Liberty Band joins Laurel Fire Co on Canada trip
The Liberty Band from Middletown will accompany about seventy five Laurel Fire Co members of York on a trip to Canada. They plan to leave August 20 and return August 56. Long Distance Walker Weds Bareld Milter of Shanwkin and Gertrude Yost of that city after their fame with a shore to shore pushcart trek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Band
Middletown
Laurel Fire Co
York
Canada
Bareld Milter
Chyde Haines
Shanwkin
Gertrude Yost
Lightning Wrecks Ancient Tree on Arcela Farm
A lightning strike hit a large black cherry tree on attorney J. P. Knipe’s Arcela area farm. The tree, over ten years old, was badly damaged and parts flew far. Farmer George Rieger and his sons were milking in the barn. Rieger was stunned but not seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Knipe
Arcela
George Rieger
Rieger
Mail carrier Fred Larsen completes 29 years on route
Fred Larsen of the McKeesport post office recently marked twenty nine years of service in rail distribution. He has walked about 191,400 miles over 9,570 days and never changed his route, delivering at least 10,000,000 pieces of mail and likely collecting as many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Larsen
McKeesport
Larsen
Law Grip Reaches 3 000 Miles in Fraud Case
The law’s reach extends 3000 miles as John H. Steele and Mary Drake, alleged forger and accomplice, are being brought to York Pennsylvania to face a 369 dollar bogus check charge from Stewartstown bank in September 1919, with a detective in charge. Also mentions 80 year old John Getwals and a rural field labor description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Steele
Mary Drake
York
Stewartstown Bank
Woman Turns 70 Working Harvest Field in Leba
Edmund Putmenyer of Leba township reports that his mother spent her seventieth birthday in the harvest field binding grain for her son Frank Donmoyer who lives with her. She worked alongside the harvest hands and enjoyed the day immensely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Putmenyer
Lebanon Township
Frank Donmoyer
Human Fly Gardiner Scales Reading Courthouse Building
Arch climber Harry Gardiner thrilled about 5000 spectators as he climbed the Colonial Trust Co building in Reading reaching the ninth floor before a wrist sprain ended the attempt. The event raised over 700 dollars with Gardiner taking half the proceeds and offering to try again for 1000 dollars if funded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arry H. Gardiner
Reading
Colonial Trust Co
Gardiner
Gane meeting at Stricklerstown Wayside Mission Camp
The Wayside Mission opens a camp meeting in Mary Seibert's Grove Stricklerstown on Sunday July 18 continuing for several Sundays Speakers include Rev George Brownmiller Reading Elias Weay Eph rata Abs Clinton Miller Lebanon Rev A Fr Martin Lancaster Rev John Knar Howard Center Co Specials by Miss Lucia Slike Mrs R Heilman Lebanon HW F Dougherty and wife Ephrata Miss Elizabeth Lesley Paterson N J Services at 2 and 8 p m Meale and refreshments served by Mr Wallace Neymans town Everyone welcome to these services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayside Mission
Mary Seibert
Valley National Bank and Farmers Trustto Merge in Lebanon
The Valley National Bank and the Farmers Trust Company of Lebanon will merge on December 1. The consolidated institution will operate as the Farmers Company with capital of 0.5 million dollars and a surplus of 0.5 million, totaling assets of about 3.5 million. Directors will comprise current members of both boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley National Bank
Farmers Trust Company
Lebanon
Consolidated Institutiona
Farmers’ Co
Turkeys Continue to Kill Armenians Report From Ephrata
A letter from David Zimmerman near Ephrata describes 1800 Armenian refugees housed in tents around Beirut Syria in June 1920. The message notes deportations by Turks years earlier, starvation and cold deaths, and ongoing displacement as families seek safety and food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata
David Zimmerman
Near Ephrata
Toll Roads Tie Lancaster County to Lititz and Beyond
