Distillery to halt operations for ten days in Rome
From the past fifty years ago June 24 1881 D D Burkholders distillery at Rome planned a ten day shutdown for tube replacement. Business was strong. Lindes Hall graduated thirteen girls at the close of its 87th year. A Milchsack jewelry store lock attracting attention with hourly music. Kemper House barroom being remodeled and repapered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Burkholder
Rome
Lindes Hall
Milchsack
Kemper House
Prices in Market Report Prompt Spring Trade
Cherry supplies were abundant with prices at five cents per quart. Butter sold for twelve cents per pound and eggs at fourteen cents per dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eges
Big Picnk at Springs and New Bandstand Erected
Twenty five years ago on June 22 1906 residents from Shillington visited for a dinner at the Warwick House. The big picnic of the year for the Pennsylvan ia Railroad engineers of Columbia was held at the Springs. A new bandstand rose in Springs Park ready for Fourth concerts. A bumper cherry crop with low prices was noted. Four days of rain washed out fields and some town streets. Obituaries included Christian Y Becker Jefferson Grosh John H Phillipps and Bertha Mie Seaber.
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Shillington
Warwick House
Springs
Pennsylvania Railroad Engineers of
Columbia
Springs Park
Christian Y. Becker
Town
Jefferson Grosh
Neffsville
John H. Phillipps
Lexington
Bertha Mie Seaber
Warwick
Memorial aims to preserve Drake well as nation’s oil landmark
A movement by Pennsylvania oil men seeks to create a memorial reservation around Edwin A. Drake’s Drake well in Titusville Pennsylvan ia the first producing oil well in the United States. The plan funds a park upkeep a museum for relics of early oil days and protection against spring floods. Eleven nearby wells now produce oil as pump jacks operate from a common power house and cables.
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HE Drake
Titusville
Penna
United States
Edwin A. Drake
Pennsylvania Oil
Drake
Pennsylvania
Lititz Springs Park Booked Events Through September
A schedule of coming events at Lititz Springs Park lists numerous family reunions and group picnics from June through September. Entries include Sweigert, Keller, Covenant U B, St. Mark's Lutheran, Lititz Union Sunday Schools, Fassnacht, Emanuel Lu, Pomona Grange, and many other families and church groups with dates ranging from June 27 to September 7.
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Sweigert
Advent Lutheran
Christ Lutheran
First Presbyterian
Keller Family
Covenant U. B
St. Mark's Lutheran
Lititz Union
Bruckart Family
St. John's Reformed
St. Stephen’s
Evangelical Lutheran Sun
Fassnacht
Emanuel Lutheran
Foravian
Lancaster
Kling
Pomona Grange
Kreider
Brubaker
Eckert and Flory
Fryniger
Grange Meeting Addresses Hay at Rothsville High
The Warwick Grange met in the Rothsville High School building Monday evening with Master John Galbreath conducting the opening exercise. Members discussed hay topics and planned future sessions, signaling a productive rural gathering in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick Grange
Rothsville High School
John Galbreath
Rural Club Meeting Covers Household, Farm Topics
The meeting featured a roll call with neighbors asking questions followed by a song. John Brackart answered a question about farmers spending money, readings were given on The Kitchen Bouquet, and discussions on a Safe and Sane Fourth of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
John Bruckart
Hilla Stauffer
B. L. Miller
John Brackart
John Galbreath
Mr. Hess
Geo. Grunenberger
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