Heller Ritter firm dissolves. Ritter leaves partnership
Nazareth area notes report the dissolution of Heller & Ritter carriage builders with James L. Ritter withdrawing. Jacob A. Heller to run the business promising first class work. Ritter to stay at Bleckemith shop. Community updates cover social visits, local events, and shop changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heller & Ritter
J. D. Roth
James L. Ritter
Jacob A. Heller
Ritter
Heller
Charles Zuck
Aston
E. F. Venter
Tatamy
John T. Gram
Maesareth Hall
William Ginther
Bethlehem area notes and local events summarized
Families of James Troxell released. Mrs Mary Ettwein travels to California with son Augustus. A fire in Bethlehem’s former Lehigh Valley Bank jewelry shop causes $5,500 damage to stock. Albert Colver and Annie Rodenbach wed at Schoeneck. Local youths in Nazareth punished after rowdy conduct. George Fanner moves from Bethlehem to Kreidler's Hecktown. Firetown travel hampered by poor roads. Moorestown sport crowd attends Clearfield raffle as hog portions assigned locally. Northampton and Lehigh counties share $629 boundary dispute cost. Bangor to Pen Argyl stage line now runs three trips daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Rickert
Henry
Sturgis
James Troxell
Mary Ettwein
Schneppethal
Ohio
California
Augustus
Joseph Detrich
Niskey
Johnsonville
Bethlehem
Lehigh Valley National Bank
L. F. Geiring
Kreidler
Hecktown
Charles Neu
Brooklyn
N. Y
Firetown
Nel
Moorestown
Clearfield
Hall
Easton
Schall
Hummel
Edward Rissmiller
Mr. Youngkin
Northampton
Chapmans Quarries
Star Grange
A. F. Meyers
Clinton Magenbach
James Frack
R. P. Miller
William Roth
H. A. Santee
H. Gilfies
Levi Roth
A. F. Renner
Emma Hagenbuch
Pomona
Mary Williamson
Flora
Melissa Renner
Ceres
Nazareth News In Brief From Town and Surroundings
Mrs Pred D Kern visited her brother Charles Kostenbader in Philadelphia. Grocer James Moore suffered a stroke last Thursday and is improving. Cold snap records show Nazareth 10 to 14 degrees below zero, Belfast 17 below, Easton 14 below. Charles Anglemire in Monroe County transacting business. Alfred Weaver with a fractured leg in St Luke's Hospital. Heck Town Hotel rebuilt into apartments with painting underway by Frank Abel crew. John T Ryan and Son open auto supply and repair at 310 South Main Street. George Gold listed as indisposed. Raymond Weaver takes over William Laubach's store. A J Roorbach teaching at Nazareth Hall spent days at Dickinson College. January eggs delivered by six White Wyandotte pullets. Hercules Cement Co receives locomotive and fourteen new cars for use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pred D. Kern
Charles Kostenbader
Philadelphia
James F. Moore
Malin Street
Zere
Nazareth
Belfast
Easton
Charles N. Anglemire
Tannersville
Monroe County
Alfred Weaver
St. Luke's Hospital
Frank Abel
Hecktown
John T. Ryan and
South Main Street
Brandall
Easton Road
Nazareth Foundry & Machine Co
George Gold
Raymond Weaver
William Laubach
A. J. Roorbach
Nazareth Hall
Dickinson College
Joseph Heintselman
Wyandotte
Tom Barron
Hercules Cement Co
Jolson biography highlights his million-dollar tears and Tuberculosis charity
The piece profiles Asa Jolson, detailing tearing up a contract worth a million dollars, starring in The Singing Fool which earned twelve million, and his charity of twenty thousand dollars yearly for free TB beds. It notes his early poverty, first stage role, and a life shaped by near death from tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Hollywood
Asa Yoelson
Jolson
United Artists
United States
Joseph Schneck
al Jolson
Joseph Behneck
Bellevue Hospital
Adirondacks
Saranac Lake
Bill
Community Notes and Local Happenings This Week
American Legion Post 470 of Bath raises funds toward a 1000 goal through March 1. Hecktown teachers Silfies and Hummel treated pupils to sleigh rides with teams by John Edgar and Palmer Laubach. Aluta Bushkill Township hall and store escape fire due to overheated stove pipe. Clinton Rice assisted along with Jerome Fehr and Eugene Keller as flames began. Mr. and Mrs. Knecht of Capella visited the Tituses. Pierce Bolt of Stockertown joined Charles Kern’s Bangor birthday dinner for Lilly Boyer and Pierce Salt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Post
Bath
Hecktown
Silfies
Miss Hummel
John Edgar
Palmer Laubach
Aluta Bushkill
Clinton Rice
Jerome Fehr
Eugene Keller
John P. Knecht
Naomi
Pearl
Capella
Howard Titus
Pierce Bolt
Stockertown
Charles Kern
Bangor
Pierce Salt
Lilly Boyer
Easton
Early theater managers sought top names for draws
The passage notes managers eagerly paid ten dollars a minute to star performers. Lee Shubert praised two genuine box office draws in America Fred Stone and Al Jolson, capable of filling a theatre in any major city on name alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Schubert
