Coming Events Gather Local Family Reunions and Picnics
A long list of community reunions and school events runs June to November 1926 across Lancaster, Lititz, Hershey, Mountville, and nearby towns. Churches, lodges, and civic groups schedule family reunions, church school sessions, picnics, and band concerts, with note of the Pennsylvania National Guard encampment and Mt. Gretna camp meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania National Guard
Mt. Gretna
Pennsylvania State Firemen’s
Stroudsburg
Monroe County
Lancaster Co. Christian Endeavor
New Holland
Beavers Spread in Pocono Mountains and Wildlife Loss Noted
Over winter more than six hundred bobcats were killed and sixty two beavers trapped across Potter and McKean counties. Beavers redistributed to counties lacking colonies, with a dozen new beaver populations forming in the Pocono Mountains in recent months.
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Potter
McKean
Pocono Mountains
Charter Filed for Pennsylvania Tobacco Growers Co operative
A committee for the Pennsylvania Tobacco Growers Co operative filed for a charter to form a marketing organization for about 7,500 Broadleaf tobacco growers across Lancaster York Chester Lebanon Berks and Dauphin counties. The agreement allows withdrawal if 75 percent of acreage isn’t signed for the 1925 crop. B F Snavely leads the organization committee with J C Brubaker Amos Gilbert Harvey Heller Monroe Metz and Abram L LeFever. Campaigns will extend to neighboring counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative Association
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
York
Chester
Lebanon
Berks
Dauphin Counties
B. F. Snavely
Lancaster County
J. C. Brubaker
Monroe Metz
Mount Joy
Abram L. LeFever
Farm Calendar Promises Higher Summer Egg Output
A farm note outlines steps for higher egg production with clean housing ample mash grain and green feed. It predicts 18 eggs per hen in June 16 in July August and 7 in September while urging monthly flock checks. It also covers colt care calf development prize details for the Farmers Field Day at Pennsylvania State College June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State College
Lancaster Automobile Club to Aid Road Building Nine Tenths Mile
The Lancaster Automobile Club will financially assist the construction of nine tenths of a mile of road in Eden township. The club will seek county and township cooperation, may sue the township for neglect, and will report a site for an annual picnic. Sign campaigns and a plan to relocate a dangerous bridge are also proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Automobile Club
Eden Township
Columbia
Lancaster
Chestnut Level
Automobile Club
Abel
Lancaster City
Jacob Kiechelberger
Charles W. Eaby
Public Service Commission
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Kurtz’ Block Factory
Ephrata
State Highway Department
Austin E. McCullough
Wallace L. Robinson
William N. Anderson
Oliver J. Keller
William J. Saul
Walter Streighthof
A. J. Melchoir
Christiana
Harry Ressler
New Holland
H. Clay Miller
Jacob L. Haines
Edward Gable
Maryland
Maryland State Road Commission
Cecil County
Mason and Dixon Line
Qair J Wood
First Woman Lawyer in Lancaster
Anna E. Davis Mumma seeks bar examination to become the first woman member of the Lancaster Bar. A petition by her brother B F Davis Jr was granted to permit exams before the local board on July 1 and 2. She graduated Dickinson Law School Carlisle and studied two years in her late father B F Mumma Sr’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna E. Davis
Mumma
Dina
Lancaster Board
Lancaster Bar
B. F. Davis, Jr
Dickinson Law School
Carlisle
B. Fp." Davis
Dickinson
Islands Always Growing From Hawaii Lava Eruptions
Hawaii islands continually rise as lava from eruptions cools and creates new land. Volcanic activity adds material that expands shorelines and forms fresh coastal areas.
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Hawaii
Reward Offered to Save Ancient Rock Hieroglyphs
The Susquehanna Power Company and Baltimore backers offer 5000 dollars for preserving or relocating ancient rock inscriptions along the Susquehanna near Holtwood and above the planned dam site. Scientists say the carvings may be among North America’s oldest human records.
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Lancaster County
Susquehanna River
Pennsylvania Water and Power Company
Holtwood
Holtwood Dam
Conowingo
Earthworms Grind Soil Finer Than Warmers
Earthworms in Yorubaland West Africa surface 2200 tons of soil per square mile annually in casts. Over 30 years, every inch of soil to two feet depth is ventilated and drained. An acre holds about 200,000 worms acting as miniature mills, refining soil better than man tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorubaland
West Africa
Turtle Not a Rat Catcher in Lancaster County
A Lancaster county woman kept a land turtle in her cellar to scare rats. The animal chased by a rat and a tug with the turtle’s tail prompted a noisy scene, leading to the realization the wrong turtle was used. She has since acquired a snapping turtle.
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Lancaster County
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Palm Beach
Moheir
Unio
Uchterwear
Pat
Gare
Wwe
W. H. Buch
Huse
Lititz Springs Park
Sweigert
Evangelical Union S. Schools of Reading
First Presbyterians
Schools of Lancaster
St. Marks Lutheran
Bible School of Lancaster
Druckenbrod
Advent Lutheran S. School of Lancaster
Lecla
Mechanicsburg
Emanuel Lutheran S. School of Lancaster
Faith Reformed
School of Lancaster
Fishborn U. B
Hershey
Lane
Ass'n
St. Luke’s “Lutheran
S. S. of Reading
St. Stephens Lutheran
S. of
Tadmore Siesta No
Bagdad
Reading
St. John’s Reformed
Kopp
Zem Zem
Lance
County
Church of God
Taylor
Memorial Presbyterian
Andie
St. Luke's Reformed
Dohners
Kemper
Lancaster Moravian
Hornberger
African Bethel M. E
Bomberger
Honey Brook Evangelical
Witmer
Gantz
Butzer
Steven
Garman
Culp
Keath
Freymeyer
Coldren
Solly
Norris
Criminal Court
Aj Trifler
Susquehanna Company
Conowingo Dam
Turtle
Long & Co
Lititz, PA
Ture
Ata
Jox
Vauit
I Carload
Frigerators
Leonard and
Beldingy Hall
Hern Hackman Frayfe Paglor
R. M. Spach
Ness
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