Lancaster County News Roundup of Local Events
Lancaster authorities block Grace United Evangelical Church from Sunday evening services in Reservoir Park. A ten day camp meeting for Holiness Christian Church and Waterstreet Mission will start August 1 at Kauffman Park near Manheim. Attorneys bought land near Plum Street for 12000 dollars. Knights of Malta plan a large Malta Field Day at Terre Hill Ball Park on July 19. Anna Stark, 24, recently escaped from the county asylum, was arrested in Reading and returned. Mrs. Sadie Heffelfinger of Ephrata suffered serious burns after a lamp fire. neighbors helped save her and the house.
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Lancaster
Grace United Evangelical Church
Reservoir Park
Holiness Christian Church
Hast Ross Street
Waterstreet Mission
Kauffman Park
Manheim
Pennsylvania Railroad
John Hiemenz
Plum Street
Elizabeth Avenue
Lancaster County
Knights of Malta
Terre Hill
Anna Stark
Reading
County Asylum
Does a Woman Always Mean What She Says
In a dialogue from Chicago News a couple debates courtship versus marriage. Singleton asks if a woman always means what she says and Wedderly counters that during courtship she doesn’t, but after marriage she does.
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Singleton
Chicago News
Next Step and New York Sun Exchange on Proposals
The fragmentary text shows casual dialogue about proposing and acceptance, with lines from Ethel Trenry and Ruiecker about generational attitudes. It ends with a moral quote from the New York Sun and a remark on willful ignorance.
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Ruiecker
Rbecker
New York Sun
Mechanical top planned for McCalls Ferry Dam
The Pennsylvania Water and Power Company plans a half million dollar mechanical top on the McCalls Ferry dam to replace splash boards. About 15 feet high, it would back water to Turkey Hill and up Conestoga Creek, boosting horsepower by 33,000 for eight months. Gates between piers would rise and lower to control flow, enabling river navigation up to Washington Borough and possibly Columbia after blasting and dredging.
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Pennsylvania Water and Power Company
McCall's Ferry
Turkey Hill
Conestoga Creek
Safe Harbor
McCalls Ferry
Washington Borough
Columbia
Feat In Shorthand By A Paris Correspondent
The London Spectator tells of Henri Blowitz, Paris correspondent for thirty years, who never learned to write English. His colleague J G Alger would transcribe Blowitz's French dictation into English shorthand daily, a remarkable linguistic feat.
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Henri Blowitz
Paris
London Times
J G. Alger
Blowitz
Alger
London Spectator
So Generous of Him Boston Transcript Quip Echoes Dowry Promises
A witty exchange notes a poor Johnson failing to deliver on a promise. One says he is generous for offering his daughter in marriage, while the other questions the gesture. The quip reflects social humor about favors and marriage alliances.
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Johnson
Boston Transcript
All He Said Sergeant Complains About Name Calling
Sergeant complains that Private Murphy used a term of address that implied contempt. Murphy insists he only called him Sergeant and that others suggested they should be in a menagerie.
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Murphy
Paimes
Murphy Plate
Landon
His Favorite Paper Joke in Cincinnati Enquirer Style
A humorous exchange centers on taste for illustration and value. The cheerful liar suggests a favorite illustrated paper, while the book retorts with a ten dollar bill as the preferred motif. The quip reflects playful wordplay typical of light newspaper humor.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Lancaster County Leads In Agricultural Rank, 1913
W W Griest writes that Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, remains the top agricultural county by total farm products, despite claims by Los Angeles and McLean counties. He cites census data from 1909 and 1913 showing Lancaster leads in overall value of farm products, with crop and livestock values, while noting area and property values can mislead rankings.
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Lancaster
Census Bureau
Aroostok County
Maine
Lancaster County
Fresno County
California
Whitman County
Washington
McLean County
Illinois
Los Angeles County
E. Dana Durand
Durand
United States
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Cook County
Illlinois
Chicago
Los Angeles
Garden Spot
California County
East
W. W. Greist
Michelangelo as Master Painter and Sculptor Recalled
The article praises Michelangelo, calling the Last Judgment fresco in the Sistine Chapel the world’s finest painting and Moses and the Slaves among his best sculptures, asserting his equal mastery in both arts. It also recalls a Scottish caddie remark about true golfing fidelity, illustrating disdain for lesser pursuits.
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Michelangelo
Michelabelo
Sistine Chapel
Moses
Tank
New York American
A Girlish Scheme Excerpt in Parlor Music
A short humorous excerpt where Pa Wombat mocks his daughter’s robust piano pieces. He quips that her loud parlor music drowns out her mother washing dishes, illustrating a comic family dynamic and playful tension.
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Pa Wombat
Respect defined by a pupil’s feeling toward another
The Chicago News frames respect as a pupil’s feeling toward a peer, noting it can shield or harm, and presents it as a social trait taught in schooling.
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Elmer
Chicago News
Quotations on Fortune and First Words
A fragmentary line from the Charles-ton News and Courier attributes a humorous note on Adam and Eve and suggests fortune favors bold hearts. A second aphorism from Sophocles offers the idea that fortune does not favor the faint of heart.
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Sophocles
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Farmers Bank
Springs Bank
Clothi W. H. Buc Gents’ Furnisher
Record Building
Lititz
Trenry
Ethel
Lancaster CO
the Banner Agricultural County
Sea of Galilee
Jordan
Sea of Lot
London
Windsor Plagazine
Adam
Eve
Charleston
Farmers National Bank
Lititz, Penna
Leinbach & Co
Lancaster, Pa
Lancaster’s Daylight Department Store
H. Green
Bell
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Chas. H. Frey the
Shoe Man
East King St
W. A. Heinitsh Big Furniture and Carpet Store
S. Queen St
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