Lancaster County items note mules, cows, and local ventures
In Donegal Springs Mr A B Lutz reports a mule chewed five horse collars during the night. Engleside Farm Marietta shows a purebred Jersey cow producing 55 pounds in 24 hours and 366 pounds in seven days, good for 19 pounds of butter weekly. Eph rata Borough eyes a $40 000 cash bid for the electric plant if a gas franchise joins. A visitor boasts a California oak larger in girth than the local oak. Cherries abound in Lancaster markets with Plank and Ambler sharing abundances. Knox arranges twice daily car service Fairfield to Quarryville. Mt Joy reports 25 chickens lost to a weasel and 70 to rats. Columbia celebrates 125th year October 12 to 19. Electric railway planning Elizabethtown to Harrisburg via Hershey. Bishop store in Mastersonville sold to Hackman. Bul ler moves fishway work at McCalls Ferry. Lancaster hosts nine moving picture shows with yearly business near a quarter million dollars.
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Engleside Farm
Marietta
Lancaster County
Ephrata Borough
S. R. Zimmerman
Lancaster
Borough
Klinhaun Farm
Mt. Nebo
California
John Plank
Providence
L. Russell Ambler
Martic
W. Ql. Knox
Intercourse
Fairfield
Quarryville
Mt. Joy
Henry Krall
Susquehanna River Could Be Made Navigable
Congressman J Hampton Moore and Daniel F Lafean advocate upgrading the Susquehanna River above Port Deposit to improve eastern commerce. Moore, head of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, says federal funds have bypassed coal region navigation and promises the project could boost Pennsylvania’s business and wealth. Also notes Chautauqua director Paul M Pearson draws no salary and W A Hensel donates 5000 to Franklin and Marshall College endowment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susquehanna River
J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
McCall’s Ferry
Daniel F. Lafean
York
Moore
Pennsylvania
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
Mr. Moore
Lafean
Paul M. Pearson
Chautauqua Association
Rosani
Quest for oldest Studebaker wagon fuels pride in durability
The Studebaker company chronicles farm wagons from as early as 1865, noting Dave Clark’s 48 year old wagon from Gileneton Wisconsin leads among entries. Farmers report wagons hauling 4200 pounds coal and 1800 feet of timber, with many still in service after decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Clark
Northwest
Mr. Clark
Studebaker
Gileneton
Wis
Clark
United States
Bright Florida Letter From Bradenton Tourist Town 1913
A Lititz boy writes from Bradenton Florida describing a heat heavy town on Manatee River 62 miles south of Tampa population around 3000. He notes mosquitoes a small red fly nuisance, fishing for Spanish mackerel redfish and sheephead, and a 46 pound sheep’s head captured last week. He visits the Atwood citrus grove 280 acres and contrasts local farms with Lancaster County. He laments sulfur water meals and notes baseball games and travel plans to Havana Cuba.
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Bradentown
Manatee County
Tampa
Florida
Key West
Manatee River
Gulf of Mexico
New Jersey
Atwood Grove
Lancaster County
Jacksonville
Here
Havana
Cuba
Harry Steininger
Turkish Stamps Show Imperial Sign Without Portraits
The article notes Turkish stamps bear the sultan s sign rather than pictures due to a prohibition on images. It cites origin with Sultan Murad tracing to 1365 after a treaty with Ra gsusa and a hand imprint used on parchment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murad
Ragusa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Knox
Menton Union
Lawrence Mills
Menton Mills
Walter H. Buch
Lititz
A. B. Lutz
Cameron Farms
Donegal Springs
Mr. Lutz
Susquehanna
W. A. Hensel
Franklin and Marshall College
New Orleans Picayune
Erie
State of
New York
Middle West
Chautauqua
Bishop Vincent’s University
Lake Chautauqua
Fel Welmener
Beethoven
Wagner
Congress
Division of Classification
Washington, D. C
J. Frank Buch
Lititz Record
Warren
Bucu
Greeble
Crandon
Christian Register
Epictetus
Farmers National Bank
Lititz, Penna
Leinbach & Co
Lancaster, Pa
Lancaster’s Daylight Department Store
S, & H. Green
Bell
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Men’s
Oxford
Chas. H. Frey
Gail
East King St
W. A. Heinitsh Big Furniture and Carpet Store
S. Queen St
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