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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1908
Page
4
The town considers a fall winter literary society or lyceum to improve social life with non partisan debates on agriculture tariffs highways and civic issues. The CLAnion supports starting efforts and the local school is praised for safety and fire drills.
The W C T U held a Tuesday evening session with Mrs Anna H Roland and others. The program included a scripture reading by the president and prayers, a letter from a worker among foreigners at Elias Island New Jersey, and reports from senior and junior L T L superintendents.
Among the sick, scarlet fever and diphtheria affect children of BE Wallace and Henry McCarty households near East Earl, with Mrs Israel Barr growing weaker. Cecelia Doerr improves after appendicitis treatment, while Dorothy Diller suffers a tumorous abdominal growth. A list recalls residents who attended school daily. Clayton Ravegum’s barn fire near Akronboro destroys crops and livestock, with about 1200 dollars loss covered by Lititz Insurance.
A literary society forms at Schoeneck and Manheim builds fifteen new houses in a year. Mont Clare boys begin a 25 week church and Sunday school service. A fatal Akron fire claims Helen Ramsey, age eleven, as her dress ignites from hot ashes. Mrs. Levi Becker and two sons injured in Ephrata runaway auto crash on State street. LeRoy and Paul Becker badly hurt. Paul has a temple cut. no skull fracture found.
Red Cross Christmas stamps to fund-raise for consumption relief are sold at Foster Cochran's. The stamps cost one penny each and can be bought in any quantity with mail orders filled. Last year the store sold thousands, and this year more residents are contributing.
Miss Mary Rieker and family visit Lancaster for Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Seber. Cornelia Barstler visits Philadelphia. Amos Diller and Elmer Fusnacht attend Hammerstein opera there. Rev Henry Katz meets brother Elias Kurtz after twenty years in Philadelphia. Ralph Roland visits from Philadelphia. Rev S M Montz and A A Showalter travel to Philadelphia on business. The Clarson Ree advertises remaining 1908 weeks for new subscribers.
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