Lancaster Man Promoted in GoldE Stores Chain
W McElroy longtime Lancaster GoldE Clothes Shop manager at 196 North Queen Street has been named district manager for GoldE stores across Pennsylvania Virginia and New Jersey He will keep Lancaster headquarters for now and oversee district from New York office at 84 90 Fifth Avenue New stores planned for New Haven Norfolk and Cincinnati next week Also notes Ephrata andLebanon Street Railway Company elected A E Lane president and Grant Steinmetz as director with net income of 22176 14 on 82112 30 receipts and 48248 14 expenses
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W. McElroy
Golde
North Queen Street
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New Jersey
McElroy
Lancaster
New York
Fifth Avenue
E. & L. Road
A. E. Lane
Clay
Ephrata and
Lebanon Street Railway Company
Grant Steinmetz
H. M. Smith
Electric Auto of New Type Competes With Gas Cars
A small electric car touted by Popular Mechanics for February promises to match gas models in cost and range while outdistancing them in economy. Its rear axle motor arrangement avoids a differential, regenerative braking recharges the battery, a single pedal controls operations, and a compact charging set makes it independent of service stations.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Train Dispatcher James Wiley sails for Trans-Siberian railway
James Milton Wiley of Dillsburg sails to Vladivostock Russia to serve as a train dispatcher on the Trans-Siberian railway. He has been a dispatcher on Western railroads and is on a year’s leave from the Northern Pacific at Spokane Washington. He has been commissioned a lieutenant by the U.S. Government and began his railroad career in Dillsburg.
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James Milton Wiley
Dillsburg
Vladivostock
Russia
Trans-Siberian Railway
Northern Pacific
Spokane
Wash
United States
Mr. Wiley
Interesting Spawls Taken From the Keystone Exchanges
A nine ton door has been received for the burglar proof vault at Lehighton Dime Bank.
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Lehighton Dime Bank
Change of Climate and Odd Fellows Notes Across Clinton County
Samuel Hurd, former Lamar township tax collector, captured in Miami awaiting extradition to Clinton County. Levi Leedom resigns after 49 years with Holidaysburg Lodge No 119. Eastern Mercer lodges plan to fundraise for Meadville Odd Fellows Orphanage, now home to 104 children. Catherine Stein of Red Lion, aged 97, travels solo by trolley to visit family and attends United Evangelical Church. Limestone youths Gerald Moore Leonard Eck chased by a wildcat near Millport, fleeing to a neighbor’s house before the animal retreated.
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Samuel Hurd
Lamar Township
Clinton County
Miami
Florida
Odd Fellows Lodges
Mercer County
Odd Fellows
Meadville
Pennsylvania
Catherine Stein
Red Lion
Mrs. Stein
Windsor
Dallastown
York
Stein
United Evangelical Church
Gerald Moore
Leonard Eck
Limestone
Millporths
Allentown Fair Association Finances Strong
The Allentown Fair Association posted last year’s profits of 21 556 dollars and 95 cents, the largest in its history, with receipts totaling 108 537 dollars 40 cents. Major expenses included 18 000 dollars in premiums, 6 000 for poultry and 10 000 for speed. The grounds restoration received 85 450 dollars, not enough to cover needed repairs. Founded 67 years ago with a 25 dollar share, no dividends were allowed and profits go to improvements. The 384 shares now boast a book value over 400 dollars each.
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Allentown
Legion Posts Formed at Wrightsville and Marietta
County happenings note the formation of an American Legion post at Wrightsville and Marietta. Also recorded are 1540 marriage licenses granted in 1919 by Deputy John H. Redsecker, and news that a building and loan association will be organized in Ephrata where housing is badly needed.
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More Legion
The
American Legion
Wrightsville
Marietta
John H. Redsecker
Register of Wills Office
Ephrata
Surprising Lancaster Will And Town Notes
The late Mayor H L Trout of Lancaster leaves all belongings to his wife. estate valued at 7500 dollars including a motorcycle. Reuben Kauffman of Holtwood tows an ice boat with passengers at nickel a ride on the Susquehanna. Levi Wesly of Columbia must appear for bootlegging. a Harrisburg wholesale liquor dealer is implicated. J W Bitner of Gordonville buys the old mill on the Conestoga at Oregon with a 40 acre farm and a 7 acre parcel nearby. Manheim Hotel to reopen as Washington House restaurant with dining and sleeping rooms. Phares Witmyer to run about March 1. Rev George Brown of Marietta, 83, famed for selling green produce, speaks loudly.
