, Insert 5 Speech Notes for address to Mountville Farm Women’s Society. [Prepared by Daniel W. Geist]. Discusses history and present status of public education in Pennsylvania, as well as roles and duties of parents and teachers. Letterhead of Public Schools of Lancaster County. Folder 2 Correspondence

in Lancaster, sixteen were saloons. At this time, 10,000 persons patronized gambling devices and 30% of the movies shown in the town were conducive to immo- rality.3 Around 1914, Lancaster, like many other cities in the United States of the time, allowed a great deal of readily available prosti

their numerical prepon- derance. 12 From an examination of the voting habits of the inhabitants of Lancaster County and the political candidates which the local politicians chose to run for office, it seems safe to assert, on the contrary, that the Germans played a highly active and important role in

new registrations, the number of eligible voters for the presidential election reached a figure of 127,903. September 21. The Bureau of Employment Security reported total employment for the county in last August of 119,700. October. The State "Monthly Bulletin" reported that Lancaster led all counties

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business partners. His business was located at 45-47 N. Market Street for the majority of years, but he also had locations on N. Queen Street and N. Christian Street. C. G. Herr ordered from and shipped to tobacconists in Lancaster County, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York. At the turn of the

-bent Federalist party. After 1810, as conditions grew worse between the United States and Britain and foreign relations became strained, the Federalists of Pennsylvania united, determined to prevent a declaration of war against England. In Lancaster, the Federalists' first real opposition to the Madi

Temperance Union in Lancaster County 1884- 1959.” Gives history of the organization’s activities during that period. Contains some photographs of past presidents, groups and parade. Mr. George L. Heiges is credited for “his interest and helpfulness in compiling and writing this history of the Lancaster