Local notes span births sales and incidents in Lititz area
Residents report a 6th birthday on the 15th and a new Rome to Grosh farm power line. False fire alarm at 4:43 am prompted quick evacuations. Public sales in Penn township moved two land tracts, 72 perches near Lime Rock and 49 perches to Mrs. Stoner of Lititz. Shipped southern cabbage and vegetables arrive for Regennas. A Buick tourer collision at Kieffer's hotel injured Claud Kemper and Paul Harris escaped unharmed. Readers urged to check subscription labels and settle arrears promptly.
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Penn Township
Levi E. Milier
Enos BR. Kellet
Lime Rock
Edward Stoner
Lititz
Claud Kemper
Paul Harris
Lancaster
Samtel
Kieffer’s Hotel
Rothsville
Kemper
Old Pennsylvania Dutch dishes and funnel cakes featured
A Lititz family enjoys electric lights, while a Home Journal article highlights Pennsylvania Dutch cooking. It presents schnitz and knep, skoofy pie, funnel cakes, Moravian sugar cake, butter semuels, Moravian mints, gedamfte noodles, and other regional recipes with nostalgia and local color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Home Journal
Lititz
Got Off Easy David Witmer Fined in Lancaster Court
David Witmer of Warwick township near Rothsville was fined ten dollars and cautioned by Judge Landis after pleading guilty to obstructing a process sheriff Tromseher attempted to serve. Witmer, angered during a cattle dispute, confronted the officers. state police arrested him and the sheriff withdrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Witmer
Warwick Township
Rothsville
Lancaster Court
Landis
Tie
Tromseher
Witmer
When Mother Goes a Hunting Poem Fragment
Fragmentary verse portrays a mother hunting with a fine toothed comb as a vivid, unsettling image. The narrator contrasts brisk scenes of pursuit with sharper, graphic lines suggesting danger and a scavenger hunt for hidden fears. The piece ends with a stark image of danger and a surreal final name.
Snow Spares Fruit as Unseasonable April Snow Surprises Orchardists
A few inches of April snow, the heaviest so late at 14th, caused fears of damage to fruit trees but blossoms remained protected by buds. Orchardists like J D Brackart reported little to no damage while notes recall historic snows in 1894 1915 and 1921.
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Jd. W Brackart
Hoisting Roof Iron for New Springs Bank Building
The New Springs Bank on Broad and Main streets nears completion with interior work not yet started. A derrick lifts an iron roof span, previously used in a war shipyard, and a smaller derrick replaces it after the photo. Stone work is nearly finished with no mishaps, signaling Lititz’s progress and place on the map.
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New Springs Bank
Broad
Main Streets
Lititz
Mortgage Cleared Dreams From 1860 Title Case In Lititz
An 1860 mortgage from Christian H Rauch to Philip H Goepp in Lititz remains unsettled, risking cancellation and loss of title for Virginiia Grosh’s home and an adjacent snuff factory site. Court notices invite heirs to present evidence or forfeit. Rauch, born 1788, was a stocker weaver and justice of the peace, later noted for teaching arithmetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian H. Rauch
Philip H. Goepp
Lutz
Virginiia Grosh
KB. Rauch
Lititz
Abraham R. Beck
Christian Henry Rauch
Litita
John Henry
Anna Christina (Stohler) Rauch
Wickel
Easton
Christian Jacob Hutter Cundor
Aeroplane to Be Here Sunday
The new aeroplane will be here by Sunday says Lititz owner Behmer after a trip to New Jersey to check assembly. If no suitable field near Lititz is found it will land at Lancaster. The machine costs the Government 14000 to build and has a 208 mph speed and 20000 ft ceiling.
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Lititz
Behmer
New Jersey
Lancaster
Ivan
Samuel Hoffman
Newark
Warren Sturgis Alive Despite Death Parable
A series of letters and notes from Warren Sturgis in Ohio and Akron reveal he is alive after a supposed fatal incident. Family members, job inquiries, and future plans emerge as investigators note his past personal crisis letters and a prior apparent disappearance.
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Warren Sturgis
Columbus
Iver
Walter Sturgis
Akron
Warren
Edgar Sturgis
William Sanders
Lititz
Ohio
Sturgis
Delp Feeds Cattle Gain Far Over Average
Delp delivered 16 head of cattle along the state road northeast of TLitite on Monday. Each animal weighed about 990 pounds in his estimate, but delivered weight was 1885 pounds, a gain of 916 pounds total and 416 pounds on average. Delp was paid 78 cents per pound.
