Elizabethtown-Hershey electric railway nearing completion
County notes report the Elizabethtown and Hershey electric railway near completion with cars expected to run in six weeks. The Lancaster pike features red white and blue marks for the Lincoln Highway while local schools and farms show activity including a 92 pound pumpkin and various observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown and
Hershey
Lancaster Pike
Guy K. Bard
Denver
Franklin and Marshall College
Millersville
C. H. Gardiner
Sullivan County Teachers’ Institute
Joshua Kaylor
Coney Township
White Cross Commandery
Knights of Malta
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Silk Manufacturing Company
New York City
Elizabethtown
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
Lancaster City
Pepper harvest advances on small plots across townships
John M. McClure of Bart township grew 100 bushels of peppers on a small plot while John F. Weaver of Leacock township planted 3 acres last spring. Frost damaged some plants, but portions escaped and yielded a substantial harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. McClure
Bart Township
John 5. Weaver
Leacock Township
Found Guilty and Fined for Carrying Explosives on Train
In Martinsburg West Virginia a Federal Grand Jury found B C Baker guilty of carrying dangerous explosives on a passenger train. He pleaded guilty and was fined by Federal Judge Dayton. A 1914 Cumberland Valley Railroad seizure led to the case and stricter government rules on explosives on trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
B. C. Baker
Martinsburg
W. Va
Dayton
Winchester
U.S
Bureau of Explosives
U. S
Pennsylvania Germans and the English language balance
The essay argues Pennsylvania German remains a strong, expressive dialect despite English borrowing. It notes bilingual speakers blend both tongues, asserts dialect pride, and compares attitudes to Alsace Lorraine, urging Americans to honor ancestry while mastering English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Illyria
Gaul
Pferd
Alsace
Lorraine
Louis XIV
Germany
History of the Sunday School from Ancient Roots to Modern Rise
Ada Mae Schnerer delivers a historical paper at Neffaville Teachers' Training on October 24 tracing Sunday-school origins to Israelite gatherings and Gloucester England in 1780. It notes Raikes the founder, early U K and North American spread, and summarizes later national organization and widespread impact through 19th century. Abraham R Erisman of Marietta dies at 78 after a lifelong wheelchair life, with apoplexy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Mae Schnerer
Neffaville
America
England
Gloucester
Robert Raikes
Mr. King
St. Catherine St
Raikes
United Kingdom
North America
Bishop Asbury
Hanover County
Philadelphia
Boston
New York City
Katie Ferguson
Patterson
N. J
Pawtucket
R. I
Pittsburgh
Robert May
London
New York
Abraham R. Erisman
Marietta
Witmer
B. E. Ingram
Erisman
Abraham Erisman
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Merchant Tailoring
Merchant Tailoring Business
International Tailoring Co
Imperial
Mentor Union
S & Boys
W. H. Buch
the County
Rexall Verersia
Abbe Moreaux
Bourges Observatory
Abbe
Europe
France
Seaboard
Progressive Railway of the South
Steek
Florida
Cuba
Carolinas
Pinehurst
N.C
Southern Pines
Camden
Kit Savannah
Brunswick
Jacksonsville
West Philadelphia
Chestnut St
L. EB. Mann
Eastern
W.h.muth & CO. Coal, Lumber and ~ Cement
Lititz
Penn’a
Noyer’s Drug Store
First Consult
Thomas W. Steffey
Bell
C. E. Myer
D. Fichthorn
A. R. Keller
PENNA
Farmers National Bank
Lancaster, PA
W. A. Heinitsh
S, Queen St
Queenstant Sewelers & Lesicians
Lancaster PA
Alent TT
S. & Ho Treen
Chas. H. Frey
King St
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