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H. L. Trout
Lancaster
Reuben Kauffman
Holtwood
Susquehanna
Levi Wesly
Columbia
Harrisburg
J. W. Bitner
Gordonville
H. S. Withers
Conestoga
Oregon
Manheim
Washington House
Phares Witmyer
George Brown
Marietta
Manheim Soldier Discharged With Artificial Foot
David Obetz of Manheim who enlisted in the Marines returned home last week with his discharge papers He sailed for France on June 15 1917 and went over the top seven times now lives in Manheim showing his artificial foot from wartime service
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David Obetz
Manheim
France
Manheim Plant Fire and Local Firefighting Efforts
An office at the Manheim asbestos plant caught fire due to an overheated furnace, quickly checked to prevent destruction. In other news, Mt. Joy seeks $15,000 for a new fire fighting apparatus as committees solicit subscriptions. A Musselman Concrete Pipe Co. is chartered with $80,000 capital, Paul Musselman as president. A Holstein cattle shipment valued up to $800 each was sold by H C Reinhold to Arizona last week.
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Manheim
Rufus Martin
Musselman Concrete Pipe Co
New Holland
Paul Musselman
A. B. Rutt
Mt. Joy
H. C. Reinhold
East Hempfield
Arizona
Mrs Barr Spangler Marks 94th Birthday in Marietta
Mrs Barr Spangler longtime Marietta resident celebrated her 94th birthday. She and husband Mr Spangler have been married over seventy years and lived in Marietta most of their lives.
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Barr Spangler
Marietta
Mrs. Spangler
Proprieter Swartz rents warehouse for packing house
Proprietor Swartz of the Globe Cigar factory at Ephrata rents the large Seldomridge warehouse at Farmersville to use as a packing house and plans to erect a large warehouse at Ephrata.
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Swartz
Globe Cigar Factory
Ephrata
Farmersville
Traction Co Blocks Willow Street Turnpike Purchase
At a Lancaster Automobile Club board meeting held Thursday evening a deal to transfer Willow Street turnpike to state and county was blocked by the Con estopa Traction Co after negotiations had been arranged to relieve tolls.
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Lancaster Automobile Club
Willow Street Turnpike
Conestopa Traction Co
Manheim Man Hit By Car in Testing Incident
Tim Peter H. Snavely was run over by an automobile in Manheim while testing the car. He was not seriously injured. He lost balance as the rear wheel started after he turned off the starting crank.
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Peter H. Snavely
Manheim
Big Corn Crop Batch Near Bethesda Farm Sale
Lancaster real estate dealer H Shenk sold the 207 acre Hay Brown farm near Bethesda to W W Glasgow of North Dakota for 16000 dollars including stock and farm implements. The property sits on Isaac James’s site. Book had bought it for 6000 earlier. County corn crop last season was large but sales are scarce as many cattle feeders hold grain for winter. Farmers expect high prices for the next crop and prefer to keep corn.
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Deelers
Will Manufacture Concrete Blocks in Ephrata
C. E. Seldomridge has broken ground at the western edge of Eph rata to erect a plant for the manufacture of cement blocks. Mr. I. N. Liebold of that borough, an expert in this line of work, will have charge of the plant.
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C. E. Seldomridge
Ephrata
I. N. Liebold
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Munsing
Cooper
Detmer Woolen Co
W. H. Buch
Lititz Fire House
Siberian Rail
Odd
Low
Levi Leedom
Holidaysburg Lodge
Order
Allentown Fair Association
the County
Ife
Bellou Woods
U. S. Marine Hospital
Portsmouth
Lititz Next
Tim
Hank
Pete
Atheart
Clothes
Astrole
Ize
Frey
Chas. H. Frey
Lancaster, Pa
Wingert & Haas Hat Store
John A. Haas
N. Queen St
England
Heinitsch’s
W. A
North Dakota
RVC
W. W. Appel & Son Jewelers & Opticians Jewelers & Options
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