Local notes and notable happenings in Lancaster county
The Columbia Independent forecasts cheaper eggs ahead while Millersville and Phoeta host churches and families. Landisville’s Howard B Stauffer harvests lemons from his own tree. A 2000 seat theater planned at North Queen and West Chestnut. Milton Good injured by dynamite on a Hinkletown farm. Columbia teachers honor ex superintendent Dr Daniel Fleisher now county superintendent. George W Hull wills Lancaster estate valued at 100000 to two sisters and a neighbor bequest. Attorney General Hensel contributes to Buchanan history.
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Columbia Independent
Millersville
Phrata
Howard B. Stauffer
Landisville
Lancaster
North Queen
West Chestnut Streets
Milton Good
Dr. Reemsoyder
Hinkletown
Milton
Public Schools of
Columbia
Daniel Fleisher
Lloyd Mifflin
Donegal Valley
James Buchanan
Gift to Missions from Lancaster Man Shocks Community
Israel B. Shreiner a Lancaster retiree and generous local donor gave 8000 to Methodist Church missions. He earmarked 5000 for the Home Missionary Society and 8000 for the foreign board, vowing to distribute his fortune before death. He was well known in Lititz and related to the late A W Shober.
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Israel B. Shreiner
Lancaster City
Methodist Church
United States
Home Missionary Society
Foreign Board
Shreiner
Lititz
A. W. Shober
Mail Horse Sets Long Route Record on Rural Carrier
F. J Hoger, a carrier on rural route No. 2, owns a mare that has traveled fourteen miles on his route per trip, four times the distance across the United States in four years, logging about 14 000 miles under government work and additional travels.
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F. J Hoger
United States
Portland Oregonian
Beagle collateral in theft sale tied to tobacco profits
A beagle is captured in a quick theft during a tobacco delivery. The dog ends up in Mr. Neff’s wagon and is fenced as security for repayment, with owners to redeem by paying principal interest and feed. The incident follows a wallet theft using a five dollar bill and quarters.
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Neff
Manor Township
Tisenlohr
Silver Spring
Neil
Banco
Electric Lamps To Drop Prices Nationwide
The Justice Department reports intimations that prices of all electric light bulbs will be reduced by about 3319 percent across the United States as a direct result of the government anti trust suit against the electric lamp trust.
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Govermment
Electric Lamp Trust
Department of Justice
United States
The Subscription Reminder in The RECORD
A playful yet firm plea for readers to renew subscriptions. The note warns those who do not pay may be omitted from future issues and invites timely renewal by the reader.
Two Big Fires Strike County Mills and Stores
A fire at Denver Borough destroyed a planing mill office and caused about 2000 dollars in damage while saving the first floor and machinery. Earlier, a high wind fanned a blaze at Millway destroying a frame store and dwelling worth about 5000 dollars with several homes threatened and a firefighter injured.
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Millway
Planing
Denver
J B. Brubaker
Coal and Lumber Deal
Messner Planing
Ralph Heine
Rothsville
Ephrata
Frank Brubaker
Jacob Kaffroth
John Reitz
Insurav
Did It Ever Occur to You
A humorous reflection notes people rush to front seats at public entertainments yet crowd to the back in church avoiding the sermon. The piece observes a paradox in seeking salvation gradually rather than immediately.
Cinder From Coatesville Found Rich in Iron
For years cinder from Coatesville furnaces was discarded but now found to contain iron comparable to ore. Mills have used the cinder to build a dam breast and to fuel blast furnaces, with widespread burying of cinder across the town, making the waste highly valuable and potentially saleable.
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Coatesville
Our Good Friends The Birds Must We Bid Them Adieu
A movement led by G O Shields seeks state legislation banning automatic guns for hunting wild birds. Connecticut has enacted a ban, aiming to protect beneficial birds and agriculture, while critics argue bag limits fail and unrestricted hunting threatens game birds and industry.
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G. O. Shields
League of American Sportsmen
Connecticut
Oxen and oxen teams in old Dromore celebrate sturdy farming
A tale from Lancaster County recalls a hay wagon loaded with tobacco drawn by two oxen ahead of four mules as crowds marvel at the sight. The piece highlights how ox teams were once common fifteen years ago and profiles farmer John J. Pen nel whose herd includes bulls and a remarkable cow that enjoyed yoked labor and produced twins.
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Lancaster County
Quarryville
Collinses
Montgomerys
Evans
Boyds
McSparrans
Browns
Amblers
Pattersons
Old Draymore
Pharoah
Nevetheless
Old Dromore
Lower
Fulton
John J. Pennel
Pennel
Penuel
Penu’a
Music at Hannahoe Grave Midnight Tribute Draws 1000
At midnight last Thursday in Catholic Cemetery Reading crowds in taxicabs cars and teams gathered to hear Alvah O. Schaeffer from Mt Penn play two pieces for the late Thomas Hannahoe. The event featured John Yeager and a local string orchestra before the cornetist performed at the grave site.
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Reading
Alvah O. Schaeffer
Mt. Penn
Thomas Hannahoe
Clainay
Mr. Schaeffer
John Yeager
Schaeffer
Court House
Galway
Irishtown
Family clock sale yields record bid in Pennsylvania
John Klimer of Stoudsburg paid 802 dollars at a public sale of his father Edward Kilmer’s household goods. The grandfather clock, valued at 25 dollars, drew the high bid amid a family dispute over possession, and Kilmer’s daughter also bought a table for 100 dollars.
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John Klimer
Stoudsburg
Edward Kilmer
Amandson Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
Han
W. H. Buch
Clothier and Gents’ Furnisher Record Building
Lititz, PA
Cinder
Hannahoe Grave
Wingert & Haas
QueEn ST
Lancaster, PA
Heinitsch’s
Heinitsh
S. Queen St
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
Hoffmeier Bros
King Street
Reader
N. B
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