Local team defeats rivals 8 to 1 in season opener
New Holland broke the ice with an 8 to 1 win over the Inter-County League cellar leaders. Key hits by new recruits and strong pitching by Hinkle propelled the locals, who avenge last season and prepare to face Marietta next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckius
Davis
Marietta
H. W. Buckins
Lancaster
Amos Diller
Columbia
Ebersole
Elizabethtown
Greer
New Holland
Charley Miller
Miller
Inter-County League Scores From Last Saturday
New Holland 8 Lanecaster 1 Marietta 4 Lititz 8 Columbia 1 Elizabethtown 1 results reported from the Inter-County League with multiple district games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Holland
Marietta
Lititz
Lancaster
Columbia
Forging to the Front. Cedar Grove Pupils Proud
Horace E. Getz of Cedar Lane rises from Cedar Grove Public School to Wade's Business College Lancaster. He completes bookkeeping stenography and typewriting courses with credit and secures roles at Pennsylvania Railroad shops and later Pinkerton Detective Bureau as a typist and stenographer before moving on in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Grove
Horace E. Getz
Cedar Lane
Wade’s Business College
Lancaster
Steelton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Benjamin
Getz
Philadelphia
Pinkerton
Young Man Joins War Department as Stenographer
A diligent candidate passed civil service exams in stenography and typewriting with high grades in mid June. He received a letter confirming eligibility for an appointment soon and a telegram offering a stenographer and typewriter post in the War Department with a fine yearly salary. He accepted by wire and started July 6, expressing satisfaction with the surroundings and opportunities for an ambitious, energetic career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Stranded Couple Delayed By Sick Horse On Old Road
Mr. Robinson of Atglen and his lady friend from Elworth were en route to Intercourse when their horse fell ill on the Old Road at W. W. Bulger's residence. They unhitched and called Dr. Sensenigh of New Holland who tended the animal until midnight. The horse remained until Sunday evening before being moved. During Sunday they sought another horse to escort the woman home.
Brackbills Hotel Burns North of Brownstown
Yesterday before press time Brackbill's Hotel half a mile north of Brownstown burned to the ground. Fire started near the chimney after 10 am. the family baking was underway and fresh kinduluga were used. Firefighters saved furnishings and the building collapsed before noon. A north wind kept the barn and shed from catching fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarion
Brackbill's
Brownstown
Blackbill’s
Local items mix social news and minor mishaps in East Main area
Thirteen short notes cover neighbors and happenings from East Main street and nearby. Updates include a new sign for J F Brubaker, a stroke illness for Catharine Rutter, a burglar arrest of Jim Boots, a joyful birth announcement for Maud, fishing leisure with Roseboro and Groff party, audits of the Enterprise Telephone and Telegraph Company, a New Holland Band concert, Lutheran reunion at Mt Gretna, and James Bair injuring his hand while repairing a door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud
Ralph Roseboro
Anna Groff
B. Beichler
Philadelphia
A. E. Burkholder
H. M. Hoffman
John H. Martin
Enterprise Telephone and Telegraph Company
New Holland
Chairton
Edwin Getz
Lessly
Terre Hil
Maria Kinzer
Grace Bender
Clara
Mary Kohler
Bessie Gilfillan
Lillie
Pauline Rutter
M.rutter
Elva G. Bair
Alta M. de Fannie
Marla Yundt
Mre. Co
Roseboro
J.D. Bowers
W. M
George Mearig
Brubaker
Paul Espenschied
Mary Johne
M. Mountz
Trinity Lutheran Church
Mt. Gretna
James Bair
J. A. Hoffman
Bair
Aged Man Keiffer Missing From Brecknock Home
An 83 year old man, Daniel Keiffer, vanished from his Silver Hill residence Saturday afternoon. A sustained search by 1786 locals across East Earl Brecknock and Caernarvon townships failed to locate him, with family offering a $10 reward for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Keiffer
Frank
Silver Hill
Brecknock Township
Mr. Keiffer
California
East Earl
Brecknock
Frank Keiffer
Joint Sunday School Picnic Planned for July 20
On Monday evening Lutheran Reformed and United Brethren Sunday schools met at the Lutheran parsonage to arrange a joint picnic at Conestoga Valley Park on July 20. Committee members Jason K. Bair Rev. Albright and Rev. Mountz will supervise arrangements with special cars and gates expected for a large turnout. Details on ticket sales for each school will be announced tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed
United Brethren
Conestoga Valley Park
