Ephrata Hoteliers Open Summer Guests. Odd Local Notes
Within the county news reports the Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel welcoming summer guests. Constables prepare for wildlife trouble chasing dog owners who let hounds kill rabbits. Local residents make quiet claims of crop and dairy success, and odd items include a claimed 10 000 dollar damages from a marriage dispute, treasure diggers nightly near Morgan town, and large Holstein cattle sales by Reinhold and Groff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata Mountain Springs
Isaac N. Shearer
Mt. Joy
Ida Grove
Iowa
John §. Beiler
Lancaster
John King
G. Graybill
Elizabethtown
Carman
Ella Harlinger
Ephrata
George Ganser
George
Ella
Morgantown
Lancaster County
Jacob M. Andes
Diamond Station
Akron
Jersey
Huckster Outruns Officer in Manheim License Chase
In Manheim a peddler without a license fled after being halted by Burgess Schenck and Officer Kiefer. The chase began near Keystone House with a wagon escape toward Busser's stable, then the huckster outran the pursuing officer on the State road toward Lititz. Constable Kieffer vows to arrest him in a second chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim
Burgess Schenck
Kiefer
Keystone House
Busser
Lititz
Kieffer
Time Clocks Enforce Duty Of Pennsylvania Trackwalkers
Time clocks used by Pennsylvania Railroad trackwalkers are now compulsory across divisions. They provide evidence of inspections after incidents and allow tracing of defects to their occurrence times. Trackwalkers must walk their beats and report daily, a duty vital to traveler safety and rail integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dirt Road Method Promises Durable Middle State Paths
Pioneer writer argues for a systematic underdrain road construction using ditches, tile, and cobble stone to create long lasting dirt roads. He cites past Pennsylvania experiments, cost sharing by farmers, and state aid delays, urging township implementation for year round usability and reduced mud. The piece blends practical drainage technique with a call for farmer cooperation and tax support, praising rural labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
State Department
Wm. R. McGill
Crawford County
No Treat Mrs Neighbors Bread and Butter Exchange
In a brief home scene from the New York Globe a child declines a bread and butter offer with the line No Treat, Mrs Neighbors Would you bake a piece of bread and butter Johnnie Not me We have that at home The exchange captures a domestic comic moment reflecting ordinary street life impressions of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie’ Johnnonie
New York Globe
Cannibalism Debate Challenges Popular Image
An article in the Gazette de Hollande argues cannibalism is misrepresented by the public. It claims most cannibals act under sentiment, not appetite, with motives including respect for the dead, desire to absorb virtues, revenge, or a combination of piety and vengeance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin
Charles
Lyvll
George Hilot
Butt
Gazette de [Ollande
A Plate With a History from Albany to New York
A former Albany resident keeps a blue china plate with a river flood tale from 1847 on his New York home’s sideboard. The anecdote recalls children fleeing floodwaters, a breakfast table set in a basement, and plates that survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
New York
Granda
New York ‘Tribune
Charity and Constancy in a Ledger Style Note
A brief clipping presents aphorisms on charity and success. The Philadelphia Ledger notes that true charity begins at home and the piece cites Lord Beaconsfield on the secret of success as constancy of purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Lord Beaconsfield
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Knox
Menton Union
Lawrence Mills
Merion Mills
Walter H. Buch
Decora
Albert B. Groff
East Petersburg
Palmyra
Lebanon County
Messrs. Reinhold & Groff
Cholly
Ethel
London Express
Washington Star
Farmers National Bank
Lititz, Penna
Studebaker
Harnesa
Studer
Minneapolis
Chicago
Boston
South Bend
Ind
Dallas
Kansas City
Denver
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
North Queen
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