Birthday party celebrates Laura Seather in Lititz
Fifty years ago on September 5 1879 Miss Laura Seather marked her twentieth birthday with a party for her many young lady friends. Butter sold for 10 cents a pound and eggs for 12 cents a dozen as Lititz schools opened with 145 scholars, Lititz and Linden Hall students arriving to begin the new term.
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Laura Seather
George Shreiner
New Maven
Kissel Hill
Litita Academy
Linden Hall
Lititz
William H. Bollinger
Onion
Broad Street Crossing Dangers Highlight 1904 Scene
Twenty five years ago on September 2 1904 the Broad Street crossing of the Ziaoding Railroad saw much shifting and danger with near misses daily. Wm Tl Muth fell from a wagon when two horses bolted and pulled the wagon into a pole. Over 240 pupils enrolled as the fall term began at Litite Public Schools. Merchants planned to open stores in Litite nightly during the week. Town Council allocated 100 to Litite Hose Company after Dr J L Hertz urged funding. Butter cost 16 cents a pound and eggs sold for 19 a dozen.
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Ziaoding
Wm. Tl. Muth
Litite Public
Litite
Te Litite Hose Company
J. L. Hertz
Ewgs
Rothsville Notes Annual social visits across towns
Miss Helen Hallacher of New York visited the M S Hallacher family from Friday to Tuesday. Many locals hosted guests over the weekend including Mr and Mrs Eugene Mohn of Mt Bethel, Mr and Mrs Harvey Shaar of Philadelphia, and Mr and Mrs Harvey Long with children from Columbia. Other relatives and friends traveled or stayed with extended families at Denver and Allentown area farms and homes, sharing Sunday gatherings and farm visits.
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Helen Hallacher
New York
M. S. Hallacher
Eugene Mohn
Mt. Bethel
Joseph Mohn
Harvey Shaar
Philadelphia
Willis Shaar
Snday
Harvey Long
Columbia
John McQate
Reading
N. I. Long
R. H. Lutz
Mohnton
Frank Lutz
Benj. High
Ohio
Indiana
Christ High
Benjamin Forney
Emory Shimp
William Musser
Paul Beaver
William Shimp
Allen Balmer
May Musser
Mary Musser
Monroe Longenecker Farm
Denver
George Smith
Lancaster
Carpenter Koffroth
Sshot. Longenecker
Allentown
Deadly Blasting Caps Warned After Explosive Accidents
About 400 children are crippled by playing with blasting caps. The caps contain 15 to 30 grains of fulminate, an extremely sensitive explosive. Firearm primers need only one fifth grain to ignite powder, highlighting danger and risk.
Merely Idle Stories About Human Animal Crosses
The Smithsonian Institute notes there is no authentic record of any cross between humans and animals. Many reports of such crosses have proven groundless after investigation by competent scientists.
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Smithsonian Institution
County events and local notices of civic programs
The page lists multiple local items: a PTA meeting setup in Christiana with the committee, John M. Ranck from Leola gaining medical practice authorization, new medical and chiropodist permits, a lawsuit in New Holland over a $13,000 promissory note, Millersville college president Dr. Landis Tanger outlining an active new administration, Lancaster County to receive $69,613.60 in state school funds, a road accident near Elizabethtown injuring Jacob Stauffer, Mount Joy planning its eighth annual community exhibit for October 17–19, and a Columbia District Boy Scout gathering at Shenk Reservation with York troops and local officials observing.
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Leola
John M._Ranck
Pennsylvania
State Board of Medical Examiners
Millersville
Landis Tanger
Millersville State
Mount Joy
Main Street
Robret’s
Newcomer's Garage
Newcomer’s Store
Hostetter
Columbia
Division of Labor Sparks Radio Ruin During Vacuum
A brief item notes a daughter’s attempt to be helpful by interacting with a radio as her mother runs a vacuum, causing the radio to be damaged. The incident is framed as a home mishap illustrating household chores and misunderstandings of helpfulness.
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Daughter
Mother
Cinrian Enqu
Desert Romance Sealed as Red Shadow Takes Margot
Margot Bonvalet delays wedding to Captain Fontaine as the Red Shadow, Pierre Birabeau in disguise, pursues romance and plots with the outlaw Riffs. After a bold confrontation, the rider abducts Margot, carrying her into the desert as the garrison fights the siege and the Red Shadow vanishes into night.
