Lancaster County Glow of Farms and Farewell to Bounties
Within the county John G. Reist of Mt. Joy plants 1000 pear trees and 10000 cabbage on his Rheems farm. J B Rowe of Quarryville reaches ninety second year while active daily at his store. Ed Ransing’s Strasburg pickle industry grows, farmers shift land to pickling for market. Many quit tobacco for cucumbers. acreage expected to rise. R and B McClure of Bart township travel toward the Pacific with camping gear for nearly three months. An orphans’ home near Lancaster is proposed by Lutherans led by Rev C E Haupt. County Commissioners stop bounties on noxious animals after legislative repeal. claims go to Harrisburg. LancasterLebanon Highway offers fine drive for ascent to mountain top views of city. Damaged building in Elizabethtown at Washington and South Market begins demolition for Exchange Bank’s new modern home. Mrs Catharine S Keller of Ephrata, 90, who saw the town’s six houses, bedridden 11 years. formerly a nurse for 62 years.
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John G. Reist
Mt. Joy
Rheems
J. B. Rowe
Ed Ransing
Strasburg
Lincoln Highway
McClure
Scott Bunting
Bart Township
Pacific Coast
Lancaster
C. E. Haupt
Secretary of the Board of Game Commissioners
Harrisburg
Lebanon
Manheim
Hull
Mountain House
America
Lancaster County
Washington and
South Market Streets
Elizabethtown
The
Exchange Bank
Catharine S. Keller
Ephrata
Hoverter Gets 5 Years in Jail for Bank Wrecking
Arthur J. Hoverteran insurance agent from Lebanon pleaded guilty to complicity in the wrecking of Schaeferstown National Bank. Judge C B Witmer sentenced him to five years in the Lebanon jail after a defense plea. He faced an $18,582 misapplication charge alongside Alvin Binner, cashier. the wife and child wept in court.
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Arthur J. Hoverter
Lebanon
Schaefferstown National Bank
C. B. Witmer
United States Court
Seabury
Hoverter
Alvin Binner
Don’t Marry While Young Sayings From Cavalieri Interview
Liner France voyage brings Lina Cavalieri and Lucien Muratore to discuss marriage views. She calls matrimony an antisocial institution and suggests waiting until 44 to marry. She prefers one child and pragmatic reasons over romance, noting American wives differ from New York dancers. She cites receiving hundreds of marriage proposals as proof of demand.
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Europe
France
Lucien Muratore
Lina Cavalieri
New York
Tens of thousands to attend Brethren convention at Hershey
The national Church of the Brethren convention will draw up to 60,000 visitors to Hershey area June 2 to 10 with about 10 000 lodging delegates and another 5 000 to 10 000 daily attendees. A large convention building is under construction near Hershey Park to host sessions and overflow venues will be used for excess crowds. Governor Brumbaugh, a Church of the Brethren member, is expected to attend.
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Hershey
Church of the Brethren
A. G. Longenecker
Palmyra
Hummelstown
Swatara
Union Deposit
Annville
Harrisburg
Hummel Street
Hershey Park
United States
Seattle
Washington
Paxtang Park
Brumhaugh
Annual Shad Season At Wertz Hostelry Draws Big Crowds
For over twenty five years Henry Wertz’s establishment on the Susquehanna banks has been famed for planked shad and Wertz onions. Automobiles bring visitors from Philadelphia Pottsville Reading and Wilmington while Lancaster residents visit Washington borough yearly. The Susquehanna is wide and calm the local populace content. Wertz grows fine onions and supplies large quantities to feed the multitudes. Brakemen on the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad reportedly open doors as they near town. A Philada North American writer extols Washington borough season as a pleasure of living.
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Henry Wertz
Susquehanna
Philadelphia
Pottsville
Reading
Wilmington
Lancaster
Washington
Southland
Wertz
Columbia and Port Deposit
Washington Borough
Venice
Geo. W. Hensel
Ford Profit Sharing Plan Aims $15,000 for Lancaster Buyers
Lancaster county Ford owners await a roughly $15,000 disbursement as part of Henry Ford’s profit-sharing. The plan offers $50 rebates to car buyers from August 1, 1914, to August 1, 1915, contingent on 300,000 cars produced and sold in the year. Butter Bros at Lancaster reports about 300 cars under the offer sold or negotiated, while demand pressures delay deliveries.
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Lancaster County
Ford Automobiles
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Car Company
Lancaster
Butter Bros
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International
W.H. Buchclothier Greene
Mme. Cavalieri
Madame
Lewis N, Moyer
Emerson
Frank Burkholder
Lititz
Long & Co
Fords
Lewis N. Moyer
Brownstown National Bank
Brownstown
Pennsylvania
U.S
U. S
Reserve Bank
Chicago
St. Louis
Federal Reserve
Money Reserve
Bank
Otter
State of
Tancaster
I.J. H. Wour
J. H. Wolf
Kemper
Notary Public
Walter HL
Keith
H. Wolf
Farmers National Bank
Penna
Wingert & Haas
Queen ST
Lancaster, PA
Walthams
Elgins
Hamiltons
Appell Sor
CEN
Sanorth Fosters G Ln
Chdis
Qiu Tootsie
W. A
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
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