Rugged Allado's Lamp and a Growing Lancaster Enterprise
Seven years ago William and Frederick Klein left Hershey for Elizabethtown to start a small scale chocolate business. The firm now employs sixteen hundred cattle feed the milk for 800000 pounds monthly and operates 135000 square feet of factory space. Branch offices cover New York City Philadelphia Baltimore and Pittsburgh. The company backed a strong baseball team and projects growth in 1920 approaching 3 million dollars in business. Cast First Vote for Zachary Taylor Henry G Lipp, a 95 year old Lancaster resident, recalls early Lancaster and celebrated his 65th wedding anniversary with wife Margaret Dietrich. He is a retired timer and plumber and his first vote was for Zachary Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Frederick Klein
Hershey
Elizabethtown
Klein Brothers
New York City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Zachary Taylor
Henry G. Lipp
Marietta Avenue
Lancaster
Germany
Margaret Dietrich
Six Geese Stage Comedy at Lancaster Market
Lancaster market scenes recount a six geese escapade as a fat boy provoked a feathered assault. Geese forced shoppers to seek shelter amid prices for spinach potatoes and butter. Elsewhere Elizabethown women received Klein Chocolate Co sugar shipments to ease Christmas shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Central Market
Tennyson
Crete
Appies
Various Local Happenings Across Berks to Lebanon Counties
A broad collection notes farm prices and livestock, with a Hudsondale farmer paying $200 for two bags of clover seed the highest in the area. An owl 54 inches long was trapped near Doylestown. Whisky and gin worth hundreds were stolen from a Reading hotel cellar, and a note read Thank You at a home theft. Ice harvesting on a 27 acre dam in Daubersville is described, along with a 14 percent bank dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Post
Honeybrook
Nathan Yost
Keller’s Church
Doylestown
Monroe Krick
Reading
Henry Jones
Daubersville
Berks County
Lebanon National Bank
Lebanon
Joh R. Jones
East Mauch Chunk
Coalport
Fred Huber
Rayne Township
Indiana County
Milton Housing Company
Milton
Lehigh County
Odd Fellows’ Lodges
Caesersburg
Philadelphia
De Mille’s The Squaw Man Shown at Paramount Saturday
Cecil B. De Mille presents a modern version of Edwin Milton Boyle’s play The Squaw Man at the Paramount on Saturday January 24. The production presents unusual scale with a large cast, striking sets, and extensive exterior scenes, noted as a work of art by those who helped build it. Lead roles include Elliott Dexter Ann Little Katherine MacDonald Theodore Roberts and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil B. de Mille
Edwin Milton Boyle
Paramount Theatre
Mr. de Mitte
Paramount
Mr. de Mille
Elliot Dexter
Ann Little
Katherine MacDonald
Theodore Roberts
Lancaster County Industry Seeks Growth and Civic News
More than 19000 hands work in 642 factories across Lancaster County as local projects expand including Hershey plant additions doubling workmen. towns report ice on the Susquehanna, a large buffalo show steer sold at stockyards, and a proposed sewage plant costing 400000 with annual 35000. Wedding trip notices, river rescues, and travel hops highlight a busy period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
McGall
Conestoga Township
Lancaster Stockyards
Buffalo
Hershey Machine and Foundry
Manheim
Susquehanna
Jacob K. Bryan
Bainbridge
Historic 1898 Hibernians Banquet Menu At 50 Cents
A preserved menu from January 31, 1898 shows the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Philadelphia offering a fifty cent all you can eat banquet at Industrial Arts Hall Broad Street above Vine. The menu included fried oysters chicken salad roast turkey chicken croquettes peas potato salad lettuce pickles ham and tongue.
