Welsh's Store in 1902 With Dollar Bible Sign.
I still don't understand why some people get upset when notices are published or signs posted in English and another language, usually Spanish nowadays. They seem to think that English is the only language all of us should use. If public notices hadn't been bilingual in Pennsylvania in the past, the ancestors of a great many of the people complaining wouldn't have known what was going on.
A few months ago I listed the publishers of York newspapers in 1837, with more German than English editions. Click here to read that post.
Below are a few more examples, illustrating the prevalence of the German language in York County for over 150 years.
Continue reading York County People Didn't Always Speak English.
