Memorial for George C. Diller East Earl livestock pioneer
George C. Diller of Blue Ball East Earl township died April 7 1908 at age 24 after a five week illness. Born November 18 1883 on the Diller farm he built a large Eastern Pennsylvania livestock business with his father and was famed for his honesty and sales acumen. He married Harriet Keist February 14 1905 and Left a widow and daughter Helen plus a sister Mary and parents. Funeral services were at Trinity Lutheran Church Blue Ball with pastors Mountz and Noss. burial followed with many mourners.
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George C. Diller
Diller
Blue Ball
Green Bank
East Earl Township
Hammond's School
Cedar Grove
Wade
Pennsylvania Business College
Lan Caster
George
Geo. K.diller & Son
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Missouri
Indiana
Illinois
Kansas
Iowa
Harriet
Adam Qeist
Helen
Robert
Mary
Trinity Lutheran Church
M. Mountz
J. G. Noss
St. Stephen Reformed Church
Adam H. Weaver
William Yohn
Primary election day brings large ballot in New Holland
Primary election day features a big ballot with three New Holland candidates E C Diller Eli Hess and J F Seldomridge running on separate tickets. Voters urged to mark carefully. Local updates include home renovations church visits and public works projects as community life buzzes.
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New Holland
E. C. Diller
Eli Hess
J. F. Seldomridge
Register of Wills
Wenger Groff
Earl Township
Wagon Restoration Ad by E L Rosenoro & Son
Now is the time to bring in wagons carriages Jenny Lind buggies for repair and painting Rubber tires installed Old wagons made to look like new Contact E L Rosenoro & Son for service and pricing in 1926.
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E. L. Rosenoro & Son
Teachers Examination Set for Millersville on May Day
The committee on permanent teachers certificates will hold its annual examination at Millersville on Saturday May 2. Applicants should come prepared to do their work with pen and ink. paper should be eight by ten inches in size.
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Millersville
Donor Acquires Complete New Holland Clarion File for Society
The Lancaster County Historical Society received a complete thirty-volume file of the New Holland Clarion from 1873 to 1903 from George H. Ranck. The Daily New Era notes the donation as valuable and unique but warns the wording may imply uniqueness beyond the donor’s gift.
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Lancaster County Historical Society
New Era
George H. Ranck
New Holland Clarion
Ranck
Clarion
Rally Day Program At United Brethren Church
Tomorrow at 2 20 p m the Men's Bible Class of the United Brethren Church will present a rally day program featuring music prayer and an address Man and the Sunday School by O P Beckley Harrisburg and a reading of the constitution Elmer Good will sing solo and the class officers include W W Stauffer president J C Myer vice president and Samuel Shirk treasurer The class invites all to attend and support the effort with members listed as active participants.
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United Brethren Church
Bore and Vicinity
O. P. Beckley
Harrisburg
Elmer Good
W. W. Stauffer
J. C. Myer
W. Albright
Samuel Shirk
J. F. Brubaker
Luther Ames
Harry Brubaker
R. W. Brubaker
C.T. Brubaker
J. Warren Bryson
A. Y. Geist
Amos Good
Ambrose Groff
Clayton Heigel
Frank Keiser
J. B. Mentzer
Fred Mowery
Isaac Overly
Ira Ranock
John Rife
Roland Richwine
Abram Shirk
David Swope
Clarence Swope
Roy Sensenich
Ladders Missing After Work Across Various Locations
Davis' Sons requests alerts about returned ladders left at sites where work was completed. Many ladders remain unreturned. notify E. Davis or the firm to confer the favor and reclaim property. Date 4-11-26.
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Davis
West Earl Farm Barn Destroyed in Fire
A large barn on Nathan Rupp’s farm between Bareville and Farmersville in West Earl burned Tuesday evening. Firefighters saved several animals, but four horses, a mule, seven cows, a bull, and many poultry perished. Losses run to about 8,000 to 9,000 dollars with no insurance for the owner. speculation points to incendiary origin amid rumors of horse theft.