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Dad
Admiral Dewey
Order of Hibernians of
Philadelphia
Industrial Arts
Broad Street
Vine
Hibernians
Lititz and Lexington Turnpike Co Elects Directors
The Lititz and Lexington Turnpike Co elected directors J. L. Hertz N. K. Brubaker A. H. Huber J. R. Royer M. J. Markley H. R. Gibbel J. W. Risser C. B. Risser J. W. G. Hershey along with auditors S. W. Buch R. H. Brubaker D. P. Bricker. The Lititz Mutual Agricultural Mutual Fire Insurance Co of Lancaster County elected F. W Hershey secretary treasurer H. R. Gibbel P. P. Swarr B. KH. Erb J. Bitzer Johns J. J. Denlinger Z. Tess H. K. Ober Henry Koser auditor Sinton Grabill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz and
Lexington
Lititz and Lexington Turnpike Co
J. L. Hertz
N. K. Brubaker
A. H. Huber
J. R. Royer
M. J. Markley
H. R. Gibbel
J. W. Risser
C. B. Risser
J. W. G. Hershey
S. W. Buch
R. H. Brubaker
D. P. Bricker
Lititz Mutual
Lititz Agricultural Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Lancaster
F. W
Hershey
P. P. Swarr
B. KH. Erb
J. Bitzer Johns
J. J. Denlinger
Z. Tess
H. K. Ober
Henry Koser
Sinton Grabill
The Meaning of Thrift and Its Everyday Value
A reflective essay tracing thrift from its origins to present day practice. It argues thrift means prudent use of all resources not mere money saving, urging daily mindful living and forethought to avoid waste and debt. It notes Thrift Day as a public education effort and contrasts past rural dances with modern city entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Charles H. Norton
Collins Publicity Service
Does it Pay to Raise Turkeys Near Oxford
Farmers debate profitability of turkey raising while D. B. McDowell and wife near Oxford showcase success. Their flock of 49 turkeys netted $389.15 this year with two used for holidays. McDowell sold birds in Wilmington at 60 to 80 cents per pound earning about $215. An old tom brought $17.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. McDowell
Oxford
Ford Eagle Sets Water Speed Record Detroit to Montreal
Navy officials at River Rouge praised the Ford Eagle after its 750 mile Detroit to Montreal voyage in 63 hours 45 minutes. Steered by Lieutenant Hartley and crew of 50 from River Rouge, the vessel faced a tow through the Welland Canal, then headed to Portsmouth NH, with an expected Atlantic Fleet follow-up.
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Navy
River Rouge
Detroit
Montreal
Michigan
Canada
Welland Canal
U. S
Hartley
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Eagle
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Auto Collision Near Manheim Injures Doctor’s Car
Dr B W Martin of Manheim was returning from Lititz when a big truck from W W Keefer bottling works hit his auto near Erb's Mennonite church on the Manheim Lititz turnpike. The doctor’s front axle broke off and the fender was badly damaged. indications suggest the truck swung to the left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W Martin
Manheim
Lititz
W. W. Keefer Bottling Works
Manheim and
Erb’s Mennonite Church
Dr. Martin
Struck Match to Light Gasoline Burned Man at Elizabethtown
George S. Murphy was badly burned when he attempted to thaw frozen water pipes by pouring gasoline and striking a match. An explosion started a fire. neighbors rushed to help and saved much of the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Murphy
Elizabethtown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Munsing
Cooper
Detmer Woolen Co
W. H. Buch
Lititz Fire House
Rugged Allado
Kile Brothers
Klein Chocolate Co
Harrisburg
Keystone Exchanges
William Weiss
George Slaak
Wallace Handwerk
Heidelberg
Blue Mountains
Laura Gilbert
Emmanuel Church
Pottstown
I. B. Stichter
Guernsey
Packer Island
Sunbury
the County
Harry E. Eagle
Seattle
Wash
Marietta
Cuba
Puget Sound
Florida
Southwest
Lancaster City
Conestoga Creek
Charles Morrow
Harold McElroy
Ben Grayham
Wrightsville
New York
Washington
John Knox
Christiana
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
W. C. Sprecher
B. F. Wright
Ephrata
John Stine
Sprecher Hardware
Mphrata
Eovery
Beechaim
Trey
Has. H. Frey’s Shoe Store
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
Wingert & Haas Hat Store
John A. Haas
N. Queen St
England
Heinitsch’s
W. A
Ford Eagle
W. W. Appel & Son Jewelers & Opticians Jewelers
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North Queen Street
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