Lefever to fill Manheim council seat in county news
William C Lefever of Manheim appointed to vacant council seat in the county. A serious accident leaves Amos Messner injured after a wagon overturns while hauling a dead horse. An L O S narrow gauge line from Wilmers Bridge to Rocky Springs is sold to a receiver. Lancaster County consolidates into Edison Electric Company under a merger approved by the Recorder.
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William C. Lefever
Manheim
Amos Messner
Terre Hill
Edison Electric Company
Recorder
Lancaster
Edison Electric
Columbia
Lititz
Mountville
Penn Township
East Donegal
West Donegal
East Lampeter
West Lampeter
East Hempfield
West Hempfield
Manor
Warwick
Lancaster Township
Manheim Suburban Electric Company
Philadelphia Record
Mohler Proposes Lancaster County Checkers Challenge
William D. Mohler of Reading, a former Ephrata resident, claims the title of champion after defeating all challengers. He offers a series of 15 to 30 games with stakes from 50 to 100 dollars, to be shared evenly if held in Ephrata. Contact Mohler at his Reading home to arrange a match. he is Harry Mohler’s brother and has previously beaten local players.
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Berk’s
Lancaster
William D. Mohler
Reading
Ephrata
Lancaster County
Mohler
Harry Mohler
Big Sweet Potato Crop At Gish Farm Near White Oak
Emanuel H. Greiner bought the old Gish farm two years ago and raised a large sweet potato crop last year and this. An acre treated with fertilizer yielded a $39 per ton value and sprouts produced a harvest of about 300 bushels. A row 174 feet long produced four bushels three pounds, with stalks weighing up to 3.5 pounds. Individual sweets weighed two and a half pounds. The early white mammoth potatoes are ready to ship at $1 per bushel, making the crop seem more profitable than tobacco when labor and risk are considered.
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Emanuel H. Greiner
Gish
White Oak
Not Lancaster Countain Tobacco Sparked Amusing Remark
A Chester county resident visiting Lancaster county last week noted an acre of cannabis in Paradise and told his wife, who burst into laughter. The scene on Park the seedman’s property weeks earlier showed blooms of red with a ten foot yellow border, evoking the place’s name.
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Chester County
Lancaster County
Paradise
Park
Heels and Hobbies Cited in Train Injuries
The Pennsylvania Claim Department reports 73 injuries to women over three months from high heels and hobble skirts on trains and station stairs. Injuries ranged from minor contusions to sprains and cuts, with heel catches on coach steps and descents cited as dominant causes.
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Pennsylvania Claim Department
New Industry Opened in Lancaster Meat Factory Produces Sausage Scrapple
The Grand View Farms Produce Company opened a new Lancaster industry after initial success selling sausage and scrapple to Philadelphia customers. The plant features modern abattoir facilities, U.S. government inspection, and a push to 10 000 pounds weekly for hotels clubs and rail and steamship lines including Bellevue Stratford Kugler's Racquet Club Waldorf Astoria Marlborough-Blenheim and Dennis Atlantic City.
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Grand View Farms Produce Company
Lancaster
R. P. McGrama
Grand View Farms
Philadelphia
United States
Bellevue Stratford
Kugler’s
Racquet Club
New York
Dennis
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Transatlantic
A Wonderful Tree on a Dauphin County Farm
On Christian Shank’s farm near Round Top in Dauphin County grows a Canada Juniper described as a remarkable tree. It stands 42 feet tall but 140 feet in circumference, surrounded by sixteen fence panels. John Meashey recalls it existing for at least 25 years, with growth suggesting about 40 years total. origin unknown but thought to be bird-dropped seed. The tree sits in a maintained woodland stand and draws hundreds of visitors who gain superb views from its top.
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Christian Shank
Round Top
Dauphin County
John Meashey
Why Catch Cold by Karl de Schweinitz
Karl de Schweinitz of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis urges proactive winter hygiene. He recommends open windows, cold baths, walking after crowds, dry warm feet, and eight hours of sleep to harden the body against colds, noting medical advice for invalids.
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Karl de Schweinitz
Pennsylvania Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
The Horse and His Training in Tobacco Work
Farmers recall horse training for corn harvest and tobacco planters. A Salisbury pair kept step to the plant click until a sprocket chain fail stopped the horse, then resumed after repair. A Denver store theft saw guns stolen likely by an insider. A fire at Miss Maria Kinzer’s New Holland farm burned barn tobacco shed hog pen and three acres of tobacco, destroying grain and hay. livestock escaped and cause unknown, suspected arson.
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Thomas Champ
Salisbury Township
Thelves
J. K. Mann
Denver
Mann
Remington
Colt
Maria Kinzer
New Holland
George Ranch
Ira Ranck
Hook and Ladder Company
Blue Ball Chemical Engine Company
Make It Better And Find The Path To Happiness
The text urges that life can improve from misery and happiness is life’s normal state. It advises locating the cause of unhappiness, then seeking remedies, using effort and hope to raise one’s condition. Advancing through self assessment, deliberate action, and steady work, life grows better with time.
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India
W. H. Buch
Haberdasher
Record
Broad St. Lititz, PA
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
Whittall’s Rugs
Whittall
America
Heinitsh
S. Queen St
Lititz, PA
Bree
N. Queen St
North Queen State
M. M. Souders
Crystal Spring Farm
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