New Holland Loses to Columbia Nine in Nine
New Holland lost a nine inning baseball game at Columbia against Bishop and his team. Lefty Biggins gave up fifteen hits as Stover Lantz and Dietrich led in base hits. Doc Hurat joined the lineup for New Holland while Glasser shone behind the plate and in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Holland
Columbia
Bishop
Lefty Biggines
Elizabethtown
Jerre Martin
Susquehanna
Red
Maze
Davis
Philadelphia
Lantz
Dietrich
Peters
Gries
Stover
Balla
Taffel and
Sunder
Biggins
Doc” Hurat
Talmage
University of Pennsylvania
Denver
Holland
Doc
Marietta
Glasser
Glaaser
Inter-County
Butch” Rementer
Inter-County League Scores Highlight Narrow Marietta Win
In last Saturday’s Inter-County League action New Holland fell to Columbia 1 to 9 while Elizabethtown routed Lititz 9 to 0. Marietta faced Lancaster with a 0 to 0 result.
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New Holland
Columbia
Elizabethtown
Lititz
Marietta Lancaster
Games Today Feature Local Soccer Cross-County Matches
Elizabethtown visits New Holland while Lititz travels to Columbia and Lancaster heads to Marietta for this afternoon soccer doubleheader slate, with transfers noted for the Lititz-Columbia matchup.
Diamond Dunt Elizabethtown Preview
Local sports note from Elizabethtown highlighting a game against the Lizies two weeks prior. Pitcher Ziegler, previously with Lancaster and Shamokin trials, will start for New Holland.
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Elizabethtown
Lizzies
Ziegler
Lancaster
Shamokin
New Holland
Class Reunion Banquet for Lancaster High School Class of 1903
The fifth annual banquet and reunion was held Tuesday at the Styer House. Eleven members attended including Magee and Miesse. Toastmaster Gardner Sayres led toasts while W. W. Spangler provided an ample Maryland style supper. a committee planned next year’s reunion.
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Lancaster High School
Styer House
Styer
W. W. Spangler
Maryland
James Magee
Howard Miesse
George Gollatz
Raub
Wiley
H. Sayres
G. Weaver
A. Darmataetter
Paul McCookle
Eugene Blickenderfer
A. Adams
Gardner Sayres
Festival Posters Promoted by Intercourse Council
Festival committee and Intercourse Council No 658 Jr C U A M announce posters for the annual festival to be held on Saturday evening July 11. The Citranon office has long produced admired festival posters and again issues a beautiful design highlighting attractions inviting attendance.
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Council
Bee
Silk Mill Club Opens Season With Home Win Over Stevens
The Silk Mill Club defeated Stevens in their first game of the season at home. Weaver hit a home run. Godenauer Sommers and Varns added two base hits. Managers McDennis and Geist split pitching duties with five strikeouts apiece. The married men won a separate Thursday evening game against the single men by 20 to 12 in front of about a hundred spectators.
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Silk Mill Club
Stevens
Weaver
Godenauer
Sommers
Varns
McDennis
Geist
Balla
MccDennis
N.H. Silk Mill
Keiser
Parsonage Wedding Unites Sweger and Strohm in Carlisle
John D. Sweger and Miss Lottie E. Strohm of Carlisle were joined in marriage by Rev. S. M. Mountz at the parsonage. The groom works for Westinghouse Airbrake Co. of Pittsburgh. After a month’s stay in eastern Pennsylvania the couple will reside in Pittsburgh.
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John D. Sweger
Lottie E. Strohm
Big Fourth of July celebration in Lititz with bands and fireworks
Lititz prepares a large Fourth of July event at the spring grounds. Unger's Military Band of Reading and Beck's Concert Band of Lititz will perform throughout the day with other musical groups scattered around town. Baseball games and a fireworks display are planned. Excursion trains on the R. C. Railroad and frequent trolley arrivals will aid access.
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Lititz
Unger
Reading
Beck
Muhlenberg College Club Formed By Lancaster County Students
Lancaster County students organize a county club to support Muhlenberg College. Officers elected include President H D Whittaker of Lancaster Vice President Karl L Reisner of Millersville Secretary treasurer Ober Morning of Elizabethtown. Other members are Henry R Miller Peter N Wohlsen Edward G Hardy of Lancaster Fred W Zouch Marietta and C L Grant of Reamstown.
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Lancaster County
Muhlenberg College
H.D. Whittaker
Lancaster
Karl L. Reisner
Millersville
Ober Morning
Elizabethtown
Henry R. Miller
Peter N. Wohlsen
Edward G
Hardy
Fred. W. Zouch
Marietta
C. L. ‘Grant
Reamstown
Heat Records and Local Incidents From Terre Hill Area
The column notes a heat wave with temperatures around 98 degrees from Monday to Wednesday, and mentions picnics by the Evang elical Sunday school group traveling from Terre Hill to Rocky Springs. It reports injuries when Wilson Diem was struck by a colt’s restless motion, Wood Mentzer’s fall while cherry picking, and the humane disposal of a rabid dog owned by Clinton Fritz. The silk mill reduced hours due to heat and workers faced extreme conditions as highs persisted.
