Various 1912 State News Notes From Reading to Bethlehem
Harvesters in the Pocono Mountains ship ten inch ice to city markets. John and Joseph Strike jailed for 10 days to disrupt leasing at Reading Railway Station. Lydia Leibert of Bethlehem endows Moravian College with 2000 dollars after parents’ deaths. Hazleton group bans purchasing quail and pheasant to stock woods. Mt Carmel Justice offers marriage for free if a woman proves she proposed in 1912. Judge Searle transfers Lackawanna County Jail management to the Sheriff as Prison Board expires. Lee J. Spangler of York predicts a tense 1912 with sharp labor capital clashes and a New York downturn, but no end of the world until 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocono
Reading
Pottstown
John
Joseph
Norristown
Lydia Leibert
Bethlehem
Moravian College and Theological Seminary
Hazleton Game and Fish Protective Association
Justice of the Peace
A. T. Searle
Honesdale
Lackawanna County
County Prison Board
James Fleming
Pleming
Lee J. Spangler
York
Spangler
New York
Wall Street
Sold Many Horses at Leber Stables in Ephrata Year
Mr Will Leber sold at his sale and exchange stables at Ephrata during the past year 187 carloads of horses. Of this number 94 were shipped there by Joseph W Baker of Lititz. Leber also shipped 39 carloads to New York and Philadelphia. Total horses sold at his stables and shipped away including 1080 acclimated horses on his own account reached 4976 head. Entire value of Leber horse transactions in 1911 was 759108 dollars. In 1910 sales at Leber stables totaled 651338.50 dollars, or 107769.50 less than this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Leber
Ephrata
Joseph W. Baker
Lititz
Leber
New York
Philadelphia
Reading to Supply Electric Power for Lebanon
The Metropolitan Electric Company of Reading prepares to supply electric light heat and power for Lebanon and vicinity from a new 2 000 000 plant at West Reading. The Edison plant at Lebanon will stay intact for emergencies. A planned electric railway stretch between Myerstown and Womelsdorf is also to be built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Metropolitan Electric Company
Reading
Lebanon
West Reading
Edison
Myerstown
Womelsdorf
Steps Planned to Improve Rural School Houses
Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, reports that the new State board of educational officers will take early steps next year to improve country school buildings and conditions. He warns that without action the standard of education and pupil health may suffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Educational Officers
Nathan C. Schaeffer
Interments and Odd Anecdotes From Brickerville and Beyond
The notice lists 1911 interments at Brickerville and St. John’s cemeteries including John D. Matthews and Susanna Hart ranft with ages and dates. It then shifts to brief items: Poor Robin Almanac of 1690, a Baltimore office tale about a boy, a long Commons session history, and a quip about saving ten minutes daily for a dyspepsia specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Striving Vainly to Please in Garden Debt
An affable statesman jokes about seeds saved to please a colleague. Mr Growcher replies that he kept the seeds, costs rose, and he now ends up in debt for garden entanglements. The Washington Star quotes the exchange as a light political quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Growcher
Washington Star
Reading and Columbia Railroad route changes and bids
Continued report details the Reading and Columbia Railroad decision to connect with the Lebanon Valley Railway at Sinking Springs, authorizing branch lines and cross-county extensions. It notes Adamstown opposition, lower grades via Black Horse Tavern, and leadership changes including A Bates Grubb’s election and Lyons departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading and Columbia Railroad
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Sinking Spring
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Reading
Lebanon
Lebanon Valley Railroad
Sinking Springs
Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad
Cornwall Railroad
Lebanon County
Cornwall
Berks and
Adamstown
Black Horse Tavern
A. Bates Grubb
William G. Case
M. E. Lyons
Isaac Eckert
Lyons
Charles P. Fisher
McLenegan
The World Almanac 1912 Comprehensive Reference Volume
A promotional note extols the 1912 World Almanac as a complete up to date library with facts on politics, economy, science, population, warfare, and daily life. It highlights elections census prices living costs and global data useful to merchants farmers and households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Buffalo
Pittsburgs
New York World
New York
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Brickerville
Hmanuel’s
John D. Matthews
Obed Young
Pleasant View
George Enck
Hopeland
Maria Marks
Sparrows Point
Aaron Zartman
Manheim
Mary Palm
Oberlin’s Mill
Mabel Witters
Near Clay
St. John’s
Ursula
Allen and
Linnie Shue
Fannie C
Zach Ferry
Clay
Harry P
Edward and
Ida Kopp
Mt. Airy
Haydn Brackbill
Leroy
Wayne
Annie Boyer
Near Snavely’s Mill
Susanna
John Hartranft
Poor Robin
Robin
London
Robert Herrick
Baltimore
Willie
Commons
House of Commons
Erskine May
Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
N.Y
People’s Medical Adviser
Boston
Pranscript
London Mail
McCneil
Brunnerville
Geyer
H. R. Wertsch
Lancaster Trust Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
Avis
John Hertzler
John D. Skiles
Herbert D. Miller
Millinger
Graybill
W. A. Hensel
H.W. Hartman
John A. Nauman
John B. Miller J
Breneman
Weaver
Fulton
Amos
A. G. Hershey
Old Mill
Front Street
John H. Tshudy
Leading Farmers’ Hotel
A. B. Adams
King St
Pennsylvania
Waverly Oil Works Co
Independent Beaners
Pittsburg
S. M
A. H. Kreider
W. Vine ST
Jae
Ks Jett Ab
C. N. Derr
Charles I. Landis
Aaron B. Stassler
Court of Common Pleas
County of
Court House
City of
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Aaron B. Landis
Banner Lye
Penn Chemical Works
USA
Decker and
Janssen
J. B. Young & Son
Orange St
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Weachter's
L. i. Weachter
Brunnerville, Pa
W. H. Muth & Co
Lititz, Pa
Maringer
Muringer’s Drug Co
Willow Grove, Penna
Crystal Spring Farm
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