April Term of Quarter Sessions Opens in Eastern District
The April term of Quarter Sessions Court opened with Judge Hassler presiding. 112 cases were listed, 29 guilty pleas, 52 to be disposed of. Foreman George Landa urged jurors to inspect county institutions and aid road supervisors criticism. Several trials followed including Sensenig not guilty, Houck acquitted after forging check, and Wertz guilty of felonious entry with mercy recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hassler
George Landa
Manheim Township
Hess
Salisbury
Cambridge
Bare
West Earl
Bareville
Farmeraville
Commonwealth
John Senseuig
John H. Brendie
Brecknock Township
Brendle
Sensenig
Samuel Snyder
David Houck
Landis
Houck
A. S. Kauffman
Monterey
People's Bank
Lancaster
Adam Au- Mont
Jacob Miller
Miller
Kauffman
Aument
Summitville
Frank Bingaman
Ephrata
Milton Sweigart
Clarence
Philip Wertz
Harry Z. Clemson
Salisbury ‘Township
Clemson
Wertz
Philip
Desperadoes at Paradise stun Lancaster car raid
Three of the four suspects in a Pennsylvanian railroad safe cracking were captured after a gunfight aboard a Christiana car near Paradise. A crowd threatened lynching before cooler heads intervened. The men, identified as Thomas Johnson, James Allen, and George Brown, were jailed in Lancaster and later handed to Chester County for hearings before possible cross-county trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise
Constable Miller
Christiana
Lancaster
Pennsylvania Railroad
Parkesburg
Alglen
Vintage
John May
John Miller
May
Charles W. Eaby
Thomas Johnson
Bethlehem
James Allan
New Jersey
George Brown
Thomas McFarlan
McFarlan
Chester County
Lancaster County
Upper Leacock High School Graduation Set at Leola Church
The commencement at Leola Memorial M E Church will occur Tuesday evening May 12 with twelve graduates. Prof A Y Wissler principal will preside and Prof L H McGinnis of Steelton will deliver the oration. Zion Lutheran Leacock hosts the baccalaureate sermon the previous Sunday by Rev F A Weicksel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leacock High School
A. Y. Wissler
Leola Memorial
M. E
L. H. McGinnis
Steelton
Zion Lutheran Church
Leacock
F.A Weicksel
Odd Fellows to Attend Church Service Tomorrow Evening
Earl Lodge No. 413 1 O O F members will meet at the lodge hall at 6 16 sharp to attend Divine services at Trinity Lutheran Church in a body. Services begin promptly at 7 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl ‘Lodge
Trinity
Lutheran Church
Obituary seizures and life of Lancaster professional John H Fry
John H Fry Eng of Lancaster expired alone in his law office at Duke and Grant streets. He was 57 or 58, born at Fry’s Mill, educated at Franklin & Marshall, practiced law since 1877, and manufactured mittens. Surviving relatives listed. funeral at Jacob Fry residence and Bergstrasse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Fry
Eng
Lancaster
Duke and Grantstreats
F. Foltz
Mr. Fry
Fry
Ephrata Township
Franklin & Marshall College
A. Herr Smith
Orphans’ Court
Lincoln
Independent Party
Kendig
Cocalico Township
Jacob M. Fry
Lafayette Fry
Frynville
Susan
John Seldomridge
Ephrata
Kate A
B. C.jKready, Eeq
Garrie
William M. Clime
Terre Hill
Lizzie Zook
Bareville
Mias Ida
Frysville
Jacob Fry
Bergstrasse
W. Stuart Cramer
First Reformed Church
John B. Warfel
J. M. W. Geist
Columbia College
Ninth Internal Revenue District
Lancaster School Board
State Senate
Millersville State Normal School
Home For
Stevens Industrial School
Long Asylum For Indigent Women
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Ila
W. F. Beyer
John
Jessie F
Community notes from New Holland column items
The column lists home repairs on Brimmer and Diller avenues, street work by A B Shiffer, and a 3 30 baseball game. It notes illnesses from grip, welcomes a new girl for H P Summers, and mentions improvements by Maria Kinzer and J F Brubaker. Councilman J D Bowers turns 61 with gifts from friends and a cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. £. Brubaker
