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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
8
On Saturday June 27 Dr O L A M will hold a festival on the baseball grounds with Parkesburg band providing music. Knights of Maccabees hold a Sunday address by Wy LL Louser of Harrisburg. A chimney fire at Thomas J Marsh’s last Tuesday caused excitement but little damage.
Nicholas Summers and Jeff Deutrich near Gap plus many locals spend Sunday socializing in town. Visitors tour the CLATION plant while others visit relatives in Strasburg Manheim and Philadelphia.
Sunday evening events at the U B Church drew a large crowd as the Sunday school staged a successful program. Mrs A K Smith and daughter Mary visit Lancaster while Foulke Brothers of Strasburg win the Intercourse National Bank contract and begin work with twelve men on site. Barbara Rodgers spends time with Gap friends. Akron Jr. O U A M members visit Intercourse Jr. O U A M No 660. Emanuel Smoker is bitten by a dog at Mr Esh Jr.'s place. Dr Mylin attends. Roscoe Eaby and Ella Letia Keene wed last week.
Worth Knowing About recommends Brandreth's Pills for constipation. Each pill contains sarsaparilla extract and other vegetables. one pill at night provides relief. The product is described as a blood purifier and a long standing family favorite sold in drugstores in plain or sugar coated form.
A schedule lists a June 20 band festival in Blue Ball with the New Holland Band, July 4 Independence Day celebrations in Lititz, July 11 Intercourse Jr U A M festival, July 18-26 Evangelical camp meeting at Brownstown, and August 1 Inter-County League Base Ball Festival in New Holland. Also notes Kodol digestives sold by Wm. M. Stauffer for indigestion relief.
Short fragments report a Publite sale on Monday June 22 at 6 30 p m covering twelve and a half acres mostly timothy south of a railroad station Annie C Brubaker plus assorted ads for dust nuisance scoops fruits vegetables and treats at Doerr s Clarion printing Silk Mill Club Stevens game festival New Holland Athletic Association August 1 ginger snaps Wright s private sale notices and a rainy day benefits to tobacco hay and potato crops
Tomorrow church services across multiple congregations including Trinity Lutheran, Reform Church, Mennonite and Brethren groups. Weekday catechism, Sunday schools, children's day programs, and evening services are scheduled at New Holland, Kinzer, Ephrata, and other locales with various pastors and times.
A sales note suggests improving an unsatisfactory hot water plant by adding a Honeywell generator. It invites examination of the existing system for potential upgrades.
The notice lists multiple public auctions in Lancaster County with dates in June. Items include 16 acres of grassland near Mill Creek in Upper Leacock by Jacob Ebersole and a 124% acre gross sale south of the New Holland railroad by Annie C Brubaker. Additional sales feature Kansas horses and livestock at Blue Ball stables by Geo K Diller & Son. Detwiler’s hotel in Port Hill hosts a cow sale by Joseph Parks.
Abraham Hoover Jr visits his sister on Willow Street while Andrew Good and family spend Sunday near Millwood. W W Busser visits John Burkholder and family at Big Springs. Potatoes sell 50 cents per bushel, hay 12 dollars per ton, haymaking underway with a promising crop. Tobacco growers finished planting this week. DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills are advertised as strengthening weakened kidneys and are sold by Wm M Stauffer.
Society notes list meeting nights for several fraternal groups. Earl Lodge No 413 I O F meets Thursdays at Odd Fellows Hall with J Seldomridge as secretary. New Hampshire Casinx No 167 K G E meets Tuesdays at Odd Fellows Hall with P H Shaub records. WasHington Camp No 40 P O S of A meets Mondays in P Ow 8 of A Hall with G S Townsley recording secretary.
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