Lancaster County remains under toll gate control on sixty three miles across fourteen highways including the Willow Street turnpike. County leaders require district supervisor consent before county ownership. Several routes on the Sproul system are slated for future state takeover, while other toll roads may remain under control for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Willow Street
Lancaster
Lititz
Columbia
Chestnut Hill
Washingtonboro
Ephrata
Fruitville
Lancaster and
Marietta
Lexington
Rotheville
Manheim
Old Lane
Manor
Millersville
Marieta
Mt. Joy
New Holland
Strasburg
Millport
Fires Eddy fishing point Lawson's Rock named after Rev Orr Lawson
The Oxford Press identifies Lawson's Rock at Fires Eddy as named for Rev Orr Lawson who lived in the town forty years ago. He was an avid sports man who fished with Lancaster figures Judge John 8B Livingston Judge D W Patterson and Henry Demuth at the point for catfish and salmon and dined at the Fires Eddy hotel now gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fires Eddy
Lawson
Oxford Press
Orr Lawson
Lancaster
John 8B. Livingston
D. W. Patterson
Henry Demuth
Hiram G Bell Visits East Petersburgh in Homecoming
Hiram G Bell of Omaha Nebraska, a Millerstown Class of 75 man, journeys to his former East Petersburgh home for his first visit since 1895, in a Garden Spot feature highlighting local happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram G. Bell
Omaha, Neb
East Peetersburg
Half acre strawberry grower nets five hundred dollars
George Aukamp of Providence township sold five hundred dollars worth of fruit this season from his half acre patch. In a separate incident Mrs. John Becker of Old Line injured her right hand when a rope twisted off her finger while helping load hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Aukamp
Providence Township
John Becker
Old Line
Old tannery razed near Marietta ends era
The large brick tannery north of Marietta with a tall stack was demolished after years of operation led by Henry L. Sultzbach who ran the tannery here for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Henry L. Sultzbach
Deer Sightings Near Denver Attract Local Interest
Residents report two deer observed near Denver grazing with cattle and drinking from water troughs along roadsides at various times, prompting curiosity about wildlife in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Grain warehouse sale to longtime lessee Brubaker
J. G. Burkholder sold the entire business property including a three story brick grain warehouse with attachments, office buildings, coal chutes, lumber yards, and grounds to J. B. Brubaker who had leased the coal and lumber yard for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Burkholder
J. B. Brubaker
Brave Service Sergt Elmer Schiegelmilch Receives Silver Star
Florin veteran Elmer Schiegelmilch earned a silver star citation and certificate and a distinguished service cross through General John J. Pershing. He served overseas and saw action in major battles during the American Expeditionary Forces era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt
Elmer Schiegelmilch
Florin
John J. Pershing
Calf Grows Rapidly Dies At 30 Days In Fast Petersburg
K E W Hollinger shot a 274 pound calf aged 30 days in Fast Petersburg claiming unprecedented size for the age. The calf, raised by Martin Swart Bamford, gained five pounds daily last week. Nearby Mt Joy’s 1867 church cornerstone contents included two Bibles church papers a rules book and an 1882 copper cent which after years and a vinegar bath yielded its date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K E. W. Hollinger
Fast Petersburg
Martin Swart
Bamford
U. B
Mt. Joy
Visiting Former Home After Lapse of Years
Mr Charles Haas keeper of the toll gate at Salunga in 1880 and his wife visit Freesport Illinois with two sons Charles and Andrew for the first time in forty years. They find their former home gone and their parents dead. They now own three farms totaling over 700 acres valued for yield and price compared with Pennsylvania land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Haas
Salunga
Freesport
Ilinois
Charles
Andrew
Pennsylvania
Sneaking Tom Terrifies Washingtonboro Residents
Residents of Washingtonboro report a man in a woman's clothes veiled and masked, dubbed Sneaking Tom, has been spying at windows and listening at doors across the town's lower end for several days. He has eluded capture by moving between sections of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingtonboro
