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An Alpine Church for Mr. Hartman – Rouserville, PA (circa 1910)

January 20, 2025 No Comments

Mr. B. F. Hartman lived in Rouserville, an unincorporated community in Franklin County of south-central Pennsylvania. The community, near Waynesboro, uses alternate spellings of “Rouzerville”

A Valentine Verse for Matilda – Lancaster, PA (1910)

February 7, 2024 No Comments

Miss Matilda Reiser lived at 915 East Orange Street in Lancaster, the charming and historic city in southeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania Matilda’s home was erected in

“Put on the Shelf” – Wilmington, Delaware (1917)

June 10, 2023 No Comments

Mr. Lester Burns lived in Wilmington, the city on the Brandywine Creek and the Christina River in northern Delaware. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware In February of 1917, Lester

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