Liberty Bell rescue lesson at Leeser grave site near Berks
A historic account recalls Daniel Leeser and neighbors secretly moving the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to Zion's Reformed Church in Allentown area during Howe's 1777 raid. The article notes Leeser's grave in Lynn township and a neglected family plot with markers and flags honoring gallant deeds.
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Daniel Leeser
Philadelphia
Lynn Township
Lehigh County
Leeser
Blue Mountain
St. Jacob’s Church
Jacksonville
Valley Torge
Howe
Christ Lutheran Church
Bethlehem Pike
Lieser
Samuel Teese
Daniel
Lehigh
Fishermen Guilty of Illegal Catch Near Karthaus
John Shadick and Paul Woodling were arrested near Karthaus for taking game fish with an illegal device. They pleaded guilty at a hearing and fined 30 dollars each for taking black bass and brook trout in violation of the law. James Beatty of Dickerson Run claims a champion snake hunting cat. Miles Lusher of Rockland tied and stacked 120 bundles of vats in two hours despite disability.
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John Shadick
Paul Woodling
Karthaus
James Beatty
Dickerson Run
Fayette County
Miles Lusher
Rockland
Franklin County
Farm Calendar Highlights Planting Delays and Safe Dates
Dry spell may delay Hessian fly emergence. safe planting dates vary by locality per county agent. Pullets benefit from 12 hours of light daily, rising to 13 hours after development. Winter canning depends on September to October vegetable yields including tomatoes, beans, beets, carrots, cauliflower, corn, squash and greens. Chocolate milk route expands dairy sales with 700 to 1000 half-pint bottles daily to restaurants, stores, and parks.
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Pennsylvania State College
Columbia County
Centennial Bell Cast for Independence Hall Exhibit
Philadelphia guards escorted the bell beneath police watch until the Liberty Bell replica was installed in Independence Hall during the Centennial year. A new bell, modeled after the original, was cast in 1876 by an American bell founder and plated in the tower, while the old bell was kept for exhibition.
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Independence
John Marshall
U. S. Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Appropriate Inscriptions on the 13000 Pound Bell
The new bell weighs 13000 pounds to symbolize the 13 Original States. It features decorative work and a Scripture paragraph with a border of stars and an inscription: Glory to God and on earth peace, good will toward men. The old bell shoulder bears the Bible inscription Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof Levit. 25 10.
County Records Show High Married Women as Teachers in Lancaster
County Supt. Arthur P. Mylin reports 100 married women among rural schoolteachers and 609 women among 740 total county teachers excluding Columbia. The article tracks shifts in female teaching roles amid broader coal industry history and anthracite’s production growth from early attempts to 1880s and beyond.
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Lancaster County
Arthur P. Mylin
Columbia
Colonial Relics Found By Bathers In Muskingum River
A fragment of the Celeron plate, a rare pre Revolution relic, was found by boys bathing in the Muskingum River near Marietta and placed in the American Antiquarian Society museum. The plate was one of seven placed by French authorities in 1749 to mark territorial claims in America. The find follows a nearby rescue by a passerby and reflects the ongoing French English dispute over the region. In another note, Fraternal Patriotic Americans push a naturalization deadline for long term aliens at the state convention.
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Muskingum River
Marietta
Museum
The
American Antiquarian Society
Worcester
Mass
America
England
France
Marquis de la Gallissioniers
Canada
M. de Celeron de Brienville
Lake Erie
Ohio River
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Berks Border
Our Independence Hall
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Munsing
Hooper
Duoford
High Rock
Lawrence Union
Ide
Harsina PS
Sweet Orr and Company
Freeland
W. H. Buch
Featherheads
van Zelm
Eaten Newcomer Union
Fanny
Sarah
Florida
Mrs. Feather Head
LE Vam
Keystone Exchanges
the County
Jesse Fell
Latkawanna
Wyoming Valley
Five Nations
Susquehanna Connecticut Company
Obadiah Gore
Susquehanna River
Pittston
John Sehouf
Jacobh Weiss
6Th
Tehigh Coal Mine Company
Wilkes-Barre
John and
Abijah Smth
Plymoth
Susquehanna
Baltimore
New York
Lehigh River
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Girard Estate
Venango
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Lorch
Louis XV
Celeron
Marquis de la Galissioniere
New France
Oyo
Ohio
Rwick
Dortretch
Aix-la-Chapalle
Ecof Print House & Sabrdag En
Lititz, Pa
Warheir
Lancaster
Lancaster, PA
Irvington, N
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