Local Farmer Dies by Own Hand and City Medical Staff Shakeup
Within the county Elmer Sweigart a Paradise township farmer died by his own action last week at age 37. Eleven physicians from St. Joseph's Hospital staff resign over Dr Mary Kendig not being allowed to serve. A new force has not yet been chosen. The Ephrata school saving land system shows strong progress with deposits totaling 289951 dollars and December savings near 70 dollars. In 1910 M Kinoports factory at Ephrata produced 16277400 cigars across multiple plants employing hundreds. Guy Obeiz of Manheim and Blanche Dalton of Manheim were married at First Congregational Church Los Angeles New Year’s Eve. Obetz formerly assisted in the Manheim asbestos works. bride was a Penn Township teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Sweigart
Paradise Township
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mary H. Kendig
Ephrata
M. Kinoports
Rothsville
Hopeland
Lititz
Behoeneck
Guy Obeiz
Manheim
Blanche Dalton
Thomas Dalton
Manhheimr
First Congregational Church
Los Angeles
Cal
Obetz
Penn Township
Fruits and Nuts as Essential Yet Costly Treats
The piece argues for frequent fruit and nut consumption, noting fruits are costly but beneficial. It critiques candy as trash compared with fruit, urges grinding nuts into paste, and suggests substituting most desserts with fruit and a small cooked dessert with nuts and fruit.
World Champions Toast record breakers in odd feats
A London man named Mr Clocks peels potatoes at 31 pounds in seven minutes. Berlin’s Herr Ludwig Wolding smokes 19 cigars in two hours. Loys Bollaest of Brussels makes cigars quickly for two hours. American Mr Lowney opens 104 oysters in four minutes. Mme Duble, famed sandwich queen, produces 2007 sandwiches in 19 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clocks
London
Herr Ludwig Wolging
Berlin
Loys Bollaest
Brussels
Mr. Lowney
Mme. Duble
Sandwich
Read the Bible Twenty Times by Georgetown Baggage Master
George M. Messick, 63, baggage master at the Pennsylvania Railroad depot in Georgetown Delaware, has finished reading the Bible through for the twentieth time. He began this practice at the start of each new year, reading a set number of chapters daily until completion. A devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, Messick claims to have read the Bible more times than anyone else in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Messick
Pennsylvania Railroad
Georgetown
Del
Mr. Messick
Methodist Episcopal Church
Toy Soldiers of Lead and Edifying Battles in Nuremberg
In Nuremberg Germany the Troedel Market on a river island houses a workshop where a quaint old man makes edifying soldiers. These lead tin and pewter armies depict famous battles for school use and play. Thousands of miniature armies depart to delight children worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inn
Nuremberg
Troedel
Harper's Bazar
May Unite Masonic Homes Amalgamation Considered
The Masonic Home of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and the $350000 Elizabethtown home may unite. A Friday meeting will decide bringing the Philadelphia home under Grand Lodge jurisdiction and joining the two properties to form a statewide Masonic village on a 57 acre site with a total $5,000,000 investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Corporation
Masonic Home of
Pennsylvania
Broad and
Ontario Streets
Philadelphia
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
Elizabethtown
Grand Lodge
Order
GONG 10 SCHOOL Writer Praises Lititz Primary Classrooms
The writer visits Lititz schools and describes Miss Mary Tshudy in the first primary and Miss Carrie Tshudy in the second as adept educators. He observes polite pupils, careful teaching, and progressive methods where reading begins before mastering the alphabet, with tests sent home for parental review.
Sunny Florida Trip Report From Winter Cabin Camp Andy
Messrs P B Bucher Andrew Jane Sam Lane Jr Abram Brubaker and Mrs J C Paul travel to Florida leaving here on the 27th. Bucher writes of three damp cold days in the sunny south and June weather returning. They sightsee in Washington Jacksonville Tampa Bradenton Sarasota Bay and camp at Camp Andy near Bradenton with the party content to stay longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. B. Bucher
Andrew £. Jane
Sam’ Lane, Jr
Abram Brubaker
J. C. Paul
Florida
Washington
Jacksonville
Key
Tampa
Cuba
Tampa Bay
Manatee
Bradentown
Sarasota Bay
Gulf Coast
Andy
Andrew F Jane
Manheim Forms Belting Company To Manufacture Weelos Belate
Lancaster county news notes the creation of Manheim Manufacturing and Belting Company with Charles Bond as president and George H. Daimer as vice president. The firm will produce the Weelos Belate belting, replacing imported leather belting due to demand and price. Bond and fellow officers are established local business figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim
Manheim Manufacturing and Belting Company
Charles Bond
George H. Daimer
M. M. Plautz
M. G. Hess
England
Charles Bond Company
Philadelphia
Bond, Foundry and Machine Company
Lancaster
Wear Red Shirts Hens Will Lay Prodigiously
Massachusetts farmer Frank A. Goodhue claims hens lay more eggs in cold weather if the keeper wears a red flannel shirt. He asserts a psychological effect from red clothing influences poultry, though the reason remains unspecified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Goodhue
Massachusetts
Mr. Goodhue
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. H. Buch
Clothier and Gents’ Furnisher Record Building
Lititz, PA
Germany
Lititz Public Schools
Gulliver
Lilliputians
Mary Tshnndy
Miss Tshudy
Miss Smith
Wille
John
Carrie Tshudy
Sunnyland
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
State Railroad Commission
Penn’a
Lebanon
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Heinitsch
Heinitsh
S. Queen St
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
Oliver Brothers & Company
Hoffmeier Bros
King Street
W. W. Apple & Son
North Queen Street
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