York County, Pennsylvania wasn’t just about farmers and merchants and trying to win a lottery. Click here for previous post on lotteries.
For example, in 1826 a multi-talented young woman was in town to teach both the French language and the art of dancing.
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Yorkers did not lack for entertainment. Traveling performers and theater groups of all kinds made regular stops in York. The draw of the menagerie was usually the assortment of exotic animals, but the one the came to town in May 1843 added lots of drama to the animal acts.
The sizable announcement in the Gazette was an enticing piece of advertising:
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Weaver Factory on Broad Street
Renowned composer and orchestra leader Victor Herbert was in the prime of his career when he came to York in May of 1908.
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Duke Street Methodist Church Shortly after Completion
1876 Map Showing Duke Street M.E. Opposite York Collegiate Institute
Anyone associated with a non-profit institution knows that fundraising is a continuing necessity. It was the same in the past. York County churches were very good at coming up with new ways to raise cash. In a previous post I wrote about the York Moravians charging ten cents in 1867 to see their illuminated Christmas tree.
Click here to read about the Moravian Christmas tree.
Giving a donation to have your name embroidered on a quilt was also popular. I’ll go into that in a later post.
I recently came across “jug breaking," a new one to me, but it was certainly a hit at the Duke Street Methodist Church in 1877. My recent York Sunday News column relates the details:
