Upcoming Events List Combines Tours and Reunions Across Lancaster Area
A long, date heavy listing details numerous family reunions and church school events through August plus major 1926 observances. Included are Sons of Veterans Grand Army events, Evangelical Union Schools of Reading, Lancaster area Lutheran and Reformed schools, Tadmore Siesta No.17, and K of M reunions. Notable items: Eph rata High School commencement June 3, dedication June 6 of town hall and Pioneer Fire Co equipment, Sesqui Centennial in Philadelphia June 14 to Sept 17, Mt. Gretna encampment July 11, Mt. Gretna Brethren camp meeting Aug 4, and statewide convention lineups through November in New Holland Stroudsburg and Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of Veterans Grand Army
Ecenroad
Stauffer
Sweigert
Evangelical Union
Schools of Reading
First Presbyterian
Schools of Lancaster
St. Marks Lutheran Bible School of Lancaster
Advent Lutheran
School of Lancaster
Leola
Mechanicsburg
Emanuel Lutheran S. School of Lancaster
Faith Reformed
School. of Lancaster
Akron Union
St. Luke’s Lutheran S. S. of
Reading
Wed
St. Stephens Lutheran S. S. of Lancaster
Lititz
Andie
St. Luke’s Reformed
S. of Lancaster
Kemper
Wenger
Lititz Union
Brownstown Union
Ephrata
Pennsylvania
Stroudsburg
Monroe County
Lancaster Co. Christian Endeavor
New Holland
Sign Over a Restaurant and Odd Food Order Featured
The Miami Tribune reports a man named Hanque who sees a sign reading Good Home Cooking and enters a restaurant to order canned sardines a jar of peanut butter and olives R M M comments in a Birmingham opinion piece about why some men fail noting that means often overshadow ends.
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Piizes Hanque
Mithely
Miami Tribune
Birmingham
Battle of the Brothers at Fontenay 841
The clash among Lothaire Louis and Charles sons of Louis le Debonnaire at Fontenay on June 25, 841 ended with the division into three kingdoms. Lothaire became emperor and the realms of Germany France and Lothaire formed a new ruler class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lothaire
Louis
Charles
Louis le Debonnaire
Fontenay
Germany
France
Public Playground to Rise in Ephrata Center
A new public playground for Ephrata’s youth will be built on the former Hotel Cocalico site at East Main and Lake streets, owned by the Ephrata Owls' Home Association. Also, the Ephrata Paper Box Co has leased the former Fleck Cigar Co building on Poplar Street for three years, converting it for a new paper box plant with extensive alterations underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata
East Main and
Lake Streets
Cocalico
Ephrata Owls’ Home Association
The
Ephrata Paper Box Co
Honeybrook
Fleck Cigar Co
Purchase Land For New School Building
West Earl Township school board acted at a special meeting by buying a large tract from the Wayne Hartman farm to host a new Brownstown school. Plans are not set, but the proposed one story structure with basement will have nine rooms and a large auditorium, pending state approval.
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Brownstown
West Earl Township
Wayne Hartman
State School Commission
Aged Couple Recall Wedding Trip From 74 Years Ago
Andrew S. Keck and Marie B. Keck celebrate 97th birthday and 74th wedding anniversary. Married in Hanover Township by Rev. Joshua Yeager, they began a horse and carriage honeymoon that became a three week journey to New York, Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia ending in Allentown. Maria Keck later became Mrs. James K. Mosser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew S. Keck
Allentown
East
Hamilton Street
Hanover Township
Lehigh County
Maria Keck
James K. Mosser
Allen Appel
Easton
Farmersville
New Jersey
New York
Hudson
West Point
Filmore
Albany
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Philadelphia
Cattle Run Wild After Steering Gear Breaks on Truck
A cattle truck driven by Seth M. Sarah broke a steering gear on the road near Brickerville. The vehicle overturned releasing cattle that roved onto the road and fields north of Brickerville. August Fleckenstein and Mr. Shirk helped recover the wandering cattle and load them back into the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brickerville
Seth M. Sarah
Shirk
Lebanon
Sarah
August Fleckenstein
Lititz
School Law Change Affects Farmers and Children Attendance
The Lancaster County school rule changes require 100 percent attendance for children up to 14 in fourth class districts starting fall term while ages 14 to 16 must reach 70 percent attendance. The shift narrows prior absences allowed for 12 to 14 year olds and raises concerns that farm tasks may replace school time. County reports show eight and a half month schools finished 1924-25. only 19 nine-month schools remain open, to close later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Arthur P. Mylin
Farm Calendar Tips For Fruit And Livestock Care
Farm guidance from Penn State experts covers fertilizing under-nourished peach trees with nitrate of soda, spraying young grapes and cherries to curb rose beetles using arsenate of lead molasses and water, preserving spring eggs with waterglass, building a purebred dairy herd, dusting roses with sulfur for mildew before rain, guarding against American foul brood in apiaries, and emphasizing good care and feeding to raise pig litters responsibly.
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Pennsylvania State College
Peaches Damaged by Frost Hit Schuylkill County
Frost has nearly wiped out the peach crop in Schuylkill county according to Farm Agent Bollinger. Some orchards may yield 0 to 10 percent, while the apple crop is expected normal. In other news, Alan Wood Iron and Steel Co. at Conshohocken reopened its Schuylkill Works east mill and invited 600 striking workers back, with most returning not at old wages. A theft at Mt. Carmel church yields an $8.50 loss. John J. Hentz of Jacksonville IN jailed 60 days. A stranger swindled locals posing as a fire company solicitor, netting $125 to $150. Bellefonte replaces old pumps with a new electric unit. Trout-raising experiment planned near Williamsport will distribute 1,000,000 fish from White Sulphur Hatchery via the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. The project will grow fish from 1–1.5 inches to 3–4 inches in six months.
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Schuylkill
Schuylkill County
Bollinger
Alan Wood, Iron and Steel Company
Conshohocken
Pennsylvania
Texas and Blockhouse
The Fox as a Father in Our Dumb Animals
Evangeline Weir describes the fox as a faithful father who feeds the vixen and cubs, often starving himself. Cubs learn by hunting with parents, then disperse as autumn ends, breaking home ties. The piece notes the fox’s care, stealth, and teaching moments before the family splits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Fox
Evangeline Weir
Also Mentioned on This Page
Palm Beach
W. H. Buch
Lititz Springs Park
Hornberger
Bomberger
Witmer
Gantz
Buizer
Steven
Union
Garman
Culp
Keath
Freymeyer
Ig A
Mary Sullivan
Jolsephine Beierschmidt
Church of Our Lady
Mt. Carmel
F. R. Helfrich
G. Casari
George Yoder
Daniel Snyder
John J. Hentz
Jacksonville
Justice Dropesky
Fire Co
Cresson
Loor
Bellefonte
Jess
the Fox
Geo.w
North American
Will
Lititz Springs National Bank
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