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Nathan Rupp
Bareville
Farmersville
Earl Township
Nathan Ropp
Elam Kreider
New Holland
Mr. K
West Earl
Kreider
Rupp
Lititz Agricultural Company
Obituary notices from the district
Funeral notices honor several local residents with causes of death, ages, and burial details. Sarah Hull 86 native of Reading died at East Main Street home after old age infirmities. Harrison Smith 77 died of apoplexy near Mechanicsburg. Benjamin Reich child died near Dover. Mary Weaver died after lungs hemorrhage. Edwie M Martin died of typhoid pneumonia. Mary Ammon died in Philadelphia. services held at St Stephen Reformed, Zion Lutheran, Pike Mennonite, and Graffdale churches with local undertakers.
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Sarah
Levi Hall
East Main Street
Sabe
Kby
Reading
Leyi Hull
New Holland
Harrison Smith
Mechanicsburg
Smith
Alsbert
Rawlinsville
Mary Weever
Columbia
Annie Jolene
Harry
George
Jacob
Akron
Lisith
Zion Lutheran Church
Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Benjamin Etch
Benjamin Reich
Dover
Delaware
Sorrowlang
Bowers
Keller Senseniz
Linccoln
Pike Mennonite
Reich
Earl Township
Benjamin B. Weaver
Mary
Reidhenbach
Pike Mennonite Church
Pike Church
Henninger
Mary Ammon
John Ammon
Spring Grove
Philadelphia
Peneumonia
Levij. Ammon
Terre Hill
Evangelical Cemetery
Palm Sunday Services at Trinity Church
Tomorrow Palm Sunday services at Trinity Church will feature palm decor and special music. The morning sermon covers Christ's triumphal entry and ten confirmands plus transfers. Evening services begin passion week with sermons on Christ's sayings from the cross at 7:30 each night. Easter Day program to be announced.
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Trinity Church
Jerusalem
Parker
Barrett
Tweda Killian
Flossie Zell Brimmer
Lena Matilda Steffy
Emma Viola Schhnupp
Irma Weiler Shhaub
Bessie May Groff
Pauline Kathryn Rutter
George Mearig
Henry Benkett Mowery
Ammon Jacob Talley
Baseball Diamond Enclosed and Exhibition With Jolly Rovers
The baseball diamond is enclosed with a seven foot board fence on Custer avenue. Work on the diamond has begun and the grand stand lumber bill is prepared to be supplied by Geo. W. Kinzer. J H Townsley & Son will perform the construction. An exhibition game against the Jolly Rovers of Lancaster is set for Saturday April 25.
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Custer Avenue
Geo. W. Kinzer
J. H. Townsley & Son
Jolly Rovers
Lancaster
Man Suffers Finger Injuries While Unloading Organ
William Keiser, helping drayman S. F. Retten unload an organ at Russ Gephart’s home, had the first two fingers of his left hand crushed and split after the case slipped between the curb and the organ. One finger split, the other badly lacerated.
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William Keiser
S. F. Retten
Russ Gephart
Stroke Suffered by Walter Johns on East Main Street
Walter Johns of East Main Street suffered a paralytic stroke while en route to his Akron tobacco warehouse. He collapsed near Diamond station after leaving his home at 7 30 am, received aid, and was taken to Akron hotel and then home. His speech and left side weakness improved by evening, with doctors noting gradual recovery.
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Walter §. Johns
East Main Street
Boro
Diamond Station
Ephrata Ring
Bere
Thia Tobacco Warehouse
Akron Station
Akron
Kreiter
Mr. Johns
Aaron Gehman
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Wolf
Hnand
Muckle
East End
Farmers National Bank
Co. B. Rennmeger
Isaac Good
West Main Street
P. E. Shirk
I. H. Albright
New Holland U. B
Covenant U. B. Church
W. H. Good
Brimmer Avenue
Jackson Street
Henry Mentzer
Anna Rutter Barton
L. H. Hendrixson
M. J. Brecht
Boro School Board
I. M. Groff
Groff
Chester E. Roseboro
H. C. W. Showalter
Geo. W. Kinzer & Co
Cincinnati
Kinzer & Co
Lancaster County
Washington
P. UO. 3
New Folland
Lo. O. FL
Knights of the Golden Eagle
J.P. Rutter
W. W. Spangler
J. Rosas Herr
New Holland Inter-County
Mechanigaburg
Lititz
Faniogs
Sarah Hull
Trinity
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