Coming Events and Union Gatherings Listed All Around Lancaster Area
A dense listing of summer and early fall gatherings across Lancaster County. Includes church picnics reunions family events and fraternal meetings from July 16 through November 6 with venues in Lititz Mountville Lancaster Reading Hershey and surrounding towns. Notable items: Memorial Presbyterian S and S of Lancaster and the 1926 Sesqui Centennial in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faith Reformed S. School of Lancaster
Fishborn U. B
Hershey
Lane. Co
St. Luke’s Lutheran
Reading
St. Stephens Lutheran
Lancaster
Thurs
Lititz Moravians
Mountville Union
Bagdad
St. John’s Reformed S. 8
Lane
Kopp
Zem Zem
County
Church of God
S. of Lancaster
Taylor
Memorial Presbyterian S
Andre
St. Luke’s Reformed
Dohners
Fyr
M. EB
Lanc
Kemper
Philadelphia
Brunnerville A. B
Grove
Village
Lititz
Mt. Gretna
Pennsylvania
Stroudsburg
Monroe County
Lancaster &Co. Christian Endeavor
New Holland
Strange Accompaniment at Chichester Cathedral Read
William Collins, an English poet famed for melancholic fits, haunted Chichester Cathedral cloisters and uttered eerie howls when the organ played. A motorist, eyeing odd lettering on a spare tire, sped to read the message and was warned not to be too bold for comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Collins
Chichester Cathedral
England
Simal
Darnee Cloge
Former Hoboes Are Now Gone from Lancaster County
A Lancaster New Era feature recalls the once plentiful army of tramps in Lebanon Berks and Lancaster counties. It profiles notable figures such as Dutch Christ Dutch Barney Billy Sheriday Fat Andy and Big Dim and notes their roaming lives and habits. The piece highlights Bummer's Roost in Providence township as a gathering spot where the campfire talk covered current affairs and readers supplied newspapers to the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of the Road
Dutch Christ
Dutch Barney
Quarryville
Billy Sheriday
Billy
Andy Downs
Fat Andy
Big Dim
Shakespeare
Burns
John Lowry
Lebanon
Berks
Maryland
Delaware
Lancaster County
Bummer’s Roost
Providence Township
Lancaster
War Department
Washington
Robert M. Connell
Regular Army
Connell
National Guard
Reading
Fort Hancock
N. J
Advoe. Hull
Plant care for room temperatures and plant needs
The passage states house plants should not be kept in sleeping rooms only due to temperature. It recommends a night temperature around 50 degrees and a day temperature around 70 degrees for the average plant.
Keystone Farm Calendar Highlights July Training and Litter Club
The article discusses Penn State College training for July to September filling farm vacancies, notes a 1925 Keystone Ton Litter Club with 305 letters and 192 purebred entries, and emphasizes good farming practices including weed control, efficient production, pasture supplementation, and lawn maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone
Pennsylvania State College
Keystone Ton
New Holland Machinery Sold For Use in Russia
Paul B. Hess of New Holland sec retary treasurer of the New Holland Machine Company secured a deal in New York City for a large shipment of New Holland Feed Grinders purchased through American exporters for the Russian Government. Delivery to follow promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Holland
Russia
Paul B. Hess
New Holland Machine Company
New York City
Vanishing Race Near Jerusalem Faces Extinction
A colony of 125 near Jerusalem, said to be descendants of the Samaritans, may die out unless they change customs. For 2,000 years they have forbidden marriages outside their group, and increasing inbreeding threatens their survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Also Mentioned on This Page
Palm Beach
W. H. Buch
Lititz Springs Park
Rey
Lititz Union Sumday Schools
Harnish
Hornberger
African Bethel M. E
Lane, Wed
Bomberger
Honey Brook Evangelical
Witmer
Gantz
Butzer
Steven
Garman
Culp
Keath
Freymeyer
Coldren
Willys - Overland Parts and Service
C. M. Snavely
Roger Dever
United Mine Workers
Scranton
Dever
W.h.muth&co
Lititz, PA
William P. King
Wakefield
Fulton Township
Ephrata Bank
Ephrata National Bank
Old England
Conkey
John L. Peiffer
Spruce ST
Leeorence
Meee
Record Printing House
Broad St. Lititz, Pa
Rothsville
Millway
Brumerville
Clay
Durlach
Hopeland
Brickerville
Elm
Penryn
Mt. Hope
Neffsville
Bareville
Manheim
Express Printing Company
E. P. Co
Lititz Springs National Bank
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