One hundred twenty-five years ago people were a lot more passionate about their politics. A November 1882 Gazette article recounts a "DEMOCRATIC DEMONSTRATION AT RED LION." Imagine the following spectacle today:
One hundred years ago the Gazette reported a disastrous fire in Red Lion:
When Mrs. Emanuel Barshinger of North Main Street woke up about 4 a.m., she could see a fire in Millard Smith's cigar factory. It soon spread to surrounding buildings. The Smith factory and his warehouse were destroyed, as were John Garner's warehouse, the stables of Levi Kaltreider and of Dr. G. N. Yeagle.
The Leo Fire company was credited with saving Mrs. John Seitz's barn and
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