Lititz and Vicinity in Earlier Days The Warwick House Area
Philadelphia dispatch recounts Lititz area life circa 1834 detailing residents of the Warwick House road corridor. It notes tailors and merchants like Kreider, Aaron Enck as carpenter, Captain Seather and Augustus Enck, local farms, a daily Lancaster stage, and early church lands amid vast woods and developing streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Warwick
Lititz
John Ziegler
Charles Kreider
Tie
Sobkn Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Doster Levi Hall
John Seather
Augustus Euck
Seather
Lancaster
Seaberg
Augustus Enck
Imore
Joseph Brubaker
Jenry Kert
Elias Bamberger
Regennas
Beck
Rome
Jacob Dienmn
Indian Woods
Peyand
Warwick Wood
Elias Miller
Samuel Hutt
Davis
Henry Tess
Itr
Henry Hess
Hess
Jacob Diehm
William Muecke
Weill Pan
Ud Pfauiz
Jacob Gingyich
John Pfautz
Local events and reunions calendar spans summer months
The listing catalogs multiple community events through June to August including picnics reunions and church gatherings at Ephrata Manheim and surrounding towns. It notes dates for fire company festivals parades chautauqua season and family reunions with many locations such as Ephrata park Reamstown and Lititz.
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Manheim Borough High School
Ephrata High
County Firemas Association
Reamstown
Eckenroad
Ephrata
Weinhold
Ephrata Park
Stauffer
Sweiger
Fire Co
Moravian Ushers’ Association
Tulpehocken
Womelsdorf
Rupp
St. Luke’s
Lancaster
Taylor
Culp
Lititz Union
Oberholtzer
Kemper
Monster Carnival
Manheim Fire Co
Steffy
Eph
Dohner
Rata Park
Thurs
Salmaeu
Columbia
Brownstown Union
Romberger
Butzer
Buch
Lebanon Fair
Bring Back Your Good Looks From Doctor Pierce
An old medicinal ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Mayorita Prescription to restore strength and blood flow. It claims nerve toning and obstruction relief, touts herbal roots, targets women, and offers trial pricing and free medical advice from the Buffalo hotel address.
Memorial fund honors Bell at Northampton Deaf School
Under Calvin Coolidge’s chairmanship a committee aims to raise 500000 for the Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton Massachusetts. A 160000 memorial will honor Alexander Graham Bell and support teaching the deaf through voice instruction and outreach.
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Calvin Coolidge
United States
Giurke School For the Deaf
Northampton
Mass
Alexander Grahain Bell
Bell
Hubbard Hall
Glarke School For the Deaf
Gardiner G. Hubbard
Alexander Graham Bell
Engineers study voice ranges for clearer telephone transmission
Otto leads a select group of investigators in a sound proof cell while a second engineer adjusts a telephone line to filter high or low notes. The Western Nicotine Company Toll Telephone Libraries use these tests to identify essential tunes for intelligible speech and cheaper transmission.
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Jong
Otto
Tate
Nicotiie Company
Chicago Boston cable project advances toward Ohio completion
The Chicago to Boston telephone cable, by American Telephone and Telegraph, is slated to reach Cuyahoga Falls Ohio by May 5 and spans 1150 miles. Officials say the line costs about 200000 and already operates to New Castle Pennsylvania with adjacent feeder lines advancing toward Youngstown Ravenna and Pittsburgh segments. Repeater stations improve circuit efficiency, including one at Cuyahoga Falls.
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Chicago-Boston
American Telephone and Felegramy Company
Cuyahoga Patds
Ohio
New Castle
Cuyahoga
Youngstown
Ravenna
Pittsburgh
Youngs
Europe Seeks Wider International Telephone Service
The French Minister of Posts Telegraphs and Telephones plans to convene a conference with European nations to discuss a broader international telephone network. Officials face reluctance from governments to grant concessions, with current connections often failing unless callers pay the so called Current rate, three times the ordinary fee.
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Ati
Aharade
Europe
Cial Wulty
Language Use in US Cuba Talks Shifts to English and Spanish
Report highlights that most direct telephone conversations between the United States and Cuba are conducted in English, while discussions with Cuban individuals or groups often occur in Spanish. The note suggests ongoing language accommodation in diplomatic exchanges and public statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unite States
Cub
Bell System expands with 1922 telephones added
The 1922 American Telephone and Telegraph report shows over 600,000 new Bell System telephones. More than 14,000,000 telephones connected, 64 percent of wires now underground, and stockholders reach 248,925 with 52,583 new in the year. Long distance cables extend, enabling clear conversation across thousands of miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
Operator Explains Why Busy Signal Occurs On Calls
The article outlines how a telephone operator reports a busy line. It describes the quick test using cords and jacks to determine line status and argues that completing a call saves work by avoiding repeated attempts.
Early Telephone Concerts Like Radio Programs in Detroit
A telegraph operator named W. A. Jackson arrived in Detroit on March 6, 1877 with a portable telephone set. He demonstrated the instrument at the Detroit Club, sparking interest as news spread of the telephone linked to a telegraph line from Chicago enabling distant music to be heard in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
W. A. Jackson
Detroit
Chicago
Telephones Grow Popular in Constantinople
Constantinople the capital of Turkey shows rising use of the telephone as a communication method. The city with one million people has about 8000 phones, while the British Company running the system reports growing business and multilingual operators at the central office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
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Lititz and
Jacob T Diehm
Samuel Keller
Pfautz
New Haven
Rothsville
Buller
Withers
Covenant U. B. S
Luancaster
Columbia Union S. S
Alsace Lutheran
Reading
Mobler Family Reunion
Broad St. M
Mechanicsburg Union
Sthurs
Lititz Moravian
Emanuel Lutheran Sr
Kilheiner Family
Akron Union &. S
Hornberger
St. Mark's Lutheran
Zem Zem
K. of M
Lancaster County
Mishler
Keath
Mon
Frymeyer
Elser-Oberlin
School For Deaf
Row Rong
Id, Jouy
Moush, Yang Chush, Jum
Ghigago
Boston Cable
MR. Co
Barnard
The
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Constantinenie
Turkey
Telephone General Office
H. P. Gingrich & Co
Hackman
Loyd
Ralph M. Spacht
Res
Hensel's Drug Store
Main & Cedar Sts
Stora
Thas
America
Contry
John L. Peiffer
Spruce St
Ind
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