General Sutter in Lititz Reveals California Ties
Lancaster New Era recounts Bancroft seeking Sutter’s address, learns the ex‑Californian leader hid in Lititz. Bancroft visits the ailing General at Springs Hotel, records his account, and writes two hundred pages in five days detailing Sutter’s role in California’s early days.
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Lancaster New Era
Gonestoga
General Sutter
Lititz
Bancroft
California
Sing
Lancaster County
Penna
Sitig
Sutter
Sierra Foothills
Liita
Springs
Sacramento
Mean Thief Steals Mount Zion Cornerstone in 1869
The thief smashed the Mount Zion Methodist church cornerstone near Stroudsburg after taking 17 in gold and silver coins. Donor lists papers and valuables were sealed inside. Charles Hele tt, a longtime resident, recalls the stone’s laying and its discovery in a thicket broken open.
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Mount Zion Methodist Church
Stroudsburg
Charles Hellett
Milton man seeks wife with mayor’s help
James Lewis of Milton Pennsylvania writes to York Mayor E S Hugentagler requesting aid in finding a wife. He includes a $1 bill and promises $5more if the mayor locates a suitable partner aged 35 to 40 whom he describes as having a nice home.
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James Lewis
Milton
E. S. Hugentagler
York
Milton Writer
Lewis
Mayor Rehm Honored With Gold Watch In Lancaster
Lancaster police presented Major William C. Rehm, former district attorney, with a gold watch for his services to the department. Mrs. Eliza Grove of Marietta, eldest in upper Lancaster county, turns 99, crediting hard work and farm beginnings with long life. She has lived in the same house for nearly a decade.
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Rehm
Lancaster Police
William C. Rehm
Eliza Grove
Marietta
Lancaster County
Committees Named For Mid Year Conference and County Convention
Lancaster County Sunday School Association appoints committees to prepare programs for the mid year conference on July 15 and the county convention on October 23 at Mannheim. Names include Miss Strickler Mrs Tayl or Walter Mellinger C B Weitzel Miss Mary E Swope and others. A $25 vote supports the young people's training camp fund. Districts report active Bible institute conventions and plans for hillside camp and daily vacation Bible schools. A religious census in one district is planned to gather church preferences and related data.
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Lancaster County Sunday School Association
Lancaster
Alice Strickler
H. J. Taylor
Walter Mellinger
C.B. Weitzel
Mary E. Swope
Manheim
Swope
Paul Baker
Mary C. Wallace
Mary Reemsnyder
J. F. Knittle
Young People's Division
Bible Institute
Young People’s Conference
Hessian Camp Site Sold For Building Lots At Mount Penn
Reading recalls Hessian Camp on Mount Penn slope sold to be divided into building lots after 150 years. The piece ties the Revolutionary era to Washington’s 1776 Trenton victory and the use of German mercenaries, known as Hessians, by Britain, and cites their looting in New Jersey as fueling Patriot support.
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Mount Penn
America
Washington
Trenton
Col. Rahl
Europe
Delaware
Schuykill
Reading
Great Britain
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Great Interest Shown in Forest Planting
Pennsylvania farmers showed unprecedented interest in planting forest trees this year, per forestry extension specialists at Pennsylvania State College. Forty seven demonstrations were completed across 30 counties, with at least 125000 trees planted and 659 attendees. Most plantings used conifer species including white pine, red pine, Japanese larch, European larch, Scotch pine, pitch pine, and Japanese red pine.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State College
Stevenson Little Verses Written While Confined to Bed
Robert Louis Stevenson authored many of his little verses for children during periods of illness that kept him bedridden, shaping a cherished collection born from illness and creativity.
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Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Campaign for Better Auto Lights Aids Pennsylvania Roads
The State Highway Department ordered an immediate motor patrol campaign to curb glare from misaligned headlamps. Secretary Paul D. Wright cites carelessness as the main cause and urges four fixes: approved lens, 21 candlepower bulbs, focused electric bulbs, and correctly aimed headlamps. Antiques sale in Lebanon draws crowds with high prices, including a tilt-top pie crust table at $465. A giant 15-foot 3 inch diameter boiler head, weighing 10,360 pounds, shipped to Atlantic City for the Railway Supply Men’s Association exhibit, showcases unique fabrication processes.
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State Highway Department
Pennsylvania
Paul D. Wright
Levi Gilbert
Lebanon
New York
Ohio
Wheeling
W. Va
California
Coatesville Steel Company
Atlantic City
N. J
Railway Supply Men's Association
Tamaqua School Board Votes Tax Hike To 20 Mills
At a Tamaqua school board meeting the tax rate was raised from 8 mills to 20 mills and the per capita tax increased from $2.50 to $5.00.
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Tamaqua
Cigarmakers Strike Settled in Bethlehem
A strike by 2,500 Bethlehem cigar makers ended after several weeks with workers returning to their jobs. The agreement settled disputes affecting both men and women in the Bethlehem plant and restored production.
