Lancaster in 1876 Observing the Centennial Year April 1 - June 30, 1876 Annotated by Dr. George L. Heiges "MARIETTA ITEM - On Saturday last John Bell of Marietta shot a fine specimen of the American Swan (Cygnus Americanus) on the river opposite the Holloware Works. It measured 4 ft. 2 in. in

Lancaster in 1876 Observing the Centennial Year July 1 - September 30, 1876 Annotated by Dr. George L. Heiges "THE HIGH SCHOOL—Last evening on invitation of John I. Hart- man, President of the School Board, the graduating classes of the High Schools, the teachers of all the schools together with

Lancaster in 1876 Observing the Centennial Year Annotated by Dr. George L. Heiges NOTE OF EXPLANATION In selecting these news items of peculiar interest from the Lancaster dailies which appear in this series of articles the annotator found it necessary to use three different newspapers as the

Ode to the United States on its Bicentennial and to the Rededication of its People to the Principles of the Declaration of Independence by Rabbi Samson A. Shain Rabbi Samson Aaron Shain was a good friend of the Lancaster County Historical Society, and was a dear personal friend of the editor. His

, would also partially explain the nature of the divisions in the Negro communities of Lancaster County in the nineteenth cen- tury. That these same factors could also go a long way in explaining similar divisions in other black communities is a distinct and ex- citing possibility.35 NOTES 1 Leslie H