Memorial day plans and county dedications unfold
Ten bands and four military companies win the contract to awaken Strasburg on Memorial Day. The Grand Lodge Hall of the Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown will be dedicated on Thursday June 5. A new Masonic Home is nearing completion and a school house at Elizabethtown replaces a fire destroyed structure with Lieutenant Governor Reynolds as speaker. County residents Amos H. Bomberger Lititz George DeHaven New Holland Roland K. Good East Earl Herman Wohlsen Lancaster are drawn for the June United States District Court grand jury in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasburg
Grand Lodge
Elizabethtown
Samuel B. Stanton
Lancaster
Westerhoff Bros. & Napier Co
Denver
Pike County
Lebanon County
Reynolds
Fleisher
United States District Court
Philadelphia
Amos H. Bomberger
Lititz
George DeHaven
New Holland
Roland KE. Good
East Earl
Herman Wohlsen
While there's life there's hope in playful quarrel
Witty stage dialogue presents Algy and Miss Gotroxs in a brisk back and forth about hope and destiny. Puck interjects with a sharp line about the heiress claim and Algy’s fate, capturing a light comic mood. The exchange centers on life, hope, and a cheeky misfortune.
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Algy
Gotroxs
Puck
Nothing In The Paper Reflects on News Value and Morality
A Western editor argues readers should be grateful for papers with no misfortune or crime. The piece contrasts dull news with the virtue of a peaceful day and warns against seeking sensational tragedy as a measure of worth. It urges readers to value goodness and freedom from sin in daily papers.
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Lancaster Morning News
Fatal crossing accident injures East Petersburg youth
John Wolf of East Petersburg, 21, employed by H W Grayhill, died after his wagon was struck by a fast mail train near Landisville on May 22. Foggy morning and unseen approaching train blamed. objected blame cleared by Deputy Coroner B S Dellinger. Wolf was a Lutheran church member and son of another Grayhill employee. Cleanup notes urge rural cleanliness and upkeep of farmyards and buildings. A J Henry warns lightning deaths, suggests grounding wire fences and installing lightning rods along roofs.
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John Wolf
East Petersburg
Landisville
H. W. Grayhill
Mountville
Mr. Wolf
Young Wolf
Wolf
B. 5. Dellinger
Mt. Joy
Graybill
A.J. Henry
Weather Bureau
Mr. Henry
Feast of Roses at Zion Lutheran Manheim ends 24th year
The Feast of Roses at Zion Lutheran church Manheim occurs Sunday June 8 marking the twenty fourth annual ground rent rose payment and the twenty sixth memorial service. Rev A R Steck D D of Union Church York preaches the memorial sermon with M G Sheaffer Lancaster delivering the rose payment address. Rev Dr A Myers Catawissa gives the historical address. Readings by Miss Catharine Lefever Lititz and Miss Minnie Rutgers Camden NJ. Rev J F Knittle leads the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Lutheran Church
Manheim
A. R. Steck
Union Church
York
Baron Steigel
M. G. Sheaffer
Lancaster
A. Myers
Catawissa
Catharine Lefever
Lititz
Minnie Rutgers
Camden
N. J
J. F. Knittle
Warns Butchers Against Fly Menace in Warm Weather
State Veterinarian C. J. Marshall of Harrisburg issues official notices to butchers warning of the fly nuisance during warm weather and urging elimination. The letter states filth breeds flies and that flies breed death, listing infantile paralysis smallpox typhoid fever tuberculosis and cathrax as diseases carried by flies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Marshall
Harrisburg
Puzzling Echoes and Famous Echoes Worldwide
A survey of mysterious echoes from Aux Rochers France to Washington Capitol and Luray Caverns. Descriptions include whispering voices from the ground at a garden spot near Vitre, echoed by countless tongues, and peculiar echoes in the Capitol floor and flagstone. Noted wonders also in Grand Canyon, Niagara Gorge, Woodstock Park, Mormon Tabernacle, and Girgenti Cathedral. Scientific acoustics meet mystery as observers seek explanations.
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Aux Rochers
France
Mme. de Sevigne
Vitre
Capitol
Washington
House of Representatives
Luray Caverns
Ng Washington
Luray
Far West
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Niagara
Woodstock Park
Oxfordshire
England
Mormon Tabernacle
East Lake City
Girgenti
Sicily
F. W. Collins
Chicago Record-Herald
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Knox
Menton Union
B. V. D. Union
Lawrence Mills
Merion Mills
Walter H. Buch
Secora Building
Panama
W. H. Buch
Gardens of
Florida Times-Union
Farmers National Bank
Lititz, Penna
Saker
Studebaker
Studex
New York
Chicago
Minneapolis
Boston
South Bend
Ind
Dallas
Kansas City
San Francisco
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
North Queen Stare
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