Death of Mrs Kate Weidman in Ephrata
Last summons reports the death of Mrs Kate Weidman nee Frederick aged sixty widow of John Weidman of Church Street Ephrata due to a complication of diseases Surviving children include Ida Zudrell Oscar Frances Leed Martin Jacob Harvey Laura and Lizzie Also surviving sisters Sallie Leisey and Mrs John Albright and brother Andrew Frederick Funeral held Thursday at ten from her home with services and interment at Lincoln
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Weidman
Frederick
John Weidman
Church Street
Ephrata
Ida
John Zudrell
Oscar
Frances
Phares Leed
Akron
Martin
Bareville
Jacob
Lancaster
Harvey
Rothsville
Laura
John Slate
Lizzie
Jacob Kauffman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sallie Leisey
Stevens
John Albright
Reamstown
Andrew Frederick
Lebanon
Lincoln
Well Known Lancaster Attorney Killed on the Railroad
Walter M. Franklin, 62, of Lancaster, was killed when jolted from a Reading Railway train near Satterlee's Siding, southwest of Allentown. A passenger alerted the conductor after Franklin failed to return to the smoker. his body was found about a mile beyond Rock Cut. Franklin, a prominent lawyer, led Steinman Hardware, served as solicitor of Farmer's Trust, and was a trustee of Franklin and Marshall College. He had previously been Lancaster county district attorney and a Republican candidate for judge. He is survived by his widow, formerly Miss Small of York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter M. Franklin
Lancaster
Reading
Satterlee’s Siding
Rock Cut
Allentown
J. B. Dell
Perkasie
Franklin
John Bright
Slatington
Steinman Hardware Company
Farmer’s Trust Company
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster County
Small
York
Boy Pole Climber Electrocuted Near Lancaster Tollwood
Fifteen year old Lee Drumm climbed a pole on a new transmission line between the power plant in Lancaster and Tollwood. He gripped a heavy wire and was instantly killed by an eleven thousand volt current. He had a habit of pole climbing before the power was on. His body burned severely. Months earlier a Drumm family daughter also died by fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Drumm
Lancaster
Tollwood
Drumm
Sunday Gathering At Erb's Meeting House
A local assembly near Erb's meeting house welcomed many guests including Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hoak Mrs. Jacob Wise and Erla Brenneman Mr. Ruth Brenneman of Manor and others from Mount Joy Lancaster Junction Erbdale Landisville and Lititz. The group enjoyed a fine time with lively conversation and banter among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Miller
Earl
Erb’s Meeting House
Albert Hoak
Jacob Wise
Erla
Ruth
Manor
Henry Amond
Dora
Elizabeth
Henry
Mount Joy
Joseph Brenneman
Lancaster Junction
Levi Miller
Erbdale
Grace Fetter
Mary
Esther Brenneman
Mary Habecker
Landisville
Lillie Erb
Clarence Miller
Calvin
Harris
Lititz
Walter and
Clayton Brenneman
Levan's Mill Destroyed by Fire Near Lancaster
A four-story Levan's flour mill two miles south of Lancaster burned Saturday night. The blaze, visible for miles, likely started by spontaneous combustion. Loss about 42000 with about 36000 insured. Grain and mill feed destroyed, six tons of custom work lost. rebuild likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levan
Lancaster
Lititz
United in Holy Matrimony in Lancaster County
Charles H. Collins a cigar maker of Manheim wed Maggie Horn of Sinking Springs in a Windsor York county home ceremony witnessed by about seventy five guests Rev Byrd of Windsor United Brethren officiated the nuptials and the couple will reside in Manheim On Saturday evening Monroe Carvel of Rothsville wed Annie Lausch of Hast Calico in Eph rata by Rev Schweitzer of Eph rata
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Collins
Manheim
Maggie Horn
Sinking Springs
George Collins
Windsor
York County
Rev. Byrd
United Brethren Church
Monroe Carvel
Rothsville
Annie Lausch
Hast Cocalico
5. Schweitzer
Ephrata
Train Timing Misadventure in Quick Laughs
A whimsical snippet recounts a hurried passenger at a ticket office rushing to catch a 2 20 train while the clerk quips about time. A side gag has Yorick Tamm blamed for a stranded voyage after an ominous cloud and a busted show, per light dialogue from two papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anl
Cincinnati Enquirer
Yorick Tamm
Susan Breit
Satani
Hamlet
Kansas City Journal
Sympathy Advice From New Orleans Democrat Vimes
A brief lament expresses hunger with a push to see a doctor for appetite treatment. The speaker, identifying as a Democrat from New Orleans, signs as Vimes. The note conveys concern and political context without detailed events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoko
New Orleans
Vimes- Democrat
A Teacher’s Slip in Classroom Laughing Misstep
