Prize essay contest to be held at Stevens Girls High School
The Donegal Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution will conduct a prize essay contest at Stevens Girls High School in Lancaster on Friday. The item lists various local notes including a crimson bloom, poultry losses, tobacco crop yields, a proposed Lancaster Socialist weekly, and several local anecdotes.
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Donegal
Daughters of the Revolution
Stevens Girl’s High School
Lancaster
Clayton Miller
Manheim
Lancaster County Socialist
Section boss killed by southbound train near Manheim
John M. Weigel a section boss on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad for five years was struck by a southbound train near Manheim at about 7 30 p m He had his right leg amputated and died instantly He was about 45 unmarried a native of York and was attending to business in Manheim that day A sum of about eighty dollars and bank and account books were found on him Deputy Coroner J B Stroh and Dr J D Hershey ruled the death accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Weigel
Philadelphia and Reading
Manheim
Weigel
Lancaster Junction
York
J. B. Stroh
J. D. Hershey
Colin Cameron Dead, Noted Lancaster County Figure Dies
Word comes from the East of the death in Arizona of Colin Cameron a former Lancaster County citizen. He was son of the late Simon Cameron a nephew of General Simon Cameron. He led the Brickerville Elizabeth stock farms later helped organize San Rafael ranch in Arizona and engaged in business and political affairs after disputes with the U S interior department. He leaves wife Alice Smith and several children. His brother Brewster Cameron formerly connected with the U S attorney general's office died at Niagara Falls.
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Arizona
Colin Cameron
Lancaster County
Mr. Cameron
Simon Cameron
Selinsgrove
Snyder County
Lancaster’ County
West
Cameron
Elizabeth
Brickerville
Colemains
Don Cameron
Smalls
Pillinyers
York
Martin Hildebrand
Mt. Joy
Lancaster
York Counties
San Rafael
Interior Department
United States
Alice Smith
Bainbridge
Brewster Cameron
United States Attorney General’s Office
Niagara Falls
Fruit Growing as a Profitable Occupation in Lebanon Valley
L. W. Lighty profiles Henry C. Snavely, a pioneer horticulturist near Lebanon, Pennsylvania, who turned hillside slaty soil into a thriving fruit operation. The article praises his 2200 three year old peach trees, variety plums pears and apples, his careful pruning, soil moisture management, and intensive spraying. It notes high quality fruit, strong markets, and Snavely as a model of national agricultural progress.
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National Stockman and Farmer
L. W. Lighty
Henry C. Snavely
City of Furnaces and
Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture
Mr. Snavely
Smith
Lebanon Valley
Lebanon City
Snavely
Snavelyn
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Ats
W. H. Buch
Clothier and Gents’ Furnisher Record Building
Lititz, PA
O.M. Romig
Schoeneck
H. 5S. Rohrer
Paradise Township
John B. Hacker
Denver
Peter Sweigart
Near
Reinhold’s
H. M. Walters
Pike County
Fred. 5. Klinger
Ephrata
H. A. Surface
Mr. Klinger
Surface
Samuel Taylor
Union Grove
Spring Grove
Lebanon County
Wingert & Haas
N. Queen ST
Lancaster, PA
Heinitsch’s
BIG. i
Furniture and Carpet
S. Queen St
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
Hoffmeier Bros
King Street
Reader
N. B
North Queen Stre
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