Local Notes and Small News From Lancaster Area
This week John Lehn underwent surgery at Lancaster General Hospital and remains in critical condition. William Stauffer of Lititz expanded his roasting capacity, and Dandelion is sold for ten cents a mess. A public sale of Albert Kulp’s household goods is set for Saturday on East Main Street, featuring antique dishes and furniture. Charles Regennas won a twenty five and a half pound turkey at Seaman Leed’s store during an ad promotion. Eighteen barrels of vinegar arrived at Titisz stores. Wayne Young and Samuel Kulp, driving Fords, collided near Main Street. both vehicles need repairs but moved away. The Record marks arrears in the left margin to jog memory. A purse containing $30 found by Victor Kauffman was returned to Ralph Adams of Rothsville. Most shops will be open. Good Friday hours vary with Trummer’s and Wertsth’s closed all day, Leaman & Leed closing at noon. Rev. F. W. Stengel of Linden Hall Seminary buys 200 trees to plant on land from Moravian Church, planning a future grove. Moravian church women sent 571 rolls of bandage and hospital supplies to the Leper home in Surinam, via New York City and a free express to Paramaribo. A stranger in town sought a prime site for a first-class moving picture house, but left without identifying himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lehn
Lancaster General Hospital
William Stauffer
Peanut King
Lititz
Albert Kulp
East Main Street
Charles Regennas
Seaman & Leed
Titisz
Wayne Young
Samuel Kulp
Hensel’s Corner
Main Street
Victor Kauffman
Second Ward
Ralph Adams
Rothsville
Trummer
F. W. Stengel
Linden Hall Seminary
Moravian Church
Bethesda
Surinam
South America
New York City
New York
Paramaribo
Birthday anniversaries celebrated in Orange area
Mr Allen Hacker of Orange street marks his 79th birthday today. Mrs C N Derr also celebrates a birthday today. Mrs Fianna Pfautz quietly observed a birthday anniversary yesterday.
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Allen Hacker
Orange Street
C. N. Derr
Fianna Pfautz
Post Office Sends 3000 Day-Old Chicks by Mail
A Lititz poultryman received 3000 day-old chicks in one shipment via the local post office with about six dead. Post master may open boxes to verify losses. Chicks travel by first class mail with a 25 cent surcharge for special handling. Recipients are notified by phone when shipments arrive, mostly from Ohio and New York. Local incubator hatchers also ship daily.
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Lititz
Ohio
New York
Blotting Paper Advertising Trend and Local Fire Loss
The article notes blotting paper's advertising appeal and its cotton base with high absorption. A small fire at a paper house caused vast water damage, despite minimal fire loss, due to water weighed down by soaked blotting sheets. It also covers chick-raising advances and a humorous syrup mix-up in a local store.
Easter fashions overtake the Easter message
The verse laments Easter turning into a fashion show. It contrasts the sunlit day with the crowd along the boardwalk and playground by the sea where style rules over the Resurrection Morn. The poem warns that Dame Fashion eclipses the day’s meaning.
Steam Shovel Arrives for Forney Stone Quarry Work
A thirty ton caterpillar steam shovel from Marion Ohio arrived for Theodore Forney and began work at his North Broad Street quarry. A factory representative will stay ten days to train locals. It powered through muddy ground and pulled a loaded auto from mud on its first day, cutting the required labor by half without reducing output.
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Marion
Ohio
Theodore Forney
North Broad Street
Near East Relief Bundle Day in Lititz April 7
For the benefit of Near East refugees and orphans a bundle day will be held in Lititz on April 7. Donations of serviceable clothing including overcoats and woolen linen or cotton wear for men women and children are requested. Items should be sent to the school house at noon.
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Lititz
Local dealer secures four carloads of furniture for new store
R. M. Spacht received four carloads of furniture this week including refrigerators wicker and living room and bedroom pieces. The stock will be stored in local warehouses until the new store opens. Spacht plans to buy directly from a New York state factory to offer standard quality at reasonable prices.
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R. M. Spacht
Turning Out Easter Candy by Regennas Brothers
The Regennas Brothers candy factory has been busy supplying Easter goods from cream cocoanut eggs in small to the $2.00 jumbo egg. Eggs are decorated at the plant, some with names, while the panorama egg with a hole view is fading. Jelly eggs are sugar and corn syrup treats made by machinery. Easter rabbits are moulded, dipped in chocolate and decorated. jumbo sizes are in demand.
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Regennas Brothers
Paper Mill Settles 1904 Bond Issue With $60 000 Payout
The Consum ers Box Board and Paper Company bonds, 860 000 of 4 percent interest issued in 1904 to fund the Paper Mill at Eden, mature today and will be paid in full. The firm survived early struggles, restructured under LW dé Peirson, and shifted to a close corporation with ongoing expansion efforts including a new paper-making machine and a planned mill addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consumers Box Board and Paper Company
LW. Dé Peirson
P. J. Roebuck
Eden
Five Cent Cigar Made by S. T. Grosh Expands
S. T. Grosh introduces a five cent hand made cigar in chain stores. He employs four rollers and plans two more at his Spruce Street factory. The nickel cigar sells in 200 Atlantic and Pacific outlets with plans to reach 800. First tested in September last year by A and P. The trade reports a healthy rise and a two story cement block facility supports sanitary production.
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T. S. Grosh
Spruce St
Town Waits April 1 Change At Myers Building
Residents anxiously await developments as N. S. Myers building on the square is handed to new owners. Myers declines to reveal details, promising a surprise aligned with local improvement. Wayne Zartman, leasing the rear for auto repair, must vacate as lease expires today and cannot contact the buyers.