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Evangelical Sunday School
Terre Hill
Rocky Springs
Wayne H. Shaubb
J. W. Showalter
Molock
Wilson Diem
Groff & Wenvee
Mr. Diem
W. Mentzer
Peter Hoover
Clinton Fritz
West Main Street
Personal visits and social rounds in town notes
A string of local residents and guests are listed visiting relatives and attending events. Names include George Fogle of Mohnton and families from Lancaster York and Readings, with trips to Millersville State Normal School events, Styer House stays, and outings at McCall's Ferry.
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George Fogle
Mohnton
John D. Sweger
M. Mountz
Paul B. Hess
Millersville State Normal School
Anna E. Hershey
Lancaster
Anna Hartley
York
H. 3. Bowers
Eri. K. Snell
James Brendlinger
Mrs. White
Hannah
Ella Raysor
Pottstown
Styer
Edwin D. Meredith
Chester
BE. C. Diller
William McCreary
Fairfield
Adams County
Israel Bair
Mias Elva G. Bair
William MecCreary
Anna Styer
M. M. Suplee
Honeybrook
David H. Styer
Churchtown
Wilson Duck
South Hermitage
Harry Hammond
Anna
Springville
Newton Kurtz
Margaret L. Hammond
George Brubaker
Reading
Solomon High
M. H. Grube
George K. Diller
Blue Ball
Mountville
M. M. Weaver
James Reinhold
Harry
Roland Kichwine
McCall’s Ferry
BE. Miller
Wm. Miller
Denver
Emma Adams
Adam Weaver
Post Office Hours on July 4th Observed
The local post office will be open in two blocks from 5 30 to 6 30 and 9 10 10 a m 3 to 4 and 6 15 to 7 30 p m to receive and distribute mail Rural carriers will have a holiday on Independence Day
Obituary notices for William Good and others in Lancaster area
Obituaries report William Good of East Earl and Lancaster died after a lingering illness at 72. He served as assessor and supervisor in East Karl and stewart of the County Almshouse for eleven years. Survived by widow Sevilla Sweigart and numerous children and siblings. Funeral arrangements set for today with interment at Rancks Church. Also noted are the deaths of Mrs. Hannah Hacker age 93 in Lititz, John Black formerly of Salisbury and Gap, and Dr. Jacob Charles of Ephrata Lincoln, with brief funeral details and survivor lists.
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William Good
East Earl Township
Lancaster
King Street
Bright
Mr. Good
Groffdale
Sevilla Sweigart
Cedar Grove
East Karl Township
Stewart
Emna
Reuben Seusenig
Neffaville
Alice
John Musser
Lititz
Laura
A. G. Rutter
Anna
H. R. Lefevre
Roland E
Charles
William
Agron Good
Levi Seldomridge
Farnersville
Mattie
Rancks Church
N.C. Henninger
Hannah Hacker
Susan Saylor
Lincoln
Harry Dussyinger
Akron
Mary Zartman
John
Ephrata
Levi
Adam Reinhold
Canton
Benneville
Frystown
Lincoln Lutheran Cemetery
Jacob Charles
Willow Street
Edgar
Theodore
Jacob
Philadelphia
Vernon Kline
Benjamin
Mia
Martha C
Fourth of July Races at Middletown FairTrack
The Middletown Fair Association hosts four trotting races on July 4 with $200 purses each. The popular track, a refined half mile circuit in Central Pennsylvania, has been improved for faster times. Central Pennsylvania Traction Co will operate shuttles between Harrisburg Steelton and Middletown every fifteen minutes. Admission 25 cents.
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Middletown
Snake attack ends with farmer’s defense in Conestoga
A. J. Zercher of Conestoga township faced three snakes while tearing down an old house on the Oak Mine farm. He killed the first two five footers on the second floor ledge then fought a third that wound around his leg before he crushed it with an iron bar. The snake measured five feet eight inches.
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A. J. Zercher
Conestoga Township
Oak
Fatal sunstroke shocks town as hay field death occurs
George F Mahaley of the borough died Wednesday afternoon from sunstroke while helping harvest hay near the railroad station. He was 47, survived by his wife and son Clyde, and a United Brethren church member. Funeral services set for 9:30 at the house and 11 at Ranck's church with interment to follow. Funeral Director N C Henninger led the arrangements.
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George F. Mahaley
Reuben Myer
Railroad Avenue
Mahaley
Clyde
United Brethren Church
Ranck’s Church
N. C. Henninger
Tragedy at Lincoln: Mrs Stilwell Dies After Oil Fire Explodes
Mrs Katie Stilwell wife of John Stilwell of Lincoln died at General Hospital Lancaster after a coal oil stove fire exploded while she prepared supper. Her husband was badly burned trying to help. She was a daughter of Susan and the late James Trego of Ephrata township and leaves five children including a four month old baby.
