Methods of Travel Sixty Years Ago in Lancaster County
In Lancaster and New Holland travels before railways were common featured walking, stage, carriage, tolling taverns, and even balloon trips. The author recalls 1854 walks from Lancaster to New Holland, routes by pike and tavern stops, and a memory of Tom Thumb shows in Lancaster around 1846. He also notes Wise balloon ascents near Lime and Orange streets and a 1852 speech by Robert T. Conrad in Center Square.
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W. Davis
New Holland
Lancaster
New. Holland
Weston
Philadelphia
Binkley Bridge
Witmer's Bridge
Thaddeus Stevens
James Buchanan
Harges
Pike
Goldsmith
Yonder Thorn
Pat
Tom Thumb
South Queen
Barnum
Tom
Europe
France
England
Frederick
Lavinia’ Warren
Bridgeport
Conn
John Wise Maken
Lime and
Orafige
Emmanuel C. Reigart
Wise
Mike Witwer
G. Davis & Co
Hercules
Mike
Fannie Bard
East End
Lutheran Church
Annie
Rosy Brubaker
Old Court House
Center Square
Winfield Scott
Franklin Pierce
Lancaster Committee
Robert T. Conrad
Conrad
Sheridan
Graham's Magazine
North American
Edwin Forrest
John Lechler
Mary
Lechler
Samuel Carpenter
George D. Smith
New York
Ellmaker
Amos
Pennsylvania
A. L
David Mann
Commonwealth
Lancaster’ Historical Society
Nathaniel
Lancaster Bar
Hoover Reunion
A family reunion for the Hoover clan features a quartet of married members and notes correspondence from those who could not attend. The item highlights ongoing ties among relatives and the sending of greetings to absent kin.
Marriage Unites George E. Dank and Annie F. Brown at Parsonage
At Rev. J G Noss Jast parsonage the reverend Jim united George E Dank and Annie F Brown in marriage. The groom is a painter who has resided in the borough for over a year. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Levi Brown of the Central boarding house.
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G. Noss
George
E. Dank
Annie F. Brown
Levi Brown
Pastor Rev Zook Appointed at New Holland and Leola
M E Church notes announce Rev Léo P Zook has been appointed pastor of the New Holland and Leola churches by District Superintendent Griffith. The assignment names Rev Zook to lead both congregations.
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Léo
Zook
New Holland
Leola
Griffith
Variation in Chemical Quality for Insecticides Advised
State Agricultural Department notes vary in quality among copper sulfate and arsenate of lead. Professor Surface urges chemical testing and labeling laws, then shares plant lice remedies including kerosene emulsion and whale oil soap for pests on vegetables.
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Surface
Prof
Division of Zoology
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Paris
New Holland Boro School Attendance Report for Eighth Month
The New Holland Boro schools report for the eighth month shows enrollment 169 with 148 average attendance and 89 percent attendance. Pupils present every day include both primary and secondary students such as Evelyn Roschoro Emily Rutter Edna Dickersheid Juliet Defibaugh Alta Witmer Pearl Myers Bernice Cauller Helen Mentzer Elsie Waltman Irma Defibaugh Isaac Davis Robert Bair Harold Kochel Samuel Ames Amos Warner Emery Bowers Walter Sensenig Lewis Hendrixson Ira McCarty Parke Bowers Anna Seber Verna Seaboldt Alice Ranck Harry Sensonig Charles Mentzer Theodore Storb John Rooney Lester Kochel Charles Kochel Raymond Hall Viola Diller Vera Dickersheid Ruth Shhaub Agnes Overly Grace Witmer Mary Roseboro Bri Hull Blanche Henninger Stanley Arthur Toood Paul Martin Roy Mussel 2B Sheaffer Henry Storb Willis Weidman.
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New Holland Boro
A. R. Wissler
Proary ‘School
Evelyn Roschoro
Emily Rutter
Edna Dickersheid
Juliet Defibaugh
Alta Witmer
Pearl Myers
Bernice Cauller
Helen Mentzer
Elsie Waltman
Irma Defibaugh
Isaac Davis
Robert ‘Bair
Paul Martin
Roy ‘Mussel
Sheaffer
Henry “Storb
Willis
Weidman
To Close on Memorial Day
A brief item notes plans to close on Memorial Day with operations suspended or reduced. The notice references the editor’s decision and surrounding formalities, signaling a holiday pause.