A comic exchange shows a pupil laughing at the teacher and the teacher’s quick prompt. The pupil answers with a garbled line, and the teacher uses a famous saying about fortune offering change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo
Res
Noange
The Arbitration of the Alabama Claims in the Century
Excerpted notes describe Covant Churet’s view on Sumner and Lincoln era diplomacy. It then shifts to Fifteenth Century Oxford life, detailing BA study, living costs, and discipline. A fragment closes with a seventeenth century navigation riddle and a New York reminiscence on a watch almanac and latitude estimation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
William Covant Churet
Summer
A. Hsaster
Sumner
Jackson Square
Tincoly
Senate
Holy Wars by Moslems Mentioned in Historic Context
The article notes no universal war by unbelievers since Mohammedanism began and explains that Persian and Moorish rulers ignore Ottoman spiritual authority, making another jihad unlikely. It recalls past holy wars proclaimed by mahdis, including the 1882 Sudan rising and Khartoum, with no general conflict among Prophet followers and infidels since early Mohammed’s era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Sudan
Gordon
Khartum
Mohamreed
Verbosity, Ocity and Osity in Popular Magazine
A young woman famed for mastery of English commands followers. She visits a friend who balks at her plan and flounders in excuses. She ends the interview with a sharp quip criticizing verbosity and idiocy, as recounted by Popular Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mage Garrilous
Popular Magazine
The Surest Way In a Humorous Exchange
A brief exchange mocks courting difficulties with a brief Latin pun and a joke about curing infatuation. The dialogue hints at social pressure and matchmaking in a lighthearted colonial era setting. The snippet channels a newspaper dispatch tone with trimmed, clipped lines.
Grumbler Praises New Piano Attachment
Mr Grumbler remarks on the family piano gaining a new attachment described as wonderful and secured with a lock and key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grumbler
Sensible Advice Exchange in Quirky Dialect
A brief, humorous exchange features Bill questioning a cane and Jim replying he's bound for water on the knee. Bill suggests wearing pumps as a playful remedy, capturing a folksy, midcentury vibe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Jim
Moravian Synod Closes After Two Weeks of Session
The Moravian Synod closed at Nazareth after a two week session in which salaries for pastors were set by town size with minimums of 700, 850 and 950 dollars. The tentatively shifted stipend plan would divert surplus funds to widows until pensions reach 250 a year. A rule now bars in arrears congregations from lay representation at provincial or district Synods. The conference voted 112 to 44 to expand the Provincial Elders Conference from three to four members, giving the West a seat. Four P E C members were elected: Bishop C L Moench Bethlehem, Bishop Karl A Mueller Watertown Wis, Rev Paul de Schweinitz Bethlehem, Rev John S Romig Great Kills Staten Island N Y. Delegates to the General Synod in Germany next year were named: E J Krause Bethlehem, Bishop Clement Hoyler Alberta Can, Rev Gerhardt Francke Watertown Wis, Rev A D Thaeler Bethlehem, Bishop M W Leibert New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian Synod
Nazareth
Lynch
Synod
Committee of Eleven
Elders’ Conference
The
Church In America
C. L. Moench
Bethlehem
Karl A. Mueller
Watertown
Wis
Paul de Schweinitz
John S. Romig
Great Kills
Staten Island
N. Y
General Synod
Germany
E. J. Krause
Clement Hoyler
Alberta
Can
Gerhardt Francke
A. D. Thaeler
M. W. Leibert
New York
Fractured Hall Scene and Music Hair Theories
In a chaotic meeting, Ben Butler adjourned to avoid a collapse as Rufus Choate spoke. The crowd gathered outside to hear the speech, while Choate urged caution. The anecdote links a risky hall collapse to an orderly adjournment and Chan. A quirk article follows on music and hair, noting musicians shown to vary in hair growth by instrument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Butler
Rufus Choate
Mr. Choate
Butler
Bin
Choate
Ben
Jeff Butler
Cheate
Argonaut
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Lititz Springs
A. M
Schaefferstown
P. M
Cadet
Beck
Theory of
EH. G. Diehm
Signal Rocket
North End
Grounds
Collins-Horn
Carvel
Lausch
Euripides
Osford
Purply
Boethius
Hit
Lie
de Wyke
St James’ Gazette
Hine
Houston
Muliuin
Ienis
Guit
Lonis Post-Dispateh
M. Lenin de Parville
Welch’s Grape Juice
Welch's
Welch’s
B. B. Leaman
N.broadst
Lititz, Pa
Lititz New Store
South Broad Street
Newry
H. N. Wolt &Saat
Ephrita
Geo. S
Akron Station
Jancaster County
H.N. Wolf & Sons
Willes
Miamond Staton
Romig Hotel
My Atables
Borough of
Geo. S. Demmy
Isaac Lorah
Pentyn
John D. Bear
Tan
Bell
Imo
S. M. Huber
Horace F. Aturgis
Donovan
Philadelphia Dress Co
E. King St. Lancaster, Pa
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