Fire death and orphans linked to Hahn family tale
The 1883 fatal burning of a German wife near Bricker woods along the Manheim turnpike is recounted with details of her husband Charles Adolphus Hahn and their children Richard Anna and Charles. Richard and Anna were placed in homes in Lancaster area, while Charles died in foster care. the sister’s fate remains unknown. Richard Hahn later lives in Jersey City.
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Bricker’s Woods
Manheim
Sporting Hill
Charles Adolphus Hahn
Germany
Florin
Lebanon
Richard
Anna
Charles
William Gantz
Lancaster
Eli Nissley
Squire Gibble
Mr. Hahn
Sentinel
Hahn
Manheim Sentinel
Reading man buys old Kleinfeltersville Hotel for 6000
Carl C. Snyder of Reading purchases the Kleinfeltersville Hotel property, one of the county’s oldest hotel stands, for 6000 dollars from the estate of A L Spayd after his death. A mother lynx with two young is seen near Kane roaming the oil-well area. The Lukens Steel Co at Coatesville completes the largest steel plates ever rolled: 18 plates, 1 inch thick, 196 inches wide, 86 inches long, a world record.
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Carl C. Snyder
Reading
A. L. Spayd
Kane
Pennsylvania
McKean
Lukens Steel Company
Coatesville
Concrete Bridge Bid Awarded for Middle Creek to Brunnerville
In Lancaster bids opened for a new concrete bridge on the road between Middle Creek and Brunnerville. Paul St. Sherich of Lancaster won the contract at 6200 dollars. Construction is a joint project of the State, the county, and Clay and Ephrata townships and should finish before the holidays.
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Coyle
Lancaster
Middle Creek
Brunnerville
Paul ST. Sherich
Clay
Ephrata
Long and Company Introduce New Fertilizer Formulas for Wheat
Long and Company offer high abel vets goods double strength fertilizers for Lancaster County wheat. Farmers may reduce tonnage while preserving plant food at 4-16-4 or 2-16-8 formulas, saving about 13 dollars per ton vs older 2-8-2 or 1-8-4 mixes, with freight and labor savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Long and Company
Fishermen Reel 40 Pound Drum at Bowers Beach
A Lebanon party led by S T Kurtz and companions caught 87 small fish and croakers at Bowers Beach last week. They hooked a 40 pound drum and one member landed a three foot eel that was stone dead. Captain Allie Moore, a veteran fisherman, accompanied the party.
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Lebanon
S T. Kurtz
Harold Kurtz
Moses Snyder
M. B. Holstein
D. B. Kurtz
Bowers Beach
Allie Moore
Millersville Firemen’s Festival Canceled This Year
The Millersville firemen's festival in Lancaster county, a long running event drawing nearly 10 000 attendees from surrounding areas, will not be held this year due to its cancellation announcement.
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Millersville
Lancaster County
State Orders School Boards On Farm Work Restrictions
State Superintendent Arthur P. Mylin rules school boards cannot grant children permission to miss school for farm labor. The decision came after farmers asked to keep children from classes for summer work. In Lancaster Court last Saturday Fred K. Weaver received 18 months in jail and a $75 fine on three larceny charges for stolen crops.
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Arthur P. Mylin
Lancaster
Fred K. Weaver
Fruitville Pike
Lancaster Court
John Hess
Harry Swart
M.S. Baker
East Hempfield Township
Link Suspension Bridge Spans Lehigh Near Slatington
A rare Pennsylvania bridge near Slatington remains in active highway service. The chain supported span over the Lehigh river and canal dates roughly a century, with unpainted links said to be in good condition. Nearby, river dredges, canal boats, a railroad, and highway traffic illustrate transportation progress.
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Pennsylvania
Slatington
Lehigh River
Lehigh Canal
America
Mauch Chunk
Delaware River
Constitution the Old Ironsides a Marvel of the Seas
Bulletin notes that the USS Constitution, 128 years old, defined early American shipbuilding with 24 pounders outmatching British frigates. It recalls battles in the Mediterranean and off Halifax, its design by Joshua Humphreys, and poets like Oliver Wendell Holmes inspiring its preservation.
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Englind
Constitution
Guer‘viere
Halifax
Java
Bahia
Brazil
Cayas
Gibraltar
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
San Francisco
Seattle
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Fulton
Boston Harbor
Joshua Humphreys
Congress
United States
England
Preble
Europe
Algiers
Tunis
Tripoli
Morocco
Mediterranean
Paul Revere
Lord Byron
New England
St. Simon Island
Altamaha River
Georgia
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ile
Catamount or Owl Said To Explain Broad Mountain Ghost
Mount Carmel American Legion investigated strange sounds on Broad Mountain near Mt. Carmel where a murdered girl’s body was found months ago. They found nothing. a fleeing man and owl hoots plus bobcat calls fueled a “spook” rumor. Dozens parked cars and guns during nightly vigils for weeks.
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Broad Mountain
Mt. Carmel
Mount Carmel
American Legion
Legion
Coming Events and Reunions listed for Sept and Oct
The notice lists family reunions for Keath Freymeyer and Coldren at various Sept dates, plus the Sesqui Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia from June 14 to Sept 17, 1926. It also mentions the Elser Oberlin reunion at Zacharias Ferry’s home in Clay, and a Pennsylvania State Firemen's Convention in Stroudsburg on Oct 5 6 7 and 8, and the Lancaster Co Christian Endeavor Convention at New Holland on Nov 5 and 6.
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Philadelphia
Elser-Oberlin
Zacharias Ferry
Clay
Pennsylvania State Firemen’s
Stroudsburg
Monroe County
Lancaster Co. Christian Endeavor
New Holland
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Richard Hahn
Jersey City
Dickinson Seminary
Williamsport
Ellis Joseph
Singapore
Mesopotamia
Wisdom
Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Munsing, Cooper
Duoford
High Rock
Lawrence Union
Arrow
Ide
Sweet Ory and Company
Freeland
W. H. Buch
Keystone Exchanges
Royster
Guanoco
Baltimore, Mo
Doc
Felix
L. F. van Zela
Western Newspaper Union
Tre Road
Feliz
Taeble
Doctor
Alex
the County
George W. Crouse
Reinholds
Galen Hall
Ironsides
Tennessee
New Jersey
M. E. Snavely
Ind
Kissel Hill Lititz, R. D
Leola Circular
Buckeye
Keath
Freymeyer
Coldren
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