Various Local Notices and Events From County Ledger
County taxes rise 1 mill to fund lockup and police force. Stoltzfus school in Caernarvon has 27 children under Superintendent Fleisher. Goodville residents oppose Henry Martin’s hotel license with 77 signatories. William S. Yeager sues Edison Electric Co. for 8000 after shock while installing a reservoir pump. George Washington honored at 1791 banquet. Almanac later calls him father of our country. Marietta man George J. Atkins returns from Mexico trip via Hidalgo Pass. Texas raid reported. Susquehanna shad season opens March 1 and runs to June 20, with ice still delaying market arrivals.
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Elizabethtown
Caernarvon
Fleisher
Stoltzfus
Goodville
Henry Martin
William S. Yeager
Edison Electric Company of
Lancaster
George Washington
Lancaster Almanac
George J. Atkins
Marietta
Mexico
Texas
Hagle Pass
Rio Grande River
Susquehanna River
Bay
Ocean
Comptroller Murray Defends Bank Director Residency Policy
Comptroller of the Currency Murray writes to W F Day cashier of Sellersville National Bank in Pennsylvania defending a policy directing National Bank Examiners to confer with bank Directors and urging majority residency of Directors in the town of the bank. He denies any plan to require all Directors to reside in the same town.
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Murray
W. F. Day
Sellersville National Bank
Sellersville
Comptroller’s
National Bank
Spraying Trees to Battle San Jose Scale and Neighbor Indifference
A Pennsylvania fruit grower seeks help from Professor H A Surface on a neighbor's neglect of spraying for San Jose scale. The professor advises spraying once yearly with lime sulfur after leaves fall, notes that the neighbor bears the pests' consequences, and explains legal paths via the Secretary of Agriculture to force treatment if needed without revealing informants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
H. A. Surface
Sur‘face
San Jose
Secretary of Agriculture
Will Farm Skunks and Chestnuts Plan Scares Local Growers
Burgess Tewksbury of Catawissa proposes a 15 acre fox and chestnut farm to improve soil. A 14 foot fenced area will house breeding pens for silver gray and black foxes and Paragon chestnut plantations.
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Burgess Tewksbury
Catawissa
Oes
Petrov Drawn Between Servant and Master at Castle
In St Petersburg Petrov navigates temptations and class strife as Count Nikola's tyranny grows. Sascha and Petrov clash over duty while the serf remains loyal to his foster mistress. A risky journey to meet the Countess and winter peril loom on the steppe as tensions rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikola
St. Petersburg
Sascha
Petrov
Sonja
Count Nikola
Nevsky Prospect
Siberia
Nikole
Petrov Alexandrowitsch
Petrow Alexandrowitsch
Nikola Michailowitsch
Petrow
Vladimir
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. H. Buch
Clothier
Record Building
Lititz, Penna
Petrow Alexandrowitsch By
M. Grabi
Frances Steitler
Young Ladies’ School
Alientown, Pa
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
the Farmers National Your Bank
Lititz
Farmers National Bank
Heinitsch’s
Heinitsh
Russia
Chas. H. Frey
King St
N. Queen St
North
Queen Str
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