Gerald
New Holland Athletic Association
Maria Kinzer
West Main Street
David Gockley
David Lemmon
J. F. Brubaker
East Main Street
Brubaker
John M. Overly
New Holland Waters Company
J. D. Bowers
Dollie
Laura Hull
Mr. Bowers
Locals to Host Jolly Rovers in Inter County League Opener
Grand stand work is nearly finished while the diamond is ready for a fast game between the locals and Lancaster’s Jolly Rovers. Lancaster brings weeks of practice. locals lack team practice and will report this morning. First pitch at 3.30 as Inter County League opens next Saturday with New Holland at Elizabethtown and Columbia visiting the following week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Rovers
Lancaster
Rovers
Inter- County League
New Holland
Elizabethtown
Columbia
Diller and Son Auction Announces April Stock Sale
Since the death of George C. Diller at Blue Ball the weekly sale in which he was interested continues under Geo. K. Diller & Son. The next sale will be held on Wednesday April 29 featuring several carloads of Kansas horses, 75 acclimated horses, a lot of mules and cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Diller
Blue Ball
Geo. K. Diller & Son
Kansas
Blue Ball Gains Noted Resident as Diller Plans Home
Our sister town Blue Ball rises as a building center with Geo. K. Diller purchasing a lot on the New Holland pike and ready to commence construction soon. The well known horseman signals his intention to build a residence in the growing community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ball
Geo. K. Diller
New Holland Pike
Fire at New Holland Machine works sparks large blaze
A fire at the New Holland Machine Company plant started when a worker claimed to have dropped a lit match in an outbuilding. The blaze reached a lumber yard and nearby cattle cars but was contained by fire crews. Loss around 850 dollars with insurance. no claim filed. A second blaze destroyed the Cocalico Creek grist and flour mill nearby, owned by the Zook family, with 1100 bushels of wheat stored and insured for about 2,800 dollars. fire crews and onlookers watched as the building burned to ashes. A forest fire burned on the mountain between Cedar Lane and Beartown with limited damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Holland Ma~chine Company
Martin Buckwalter
C. B. Renninger
New Holland Hook and Ladder Company
Buckwalter
Hook and Ladder Company
C. M. Zook
Cocalico
Brownstown
Christian M
Zook
Penn Township Mutual
Earl Mutual Insurance Company
Cedar Lane
Beartown
Hotel Sold in Rothsville Transfer of Keystone to Frymyer
H M Rettew formerly proprietors of the Keystone Hotel at Rothsville sells the business to Jacob Frymyer of Rothsville. The license will transfer soon and Rettew plans retirement in a new Rothsville home. His son George K will focus on manufacturing the Star cigar already on the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Rettew
Keystone
Rothsville
Jacob Frymyer
Mr. Rettew
George K
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Caernarvon
Oliver Green
Welsh Mountain
Green
Henry Green
Boots
Costa
Mary Green
Adam, Abram
Forney Dennis
H. Lowrie
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Abraham Dennis
Arthur
Abraham Boots
Walter Bollyer
Mounntain
Levi Sanders
Mr. Souder
Bollyer
Arthur Boots
Delaware
Harry Hess
Abe
Eastern
Abe Boots
Bollyer Y
George Cully
Edw. Murphy
Erbert Amole
Cully
Qad Fellows
Johnh. Fry
John H. Good
Mr. Good
Old Good
Brecknock
Mennonite Church
Martin B
Centre Church
New Holland National Bank
Israel B
Spring Grove
Lancaster Conference
the Mennonite Church
Catharine
Agustus Horning
Lizzie
Joseph Horning
Bowmansville
Hettie
Mary Goshen
Elizabeth Rutter
Bowmansville Mennonite Church
Benjamin Weaver
Henry Good
Samuel Evans
The
Clarion
George Davis
Brimmer Avenue
Sarah Davis
R.N. Bowers
Diller Avenue
A. B. Shiffer
H. P. Summers
Fat
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