Garden Spot notes hunting, pumpkins, rail lines and staff shifts
In Garden Spot news Miss Helen Foltz aged 14 and Mrs M B Jones both report rabbit hunting, Amos Wimner distributes 655 pounds of pumpkins among friends, Elizabethtown shoe cutters nearing walkout end, Gustav Groeseinger wills his Mari eta avenue home to the Pennsylvania Masons for a memorial at Elizabethtown Masons Home, two local rail lines near completion with future merger plans, Ruth Haley named Columbia Hospital superintendent, local farmers increase cattle buying and feeding, Christian Lamparter cites growing stock to tend near Green Tree Bart township.
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Helen Foltz
Milliard Foltz
Elizabethtown
M. B. Jones
Buck Hotel
Amos Wimner
Camargo
Gustav Groeseinger
Lancaster
Marietta Avenue
Grand Lodge of Masons of Pennsylvania
Masons
Deodate and Hershey Street Railway Company
Deodate and Elizabeth Street Railway Company
Hershey Transit Company
Conestoga Traction Company
Lancaster City
Hershey Direct
Ruth Haley
General Hospital
Columbia Hospital
Martha
Carven
Local institute dates set for livestock feed concerns
The article notes animal deaths linked to inferior feed and lists local institute meetings in the region. Elizabethtown hosts a session on December 4, then Ephrata on December 11. Manheim hosts January 1, 1916, Marietta January 8, Lititz January 15, 1916.
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Elizabethtown
Ephrata
Manheim
Marietta
Lititz
Immense Hershey shipments set monthly record
The Hershey Press reports October output at the Hershey station of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad reached 414 carloads of Hershey products. Thousands more smaller express and parcel post shipments followed. The record month marked the largest chocolate and cocoa industry business at the local facility. H E Steinmetz of the borough attended the Lancaster County Teachers Institute last week, recalling his first institute in 1877 and his participation in 1880 and 1881 as an enrolled member of the Institute Ephrata Review.
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Hershey Press
Hershey
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Express and Parcel Post
H. E. Steinmetz
County Teachers’ Institute
Lancaster
Teachers’ Institute
Institute
Ephrata Review
Henry Jil Maintains Family Hunting Prestige
Dr. Henry F. Raub, deceased about ten years, was famed as a top physician and avid hunter near his county home. His son Henry is a renowned local hunter, and now Henry III, still in Quarryville High School, hunts with friends. They recently trapped two live raccoons along the Octoraro and keep them in a pen at home.
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Henry F. Raub
Henry
Henry the
Quarryville High School
Mayor Longnecker to become Lebanon's longest serving mayor
Mayor John P. Longnecker is set to exceed previous leaders in Lebanon by serving four years and one month as mayor. Before the switch to a commission form, mayors held three year terms, with George B. Marquard previously the longest at nearly four years. Spang will assume office next month.
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John P. Longnecker
Lebanon
George B. Marquard
George T. Spang
Lane of Clay township a busy local leader and tobacco grower
Abram E Lane a storekeeper postmaster and farm head in Clay township gains note as a progressive figure. He grows tobacco on 18 to 30 acres and solidly fertilizes with stable manure. He also fattens cattle, selling 25 head at high weights in New York market. His efforts helped establish the Ephrata Lebanon rail line widening dairying options with 100 cans daily for Hershey plant. He remains active in Lancaster County Farm Bureau and Tobacco Growers Association and pursues hobbies including fine horses. He also notes editor duties and community journalism roles amid local press challenges. John Greenleaf a quarry warehouse man plans to close January 1 due to dislike of new workers compensation law.
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Abram E. Lane
Lancaster New Era
Clay Township
A. B. Lane
Lane
New York
Metropolis
Ephrata and
Lebanon
Hershey
Dauphine
Johnnie and the Polecat on North American Tracks
Lancaster correspondent Johnnie, an Italian trackwalker, confronts nightly encounters with skunks on the Low Grade rail line west of Quarryville. His first run in with a smelly feline led to a chorus of protests and barred doors, followed by a second skunk incident. Now armed with a powerful headlamp and self defense tools, he persists, while locals urge restraint over the skunk’s valuable hides.
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Lancaster
Johnnie
America
Walker
Quarryville
Noted Speaker Urges Self Help At Lancaster Meeting
At the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce gathering Hon. 8. D. Fess lauded local business leaders for reorganizing into a productive body and urged national self reliance. He warned against the sentiment country owes me a living and urged opportunities to earn a living while criticizing excessive law. County Solicitor E D Siegrist advised against a Lebanon county dog tax, calling the act vague and inoperative due to legal defects and constitutional issues. The piece blends quotes on politics, taxation, and some humorous asides from period sources.
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Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
D. Fess
County Institute In Progress
Lancaster
Europe
E. D. Siegrist
Lebanon County
Siegrist
Shrapnel shells and their deadly reach across battlefields
The article explains three inch shrapnel shells used in modern warfare. It notes shells carry 210 to 360 half inch lead bullets, a precise time fuse, and speeds of four miles per minute, with explosions producing a cone of bullets over a 30 yard by 250 yard area. It cites Pearson's Weekly on uniform principles with varying sizes.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Naval signaling through the ages from sails to flags
The article traces naval signaling history from sail raising and lowering to day signals using flags and night signals with lanterns. It notes 17th century flag cones, 18th century twelve flags, and Trafalgar night signals with light and flares before Popham’s system. It credits Chappe with semaphore in 1794 and its adoption by the British Navy shortly after.
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Trafalgar
Home Popham
Chappe
London
The Scorpion Ear and Dutch Barges in the Thames
The article notes scorpions have sensitive antennae as hearing organs and respond to inaudible vibrations, citing the London Spectator. It also describes long-standing Dutch barges on the Thames, their calm Dutch crews, and the lingering memory of a Dutch conquest tied to William III, as reported by the Westminster Gazette.
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London Spectator
Thames
London
London Bridge
Westminster Gazette
Dog and clerk jockey over canine wit in cynical remark
The Washington Star notes a shopkeeper mockingly questions a dog’s temper and sanity. The exchange implies the dog might threaten trouble but would have little chance in pleading insanity. The brief comic exchange is paired with a clover superstition about marriage from the Maid and Bachelor columns.
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Feld
Washington Star
Indianapolis Star
First Class Post Office Declared By Buffalo Native
A stranger asks if this is a first class post office and a Buffalo native replies that it is as good as you’ll find in these parts, reflecting local pride reported by the Buffalo Express.
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Buffalo Express
Frugality founded on the principle that riches have limits
A brief quotation notes that frugality rests on the idea that wealth is finite and material abundance has inherent boundaries, reflecting a Burkean restraint on excessive spending.
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Burke
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Henry Jil
Mayor Long
CLAY
John Greenleaf
Rexall
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Johnnie and
the Polecat
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Henry VII
Jane Seymour
Duchess of Milan
Baltimore American
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Penna
Lancaster, PA
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