In Praise of Lancaster County I
A reflective essay extols Lancaster County as a historic breadbasket fueling the American Revolution. It credits farming in the limestone belt for early national sustenance, notes transportation advances like the Lancaster Turnpike and Conestoga wagon, and urges modern readers to value gardens, seed catalogs, and home farming with guidance from Lititz stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perks
York
Cumberland
Tranklin
Lancaster
Archer
Herbert
Colorado College
Washston
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
New England
New York State
South
Pennsylvia
Lancaster County
Penn- Board
American Empire
Virginia Vale
Ohio
New York
Lititz
Blizzard Blights Brickerville Area and Nearby Life
A springlike Tuesday yields to a Wednesday blizzard in Brickerville and Elizabethtown region. Mail, medical visits, and milk routes are disrupted while bakers press on. Congregations report revival services and ongoing church repairs, with windows awaiting installation and memorials, as Elizabethtown College notes reflect academic expansion and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Miller
Mr. Meek
Hopeland U. B
Zion Home Church
Lexington
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Weichsel
Emanuel
St. John’s Juutheran
Suday
John Reich
Harold Nolt
A. Z. Weidman
Martin Zariman
Birds Aboard Lake Michigan Steamers At Dawn
Passengers on Muskegon to Chicago steamers report sighting land birds far from shore. Birds cluster on spars during night sailings, resting between daybreak and sunrise as the ship travels about eighty miles offshore. Yellow hammer, flicker, sapsucker, thrush, wrens and sparrows are observed until the boat reaches the opposite port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Michigan
Musketer
Chicago
Build Up Profitable Flock Through Continuous Selection
Selection for health and vigor builds a profitable flock capable of fertile eggs, strong chicks, and stamina for heavy production. Appearance alone is not a reliable vigor indicator, but combined with action it helps identify vigorous birds.
Centenarian Barr Spangler's long life in Marietta celebrated
The dawn of Barr Spangler's 100th birthday was marked by church bells and cheers in Marietta last Friday. Born January 18, 1822, he recalls presidents from Monroe to Jackson and the rise of railroads. A lifelong Methodist and vegetarian, he has worked in business since youth, never used meat for 50 years, and rarely drinks coffee. He married Mary Ann Ulitzback in 1847, living together over 75 years with her passing recently. His health has remained excellent, and he recalls meeting Daniel Webster in Philadelphia among many notable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barr Spangler
Marietta
James Monroe
United States
John Spangler
Anna Bair
Paradise
Andrew Jackson
Queen Victoria
Spangler
Methodist Church
Daniel Webster
Philadelphia
Battle Creek Sanitarium
What Is a City Book and the Pattern Town Idea
A condensed reflection on measuring city progress and ideal town features. It discusses comparing towns by geographic, climatic, and economic factors, proposing a simple life guide for a typical medium sized town and listing essential functions such as smithy, store, post office, school, church, milliner, barber, drug store, moving pictures, court house, jail, fire company, hotel, and hall. It cites Charlotte Perkins Gilman from Century Magazine advocating a pattern town with taxable income guidance for citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dar "Ely
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Century Magazine
Spelling Bee Held at Fairview School Bricksville
A spelling bee will be held at Fairview School Bricksville on Saturday evening January 28. Four classes will compete along with recitations dialogues and music. Miss Edna Bushong is the teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview School
Bricksville
Edna Bushong
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Lished
Alvertiners
BE. Buch
Secona 3S
Mhatier
New York Heralds
Washington
Ler Larap
Newhborhood WA
Brickerville
Elizabethtown College
Young Men’s Association
J. D. Reber
Margaret Oellig
Young Women's Association
Elizabethtown
State Council of Education
Blue Ridge College
Memorial Hall
Ross D. Murphy
Minor C. Miller
Bridge Water College
GC. C. Ellis
Juniata College
H. H. Nye
West Vea
J. G. Meyer
F. J. Byer
Reading
Fred P. Trimmer
Harry McQuate
Akron
Jacob S. Wiest
S. W. Elser
Earl
Sam’l
Nissley
Weidmansville
Mary S. Wiest
Mary Biemesderfer
Penryn
Harry Palm
Jacob Palm
Jne Beard
Benj
Adair
Pennville
Grant Steinmetz
Lizzie
Vera Landis
Linton
Roger
Ephrata
Simon Landis
H.A. Gerhart
Manheim
CS. Zartman
Eter
Beate Uno
WM. M. Amer
S. Broad
Leon Madlem
B. F. Lutz
Cedar Street
Broad St
Linden St
Cedar St
First Ave
Corner Spruce
2Nd Ave
Valentine Probst
Helen B. Grosh
Eby’s Mill
Kansas
W. Baker
M. G. Kurts
M. W. Hess
Farmers National Bank
Lititz, PA
Bank
Ed Toe
Leam An&leed Shoe CO
N. Broad Street
Rothsville Athletic Association
Swan Hotel
Rotesville, PA
Seaman
LEED
N. Broad St
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