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Katie Stilwell
John Stiwell
Lincoln
General Hospital
Lancaster
Stilwell
Susan
James Trego
Ephrata
Cure Report on Leprosy at Louisiana Leper Home
A Louisiana Assembly report from the leper home shows two years of data with six patients described as practically cured. The biennial figures include phrases discharged cured one and practically well and kept for observation live, reflecting state care for lepers over 13 years.
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Louisiana Assembly
Louisiana
Louisiana Institution
Heavy storm hits county with lightning and hail
A very heavy storm passed eastern county from 4 to 6 pm Wednesday, with strong lightning striking numerous telephone and telegraph poles between Gap and Greenland Paradise area. Hail damaged corn while tobacco suffered minimal injury and rain was heavy east of Paradise.
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Williamstown
Greenland
Paradise
Gap
Tired Tramp Hangs Self on Bainbridge Farm Timber
A tramp named Adem Weaver aged about seventy five hanged himself from a tree on Samuel Landis' farm near Bainbridge. A passerby found the body. Coroner Steffy was notified, an investigation followed, and the body was interred in Bainbridge cemetery.
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Adem Weaver
Samuel Landis
Bainbridge
Steffy
Help For Farmers Aiding Jailed Vagrants and Train Jumpers
Alderman Stauffer plans to secure discharge for men jailed for vagrancy or train jumping who seek farming work. Many inmates are jailed not for crimes but because unemployment forced begging or train jumping, and farmers seek relief through their release.
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Alderman Stauffer
Salary Increase for Post Master Dr I N Lightner
Dr I N Lightner of Sphrata receives notice from the post office department of a $100 salary increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. N. Lightner
Sphrata
Post Office Department
Cranton to Publish Early for July Fourth Holiday
Notice to correspondents states the Cranton will issue on Friday instead of Saturday due to Independence Day. Readers and rural carriers will not have rounds on Saturday and communications should arrive by Wednesday for publication.
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Cranton
Quiet Churchtown Wedding Unites Weaver and Martin
Joseph Roy Weaver wed Mary H. Martin at a quiet Churchtown ceremony held Tuesday at the old Jacobs mansion. The groom, a longtime resident, and the bride received guests including family from Philadelphia and Media. After a reception hosted by Mrs. Smith, the couple departed in a decorated auto for their honeymoon in Atlantic City.
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Churchtown
Joseph Roy Weaver
Mary H. Martin
Time L. Smith
Jacobs
Dr. Winters
Blue Ball
Margaret Sibson
Elizabeth Martin
Makl
Bonoro
Bucher
Honey Brook Graphic
H. J. Rendall
Brombey Presbyterian Church
Josephine
H. M. Shoares
Mass Annie Hoffman
O. Must
Ive
Laura
Miverson
Dr. Winter
Atlantic City
Alta
York Farmers Swindled by New York Company
York County farmers were fleeced for thousands by a company that began business in York weeks ago claiming a 375000 cash capital. Last week creditors nationwide seized on the United Butter and Egg Company as officers fled, leaving clerks and empty crates after farmers delivered hundreds of crates of butter and eggs on credit at inflated prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
York
United Butter and Egg Company
Partial Sun Eclipse Announced With Times and Details
A forecast notes a partial solar eclipse tomorrow starting at 9 35 and ending at 12 50 o clock. The obscured sun will vary by location with about seven tenths coverage and the first contact 63 degrees west of the sun’s vertex as the Moon traverses the disc from right to left.
Hen's Quirky Broodiness Triggers Odd Tricks
A country friend recounts a hen that went broody for a week on one egg. He removed the egg, and she sat three days on nothing. He replaced the nest with rocks, and she lingered nearly a week before he stuck sharp sticks into the nest and the bird sat three days standing.
New Hollandboro School Board Sets Next Year Tax Rate
The New Hollandboro school board met on Tuesday to fix the coming year tax at four mills on the dollar. The term will open the last Monday in August.
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New Hollandboro
W C T U Meeting To Be Held At Hoover Home
The W C T U will meet at Mrs. E W Hoover's home on Diller avenue next Tuesday evening at seven thirty. Members are asked to attend and bring reports from local circles.
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W.C.T.U
E. W Hoover
Diller Avenue
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Petera
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la PC
BO Marietta
Laval
Keemer
Sommera
Sweigart
Peewee
Shirk
M. Enck
Getz
Gochenauer
Hoo
The
Clarion
Hlannah Hacker
John Black
Jane
Salisbury Township
Wayne
Baptist Church
Mary Parke
Sarah Black
Dr. Charlies
Earl Township
W.c. T. U. Meeting
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