America
Fred Stone
A Jolson
Washington Herald Times sponsors first state snow excursion
About 350 carrier boys from a leading Washington newspaper will travel by special B and O train to Deer Valley in Somerset county on February 6. They will ski skate and sled in a day trip at Pennsylvania's newest winter resort before returning to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Carrier Boys
Washington
Pennsylvania
Deer Valley
Somerset County
Baltimore and Ohio
Meyersdale
Washington Herald Times
Store egg cases away from poultry feed to cut rodent damage
Jretect egg cases mice and rats often destroy packing material if cases are stored where rodents are plentiful. Penn State poultry specialists urge storing the cases where no poultry feed is kept to reduce rodent damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn State
Suspect Confesses Kidnapping and Slaying in $50,000 Ransom Case
John Henry Seadlund alias Peter Anders confessed to kidnapping and killing Charles E. Ross at Banta Apita race track and admitted killing his accomplice James Atwood Gray. The capture narrows the ongoing federal inquiry into the recent wave of kidnapping cases following new legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Henry Seadlund
Peter Anders
Charles
Ross
Seadlund
James Atwood Gray
Andere
Edgar
Grand Canyon Gorge Attracts Over 500000 Tourists In Pa
More than half a million visitors viewed Pennsylvania's Grand Canyon this year, a 65 percent rise from last year, per the Pennsylvania State Publicity Commission. The 50 mile gorge runs from Ansonia to Jersey Shore, 1000 feet deep at points, boosting Wellsboro Chamber of Commerce activity near Harrison State Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Grand Canyon
Pennsylvania State Publicity Commission
Ansonia
Jersey Shore
Chamber of Commerce
Wellsboro
Harrison State Park
Laurel Queen to reign at Wellsboro flower festival
Harrisburg Pennsylvania's Laurel Queen will reign over her flowery kingdom at Wellsboro Tioga county during the last week in June. Wellsboro Lions Club sponsors plan district queens from across the state to compete for state honors. The Pennsylvania Publicity Commission notes concurrent Laurel festival plans in Monroe county Poconos. Punxsutawney Jefferson county also hosts a rhododendron festival again this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Wellsboro
Tioga County
Poconos
Monroe County
Punxsutawney
Jefferson County
Commission
Pennsylvania natives form Florida Pennsylvanians group
A Florida meeting of Pennsylvanians organized a Florida Pennsylvanians society with over 100 attendees. A Royal palm was planted in Hollywood to honor Pennsylvania, and C P Hammerstein praised the Keystone State while noting ongoing orange cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Florida
Keystone
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State
Hollywood
Penn
C. P. Hammerstein
Flamingo Groves
Keystone State
Careful Washing Extends Wool Sweaters’ Life
Miss F. Erikson of Northampton County advises careful washing to keep wool sweaters bright and in shape. Brush and shake to remove dust, then outline the garment on paper before wetting to avoid sizing errors. Plenty of soft water and mild soap are recommended.
Buva Am Shtor and Wool Wash Saga in German Village
An irregular historical fragment describes a general store at a crossroads named Buva Am Shtor and depicts a German village life with a family, notably the Bolly, mother, and Levi. It covers wool care tips, washing with suds, drying without sun, and shaping sweaters on paper, plus social scenes and humorous exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Die Buva
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Broadhead
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Nazareth Manufacturing Company
Trustees of Nazareth Council
No. 100
O.U.A.M
Richard Christ
Thomas A. Milchsack
Allegheny
Edward Mack
Jacob Culp
J. E. Barranger
G. A. Kern
Luits
Daniel Leopold
Lebanon
Annie Nolf
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Pla
Smiths
Joneses
Guaretes
Hell Telethese Company of Pennsylvania
Jabato
Farmer
National Farm Loan Association
Fore Land Bank
Francis G. Myers
Direct Loan Cospendent
Northampton Co
New Britian, Pa
Alwa Led
Tnerigion
Nazareth Coal & Lumber Co
Asthor
New
New York
Saenes
Bowery
Broadway
Warede
Ee Penna
Pat
Buck Oehrig
Lou
Ald
the House OF Hazards
Mac Arthur
Hector
Bocka
Saena
Levi
Ferbessera
China
Katy Naus
Hund Kumt
Rei
Alla
Katta
Frank P. Rohn
Tseners Undertaker Smbalwer
Sepiiese Forsennlir Direct
Man
Rmatn
Rasareth
Tune In West Daily
H. Gross
Optometrist
Main St
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Pronto
the Chemical Pub. Co
Easton, PA
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