Annual July Lititz Springs Park events list many reunions
Calendar lists multiple community gatherings from July through November at Lititz Springs Park and surrounding towns. Notable events include Miller and Mohler reunions in Ephrata Park, St Stephen’s and St Marks S S readings in Reading and Lancaster, plus picnics and fairs in Lititz, Bareville, Reamstown, Adamstown, and Manheim. National events include fairs in West Chester Pottsville Reading Allentown Trenton York Doylestown and Atlantic City.
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Lititz Springs Park
Miller
Ephrata Park
S. S
Reading
Lititz Springs
Lancaster
Salem U. B
Hornberger
Withers
St. Stephen’s Reformed S. 8
St. Mark
Otterbein U. B
Mishler
Knights of Malta
St. Stephen’s Lutheran S. S
Kopp
Zem Zem Siesta
Princes of Bagdad
Lancaster New Era
Fire Co
Reamstown
Muddy Creek Union
Swartzville
Andes
Lancaster Moravian
St. Luke’s Reformed S. S
Steffy
Kemper
Adamstown
Oberholtzer
Lititz Union
Springs
Stuber
Brownstown Union S
Kurtz Re-union
Witmer
Gantz
Butzer
Keath
Frymyer Re-union
Elser-Oberlin
West Chester
Pottsville
Allentown
Trenton
York
Doylestown
Lancaster County
Manheim
Atlantic City
N. J
Smut-Resisting Wheat Developed by Department of Agriculture
Smut resisting wheat developed by crossing Florence and Turkey varieties. Florence is a smut resisting spring wheat from Australia. The new variety is more adaptable to humid regions than semi arid areas.
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Department of Agriculture
Florence
Turkey
Australia
Sisters Buy Quay Farm in Lancaster County
The Catholic Sisters of the Precious Blood of Alton Illinois purchased the Senator Quay farm seven miles west of Lancaster for about 100000 to establish a Mother House and Home for Aged People with possible future orphanage and chapel. The 26 acre property features a 20 room mansion, modern utilities, a large barn, and proximity to trolley service.
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Sisters of the Precious Blood
Alton
Illinois
Senator Quay
Lincoln Highway
Lancaster
Lancaster County
H. A. Gantert
Redman and Bassler
Real Estate Board of
Lincoln High
Hagerstown
United States
Dog Tax Enforcement Targets Altoona Area Owners
Penrose Boyer, enforcing central Pennsylvania dog tax laws, has caused the arrest of over one hundred dog owners in Clearfield county for failing to pay the dog tax. Each defendant faced an $8.50 fine plus costs.
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Penrose
Boyer
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Clearfield County
Sunbury Hero Dives 25 Feet to Save Two Teens
Harry B. Hager an 18 year old Sunbury High football star dived twenty five feet from the toll bridge into the Susquehanna River at Sunbury on Saturday to rescue Miss Margaret Reltz 18 and Miss Sarah Phillips 16 who were drowning after becoming exhausted. He brought them to shore where first aid revived them.
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Sunbury
Harry B. Hager
Margaret Reltz
Sarah Phillips
Sugar Making Changes Improve Beet Sugar Yield
Sugar production from beets modernized to need six tons per ton of sugar from twenty tons, driven by scientific beet production advances.
Ground hog sightings amid crop damage in Berks County
Milton D. Myers of North Heidelberg Berks reports a groundhog climbed a tree to escape pursuers after being shot. Farmers complain of crop destruction and motorists note many groundhogs crossing highways in daylight. In Wilkinsburg a bandit robbed P H Butler grocery but fled after receiving a pound of tea instead of money when clerk Elizabeth Wintermantel poured tea into his sack.
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Milton D. Myers
North Heidelberg
Berks County
P. H. Butler
Wilkinsburg
Elizabeth Wintermantel
F. R. Shriver
Unusual Nightly Sanity Ruling For James McCusker
James E McCusker confined at the Friends asylum in Frankford near Philadelphia is allowed by court order to leave the institution for daytime business. He operates a weekly paper and manages a $50 000 estate while viewed as sane by day and insane at night, a ruling said to have no parallel in the state.
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Friends Asylum
Frankford
Philadelphia
James E. McCusker
McCusker
Record Huckleberry Crop Expected in Coal Region
In the hard coal region huckleberry bushes promise a bumper season as heavy rains reduced spring forest fires. Berries ripen late June through August and are picked by miners’ families who can access company lands. Dealers buy daily near picking areas and ship thousands of quarts to eastern markets each night.
Chasing Boy in Library Sparks Laughs
A regular library visitor, a negro boy, was seen opening the same book and laughing at a picture of a small boy chased by a snorting bull. The attendant asked what was funny and the boy quipped that the chaser hadn’t caught him yet.
The Fleetest Animal Revealed by Investigation
Investigators determined the greyhound is the fastest animal, capable of about thirty five miles per hour in short sprints over two miles. The race horse follows, with pronghorned antelope hare jackrabbit common fox covet fox hound and gray wolf ranking next in order. Speeds were measured by counting leaps over a timed interval.
The White House Mail Processing System
The article explains how the President’s mail is handled by a corps of confidential clerks who sort and summarize letters. Only those deemed important reach the President. many are acknowledgments, referrals, or form responses.
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White House
Sun bathing urged by surgeon and farming tips for summer
Sir Herbert Barker urges sun baths as a future medical aid and wellbeing measure after a two month Montego Bay trip. The agricultural notes advise farmers to cull non producing poultry, cure legume hay properly, cultivate mushrooms in Pennsylvania, and plant pop corn and navy beans for long season crops.
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Sir Herbert Barker
Barker
Montego Bay
Jamaica
United States
Pennsylvania
Agricultural Extension Department
Pennsylvania State College
W. B. Nissley
State College
Hailstone Injures Driver in Shamokin Irish Valley Crash
A hailstone struck Thomas Kane under the left eye while he drove through Irish Valley on Sunday. Blinded by the impact he lost control, hit a stone wall, and injured both Kane and his wife, wrecking the auto.
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Wis Eye
Thomas Kane
Shamokin
Irish Valley
Kane
Pleasant Odor of Wasp Nest
A tropical wasp builds nests that emit a pleasant odor like raspberry vinegar when crushed. The article notes several other insects also producing similarly pleasant scents.
Taciturn Men and Unasked Questions
A wry observation notes that quiet men may harbor curiosity yet refrain from asking questions, leaving their inquiries ungratified and their thoughts unexplored.
Unlawful serving of protected birds alleged in Boston notices
Fragmentary report claims unlawful serving of protected wits birds under a treaty act. Text hints at a man accused of presenting the flesh of wit birds in hotels and restaurants, with a remark about hero status to his wife.
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Boston
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Fire House
Lititz, Pa
Wenger
Quay Farm
Lancaster CO
Catholic Order of Precious Blood
Joe Buela
Harrisburg
Susquehanna River
Buela
William Hamford
John Cravenstadt
Joseph Utzy
Fred Welkenmeyer
Bani Book
Acs
Nat’s Bank
Ralph M. Spacht
Lititz
Lear
Supreme Court
Santa
Opav
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