Local Notes from Columbia and Nearby Areas
A carp nearly a yard long blocked a 9 inch pipe at the P R R roundhouse in Columbia delaying the pump. In September the revenue district stamped sixty four million cigars. Curtis Fry near Ephrata reports twenty dogs lost to porcine disease. Adam H Weaver starts a 60 by 100 foot two story tobacco warehouse at Blue Ball for 1911. Rolling mill workers relocate to Rome New York for steady jobs. Mat tie Diener’s apple tree yields twenty six bushels plus six bushels from the ground for cider by Levi Shirk. Winfield Heisey near Mount Joy harvests a fifth alfalfa crop. Florin with 500 residents lacks a physician and relies on Mount Joy for care.
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Columbia
Curtis Fry
Ephrata
Adam H. Weaver
Blue Ball
Rome
N. Y
Columbia Mills
Mattie Diener
Goodville
Levi Shirk
Winfield Heisey
Mt. Joy
Florin
Mount Joy
Buffalo Bill Show to Winter Near Coatesville and Guthrieville
The Buffalo Bill Show will break up for winter at Richmond on November 4 and relocate animals and staff to the Cody ranch area. Buffalo Bill will join friends nearby before returning West. Cy Compton will remain in charge of the animals, with wintering arrangements finalised. Farms including T M Toomy, Chas Trego, B C Mitchell & Son, James Greenwood and others will house many horses, with Charles Trego’s farm near Guthrieville to receive the buffaloes and animals. An estimated 500 horses will be kept there, with more cowboys than ever to care for them during winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Coatesville
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
West
Cy Compton
T. M. Toomy
Chas, Trego
B.C. Mitchell & Son
James Greenwood
Charles Trego
Guthrieville
County Teachers Institute in Lancaster County 1817
The 60th Lancaster County Teachers Institute will convene in Lancaster in November 1817 with speakers Dr. W N Ferris Colgate University presidents and Michigan officials. Instructors include Fred L Keeler and E B Bryan. Henry Houck will close day four. evenings feature the Commonwealth Quartet and traveler Wm Edgar Geil. Program repeats at court house and Martin Auditorium to avoid crowding.
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Teachers’ Institute
Lancaster County
Lancaster
W. N. Ferris
Big Rapids
Mich
Fred L. Keeler
Michigan
E. B. Bryan
Colgate University
Henry Houck
Commonwealth Quartet
Wm. Edgar Geil
EH. Amherst Ott
Fellows Singers
Court House
Martin Auditorium
Not Killed by Lion, Miss Martha Raezer Dies of Pneumonia
The 11 year old Martha Raezer died in Jackson Mississippi from pneumonia, not from a lion attack as rumored. Her body was brought to Ephrata by her father Scott Raezer, with funeral services at Trinity Lutheran Church and interment in Bergstrasse Cemetery.
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Martha Raezer
Scott Raezer
Ephrata
Jackson
Miss
Peter Raezer
Trinity Lutheran Church
Bergstrasse Cemetery
Editor and minister swap jobs for a week in Bremerton
W. B. Jessup editor of the Bremerton Searchlight and Rev. R. L. Wolfe pastor of McKinley Memorial church exchanged occupations for a week. The editor preached at the Methodist church on Sunday while the minister edited the Searchlight. Both acquitted themselves with credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Jessup
Bremerton (Wash
Searchlight
R. L. Wolfe
McKinley Memorial Church
Fishway Rebuilt after York conference promise
State Fish Commissioner Buller pledged near-term work to modify the Susquehanna dam above McCall's Ferry so fish from all species can pass the massive walls. The announcement came after a York meeting with Congressman Lafean and Reps Dale and Frey, following Buller's earlier visit to McCall's Ferry that showed the current fishway is inadequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susquehanna River
McCall’s Ferry
Buller
York
Lafean
Dale
Frey
Old Lititz Buildings along Main Street Historic Row
A catalog of Lititz landmarks from the Springs Hotel area through Linden Hall grounds, detailing Nos. 1 through 50 with builders, dates, occupants, alterations, and fires. Highlights include the Zam Auker Hotel of 1764, 1873 destruction, the 1787 Moravian church, Linden Hall connections, and adjacent shop and dwelling history across Broad and Cedar streets.
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Springs
Main
Samuel Lichtenthaeler
Wabank
Lititz
Broad Street
Adolph Lichenthaeler
Jacob B. Tshudy
Lillie Rudy
Ifaydn H
Ifaydn H. ''Shudy In 1868, Now Occupied By the Pfautz Bros
Isaac Harry
Israel G. Erb
Sam’l Steinke
I. H. Doster
Michael’ Rank
Joseph Sturgis
Emanuel Kauffman
Claus Coellen
L. P. Ricksecker
John Phillips
John Hamm
Hamm
Louisa A.weitzel
J. B. Hertzler
Matthew Shady
Wolle
R. N. Wolle
F. D. Rickert
Louisa Buch
Samuel Grosh
F. van Vieck
John Beck
Moravian Home
Wolfe
Webster Keller
Old Apple Trees Share Promising Crop Outlook
State Zoologist H A Surface reports successful results from a farmer education drive. He says old trees forty to fifty years old now bearing regularly after modern care, with examples of a sixty year old tree and a one hundred year old tree in Monroe County producing heavy crops. Governor Tener viewed a photo of the sixty year old tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Surface
Tener
Monroe County
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India
W. H. Buch
Haberdasher
Record
Broad St. Lititz, PA
County Teachers’ Institute
Rickert
Hepp
Brethren’s
H. G. Heyne
J. P. Bachman
Jacob Miller
Brethren
Moravian Church
Hehl
Hagen
America
May Magdalena Augustine
Europe
Linden Hall Seminary
Mary Dixon
Mary Kreiter
Christian Tshudy
Protzman
Samuel Kreider
Mgr. Kreider
C. H. Kreider
Linden Hall
David Weinland
Chas. A. Grosh
Mary Zahm
Michael Muecke
Benjamin Chitty
J. McElhenny
U. S
A. C. Pfautz
Amelia Muecke
John Gibbel
Greenbury Pettycourt
Cedar Street
John Evans
E. F. Lutz
Henry J. Seaber
Charles H. Seaber
A. P. Bachman
Peter Grosh
Christian Fertig
A. H. Bachman
Dr. Thurbardts
Dr. Evans
Peter Kreider
Sturgis & Co
Bretzel Bakers
Warwick Gemein House
B. A. Grube
Jacob Ricksecker
Jacob Rock
Levi Becker
Water Streets
Rose Rauch
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
Heinitsh's
S. Queen St
Lititz, PA
N. Queen St
North Queen Street
M. M. Souders
OUR
Azacres
Crystal Spring Farm
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