County notes on Swarthmore Chautauqua and local events
County items report no effort to secure the Swarthmore Chautauqua in Ephrata Lititz hosts a welcome for Lester McVey back from France Miss Eurth Nissley departs for India as missionary from San Francisco Lemon Mellinger near Denver sells 50 bushels of Rural New Yorker potatoes at 2 25 to 2 39 a bushel Franklin Bogie dies in Marietta from a bullet wound Aaron Buch of Akron sells 30 year old harness at public sale for 3 dollars Wacker Brewery sold to crewmaster William Darran and John Duhi Grain dealer John W Eshleman plans large grain elevator on old hotel site Mrs Laura Kauffman of Marietta discovers twins inside a hen egg Denver and Ephrata Telephone Co new pin and bracket business bought J R Groff Brownstown ships 3600 dozen eggs to Philadelphia direct shipping lowers price by half in city and stirs turmoil
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata
Swarthmore
John W. Eshleman
Lancaster
North Queen Street
Waller's
Laura Kauffman
Marietta
C. CG. Haley
Denver
Spany
Rufus A. Gant
Philadelphia
Moravian Missionary to Nicagua and Local Farm Notes
Mrs Myrtle Rith faces divorce proceedings in Reading after testimony that her husband bought her three pairs of stockings in three years. Rev Kenneth Tramilton, son of Rev Dr J T Hamilton, will go to Nicagu a as a missionary. Mink prey on poultry in Du nia ta county especially Licking Creek Valley with 89 fowl killed in one hen house. A bronze turkey hen sold for thirty dollars at Ira Early’s public farm stock sale weighing twenty pounds. A red fox captured alive in Bloomingdale valley near Summit Hill gave birth to two young after being kept in a kennel by Thomas Hingel Jr. Rev Harry E Stocker of South Bethlehem accepted the call to First Moravian Church New York City replacing Bishop Morris Leibert who died recently. Rev Stocker is a native of Nisky in the county. Samuel Thunseer of Leb anon R D No 1 owns a dresser built in 1775, repaired with inlaid dogwood mahogany and cedar by Frank H Keller and J K Artz of Kleinfeltersville. Morris Heckman of North Hamburg reports trapping over 300 muskrats 1 skunk and 1 raccoon weighing 1 pounds in past winter. A southbound PRR local freight crew near Magee siding Vidio nto observed five deer 200 yards away as the train approached with the engine whistling yet the deer showed no panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Rith
Reading
Kenneth Tramilton
J. T. Hamilton
Moravian College and Theological Seminary
Bethlehem
Nica- Tagua
Duniata County
Licking Creek Valley
Ira Early
South Londonderry
Lebanon County
Bloomingdale
Summit Hill
Thomas Hingel, Jr
Harry E. Stocker
South Bethlehem
Moravian Church
Frank H. Keller
J. K. Artz
Kleinfeltersville
Morris Heckman
North Hamburg
Hamburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Magee Siding
Vidionte
Lancaster preps for 53rd G A R encampment in June
Lancaster city and county veterans of the Civil War and patriotic orders plan the fifty third annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Lancaster during the second week of June, starting June 8. thousands of G A R members and auxiliary members from across Pennsylvania are expected. John Crall named delegate for Lititz G A R Post. encampment previously held in Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Patriotic Orders
Lancaster City
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Pennsylvania
United States
John Crall
Lititz
Figures on Allies' food needs in Europe 1919
Herbert C Sloover outlines the number of people America is asked to feed: 7,500,000 in Belgium, 20,000,000 in Poland, 12,000,000 in Czecho Slovakia, 13,000,000 in Roumania, 12,009,000 in Greater Serbia, 20,000,000 in Finland, plus millions elsewhere. By end February 1919 the U.S. Treasury has spent about 300 million dollars, roughly one million tons of food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert C, Sloover
America
Belgium
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Roumania
Serbia
Finland
Trees 150 Years Old Used in Ship Building
Rings on stumps of large oaks cut at Winneganee Maine indicate shipbuilding use. Some trees dated from 100 to 25 years old, with others having grown for 150 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneganee
Maine
Ordnance Depot To Stay Near Middletown
The government will maintain a permanent Ordnance Depot west of Middletown with 300 civilian employees. Captain A A De Lapp announced the discharge of 600 soldiers, all to be discharged by April 1, with many leaving this Saturday. The depot will store thousands of tons of ammunition, much of it shipped back from France, and temporary buildings will be erected to handle excess supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
A. A. de Lapp
France
White Weasel Shot Sparks Value Talk in Weissport
Thomas Dorwarg of Weissport shoots a white weasel rare to these parts. The skin is valued at 10 dollars and the pelt at 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Dorwarg
Weissport
17 Year Locust Threat Looms Over New Homes
