Manheim Area Firms Declare Semiannual Dividends
Manheim Water Company directors declare a three percent semiannual dividend payable on demand at the treasurer’s office. Manheim and Sporting Hill Turnpike Company managers declare two and a half percent semiannual dividend payable at the treasurer’s office. Frank Eby parades a 32 pound turkey named Tom aged eighteen months, while bees at the Lefevre home donate honey. rice brothers to take Washington House in April. John S Wolgemuth stores season’s melons for winter use and reports an extra fine January harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim Water Company
Manheim and
Sporting Hill Turnpike Company
Frank Eby
Phares Eby
Paradise
Tom
Frank
Benjamin Lefevre
Basslertown
John G. Reist
Joy
Reist
Messrs
Philip
Harry Rice
Washington House
Manheim
Henry M. Frey
Rice Brothers
John 8
Wolgemuth
Rapho Township
Freaks of Nature Warn Turkey Industry Crisis
A Washington warning warns turkey growing may face extinction within ten years if rehabilitation fails. Wet weather causes pneumonia in turkeys, threatening the industry. A Biscuitville man aims to create a moisture proof hybrid by crossing turkeys with ducks, while other options include stilts or rubber footwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Biscuitville
The Farmer and Good Roads Essential to Development
The article argues that good country roads are vital for agricultural and industrial growth. It notes farmers rely on highways to move crops to market, reduce costs, and improve profits, while bad roads isolate rural areas, hinder travel, school attendance, and progress, with a caveat about electric wires harming trees in Sellersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tso Kim
Reading and Columbia Railroad History Chapter Revealed
The Pilot and Philadelphia and Reading Railway men recount the early history of the Reading and Columbia Railroad. They detail the 1857 act, key sponsors from Berks and Lancaster counties, chartering, stock, and the push to finance and build the line from Reading to Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot and
Philadeldelphia & Reading Railway Men
Reading
J. W Hare
Reading & Columbia
Cocalico
Borough of
Columbia
Cornwall
Mt. Hope
Cornwall and
Mount Hope
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Schuylkill
Susquehanna
Berks and
Lancaster
Berks Counties
General Assembly
James Pollock
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Frederick Lauer
John §. Richards
John McManus
Berks County
John Myers
Samuel Shock
J. G. Hess
W. A. Martin
A. S. Green
Joseph Konigmacher
H. M. North
M. M. Strickler
J. Leitz
W. C. Bradley
B. A. Sheaffer
Lancaster County
S. W. Mifflin
Philadelphia County
Rata
M. Evelyn Lyons
New York
Metropolit
James Moore & Co
Elizabeth
N. J
Moore, Balch, Danforth & Co
James Moore
Esaias Billingfelt
Peter Martin
Ephrata
House of Representatives
Senate
State of
Pennsylvania
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. H. Buch
Haberdasher
Lititz, PA
Sellersville
Reading and Columbia Railroad
Reading and
Columbia Bridge
Susquehanna River
Columbia Bank, of
Susquehana River
Old Town Hall
Joseph W. Fisher
Kauffman
William Patton
Enterprise
John M. Grogs
Sebastian Miller
Adam Konigmacher
Nathan Worley
John Hostetter
Green
Hoffman
S. Lichtenthaeler
Levi Hull
John Mitchel
Eph
Napoleons of Finance
Malthy & Case
Lebanon Valley
Sinking Spring
Adamstown
Lititz
New Jersey
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Heinitsh
BIG Furniture and Carpet
S. Queen St
Everett
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St. Lancaster, Pa
The
Farmers National Bank
N. Queen St
North Queen Stf
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