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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
8
The Lancaster region reports another dull week in the leaf tobacco market outside manufacturer sales. Prices rise for 1907 Wisconsin binder leaf and 1907 Pennsylvania leaf, with concerns over supply as the 1908 crop nears.
Hatville residents Harry R. Bair and family spent weekend with relatives in Lancaster. Ida Vierling visited friends including Mrs. Mary Ann Good and Miss Leah Good. Mr. and Mrs. John Horning of Lancaster visited here. Social entertainment hosted by Amos and Hershey for Intercourse and Bayerstown residents. Abraham Nolan, Henry Hambright and others from Lancaster joined Isaac Clark's guests.
Postal authorities warn newspapers to stop publishing lucky number holders raffles and other lottery schemes. The crackdown requires careful future coverage and bans any guessing contests. Violations may lead to withdrawal of the paper from the mail.
The ad lists clam soup, new potatoes, bananas, tomatoes, pineapples, marrow's ice cream, and peaches at Doerr's, plus ginger soups at Wright's made by a new cake machine. It also invites private farm sale notices with confidential communications to W. Hf. Sweinart, 735 N 44th St Philadelphia Pa.
sale register lists multiple auctions and sales in July including Kansas horses 75 acclimated horses 5 pairs well broken mules lots of fresh cows and eDupREres at Blue Ball. H P Monitor engine threshers water tank and farming implements at Mt Tahor. 100 choice cows with music by Fairville Band at Terre Hi in Joseph Marks park. frame residence 331 West Main St New Holland sale 7 pm by G C Mentzer. auctioneer M W Taylor.
The committee met at Samuel Bard's home to map the July 15 picnic with games, contests, amusements, music, and combined meals. The Mechanicsburg Band schedules summer engagements including July 18 at the park. Wheat harvests are strong and potato crops may be light due to blight.
Mrs Esther Myers and Edythe Buck Walter visit sister Mrs Fred Habalar in Spring Garden. Beartown visitors include Mrs Hoyt Athouse and Stauffer. Windom native Elva Kurtz vacationing with L S Kurtz family. White Horse club hosts Simmontown and Cambridge games on Saturday. Diamond to be scraped and new baseball club organized by local boys.
A surprise reunion for Daniel W. Overly at his Green Bank home brought eleven families and fourteen relatives to join for a noon dinner. Guests included Jacob Rife Delinger Garfield Ammon and numerous Rife family members from Gap Springville New Holland Green Bank Lancaster Earlville Intercourse Philadelphia and more. Gifts and social time followed a generous meal before return to their homes.
Frisby Cochran of Waverly New York died Monday at about sixty eight. He spent three decades as a railroad engineer chiefly with the Lehigh Valley railroad. Survived by wife Lucetta Diffenderfer. Funeral held Thursday in Waverly. Elvina Yobn of Intercourse died Monday morning aged seventy five. Widow of Abraham Yobn. Survived by daughters Mrs Peter Plank Mrs Isaac B Shirk Mrs Daniel Geist and Mrs Hannah Hershey. Funeral Thursday at Intercourse U B Church. Martha G Russell of Beartown died Monday afternoon after illness of over a year. Aged about seventy. Survived by children Annie wife of Harry Clemson Tra Edwin Firmin Bertha Ada. Funeral Thursday at 12 30 from her Beartown home and Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church with interment in Cedar Grove cemetery. Undertaker Henninger in charge.
Saturday July 4 Independence Day celebration at Lititz. Saturday July 11 Intercourse Council Jr USA M festival at Intercourse. Saturday July 11 Terre Hill Frangelical Sunday school picnic in Sensenig's Grove. Saturday July 18 Zion Lutheran Sunday school picnic of Mechanicsburg at Conestoga Valley Park. Saturday July 18 26 Evangelical camp meeting at Brownstown. Saturday July 25 Bergstrasse and Hinkletown Sunday school picnic in Hinkletown Park. Saturday August 1 Muddy Creek Sunday school celebration. Saturday August 1 Festival by Inter County League Base Ball Club at New Holland. August 8 Festival by Washington Camp No 45 P O of A at Church town.
Religious notices list services across Trinity Lutheran Terre Hill Evangelical and Reformed churches New Holland and other area congregations with pastors, Sunday school times, preaching hours, Y P A meetings, Luther Leagues and midweek prayer sessions for a full day of worship tomorrow across Lancaster area churches.
The article argues that Honeywell water systems outperform ordinary steam and water setups with a wider 160 range versus 140. It invites readers to have free estimates and offers to improve any hot water plant by examining and upgrading the old system.
Akron area groups announce fraternal gatherings. I O O F lodge No. 4138 meets Thursdays in Oda Fellows Hall with J F Seldomridge as secretary. New Holland Casinx No. 167 meets Tuesdays in Oda Fellows Hall. P H Shaub serves as Master of Records for Washington Camp No. 40 P O S of A meets Mondays in P O S of A Hall with S Townsley as recording secretary.
At the German Baptists Brethren Church annual meeting in Des Moines Iowa the members voted to rename the church Church of the Brethren. An official announcement of the change will be issued soon.
An old advertisement fragment promotes a new foot pad invention. It mentions a free sample and refers to Allen and Olmsted with an unclear address, suggesting a local business offering a product for tired feet.
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