Lancaster County Crops and Damages Report From Lancaster
In Lancaster county J W Fehl of Lancaster was awarded 5000 for damages to his island in the Susquehanna caused by the Kerbaugh Company blasting for the Low Grade Railway. Park Shaubach of Strasburg found huge sweet potatoes two feet long. A depot display frame bears Kings Daughters signage with a take one inscription. The Lancaster County Tobacco Growers Society and county farm bureau plan a united corn and tobacco show in winter to showcase two major crops. The county teachers statistician reports 43 fewer teachers for the next county institute as 42 young women have married this year and at least five more may desert before institute time.
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J. W. Fehl
Lancaster
Susquehanna
Kerbaugh Company
Park Shaubach
Strasburg
Lancaster County
Kings Daughters
The
Lancaster County Tobacco Growers’ Society
County Farm Bureau
Lancaster County Teachers
Improvement in the Oyster Industry Shifting to Can Packing
The oyster business sees a major shift from ice-packed oysters to can packing after careful grading and shock treatment. Oysters are sealed and ice packed around with no salt or preservatives, ensuring they reach inland destinations in perfect condition.
What Becomes of Pins by a Paris Scientist
Dr Xavier studies pins hairpins and needles noting they vanish into ferrous oxide brown rust that blows away. An ordinary hairpin disappeared in 154 days a steel nib in just under fifteen months a common pin in eighteen months and a polished steel needle lasted two and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Xavier
Touring in Europe Beneath Moravian Wooded Trails and Ruins
Professors Frueaufft and Miss Mohr toured the Moravian settlement of Koenigsfeld and nearby Burgdorf and Waldau ruins. They described Weiberzahn tooth wall, a castle tower, and a moat, with the Beck family selling Waldau to Baden for 300 dollars. Visitors face a 10 Pfennig entry as the Becks maintain the ruins. They observed a cold damp summer and August hay crops, plus visits to Gnadenberg and Koenigsfeld Moravian schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koenigsfeld
Black Forest
Herman T. Frueaufft
Matilda R. Mohr
Allentown
Swabian
Burgdorf
Waldau
Beck
Grand Dutches
Baden
Switzerland
Germany
Prof
Frueauff
Pennsylvania
Gnadenberg
Prussia
Farmers Fear Trouble From New Hunters License Law
Farmers across the county warn the new state license for hunters may disrupt rights to protect property. Officials stress the license imposes limits, requires a visible tag, and makes hunters more accountable under existing laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
New Tariff Support From The Lancaster Examiner
The Lancaster Examiner urges allowing the tariff bill to take effect and for the country to assess its real impact through results. It argues against guesswork and stresses evaluation based on actual working facts and outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Examiner
Church of the Brethren Dedicates Orphanage at Neffsville
The Church of the Brethren celebrated the dedication of a new orphanage near the larger aged care building in Neffsville. Elder I W Taylor led services with addresses by S R Zug M C Sweigart J H Longenecker and S C Witmer. The two story brick facility houses about forty children and cost about 12000 to equip as part of a total 65000 outlay. Mr and Mrs Peter Hagg of Ephrata manage the home which opened August 5 and already cares for seventeen children.
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Church of the Brethren
Neffsville
I. W. Taylor
Home For the Aged
R. Zug
Palmyra
M. C. Sweigart
Germantown
J. H. Longenecker
S. C. Witmer
Elizabethtown
Peter Hagg
Ephrata
A Gigantic Undertaking The Louisiana Rice and Irrigation Company
A Lancaster correspondent recalls a century old prospectus promoting Louisiana irrigation and rice farming ventures. It claimed rising earnings with 11 18 and 103 percent returns over five years, touting local investors from Hinkle town to New Orleans, yet no tangible wealth or listed securities appeared to materialize by 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Rice and Irrigation Company
Lancaster
Hinkletown
Honeybrook
Crowley
New Orleans
Lousiana
Lancaster Mountains
Union Rice and Irrigation
Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Responsibility
The piece argues fire waste in the nation is a national scandal eight to ten times Europe’s rate. It cites incendiaries and careless behavior as main causes and notes underwriters will resist insurance for arson and push stricter vigilance. It calls on owners and tenants to reduce risk through inspections and avoidance of flammable materials near heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Windowed Father Faces Quiet Waiting Moment
A man waits as his children press noses to the window panes a half hour before he is due, capturing a tense domestic scene of anticipation and family closeness.
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Mentor Union
W. H. Buch
Clothier and Gents’ Furnisher Record Building
Lititz
Knox
Clothid W. H. Buch Gents’ Furnisher
Lititz, PA
Yale
Farmers National Bank
Lancaster, PA
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
East King St. Lancaster, Pa
McDougall Club
W. A
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