Local notes on community life and Lancaster criminal history
Squire Andrew Shimp has led a Sunday school at Shimp's chapel for 32 years. Manheim's old home week plans hospital tents and nurses, with state constabulary to keep order. A betrothal fight at Rothsville race track led to John Marks's arrest and a September court hearing. Lancaster records recount 16 executions since Romezzo, with gaps in earlier eras, plus tobacco planting and packers' stock in 1913 amid expected lower prices.
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Squire
Andrew Shimp
Reamstown
Shimp
Manheim’s.old Home Week Committee
Ben Baer
Ephrata
John Marks
Adamstown
Rothsville
Marks
Squire F. G. Jacoby
Court of Quarter Sessions
Lancaster County
Lancaster
North American
McNamara Brothers Lose Privileges at San Quentin
The McNamara brothers, John J. and James B., lose guest and letter privileges and tobacco supply within a week. Both had been model prisoners for six months but recently fell from grace. John J. served fifteen years for Llewellyn Iron Works dynamiting. James B. is serving life for the same escape. They both work on looms, required to produce 100 yards of cloth daily.
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McNamara Brothers
San Quentin
John J. McNamara
Llewellyn Iron Works
James B
Good Crop Reports From Returned West Bounty
Enthusiastic returnees report strong crop prospects for winter wheat with soil moisture enough to reach harvest. Ripley of Atchison railroad says conditions are favorable across Texas Oklahoma and Kansas for corn and cotton. Reid notes crop conditions excellent with never better prospects for this season.
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Ripley
The
Atchison Railroad
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
D. G. Reid
Viewers Favor Four Wards Plan for Ephrata Borough
Viewers appointed by the Court to divide Ephrata borough into four wards met last Thursday in Ephrata and decided to report in favor of laying out the borough into four wards divided by State and Main streets with that division.
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Charles B. Keller
A. W. Snader
F. M. Trout
Ephrata
Stitch in Time for Roads Says Community Letter
A letter argues for constant road maintenance over annual patchwork. It urges road masters to work daily, using sand and clay or crushed stone to keep roads in good shape year round and reduce delays during seeding and harvest. Continuous repair would outperform spot patches and improve highway efficiency.
Bananas: A Hardy Fruit Yields Vast Food per Acre
Bananas are described as an extraordinarily productive crop, yielding 44 times more by weight per acre than potatoes and 183 times more than wheat. The fruit is noted for its insect resistance and immunity to common fruit diseases.
Mason A Clock Maker
R. S. Carpenter of Lititz completed an inlaid grandfather clock eight and a half feet high in four parts using 32 750 pieces from twenty woods. A moon faced dial and varied designs distinguish the sides and posts. Carpenter, a stone mason, also built a chest with 16 000 pieces. Abraham Carpenter makes violins.
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Philadelphia Evening Telegraphs
R. S. Carpenter
Lititz
Yetter's Trial Postponed Over Jury Shortage
Charles M. Yetter of near Reading faces manslaughter charges for the Deans New Jersey death of 4 year old Isadore Fedol after an May 1 automobile collision. Judge Peter F. Daly adjourned the trial to June 24 due to an insufficient jury pool and an objection to selecting from the audience. Yetter pleaded not guilty. Alan H. Strong represents him.
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Charles M. Yetter
Reading
Isadore Fedol
Deans
N. J
New Jersey
Alan H. Strong
Pennsylvania Railroad
Yetter
Peter F. Daly
Mr. Vetter
Lancaster County
Largest West Bell Shipped for California Church
A 12 000 pound bell and mountings were shipped from Troy to the First Church of Christ Scientist in San Diego California. Claimed to be the largest bell west of Chicago. Because box car doors were too small the bell will travel by steamer to Galveston where a special car awaits to carry it onward.
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Troy
First Church of Christ, Scientist
San Diego
Cal
America
Chicago
Galveston
Akron Borough School Board appoints teachers for term
At a meeting on Tuesday evening the Akron Borough School Board appointed teachers for the upcoming eight month term starting August 26. Principal I F Seiverling earns 100, Miss Grace E Brecht 60, Edith E Weidler 50, Rebecca O Buch 50, Olive G Albright 50. Board members include President C F Steiner and Secretary C B Zwally with others listed.
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Akron Borough School Board
I.F. Seiverling
Grace E. Brecht
Edith E. Weidler
Rebecca O. Buch
Olive G. Albright
C F. Steiner
P. D. Getz
C. B. Zwally
S. G. Brubaker
Elias Wolf
Manheim Borough School Board appoints teachers term eight months
The Manheim Borough School Board met last week and elected teachers including Miss Mary Newcomer at $60, Miss Lydia Lawrence at $50, Miss Helen Becker at $50, Miss Leona Gingrich at $50, Maurice Demmy at $60, B. F. Heiges as principal at $100, with assistants Misses Cora M. Kapp and Kathryn Lefever for eight months.
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Manheim Borough
Mary Newcomer
Lydia Lawrence
Helen Becker
Leona ‘M. Gingrich
Maurice Demmy
B. F. Heiges
Cora’ M. Kapp
Kathryn Lefever
Penn Township Board Chooses Teachers for Next Term
The Penn township Board of School Directors selected teachers for the coming term including Airy Dale B Frank Greider and Mabel Weaver with schools opening September 2 for seven months. The board also organized appointing William Moyer president Ephraim Hershey secretary John B Smith treasurer with Aaron Ruhl and N E Gross as two other members.
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Board of
School Directors
Penn Township
Airy Dale
B. Frank Greider
West Park
John K. Miller
East Park
Mabel Weaver
Fairland
Alvin Hartman
Sun Hill
Dora Kauffman
Lime Rock
Ida H. Duffy
Dee Run
R. F. Yake
Fairview
Nora Kready
Pleasant View
Mary Weber
Chickies
Blanche Smith
Elstonville
Charlotte Evans
White Oak
Isaac Singer
Locust Grove
Mabel Edwards
Airy Hill
H. W. Diehm
William Moyer
Ephraim G. Hershey
John B. Smith
Aaron Ruhl
N. E. Gross
Northern Mutual Insurance picks three directors
The Northern Mutual Insurance Company elected A. B. Hollinger of Lincoln, S. W. Buch of Kissel Hill, and B. H. Suavely of Lancaster as directors. Reelected officers include President John Seldomridge and Secretary-Treasurer E. K. Hershey. The firm reports over $22,000,000 in insurance business.
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Northern Mutual Insurance Company
A. B. Hollinger
Lincoln
S. W. Buch
Kissel Hill
B. H. Suavely
Lancaster
John Seldomridge
E. K. Hershey
Partnership in Town Business and Local Prosperity
The Gainesville Sun argues that a village town or city is a joint business. Mutual prosperity boosts prices and wages while buying outside hurts local livelihoods. A $25 purchase can leave $10 or more circulating locally, supporting labor, rents, taxes, and broader economic activity.
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Gainesville
Nebraska man and three wives epitaph riddle
In a Nebraska town a man, faced with the cost of separately marking three wives buried together, engraved their Christian names on small stones with hands pointing to a central large stone. Under each hand were the words For epitaph see large stone, creating a humorous solution to commemorate them.
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Nebraska
Mary
Elizabeth
Matilda
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Mentor
Max
Panama
Walter H. Buch
S. Broad St. Record
Lititz, Pa
Romezzo
M’namaras
Mason
Akron Borough
Panamas “& Bankeks
Javan Milans
Mackinaws
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Farmers National Bank
Lititz, Penna
Heinitsh
S. Queen St
Ohansiner
Manewomy
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
North Queen Stret
Gile
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