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Margot Bonvalet
Paul Fontaine
Werrison
Fes
Red Shadow
Pierre Birabeau
General Birabeau
Pierre
Margot
Basten
Captain Vontaine
Azuri
Fontaine
Biradeau
Eiva
Paul
Birabeau
Garrisan
Vered
Man Killed As He Drives Truck Into Path of Train
Jacob Flowers thirty five of Bainbridge died after his truck collided with a Reading train at the Freight House crossing Lancaster Junction. His employer suffered serious injuries as passenger Nathan Jaschik forty three of Lancaster was hospitalized with internal injuries. The truck towed a disabled car when the collision occurred. Jaschik later said they had not heard the locomotive whistle and did not see the approaching train until within feet of the crossing.
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Pierre
Captain Fontaine
Red Shadow
Reading
Lancaster Junction
Jacob Flowers
Bainbridge
Flowers
Lancaster General Hospital
Nathan Jaschik
Lancaster
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Jaschik
Meisky Divorce Case Subpoena Issued in Lancaster
Alias subpoena for divorce against Leroy F Meisky served by sheriff P P Dattis man. Beatrice Meisky seeks to dissolve marriage at Lancaster Court of Common Pleas starting September 16 1929 at 10 a m. Respondent ordered to appear with cause.
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Leroy F. Meisky
Lancaster
Court of Common Pleas
Beatrice Meisky
P. P. Dattisman
Omer Kendig v Helen Kendig alias subpoena for divorce
The notice announces an August term 1929 case in Lancaster Pa requiring Helen R Kendig to appear as defendant in the suit brought by Omer Kendig seeking a divorce from the bonds of matrimony. The sheriff is to serve the alias subpoena.
Daily Thought on Love by Lydia Morrin Child
A reflective meditation asserts love as the cure for human ills and sorrows. It portrays love as divine vitality that revives life and empowers individuals to perform acts of kindness and transformation.
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Lydia Morrin
Cystex 48 Hour Test Offered at Lititz Drug Store
Bladder irritation affects sleep and causes burning itching backache and fatigue. The ad urges trying Cystex with a 60 cent price at L N Moyers Drug Store in Lititz Pennsylvania offering a money back if no quick improvement.
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L. N. Moyer
Lititz
Public Sale of Real Estate in Lancaster County Pennsylvani
Public sale on September 28 1929 by the Orphans Court of Lancaster County for two tracts. First a frame dwelling and barn on 11 acres 37 perches in Warwick and Elizabeth Townships, near Snavelys Mill. Second a Lexington village lot fronting Race Street about sixty feet wide and 166 feet deep. Sale starts 1 80 PM. terms announced. Kate Miley administrator George L Keith clerk Jac G Conrad auction Joseph B Wissler attorney.
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Orphans’ Court
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Warwick
Elizabeth Townships
Snavely’s Mill
Lexington
Hiram Markley
Paul Hindeman
Lloyd Witmer
Race Street
Medical publicist on neck pain causes summary
A Detroit News quote notes multiple possible causes for pain at the back of the neck while a Washington Star quip warns against believing everything heard by urging more work and less listening. The remarks illustrate caution in medical information and skeptical commentary.
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Detroit News
Eben
Washington Star
Real Estate and Insurance of All Kinds Industry Listing
A compact notice lists services in Real Estate, Insurance of all kinds, Investment Securities, Scrivening and Clerking of Sales as offered by local practitioners.
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Hershey & Gibbel
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New York World
Rothsville Notes
Christiana
Parent-Teacher Association of
Paul Schlotthauer
Leroy Long
C. Blanche Davis
Fred Boyd
John Dochter
New Holland
Isaac A. Snader
James A. Gilfillan
Robert A
William G. Gilfillan
M. Sidna Hurst
Charles A. Waters
Elizabethtown
Jacob Stauffer
Manheim
R. D
Division of Labor
Virginia Morris
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc
Warner Bros
Otto Harbach
Laurence Schwab
Oscar Hammerstein
Frank Mandel
Front & Locust Sts
Omer Kendig
Helen R. Kendig
Helen R. Kendigy
Cataptene
Billy
Walnut Grove Dairy
W. Martin Hess
Daily Thought
Kate Miley
Deyan Miley
George L. Keith
Jac. G. Conrad
Auet
Joseph B. Wissler
Hollinger
Liberty Street
M. Ada Schaerer
Buebener & Habecker
E. Main St. Lititz
Lititz, PA
Wingert Ai Haas
John A. Haas
N. Queen St
Farmers National Bank
Fred Trimmer
Luita
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