Twin brothers celebrate eighty second birthday in county
Washington Borough Abraham Fishel and his twin Henry Fishel of Lancaster celebrate their eighty second birthday, among the state's oldest twins and both in good health. Henry Heiler, 81, of Zooks Corner, is noted as a top Lancaster County fisherman with a 22.42 inch carp from Conestoga Creek. Columbia reports tetanus toxoid distribution, while Janet Crist, 8, is discharged from Columbia B Hospital after recovering from a virulent tetanus attack. Lancaster County factory employment rises 20.6 percent from July to August with wage payments up 29.7 percent. building permits up 30.9 percent, marking the strongest gain among thirteen districts. overall industrial production increases across the state.
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Washington
Abraham Fishel
Lancaster
Henry Fishel
Abraham
Zook
Henry Heiler
Lancaster County
Conestoga Creek
Eden
Heiler
Third Federal Reserve District
Horse Traces the Field in a Mile Sprint
A horse tore across an open field and sprinted for a full mile before coming to a stop. No injuries reported and the rider unharmed.
Public sale yields centuries old German Bible and local plans
Samuel Grosh bought a 221 year old German Bible at a public sale. Lititz Lip Lititz Lexing directors planned a turnpike to the Lexington Hotel with a $19 000 cost from Lititz to Yubaker s Mill. Hessian Band concert drew a large Broad Street Hall crowd before a wagon accident on Kauffman s Hill left horse and driver uninjured. Rome distillery startup noted.
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Samuel Grosh
Phares Brubaker
Millway
Lititz
Antique Philadelphia broadside recalls early railroad opposition
Arold 8 Shertz of Philadelphia, counsel for the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association, displays a 1839 broadside poster opposing railroad expansion. He notes the caricature of a locomotive trampling a child and a buckboard citizen, labeled Juggernaut, reflecting recurring resistance to new transport.
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Arold 8
Shertz
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association
Mr. Shertz
John Fitch
Local Property Trades and Birthday Surprises Noted
A fifty foot Jot on S Spruce Street sold by Christian Dut to Anna Greider for 300 dollars. Iddwin Hall bought Catherine Brunner’s Warwick property at private sale for 1300 dollars. Mrs Wilson Baum and Mrs Henry Sturgis were surprised on their birthdays. Christian B Becker hosted friends for his 60th anniversary. Butter is 24 cents a pound and eggs 24 cents a dozen.
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S. Spruce Street
Christian Dut
Anna Greider
Iddwin Hall
Catherine Brunner
Warwick
Wilson Baum
Henry Sturgis
Christian B. Becker
Eastman and Moore Eastman marry in Linden Hall chapel
Miss Cynthia Jones daughter of Dr and Mrs B Clair Jones of Lititz road and Roger Moore Eastman of New York City wed Saturday evening at 6 in the Mary Dixon Memorial Chapel Linden Hall. Rev Edward Randolph pastor of Lancaster First Methodist performed the candlelight ceremony assisted by Dr F W Stengel principal of the Seminary. The bride is a graduate of Linden Hall.
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Cynthia Jones
B. Clair Jones
Lititz Roa
Roger Moore Eastman
New York City
Mary Dixon Memorial Chapel
Linden Hall
Edward &. Randolph
First Methodist Church
Lancaster
F. W. Stengel
Well-known salesman dies in Lancaster hospital
Olte Bittner, 34, of Columbia and well known here through his cigar business with Edward Billney, died Sunday night at Lancaster General Hospital after two operations. He leaves a wife and a months-old son, plus several brothers and sisters.
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Olte Bittner
Columbia
Edward Billney
Lencaster General H Hospital
Engagement Announced for Emma Hess and Paul Beck
The engagement of Miss Emma L. Hess of Hessdale to Prof. Paul F. Beck of Moravian College Bethlehem was announced at a bridge party hosted by the Hess family Friday. The reveal used streamers from a bouquet of vases on the dining room table. The wedding is planned for next month. Prof Beck is the brother of Prof H Tl Beck of South Broad Street.
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Emma L. Hess
A. W. Hess
Hessdale
Paul F. Beck
Moravian College
Bethlehem
Prof. Beck
H. Tl. Beck
South Broad Street
Graces Spoiled by Talking of Chest Says Dean Tage
A fragment quotes Dean Tage asserting there are no Christian graces such as humility and purity when conversations dwell on chest topics. The remark reflects a critique of moral discussions tainted by focus on physical matters.
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Chest
Dean Tage
William Hart remembered with town tribute at Brownstown
Townsfolk unite in a memorial for the late William Hart known as the cheerful “Bill.” The note recalls his steady visits to Brownstown for sandwiches root beer and friendly words and praises his practical business philosophy.
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William Hart
Lititz Hallowe'en Dance and Chest Drive News
The notice lists events in Lititz including a Hallowe'en Dance at General Sutter on October 29 and the Lititz Community Chest drive starting November 14. It also notes a Lititz High vs Lancaster Catholic High football game and references upcoming Christmas shopping days and local happenings.
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Hallowe'en
General Sutter
Lititz
Lititz High
Lancaster Catholic High
Lancaster
Passmore Dies. Lancaster County Commissioner Obituary
Charles A Passmore 64 longtime Lancaster County Commission chairman died Sunday at Lancaster General Hospital from an intestinal disease after hospital admission September 23. A Gap postmaster and public servant from 1915 deputy controller to 1928 commissioner, he served a second term. Court house offices closed for his Gap Methodist Church funeral.
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Charles A. Passmore
Lancaster County Commissioners
Lancaster General Hospital
Mrr. Passmore
Gap
Passmore
G. Graybill Dichm
Court House
Gap Methodist Church
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Fairmount
Camden and
AMSOY
Eastman—Jones
Brownstown
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Gehrig
Connery
Harry Gorton
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