Diverse Local Notes Highlight County Life
A Plymouth Rock hen in Spring Grove lays double yolk eggs every other day. At H. H. Fry farm sale 260 dined, $5000 worth goods sold. Adams county apples yield 176,995 barrels with 1180 corn shipped. 1910 carloads up 60 percent. George Dubs of near Gettysburg travels to Philadelphia for surgery, first train ride at age 40. Harry Lanius of York County seeks Democratic Assembly nomination in Fourth District, campaigning actively. Senator Daniel P. Gerberich of Lebanon to be unopposed, from a long German-French Huguenot lineage. M. J. Shambaugh of York reports Shanghai cable of Rev. Dr. C Newton Dubs and Rev. W. I. Shambaugh bound for Changsha in Hunan, China. Mrs. Shambaugh sails April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Rock
Edward S. Senft
Spring Grove
H. H. Fry
George Dubs
Gettysburg
Philadelphia
Western Maryland Railway
Harry Lanius
North Codorus Township
York County
Daniel P. Gerberich
Lebanon
France
Germany
America
M. J. Shambaugh
York
Shanghai
China
C. Newton Dubs
W. I. Shambaugh
United Evangelical Church
Chang-Sha
Hunan
Mr. Shambaugh
Maneuvers at Mt Gretna Set for July With Army and State Guards
War Department officials and Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart plan a joint camp at Mt Gretna in July involving United States Army troops and Pennsylvania National Guard units. Governor Tener is to participate with the regulars, pending approval from the Eastern division commander and other high officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Pennsylvania
Mt. Gretna
War Department
Thomas J. Stewart
Pennsylvania National Guard
National Militia Board
Tener
Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Car Nearing Completion
Messrs H W Smith and Roy W Swope of the Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company visited Hast Orange New Jersey where they learned the Beach Edison storage battery car ordered months ago is nearing completion. It will be shipped in a few days and expected to operate between Ephrata and Hopeland by the 20th of the month.
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Messrs
Roy Wswope
Ephrata
The Brain in Bodies Far Beyond the Skull
Detroit Free Press notes scientists claim the brain’s gray matter appears in other body parts such as finger tips and the throat. It argues thinking occurs throughout the body and urges self education, harmony, and kindness toward oneself to avoid internal conflict and illness. The piece concludes with a humorous quip from Exchange.
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Detroit Free Press
Lost Spectacles Found Through a Series of Mixups
A New York man visiting from upstate asks a nephew to retrieve his gold rimmed glasses from a Broadway restaurant. The nephew returns with another pair found at the same spot. A second nephew later locates a different pair, and a wife’s note reveals she found a pair on the writing desk at home and mails them to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Gantie Mar
Upstate
New York City
Broadway
New York
New York Herald
Morocco City: Real Gateway to the Sahara
Morocco City stands as the capital of the southern Moroccan kingdom, famed for the Kutubia tower and historic mosques. Its scenic upper Tenesist valley setting, Atlas mountains backdrop, and less warlike stance drew frequent European visitors and linked trade routes toward Timbuktu and Taradant.
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Morocco
Bez
Seville
Murey Abdallah
Tenesist
Grand Atlas Mountains
Fez
Mekmnez
Sahara
Glawi
Atlas Mountains
Tablet
Timbuktu
Draa
Atlas Chain
Taradant
Sus
London Standard
Queen Ants Show Industrious Queens Far From Bees
Dr. W. M. Wheeler argues that the queen ant surpasses the queen bee in virtues. The ant queen is praised as a perfect exemplar, while the bee queen is described as decadent and unable to nourish herself or young, store honey, or build combs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Wheeler
London Globe
Odd Signs and Witty Placards Across Businesses
A Boston Transcript note highlights humorous placards in shops and eateries. Signs range from a cinema warning parents to barber and tailor quips about shaving and dyeing. A silversmith adjoins a restaurant with playful lines about plating jewelry and seafood.
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Boston Transcript
Dodging the Dun in Detroit Free Press quip on credit and cash
A quip questions downtown shopping versus neighborly purchases. The speaker cites credit exhaustion with Pye and a fear of being viewed as wealthy if paying cash, avoiding dun. The remark highlights local attitudes toward debt and spending.
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Pye
Detroit
Bittersweet Vows Amid War Cheer and Farewell
In a fragment from a LondonBits page, a newlywed couple faces the foreboding of impending conflict. The young husband vows to enlist when the next war arrives, while the wife pleads against separation as cheers rise for a victory. The column then notes a quip about busy people doing little.
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Hub
George
London
Lititz Fraternal and Community Meeting Schedule
Local lodges and clubs list weekly and monthly meeting times in Rudy's Hall, the Swan Hotel, and various venues. Groups include Masons, Knights of Pythias, G H Ladies, G A R, Jr A A M, Lititz Borough Council, School Board, Hose Company, and Y M C A activities with exact days and start times.
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Jiitite Castle
Rudy's Hall
Lita Lodge
Rudy’s Hall
Jitite Lodge
I. Masts Hyeey
Garfield Castle
Marming
Star Temple
Ladies of the
G. H
Washington Camp
Rothsville
Swan Hotel
Brobst's
Lititz Springs
Lititz
Council Chamber
Fia High School
Lititz Hose Company
Warwick School Board
Warwick House
Litita Agricultural Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Litita Y. M. C. A
Www
T. U
the Loyal Temperance Legion
Court Lititz
F. of A
Rudy’a Hall
Trolley Road Schedules
Trolley timetables for Lancaster Lititz and Manheim list morning departures from 5 AM. Weekdays and Saturdays show half hour increments to evening with additional late trains. Sunday first car from Lancaster 7 AM and from Lititz 8:15 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Lititz
Prmassung
Manhum
Manheim
A. M
Firet
Trains Leave Linirz for Reading and Philadelphia
Trains depart Linirz for Reading and Philadelphia on weekdays at 7 68 AM, 1 08 PM, and 7 03 PM. Sundays at 7 58 AM and 7 63 PM. Also service to Asweester and Columbia at 3 19 AM, 1 26 PM, and 7 08 PM weekdays. Lebanon service runs weekdays and Sundays with 7 08 PM on Sundays.
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Leavs
Linirz
Reading
Paladpinie
Bae
Asweester
Columbia
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J. H. Keener
Maytown
Elizabethtown
Ind
Marietta
The
Lancaster Trust Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
J. Hay Brown
John
Sekiles
Grarill
Long
Ficers
John Hertaler
John D. Skiles
Falort C Miller
G.8
Mellinghr
Torn Graneta
W. A. Hensel
H.W. Hartman
John Hertzler
John A. Nauman
John B. Miller J.T, Breneman
J. H. Weaver
A. H. Kreider
W. Vine ST
C. N. Derr
Fortright
S. M. Huber
Lititz, PA
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville, PA
Hix
South Broad Street
Marion
Jamms Shsseman
Waverly
Waverly O
Pittsburg
Andy
C. H. Kreider
Hardware Store
Main St
Decker and
Janssen
Jans
Stephen B. Kissinger
W. Lemon
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
W. H. Muth & Co
Spruce Villa Dairy
J. C. Brubaker
John F. Schleibh
Spruce St
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