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N. S. Myers
Myers
Wayrie Zartman
De mented Son Chokes Father Near Lititz
Ferry Buckwalter, of near Erb's lime kiln southeast of Lititz, was arrested by state police for choking and beating his father Henry Buckwalter on Sunday. He was taken to the county insane asylum for observation after threats to kill his father and brother and initial assault charges were dropped.
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Ferry Buckwalter
Erb’s
Lititz
Henry Buckwalter
County Insane Asylum
Buckwalter
Fruitville Pike
Ferry
Justice of the Peace
George D. C. Danner
Maske
Diehm Recalls Mrs Pinchot Letter On Sabbath Fishing Controversy
Representative G G Diehm of this place saw the so called fishing letter signed by Cornelia Bryce Pinchot wife of the Governor at a Methodist Conference in Philadelphia. Dated March 15 1923 the letter endorsed Sunday fishing and tied to a Berks county driven effort to pass a law favoring Sabbath fishing.
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G. G. Diehm
Reminiscences of Lititz 1828 1838 Part Concluded
Mrs Lizetta M Weitzel recalls the Gemein Farm complex in Lititz their buildings and uses. The Brothers House area housed trades storage and schoolrooms with Brother Heinrich Eine lighting the village and ringing bells. A tale of daily life includes a confidant rescues and playful mischief in the old ladies school.
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Lititz
Lizetta M. Weitzel
Easter Observances Lift Lititz Churches Music
Easter services fill Lititz churches with sunrise and Sunday programs. Moravian events include a 5 15 A M sunrise service, later concerts by choir and orchestra, and a 1 30 P M Sunday School program. Other churches present choral and recitation offerings detailing Easter themes and hymns.
High Cost of Living Vanishing Couple From Lititz
Harold DeForest and his wife disappeared last week from apartments above the Progressive Shoe Repair Shop on East Main Street. The husband, formerly of New York State, is believed to have taken his wife toward New York. Household goods were left behind and creditors are seizing their belongings. The couple married about three months ago with the wife, Fry, having lived near Lititz.
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Harold DeForest
Progressive Shoe
East Main Street
New York State
DeForest
Lititz
Nee Fry
Travelers Near and Far Visitants and Relatives Across Town
Mr and Mrs J Albert Hall and children trip to Philadelphia on Sunday. Miss Bernice Meiskey of Philadelphia visiting mother Mrs Clayton Meiskey. Miss Ella Moore of Lancaster visiting sister Miss Anna Stark on West Orange street. Chester Ritchie of Chambersburg visiting parents Mr and Mrs E C Ritchie. Herman Fisher Hotel LaMar proprietor in town on business. Prof Roy Hassler of Bethlehem visiting parents S C Hassler. Mrs Frances Ammon of Lancaster at Moravian Home for Easter services. Miss Caro Crosland school in New York spending a week with parents Rev and Mrs E S Crosland. Misses Agnes Hensel Grace Hassler Kathryn Gantz Kathryn Sturgis home from Millersville State Normal School for Easter. Mr and Mrs Harry McCloud and daughter and Wilson Schreiner of Philadelphia stopping to visit Christian Hess and family near Lititz and relatives at Manheim. Mrs I W Brobst Dorothy and sister Mrs Butt of Philadelphia visiting Mr and Mrs David Bricker till after Easter.
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J. Albert
Hall
Philadelphia
Bernice Meiskey
Clayton Meiskey
Ella Moore
Lancaster
Anna Stark
West Orange Street
Robert Grosh
Trenton
N. J
H. E. Grosh
Chester Ritchie
Chambersburg
E. C . Ritchie
Harry H. Fisher
LaMar
Roy Hassler
Bethlehem
8. C. Hassler
Frances Ammon
Caro Crosland
New York
E. S. Crosland
Agnes Hensel
Grace Hassler
Kathryn Gantz
Kathryn Sturgis
Millersville State Normal School
Harry McCloud
Wilson Schreiner
Christian Hess
Lititz
Manheim
I. W. Brobst
Dorothy
Butt
Arthur Biles
David Bricker
Missionaries and families gather at Terchee home reunion
Frank Crumpacker spoke at a Church of the Brethren event in Northern China and was entertained by Rev and Mrs J. W. G. Hershey. Guests included Mr and Mrs Lind and Mr Bester and family formerly of Jerusalem. The Linds opened an oriental store in New York after a long homeward journey.
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Frank Crumpacker
China
Church of the Brethren
J. W. G. Hershey
Niles Lind
Bester
Jerusalem
Lind
America
New York City
Sweden
Iris
Old City
John Berwick
Laura Hershey
India
Hawaiian Islands
Globe
Mrs. Berwick
Hawaii
Terchee
Onary Tron
Drug stores refuse to handle 3.75 beer in Lititz
Local druggists say they will not sell beer despite government permission. Curtis Hensel and L. N. Moyer insist the ruling changes nothing as they refuse to turn their stores into saloons.
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Lititz
Curtis Hensel
L. N. Moyer
Women’s Auxiliary to Fire Company Formation Meeting
A Lititz notice urges women to attend Friday evening at 7 30 in the Fire Company Hall to organize a Women’s Auxiliary. The call highlights the fire company’s service and asks wives of men and other helpers to join in this noble effort. Pfantz Bros. promotes Armstrong linoleum and window shades for spring housecleaning.
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Pfantz Bros
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