Local notes and curios from Lancaster County and nearby towns
Reports include a banker named George T. Haskell chosen treasurer of a new South Bethlehem trust company. quinces picked by Squire H L Gise. a Plymouth Rock cockerel with four legs. 12800 gallons of cider made at Levi Nissly’s mill. a borough debt increase proposal defeated in Ephrata. Miss Helen Foltz’s rabbit shooting record. ground donated for Penn Hill meeting house in 1763. hunting trophies of 88 squirrels and four wild turkeys. war relics owned by Mrs J H Zeamer. and Lancaster General Hospital needing about 250000 dollars for building additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Haskell
Fulton National Bank
Lancaster
South Bethlehem
Squire H. L. Gise
Elizabethtown
Abraham M. Gibble
Mt. Hope
Plymouth Rock
Levi Nissly
Donegal
Ephrata
Helen Foltz
Millard Foltz
Brown Street
Penn Hill
Fulton Township
Friends of
Little Brittan
Michael King
Jeremish Brown
C. A. Wagner
E. M. Hoffman
A. S. Silcox
H. M. Liston
Columbia
McConnellsburg
Gettysburg
Zeamer
Mount Joy
Lancaster General Hospital
Navy spending figures loom in national debate
The article argues forty eight battleships cost about 750 million dollars with annual interest around 36 million and total navy outlays near 1.225 billion including scouts, destroyers, and subs. It warns that demands will grow beyond forty eight ships, with renewed costs every decade and broader fortifications and munitions. It also notes rising orders for Lebanon bologna abroad amid the talk of preparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown Democrat
Navy League
Uncle Sam
Japan
Germany
England
Col. Sellers
Supposed Heirs Troubled Beginning in Boyertown
Charles B. Spatz of Boyertown receives inquiries about a potential inheritance from his German uncle Friedrich Spatz. Reported offers range from loan pitches to imagined campaigns and business ventures. He jokes about the wealth while continuing his editorial work as relatives and strangers seek investment, marriage status, or political leverage. The piece also notes a Liberty Bell delegation trip led by Lieutenant Governor McClain and a gift suggestion for The Youth's Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Spatz
Boyertown
Friederich Spatz
Crefeld
Germany
Spatz
Mr. Spatz
New York
Chicago
National Democratic
Stock Exchange
McClain
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Penrose
Companion
Youth’s Companion
Boston
Mass
Rules of the Game and Industrial Success
Quote from F. Laurence Laughlin arguing that personal deficiencies rather than social systems keep men at the bottom and that industrial success requires sobriety, industry, saving, prudence, integrity, persistence, and intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Laurence Laughlin
Atlantic Monthly
Also Mentioned on This Page
International Tailoring Co
Imperial
Hanes
Sanitary
Mentor Union
S & Boys
W.H. Buch
the County
Christian Association
General Hospital
Lebanon
Lewis N. Moyer
D. J. Paul Rokbuck
Duke Street
Orview
D. Alonzo Long
Broad Street
Lititz
Warren S. Buch
Attorney-At-Law
E. Grant
Lititz, Pa
Geo, L. Keath
Justice of the Peace
Brunnerville
Howards. Young
East Orange St
Ind
G C. Hassler
Penna
Stephen B
Issinger Itractor
W. Marion St
Fe.schnerel
South Spruce St
Azhereas
Charles I Landibs
Aaron B. Hassler
Court of Common Pleas
County of Lancaster
Court House
City of
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Lanccaster
County of
Milton Egy
Sherift
Jraimers National Bank of
Clayton Hortler
Harvey B.luta
Samuel M. Rutit
Rothsville
Coyle & Keller Frank
Aaron K. Buch
Warwick Township
Lancaster County
B. F. Davis
Atty
Hiram PB
Fry Toettt
Hershey, Leaman & Co
H. Muth & CO. Coal, Lumber
Lititz, Penn’a
Moyer’s Drug Store
First Consult
Thomas W. Steffey
Bell
E. Myer
W. D. Fichthorn
A. R. Keller Lititz
Farmers National Bank
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
W. A
Stmorth Goebhe
Chas. H. Frey
King St
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