Jason. K. Bair
Rev
Albright
Rev. Mountz
Heat and Storm Ravage Lancaster County Fields
Last Sunday Lancaster County endured the season’s hottest spell with near hundred degree heat. A late afternoon wind storm blinded pedestrians with dust, uprooted trees, and damaged crops, while barns caught fire and a calf perished. Roy Spencer was killed when lightning struck their steel skiff on the Susquehanna River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
New Holland
John Henry
McGovernville
John Ferry
Rapho
Roy Spencer
Steelton
Furl Paxton
Susequehanna River
Publishers Outing along Susquehanna River Lands
The Lancaster County Publishers Association held its first outing Monday at Pequea on the Susquehanna. Twenty six editors publishers wives and friends traveled gratis from Millersville in a special car, toured Pequea and Riverview Hotel, enjoyed dinner featuring roast squabs, visited Cold Cave and Toquan Club grounds, and returned by 5 pm. A vote thanked Lancaster & Work Furnace Railway superintendent Bochow and Secretary Reynolds conveyed thanks to the superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Publishers’ Association
Pequea
Susquehanna
Millersville
Lancaster & York Furnace Railway Company
Milleraville
Riverview Hotel
York Furnace
Toquan Club
Cold Cave
McCall's Ferry
John G. Zook
Lititz Express
Editora Grier
Columbia
Missimer
Mt. Joy
Bochow
Lancaster & Work Furnace Railway Company
Reynolds
Couple Arrested After Setting Fire On Lancaster Farm
A Black man and a white woman named John Duggles and wife from Philadelphia traveled begging for food and started a fire on a farm owned by Diller P Herr on Sunday. Constable Summers arrested them Tuesday near Intercourse as they ate by a fire in a grass field. They were committed to jail for a hearing before Alderman Herr of Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller P. Herr
Summers
Intercourse
John Duggles
Philadelphia
Alderman Herr
Lancaster
Birthday Surprise Fetes Brecknock Butcher at Home
Charles B. Reifanyder of Good's school house Brecknock township returned from Reading market to find about five hundred guests gathered at his home for his forty-fifth birthday an event arranged by his wife and noted in local circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storb
Geist
Hinkle
Nuss
Stork
Engle
Huegel
Brenneman
Charles B. Reifanyder
Good
Brecknock Township
Reading
Big Mid-Summer Livestock Sale at Blue Ball Next Week
Geo. K. Diller to sell over 200 head of western horses from Kansas Nebraska Montgomery and Bucks counties plus mules at Blue Ball sale starting 10 30 AM lasting until stock is sold. Terre All band will provide music and Levi Alderfer of Blue Ball Hotel helps secure the entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ball
Geo. K. Diller
Mr. Diller
Kansans
Nebraska
Montgomery
Bucks
Paira
Terre All Band
Diller
Levi Alderfer
Blue Ball Hotel
Narrow Escape When Binder Slips Injures East Earl Farmer
Henry Decker of East Earl narrowly escaped injury after a binder loosened from J J Sensenig’s truck slid downhill striking horses and pinning Decker. He suffered extensive bruises with no broken bones while the machine was damaged about 35 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Decker
East Earl
Mr. Decker
J. J. Sensenig
Mr. D
Decker
Ephrata Man Offers Reward for Stolen Horse
Isaac Miller of Ephrata offers a reward for the return of a chestnut bay horse weighing about 050 pounds and a buggy and harness stolen from his stable on Thursday night July 9. The horse had been kept away from the stable for six consecutive nights and shows it was stolen by someone familiar with the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Miller
Ephrata
Bia
Campmeeting Near Millway To Be Held In Wolf's Grove
From July 29 to August 6 the annual campmeeting under the Harrisburg district of the United Evangelical Church will be held in Wolf's Grove near Millway. Rev J Wills Hoover will be in charge with Bishop HB Hartzler and other clergy in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
United Evangelical Church
Wolf's Grove
Millway
J. Wills Hoover
Hb, Hartzler
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H. W. Buckius
Deen
Glasser
Harner
Aarner
Hita
Myers
Vogt
Hurat
Showalter
Rare Glasser
Hinkie
Pene
Eedt Lancaster
Dommel
K. Fritch
Greiner
Eer
Nave
Ly PO
Horner
Dom- Elizabethtown
New Lititz Peare Ewes
Holland
Yers
Qgreiner
jalk—Myers
Inter-County League
Brackbills Hotel
Martin Mellinger
East Main Street
Thompson Brubaker
J. F. Brubaker
Catharine Rutter
Diller Avenue
John Weller
Weller
Keiffer
Devil's Cave
A. W. Sunder
Schlauch
Mr. Snader
Union Picnic
Publishers’ Outing
The
Horace
Leif Binder
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