herman
Phares Gibbes
D. A. Byers
Cedar Grove
Bedford County
Isaac G. Pfautz
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
BIG Furniture and Carpet
S. Queen St
Everett
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
North Queen Stai
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