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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
4
The editor reflects on time and renewal as 1909 begins, urging resolve and steady effort. It notes the value of labor for success and highlights Theodore Roosevelt Jr’s move to aide to the Connecticut governor, plus New York’s $50 million road-improvement program expanding hundreds of miles of roads in 1907 and the current year.
The speaker predicts a future when the United States will be crisscrossed with roadways as flawless as those in England, France, and Germany, suggesting a vision of national infrastructure improvement that may be realized in time.
The Ninth district led all areas in cigar production with 837,091,088 pieces, surpassing Philadelphia. Collector H L Hershey reports district totals for whiskey, beer, tobacco and related industries, including 3,048,710.97 dollars collected and 20,085,641 gallons of rye whiskey warehoused as of June 30, 1908.
Miss Helen Faber of Philadelphia visits grandmother Mrs. Lucetta Seldomridge over the weekend. Seldomridge heads to Philadelphia to spend the holidays with daughter Mrs. W. C. Faber. William Bair of Buffalo holidaying with parents Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bair. R. Scott Harner returns from Haverford College to his parents Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Harner. John Brubaker visits uncle David M. Martin near East Earl before holidays.
The Lancaster firm Kirk Johnson & Co has completed a series of piano parlors the size of a room with ornate papering rugs and piano displays arranged like a home parlor. A phonograph department is a new feature set apart by a double glass partition for simultaneous demonstrations. Visitors will note the store ranks among eastern Pennsylvania’s finest music instrument shops.
The Geist store property at Blue Ball was sold at a fall public sale and bought by Adam A Weaver, a farmer from East Earl Township. Geist, current store proprietor, and Adam reached private terms Tuesday evening, making Geist the owner of the store building and continuing the business.
Lancaster audiences praise week shows at the Family Theatre on West King Street where Manager Mozart also gave away fifteen turkeys daily. The paper notes vaudeville value and urges readers to visit for entertaining performances at an affordable price.
The article explains why people eat bread daily without fatigue and how tropical fruits like figs dates bananas and mangoes supply protein. It cites Henry M. Stanley and Jamaican mango seasons and notes fats fuel the body with Arctic adaptation including Eskimo dietary habits.
A gos sip mistypes a confession to Mrs. Brown as the wise woman explains she intended to be told in strict confidence. The exchange ends with forgiveness and a reminder of discretion in sharing private information.
A fragment from a London Tit-Bits item depicts a schoolmaster scolding a late student. The boy explains he was kept in the day before and arrived late this morning. The piece also carries Eliot style musings on the weight of spoken words.
Lancaster Stock Yards receive federal approval to begin inter state cattle shipments Monday December 28 with stockers and feeders selling that day under new permit system. Officials outline permit rules and quarantine conditions affecting destination farms and yard operations in Lancaster Pennsylvania.
The Lancaster County registry shows 45 702 potential voters for the February election up 1 213 from last year. City voters total 12 926 and Columbia 3 271 with Fourth ward in Lancaster the largest district at 1 049. Fire company fair opens January 2 at Rothsville Keystone House Hall with East Petersburg Band providing music for a month long event to benefit the Rothsville Fire Company.
The Seacouk Ladies Auxiliary will host a spelling bee at the Bareville schoolhouse on Saturday evening January 2 with doors opening at 4 30. Admission is 10 cents. The item appears in a 1926 local notice.
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