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Pelp
Tlitite
Industrial Base Ball plans take shape in Lititz
Lititz prepares an industrial baseball league with a Thursday meeting to elect officers and discuss plans. Prospective teams include the Chocolate factory led by Richard Kreider, Safe Works and Harnessy Hackman by A Leckenstein, Trap factory, Shoermaker and Spickler, Paper Box and Printing Co., and Keith Planing Mill under Ralph Diehrm. The league, once successful, drew large crowds despite a previous season of inactivity. equipment and uniforms are funded from prior seasons. A complete line of baseball and tennis goods is on display at Scott's Book Store.
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Lititz
Prospect
The
Chocolate Factory
Richard Kreider
Safe Works
Harnsey-Hackman
Postmaster Leaber Lauded for Lititz Thrift on Savings Certificates
Lititz post office handled Treasury Savings Certificates superbly in 1922, credited with over 13,859 in maturity value from a national total of 2.16 billion. Savings Director Lloyd praises the town’s integrity and thrift as key to meeting federal obligations, noting large retirements and favorable exchange options for 1918 stamps. The article also notes district stamp activity and a Lititz High School field trip to Krick’s power plant showing Lancaster County electric generation and coal use.
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Lititz
United States Treasury Savings
Third Federal Reserve District
Treasury Savings
George FE. Tiloyd
DP. M. Seuber
United States
United States Treasury
Treasury & Certificates
Lloy
Lititz High School
Troluwood
Krick
Lancaster County
Baltimore
Lancaster
Travelers Near and Far Shifts in Lititz Weekly Report
P Z Bucher spent Monday in Philadelphia on business. Mr and Mrs Harry Smith and party from the west visited relatives in Reading. Rev and Mrs WF A Weichsel visited their daughter in Baltimore. The Loxeenecker family and children toured New York. Helen Kagifman from Battle Creek Sanitarium is visiting. Many locals plan trips to Atlantic City for work, with John Wagaman joining later. Klaus and the Dreifus family arrived from Norfolk to visit relatives before Ocean City. C E Wehler and daughter Margaret of Frederick visited Mary E Gingrich. The piece notes various residents traveling for study and work with several names and places.
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P. Z. Bucher
Philadelphia
Harry Smith
West
Reading
Paul Sturgis
Helen
M Sturgis
John Lei
Tuckahoe
N. J
Lititz
Edwin Sturgis
Thomas Furlow
Paul Prautz
Warren Stark
Paul Good
Atlantic City
John Wagaman
Paul Royer
LeRoy Prautz
John Witmyer
Klaus
C. E. Wehler
Margaret
Frederick
Mary E. Gingrich
Baying
7. Welller
Reforn
Manheim
Pit
al Peis Dent Oo
Motorcycle Blaze Destroys Pants After Tank Leak
A motorcyclist named Charles Weidman riding between Lititz and Rothsville had his trousers ignite from a leaking tank. He stopped, extinguished the flames with his hand, and attempted to douse the bike but the motorcycle burned fully after the incident.
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Charles Weidman
Lititz
Rothsville
Lititz Trout Opening Draws Small Catches Noted
A few Lititz fishermen tried their luck for trout on opening day. Lewis Sturgis caught five in the hills north of town. He said there were several fishermen but most had small catches.
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Lititz
Lewis Sturgis
Here
Reading to Lititz trolley line planned from Reading to Lititz
Directors of the Womelsdorf Myerstown and Lititz Transit and Light Company push a new trolley link linking Reading to Lititz. The plan covers about thirteen miles connecting Reading Lebanon and Lancaster with two segments Clay to Lititz and Womelsdorf to Kleinfeltersville.
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Womelsdorf
Myerstown
Lititz
Womeldorf
Kleinfeltersville
Woul Lkst
Vevie
Conestoga Triation Company
Norhern
Lancaster County
Clay
Reading
Lebanon
Lancaster
Ephrata-Lebanon
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C. B. Rissolr
Nroth Broad Street
Rome
B. F. Grosh
Fur Nish Light and Power
Lexington
Newton Hershey
Paul Pry
Heeping
Mt. Joy
Fry
Hby
Charles Revennas
Georgia
Regennas
AO Veadio
Charles Diehm
Burkholder
Roberit Behmer
River
Roy
Tya Zartman
RE. K. Zartman
Myntenberg College
Allenfosen
New York
Plants Bros
Scott's Book Store
Leaber
Holtwood
WF. A. Weichsel
Mrs
Earl © Mathers
J. F. Loxeenecker
Robert
Marywayet
Helen Kagifman
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Battlecre
Mrs. M.S. Kauffreay
Spruce Street
Percy Dreifus
Miriam
Douglas
Norfolk
Joseph Dreifus
Ocean City
Dr. Dreifus
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Noah Myers
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