Diller Family Reunion Set for New Holland June 17
Descendants of Casper Diller plan a reunion in New Holland on Friday June 17 with a morning Lutheran Church program at 10 o'clock. Luncheon at a local hotel, then gravesite visit and country drive to Diller homelands. Roster of speakers includes J I Brubaker, Rev Roland Ringwall, Dr C R Diller, J S Diller, and Rev J M Mountz.
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Casper Diller
Neghborhood
New Holland
Dillers
Burgess
Roland Ringwall
Camden
N. J
Maryland
C. R. Diller
Detour
J.S. Diller
U.S
Adamstown Too Much for the Locals in Fast Game
Adamstown defeated the locals in a lively Saturday contest led by a strong Dutch lineup noted for skill and grit. Weaver shone on the mound in the seventh as the locals struggled to solve McDennis, while errors early by the locals helped the visitors pull ahead. The Lancaster A A club visit and Memorial Day games were announced, with future bookings and a cancelled Terre Hill trip noted.
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Adamstown
Weaver
McDennis
Lancaster
A. A
Killian
Columbia
Terre Hill
New Holland
Sunday School Meeting at Hershey Mennonite Church
Mennonite Sunday school workers meet next Wednesday May 18 in Salisbury township at Hershey’s church. Morning program includes devotional, talks on community influence and singing, with afternoon sessions of hymns, sermons, discussions, and lessons on attendance benefits. Transportation arrangements and lunch advised for attendees.
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Hershey
Salisbury Township
Isaac Eby
Kinzer
Ira Hershey
White Horse
Amos Charles
Robberstown
Comte
Christiana
Lancaster
Bowman Iinter
Algo
Bowman
Got'a New Drum Washington Camp 40 P 0 8
A brief notice from Washington Camp No 40 P O of 4 announces a new drum. The fragment indicates organizational activity and local fraternal group wording without full details.
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Washington
Residents and visitors share a Sunday in local towns
Claude Brubaker and family spent Sunday at Seaman Place with Clyde Numbers. Rev. I H Albright returned from Lafayatte Indiana. Mrs Fred Bowers of Mountville visited Harvey Bowers and family. Marcus Leed and family spent Sunday at Fetterville with the Martin Weaver family.
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Claude Brubaker
Norman
Seaman Place
Clyde Numbers
I. H. Albright
Lafayatte
Indiana
Fred Bowers
Mountville
Harvey Bowers
Marcus Leed
Fetterville
Martin Weaver
David Cauller
Lancaster
Marcus Seldomridge
Isaac Cauller
O. L. Davis
New Holland Castle No
Gettysburg
E. E. Schlauch
Philadelphia
Schlauch
William Reynolds
Manheim
George Keiser
M. Mouitz
B.G. Welder
Bergstrasse
Roberta Brubaker
Ephrata
Oliver Brubaker
Hazelett- McClure
Dowingtown
E. H. Bowers
Middletown
Lydia Jacobs
Willow Street
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Hoover Reunion
Dank—Brown
M. E
THE
State Agricultural’ Department
Boro School Report
Diller
New Nolland
W. Sweitzer
Noecker
Othe
Verble
Myers
Leed
Giberson
Noeeise
Bair
Witmyer
Hagey
J. P. Davis
Growner
C Cress
P Seen
Geist
Fee
Ae Clime
Glowner
Kissinger
Harding
J. Sweitzer
Wicklein
Hershey’s
J.S. Musselman
Toronto
Frank R. Leaman
Intercourt
D. Landis
John W. Weaver
Spring Grove
Samuel M. Lefever
Banks
A. D
Elwood Hershey
Buyerstown
Aaron Groff
Bareville
Jacos Martin
Kinzers
R.D
Ezra Mellinger
Anos H
Gordonville
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