Five burns from large firecracker at Lancaster celebration
Lancaster victim Lancester John Stohl, 24, treated for five burns on his right hand after a large cracker exploded when he demonstrated it to a deaf mute friend. In Denver, Elmer Shimp, 14, critical with a fractured skull after a horse kicked him in the temple while leading the animal to water. Edward L Sutton of Lancaster dies leaving a will gifting over 5,000 to churches and homes. Bareville fire engine responds to tractor explosion in a farm barn, owner severely burned. Earl Stern, 32, shot in the chest when a gun he was cleaning discharged under his right arm while on vacation at McGalls Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
John Stohl
Lancester General Hospital
Stohl
Denver
Elmer Shimp
Myr
Henry Shimp
Elmer
Henry Ebling
Cocalico Creek
Bareville
Starry Landis
McGall
Earl Stern
Lancaster General Hospital
Stern
Loaded Gun Claim Sparks Trial Note in Brickerville
A defendant testified that he did not know the pistol was loaded at the moment of the incident. The Brickerville News recounts local visits and social posts as residents from Terre Hill to Lititz and Manheim are listed visiting friends and relatives, including Rettews, Eberlys, and Haldemans, with multiple families noted in a day’s social roundabout.
Sunday gatherings and community notes in Blue Mountains region
Sunday at the coal regions in the Blue Mountains features numerous local visits and gatherings. Families including Le Roy Hoffman and Jane attended, and many dinners, church events, and Fourth of July celebrations are listed with multiple households visiting friends and relatives across Lititz Ephrata Mellinger’s Church and surrounding areas. The piece also notes hay yields, Sunday School plans for July 11 at Sandy Beach, and visits among Zartman, Snavely, Harting, and other local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Mountains
LeRoy Hoffman Ald
Jane
Join Keath
Frank Keath
Histonville
St. John’s Lutheran Sunday School
Henry Td, Shenk
Lititz
Harry Strauss
Earl and Warren
George
Elsie Nolt
Lancaster
Francia Ditzler
Doin’s
Sandy Beach
Caroline Oral
Raymond Edwards
Indian
Lloyd Witmer and Son
Lexington
Wayne Zartman
Israel Zartman
Mildred
Mary
Pauline
May
Charles
Roland Royer
Russell Esch
E. K. Zartman
Joseph Barry
Heck
Ephrata
Ferry Zartman
Elmer
Lititz Springs Park Booked Events Include Picnics and Reunions
The Lititz Springs Park schedule lists numerous community gatherings through July to September. Picnics are planned by Covenant A B Sunday School, St Mark's Lutheran, Lititz Union Sunday Schools, Emanuel Lutheran, Moravian, and First Presbyterian churches, plus Brackart, Fassnacht, Weng Rew Ang, Kemper and New Yard families, and many others with dates from July 11 to September 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junion
Covenant A. B
St. Mark’s Lutheran
Lititz Union
Brackart
St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Sun
Jemanuel Lutheran
iFirst Presbyterian Nog
Kelier
Moravian Suday
Larcast
Ateg
Pomona Grane
Kreider Fy i i—Eling Fam
Brubaker Fame Tr
Kemper
Weng Rew ‘ Ang
Gantz and
New Yard
Kurtz Family
Engine Advice Discard Sluggish Substances And Odor
A fragment notes avoiding sluggish substances to prevent engine drag and odors. It emphasizes clean operation and reducing resistance for better performance. No further details or context are provided.
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Edward L. Sutton
Court House
St. Stephens Reformed Church
New Holland
Bethany Orphans’ Home
Womelsdorf
Phoebe Old Folks
Altentown
Home Mission Board of the Reformed Church
Panies
Leola
Ptarmigar
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Palm Beach
Panamas
Toyos
Haines
Lawrence
W. H. Buch
Clothier &Genis’ Furnisher
Brickerville News
John Rettew
Lester Rettew
Arlene
Terre Hill
Ephraim Eberly
Schaefferstown
Elmer Reist
William Smith
Ada Walter
Zacharias Eberly
Gussie and
Alton
Harry Oberholtzer
Reamstown
Hiram Steffy
Martha McCloud
John
Wilbert
Minnie Kessler
Howard Haldeman
Kathryn
Haldeman
Harry Haldeman
Amanda Meiley
Howard Gingrich
Charles Stallinger
Manheim
Irvin Huber
Joseph Gaus, Jr
Marie Fassnacht
Kent Fassnacht
Devon
Chester County
Frank Fassnacht
Luella
Mardella
Tobias Haldeman
Neumanstown
Peter Hernby
Lloyd McQuate
Reuben Kauffman
Mechanicsville
Charles Gaus
Clarence Engle
John McQuate
Emma Weidman
Alice
Jonas Eby
Ethel May
Ellis Rettew
Earl
Oyster Point
Walter King
Miriam Rettew
Schuyler Mellinger
Clay
Jonas Ehy
John Hoffman
Denver and Ephrata Telephone CO
E. Baby
Mer
Ephrata No
Milton Fassnacht
John Whitcraft
Earl Buizer
A. Weidman
Isaac Weidman
Mellinger’s Church
Lemuel Harting
Schoeneck
Abram Risser
Cecelia Balmer
Naamanstown
E. B. Snavely
Lizzie Eberly
Snavely’s Mill
Ben
Snavely
Ruth
Esther
Irene
Susan Brumbach
Hammer Greek
Lititz Springs Park
Atlantic
Moun
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