The article notes the periodical cicada, or 17 year locust, nearing emergence this year as woodland clearing and new houses drive its habitat loss. It recounts historical observations from Moreton to Kalm, and introduces a new circular, The 17 Year Locust in 1919, detailing its history and protective measures available in 21 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon Merritt
Office of Information
United States Department of Agriculture
Fire at Milton Grove Farm Devastates Risser Property
A major blaze at Abraham Risser’s Milton Grove farm, sparked by a bailer rig, destroyed barn and house and killed most livestock including steers cows horses hogs chickens geese and ducks. Loss exceeds 13000 dollars, with partial insurance. The fire lit the sky, seen as far as Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Risser
Milton Grove
Lititz
Urgey Early Furchase of Winter Coal Supply
The fuel administration urged early purchase of next winter coal. It stated coal is more plentiful now than it may be for some time due to expected heavy exports, and that the public has the best chance to place orders now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urgey
The
Fuel Administration
Blind Bucks farmer overcomes odds to farm and make brooms
Isaac Warmkessel of Slemingsville Bucks county recounts thirty nine years since a premature dynamite blast left him blind. He has farmed with help from his son, built a neat stone wall, and in winters crafts 2500 to 2600 brooms despite loss of sight from one eye and severe retina damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Warmkessel
Slemingsville
Bucks County
Paradise Girl Leaves for China to Begin Mission Work
Miss Ada St. Buckwalter of Paradise, daughter of Mrs. Lydia Buckwalter, departed Lancaster today for China to take up missionary duties. She will sail from Vancouver on April 10 aboard the Empress of Russia. In China she will join her sister Mary who has spent four and a half years there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada St. Buckwalter
Paradise
Lydia
Buckwalter
Lancaster
China
Vancouver
B.C
Russia
Claims Hard Luck Championship in Harrisburg
John Middleton, a Harrisburg resident and local restaurant cashier, is described as the hard luck champion after a severe nosebleed led to his hospitalization. The injury allegedly came from a street incident at a restaurant where he works, and Middleton notes he recently became a cashier following the theft of his taxi and prior robberies and a hold up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Middleton
Harrisburg
Bach Festival at Lehigh University to be led by J Fred Welle
Dr J Fred Welle conductor of the Bethlehem Bach Choir announces the 1919 Bach Festival at Lehigh University on June 6 and 7. Eight cantatas and the Mass in B Minor will be rendered. Welle received a Doctor of Music degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Fred Welle
Bethlehem Bach Choir
Lehigh University
Welle
University of Pennsylvania
Academy of Music
Philadelphia
Edgar ¥. Smith
A. Buch Sons Wheelbarrow Plant Hits Record Output
The A. Buch Sons Company of town produced 3,000 wheelbarrows in the just completed year, the largest yearly total in the firm's history. They now work on an order for 2,000 and the outlook suggests the coming year may exceed last year's output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Buch Sons’ Company
Spring Fever and Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
Mrs Erica E Chisom of 3857 Corat St endorses Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a spring tonic to combat blood stagnation and fatigue. The letter highlights the product’s alcohol-free formula and mentions Pleasant Pellets for constipation and liver support, urging others to try Pierce medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Pierce
Philadelphia
Dr. Pierce
Moy
Son Inherits Half of $500,000 Detwiler Estate
Major W. Sanderson Detwiler of Columbia borough, now with the Army of Occupation in Germany, is bequeathed half of his father Daniel T. Detwiler’s $500,000 estate. The elder Detwiler, a noted Columbia banker, died recently after a fall from his home window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Sanderson Detweiler
Columbia Borough
Army of Occupation
Germany
Daniel T. Detwiler
Columbia
King drag improves public roads in townships
Supervisors employ the King drag on public roads and report noticeable improvements. Areas once nearly impassable now show better conditions due to the drag work, with several townships citing good results after its use.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cooper
Wilson Baum
W. H. Buch the Record Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
the County
Aaron Buch
Akron
Wacker
William Darran
John Duhi
Beecham
G. AR
JME
Ordnance Depot
Charles
Charles’ Drug Store
Tonail Medicine Co
Lancaster, Pa
Gideon B. Smith
L. Marlatt
Europe
American
Nathaniel Moreton
Cambridge
Mass
New England
Plymouth
T. M
Thomas Matthews
Samuel Matthews
Virginia
Pehr Kalm
Amos Goblé
Paradise Girl
Wingert & Haas
John A. Haas
N. Queen St
Chas. H. Frey
East King St
W. A
Valentine Mars
W. W
Appel & Sons & Opticians
W.W. Apple & Son
Optometrists
North
Queen Street
Ohana Eoeoeespewe
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