Ephrata Schools Close Term and Picnic Plans
Ephrata borough schools end their nine month term on May 22 with commencement on May 23. A union Sunday school picnic is set for July 16 at Lititz, with six participating Sunday schools expected to return. Brethren spring love feasts are scheduled across several districts from May 2 to 24. A Columbia drayman may lose the end of his left thumb after a horse bit it off, then rushed to hospital for reattachment. The Columbia railroad bridge will receive a new paint coat starting May 20. Theo. Witman is named superintendent of the Lancaster County Fair poultry show with F. G. Christman as assistant. Florin poultry keeper Leyi Sheetz reports a successful hatch of 175 peeps from 200 eggs. The fire that destroyed the “little red mill” on the A. Dellinger farm in Strasburg township is believed caused by sparks from a traction engine. Miss Eliza Raffensberger sails May 5 for the Philippines to work as a nurse. Lancaster General Hospital treated 242 patients in April, with 166 charity cases. total operations reached L16.
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Ephrata Borough
Lititz
Church of the Brethren
Spring Grove
West Conestoga
Middle Creek
Columbia
Lancaster County Fair Association
Theo. Witman
Allentown
F. G. Christman
East Greenfield
Leyi Sheetz
A. Dellinger
Strasburg Township
Eliza Raffensberger
Albert Raffensberger
Elizabethtown
Phillipine Islands
San Francisco
Cal
Lancaster General Hospital
Two Independent School Districts in the County
The county has two independent districts Lincoln and New Milltown formed in 1866 and earlier. New Milltown began when Governor William Bigler approved an act creating parts of Salisbury and Leacock townships as Lititz district, later joined by Moravian Society of Lititz property. The Safe Harbor district was created in 1855 and absorbed into Conestoga township after iron works declined. Lincoln district covers parts of Earl Ephrata East Cocalico and Brecknock townships and lies north of Martindale, with no connection to the village of Lincoln.
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Lincoln
New Milltown
William Bigler
Salisbury
Leacock
Moravian Society of
Lititz
Borough of
Warwick Township
Safe Harbor
Conestoga Township
Earl
Ephrata
East Cocalico
Brecknock
Martindale
The King of Skyscrapers Opens Woolworth Building
The Woolworth Building in New York City opens with a 57 story tower 793 feet tall lighting up 80 000 electric lights. 13.5 million dollars were spent on the project, with 10 000 tenants expected and a complex internal system including 43 miles of plumbing pipes and round trip elevator rides of four miles.
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Woolworth
New York City
Capitol
United States
New York
Broadway
Park Place
White House
Washington
Cass Gilbert
Barclay Street
Whitewashing Trees: A State Zoologist’s Practical View
Pennsylvania State Zoologist H A Surface explains whitewashing provides slight pest control but does not reach pests on branches or borers inside trees. He recommends boiling sulfur with lime to create an effective, visually acceptable insecticide and fungicide.
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H. A. Surface
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Buffalo Bill Wild West Show Comes to Lancaster May Sixteenth
Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill combine for a grand wild west exhibition in Lancaster on Friday May 16 with a newly arranged arena and painted tents. The spectacle features riders from Arab to Haute Ecole, an old-time foxhunt led by Kenny stud high jumpers, Max Gruber’s elephant Minnie, Russian peasant dancers, a six horse dapple gray team driven by Billy Wales, and Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill directing a dramatic world history display.
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Buffalo Bill
Haute Ecole
Gener- Kenny Stud
Max Gruber
Minnie
Dapple Grays
Billy
Wales
Instinctive Translation From a Baltimore American Letter
A terse exchange showing a father and mother reacting to a touching letter from their son Frank. The snippet captures a moment of emotional connection and concern over money mentioned in the father’s brief inquiry about how much he charged or contributed.
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John
Frank
Baltimore
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Walter H. Buch
Panama
W. H. Buch
the King OF Skyscrapers
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The
Bell Telephone Company
Penna
R. E. Smith
Lancaster, Pa
Farmers National Bank
Mever
Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
cHicaco
Dallas
Kansas City
Denver
Minneapolis
Boston
Philadelphia
Lancaster City
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Aere
North Queen
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