Ars
Tom
Neighborly Dispute Over Can-Tagging Dog Tops Street Talk
Tense exchange between Mrs Moggins and Mrs Grubb spills into the yard as accusations fly about cans tied to a dog’s tail and a saucepan borrowed last Monday. Erbert, the boy, denies misdeeds while his mother boasts of returning the saucepan via the dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erbert
Public Law on Dogs During Wildlife Breeding Season
The department urges strict dog restraint during wildlife nesting season and cites Section 26 of the 1917 act. Training allowed only under control from Sept 1 to Mar 1. fines apply for chasing game or killing birds. Warnings note vast potential losses from licensed and unlicensed dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Sportsmen
Pennsylvania
Foreign tobacco buyers eye Lancaster County plant
Foreign buyers from Belgium and France visit Lancaster County to establish a station for exporting tobacco. A large corporation with local dealers is planned with headquarters in Lancaster and county warehouses. Much tobacco already moves to Europe, but contract disputes slow disposal and several thousand crates have been returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
France
Lancaster County
New York
Europe
Holland
Germany
Lancaster
Daughters Continue Hiram Peoples Fish Hatcheries Enterprise
After Hon. Hiram Peoples’ death his daughters Mrs. Charlotte Stager and Miss Angie Peoples bought the New Providence farm and kept forty ponds and extensive nurseries. This season the hatcheries shipped fish widely as private demand remained strong and visitors toured the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Peoples
New Providence
Charlotte Stager
Angie Peoples
Preserving Rose Petals for Long Lasting Scent
A method to dry and preserve rose petals for use as a scented pillow. Gather blooms, remove petals, dry with paper and salt, turn leaves daily, then pack in cloth. Sun avoided to prevent fading. light fabrics yield brighter colors and stronger aroma.
Jurors Drawn for September October Terms in Lititz Area
Seven Lititz residents are among jurors named for Chester County courts. Grand jurors include David P. Bricker and John G. Brenneman. common pleas jurors cover Mt. Joy, Lititz, Manheim, East Hempfield and surrounding townships for September 183 and October dates. A separate note highlights a Brandywine border area near Cupola as a potential state auxiliary game preserve with abundant game and challenging shooting conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David P. Bricker
Lititz
John G. Brenneman
Elizabethtown
Jacob BR. Carper
Penn
Milton
BR. Hess
Warwick
Henry Hilton
Harry R. Charles
Mount Joy
Robert H. Verger
C. B. Shelly
Manheim
John H. Cramer
Mt. Joy
Joseph Charles
Haydn Brubaker
Harry S. Neidermyer
Harry G. Herr
East Hempfield
Common Pleas
Henry M. Aungst
W. M. Seitzinger
Clayton H. Koser
Isaac Y. Cassel
Harry S. Musselman
Mt. Joy Township
Christian Weaver
John F. Henry
Hash Hempfield
H. C. Miller
Henry Sumanian
Jacob E. Eshleman
Lewis Geib
Israel S. Kline
Samuel B. Hershey
Wm. E. Paul
J. Irwin Huber
Elizabeth
Clayton Schmuck
Chester County
Brandywine
Capola
West Chester
Springlee
Labor tale echoes in South tale from Georgia
A Georgia visitor recalls a plantation story about a Negro who asks for work and resists pay, saying he earns more now. The cotton manager invites him to return next morning and work for his worth, highlighting lingering labor tensions in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
South
Too Hot to Move A Quip on Arizona Vacation
A clipped anecdote recalls a friend in Arizona sending a letter about the heat. The note mentions a jackrabbit sighting as proof of extreme warmth, framed in a lighthearted exchange between Al Meierhofer and a friend. The item appears in a periodical record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
A & Vacati Art
al Meierhofer
Sawa
Also Mentioned on This Page
John
Getwals
Targest
Gane
Stricklerstown
Beruit
Syria
Intab
Near East
Port Said
Lawson’s Rock
the County
Beecham
W. W. Appel & Son Jewelers & Optionar— Jewelers & Option
North Queen Street
WM. M. Amer
Wingert & Haas
Straw
Panama
Wingert & Haas Hat Store
John A. Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Chas. H. Frey
East
King St
England
Heinitsch’s
W. A. Heinitsh
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!