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Bethlehem
Rare White Roses on a Crab Apple Tree Attracts Attention
In Macungie near Allentown Miss Annie Rems reports a crab apple tree bearing double white roses on many large branches. Crowds visit the home to view the odd sight. Nearby Lenape dairyman Mrs. C Albert Fox shows a pure bred cow producing 1653 pounds milk and 92.7 pounds butter in 30 days.
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Annie Rems
Macungie
Allentown
Rems
C. Albert Fox
Lenape
Hunsicker leases Crystal Cave hotel near Kutztown
Albert and Mrs Hunsicker formerly of the Blue Mountain Fish and Game Association have leased Crystal Cave near Kutztown and will manage visitor accommodations. Daily groups visit the cave and tavern with 46 000 entering in 1923. Electric lighting is now installed and only used in emergencies. hotel improvements expand tourist comfort. A fish story from the State Department of Forests and Waters is endorsed by Director Joseph S Blick as true. Stanley Cole in Tioga County reports a hawk catching a brown trout after dropping it near him.
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Albert $. Hunsicker
Blue Mountain Fish and Game Association
Hamburg
Crystal Cave
Kutztown
State Department of Forests and Waters
Joseph S.llick
Bureau of Research and Information
Stanley Cole
Watrous
Pine Creek
Tioga County
Cole
Missing belongings prompt kid theft from Barclay move
Ernest Barclay left Ken nett Square home before final inspection and a group of boys entered the vacant house. They found and flaunted bank notes and jewelry, including a gold watch, and stole about $300 before destroying the watch. Barclay recovered his property.
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Ernest Barclay
Kennett Square
West Chester
Barclay
State College Graduates Mark Largest Class in 68 Years
The Pennsylvania State College will graduate its largest class in sixty eight years on Tuesday June 10. Registrar William Hoffman announced the senior class has 512 candidates and about 500 are expected to receive diplomas. Advanced degrees for graduate students are not included in these figures.
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Pennsylvania State College
Willam
Hoffman
Taubel Hosiery Mill Closes in Lebanon
About 350 to 400 workers, mostly women and girls, were laid off as Taubel Hosiery Mill in the market house building at Ninth and Scull streets Lebanon suspended operations. The halt is indefinite due to overproduction flooding the market. Taubel operates large factories in Reading and other cities.
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Taubel Hosiery
Ninth and
Scull Streets
Lebanon
Tauber Company
Reading
Retreat of Lee's Army After Gettysburg Details
Civil war scene describes Lee's retreat from Gettysburg with hundreds of wagonloads of wounded. A roadside resident recalls the night march and artillery forcing wagons to yield. Many Union wounded were transported to Philadelphia hospitals by rail, while tens of thousands lay dead on the fields.
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Lee
Gettysburg
Philadelphia War Hospitals
What Would Chris Think This Grandfather Say
The passage imagines Christopher Columbus IX, descendant of the ninth generation duke of Veragua, pondering how his ancestor would view America today. He contemplates crossing the Atlantic on the Leviathan and witnessing Panama and other wonders of the American continent, expecting the journey would thrill him.
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Chrigstopher
America
Christopher Colwbus IX
Panama
American
Carigtopher IX
Duke of
Veragua
Coming events and reunions in Lancaster area
A long list of community gatherings from June through November notes General Conferences at Hershey, family reunions at Lititz Springs and Ephrata Park, fire company festivals at Akron Stevens Bareville Reamstown and Adamstown, plus fairs in West Chester Pottsville Reading Allentown Trenton Lancaster York and Doylestown. Also includes church services and Sunday school events, Knights of Malta in Reading, and a National Grange session in Atlantic City.
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Church of the Brethren
Hershey
Ecenrode
Lititz Springs
Stauffer
Weinhold
Ephrate Park
Sweigart
Fire Co
Akron
Lutz
Ephrata Park
Stevens
Miller
Evangelical Combined S. 5
Reading
First Reformed S
Lancaster
Salem U. B. S. S
Columbia
Emanuel Lutheran
Otterbein U. B
Knights of Malta
St. Step. Lutheran S
Lititz
Springs
Kopp Reunion
Zem Zem Siesta
Princes of Bagdad
Lancaster New Era
Kemper
Adamstown
Wenger
Oberholtzer
Stuber
Brownstorm Union U. S
Kurtz
Witmer
Gantz
Butzer
Keath
Reamstown
Frymyer
Elser-Oberlin
West Chester
Pottsville
Allentown
Trenton
York
Doylestown
Lancaster County
The
Lutheran Church
Manheim
Atlantic City
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W. H. Buch
Lititz, Pa
Keystone
Hawk
Chris
Natonally Distributed
Andes
Lancaster Moravian
St. Luke's
Ralph M. Sracht
Beth
Liteez
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