Local business, road warning, and cattle sale notes
In Mas tersonville a John Witmer sale saw Helstein cows fetch 117, 153 and 140 dollars. Elizabethtown rumors speak of capitalists forming a trust company. Otto Hisenlohr & Bros. won a 87000 dollar contract for a new plant and tobacco warehouse. A market house charter is sought in Elizabethtown by a group including George D. Boggs and others. The Quarryville to Anicorn road is badly damaged with mud and deep ruts, needing extensive repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Witmer
Mastersonville
Helstein
Elizabethtown
Otto Hisenlohr & Bros
Philadelphia Cigar Manufacturers
George D. Boggs
Allen A. Coble
H. J. Gish
Michael W. Sharer
Gise
D. Boges
Manning
Quarryville
Anicorn
Captured a Chicken Thief in Marietta
Two young men from Marietta and nearby areas trapped a chicken thief after luring him to a tobacco cellar with a wire and cow bell. They discharged shotgun observations and captured John Shippley, turning him over to constables at the Maytown lockup. Local residents had suffered poultry losses for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Maytown
Henry Fletcher
Marietta and
Reuben Fitzgee
Henry Fletcher, Jr
C. C. Hicks
William Shields
Filby
John Shippley
Tom Cat of Penn Township Passes Away
Old Tom, a Thomas cat who for eight or nine years lived at John T. Witmer's in Penn township, is dead. He slept with the chickens at night and hunted fats by day while guarding the chicks from harm, a notably unusual tom cat.
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Thomas Cat
John T. Witmer
Penn Township
Fats
Electric railway plan promises savings and faster build
Proponents argue the Edison storage battery system for the Eph rata and Lebanon line would cut costs by $175,000 in construction and $20,000 annually in operation versus trolley wires. They plan to raise capital soon and start construction next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata and Lebanon
Tree Full of Bible Lore Nove Form
A compact study of biblical statistics surveys counts and features across the Bible. It notes letters words verses chapters books and key facts such as longest and shortest chapters verses and notable names and phrases within the scripture. It also remarks that the book of Esther omits the name of God and praises knowledge wisdom holiness and love.
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Tezra
God
Pennsylvania faces primary law gap for municipal county races
A note from Capitol Hill discusses the lack of current Pennsylvania law for holding a primary when municipal and county candidates are nominated. If Election Code Commission bills fail, a new act would be needed to establish a legal primary day for municipal and county elections, since 1909 primaries cover only general elections.
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Pennsylvania
Capital Hill
Election Code Commission
Modern magic feats touted by Popular Mechanics
The March issue highlights wireless magic like frying an egg on ice and lighting lamps via hands or wireless power. In Schaefferstown, Tillie Zimmerman erects a granite public drinking fountain in the square as a memorial to her mother, Mrs. Pete Zimmerman, descendant of Schaeffer, founder of Schaefferstown two centuries ago. The fountain is carved from a solid granite block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics
Tillie Zimmerman
Schaefferstown
Pete Zimmerman
Vegetable origin of coal and its stages
The piece links wedding anniversaries to a vegetable origin and explains peat forming coal through buried plant matter under water. It traces progression from peat to lignite, bituminous coal, and finally anthracite as matter undergoes heat and pressure, releasing nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon.
Expert Pitches and Tortillas in Yucatan Meals
A travelogue describes a Yucatan dining scene where tortillas are tossed like boomerangs to guests by a host and an Indian maid. The writer notes the playful bombardment amid animated conversation about Mayan origins and tour purposes. The piece ends with a medical note from London Lancet on how smoking before meals disrupts saliva and can cause insomnia, advising light food or soda to neutralize stomach acidity.
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Yucatan
Aright
Gays
Egypt
London
Irish Respondent Admits Assault in Court
A judge questions O'Shaughnessy about a bar room clash. He concedes the assault saying he gave the man four strikes after being called a fool. The judge probes whether the act was an insult, and O'Shaughnessy replies he did not view it as betrayal of trust.
Duty, a Power that Rises With Us Each Day
A reflective line on duty equating it with our intelligence and daily action. Duty is described as a constant shadow that follows us, accompanying every morning and resting with us at night as long as we stay in the light of life.
Savage Asia rites described as human sacrifice and cannibal ceremony
An excerpt from William Jameson Reid's Unexplored Asia recounts a ritual by a fictional Chite tribe. It details a wild festival in Chite City with a cannibal feast, a grim temple ceremony, and a priest performing a ritual sacrifice on a funeral pyre guarded by torches and a grotesque stone idol.
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Asia
William Jameson Reid
Chite City
Znchan
Ping Mountains
Shanghai
Tibet
Kindness in Us Blunts Sting of Unkindness in Others
A reflective line asserts kindness within people softens cruelty in others, suggesting inner virtues shape outward reactions and harmony in social interactions. The quote frames empathy as a universal, practical balm across relationships.
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Landor
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W. H. Buch
Record Building
Lititz, PA
Lititz
Old Tom
Holy Writ
China
Coal
Savages OF
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Heinitsh
BIG Furniture and Carpet
S. Queen St
Lancaster
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
East
King St
Hoffmeier Bros
King Street
Reader
N. B
North Queen Str
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