Local Lititz Notes Big Spring Activity And Tales
Short items from Lititz include Jefferson Wagner with pneumonia, a building boom and new homes under way, Ginger the Pomeranian secured by residents, and weekly church, lodge, and club events. A damaged balcony door bullet hole, a broken leg at Keystone mill, a new delivery wagon, and a concert by Franklin and Marshall clubs are also recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Wagner
Orange Street
Main Street
H. S. Kauffman
Roy Kneer
Chauncey Sturgis
Ralph Sanders
Akron
Ohio
Moravian Church Council
Nazareth
John Adair
Harry Weidman
Lititz
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Claus Clausen
Railroad Company
Harry Gonder
Keystone Knitting Mill
J. L., Hertz
Baker A. R. Keller
C. W. Grosh
W. H. Buch
West Lemon Street
Fremont Hollinger
D. M. Weidman
Lottie Sturgis
Emma Smith
Bertha Gundrum
Women’s Missionary Society
Young Ladies Band
U. B
Mt. Caramel
George D. Clarke
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lititz Lodge
Odd Fellows
Rudy’s Hall
Sunshine Girele
King's Daughters
Martha Derr
Hagen
I. E. Deer
A. E. Franke
Elizabeth, N. J
Sadie Hess
Bushong’s Mill
Zartman
L. H.shelly
Warwick
Linden Hall Gymnasium
Franklin and Marshall College
Earl Grosh
Dedication of New Lutheran Church at Penryn
The new St. Pauls Lutheran edifice in Penryn will be dedicated on Sunday. Rev J W Bittner leads the congregation after years of effort. The Gothic brick building includes a Gethsemane altar painting by Neidermyer Bros and a fine library and classroom spaces for the Bible School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Penryn
J. W. Bittner
Gethsemane
Neidermyer Bros
Lititz
P. G. Seiger
C. E. Haupt
D. D
G. W
Deaths of Harry Myers and Alice Eichelberger
Harry Myers 16 son of Frank Myers Brownstown died Saturday night of typhoid fever after a three week illness. He belonged to the Evangelical church and is survived by parents and several siblings. Funeral Wednesday and burial in Brownstown cemetery. Alice Eichelberger 43 of Ephrata died Sunday from a stroke. She was born Deitrich, member of Bergstrasse Lutheran church, survived by husband Edward, son Jacob and mother residing in Mohnton. Funeral Thursday from home then Bergstrasse church with interment nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Myers
Frank Myers
Brownstown
Evangelical Church
Sahm
Lancaster
Arthur
Francis Boyer
Reading
John
Millersville
Mentzer
Denver
Lillie
Bertha
Alice Eichelberger
Edwin Eichelberger
Ephrata
Bergstrasse Lutheran Church
Jacob
Mohngton
Bergstrasse
Death of John F Sweigart Near Ephrata
John F. Sweigart aged 76 died Sunday afternoon from a complication of diseases. He lived with his daughter Mrs Phares Nolt, previously of Murrel. Survived by wife two sons Wilson of Mechanicsburg Samuel of Lancaster and daughter Lizzie married to Phares Noir. Funeral was from L Y Eitnier's on Wednesday at one and services and interment at Bergstrasse Church Eph rata township with Rev B G Welder officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Sweigart
Ephrata
Phares Nolt
Murrel
Wilson Sweigart
Mechanicsburg
Samuel
Lancaster
Lizzie
Phares Noir
L. Y. Eitnier
Bergstrasse Church
Ephrata Township
B. G. Welder
Reamstown
Abram K Kauffman Dead in Rapho Township
Abram K Kauffman longtime Rapho township resident dies at home near Erisman's church after a lingering Brights disease illness in his 58th year. He served as township school director for many years. Survived by wife and children Mary Anna Lizzie Gertrude Esther Jonas and Robert all at home. Funeral from his late home Friday afternoon with services and interment at Erisman's church at 130 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram K. Kauffman
Rapho Township
Erisman’s
Bright
Mary
Anna
Lizzie
Gertrude
Esther
Jonas
Robert
Lo’elock
Erisman’s Church
Burkholder, 73, Passes After Ten Weeks Illness
Harry S. Burkholder died in Baltimore on Monday from dropsy after a ten week illness. The Manheim resident was 73 and managed Abram Kline's lumber yards. He belonged to Selah Lodge O U A M and Manheim Odd Fellows. Survived by wife Catharine, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Interment was Wednesday in Fairview cemetery near Manheim.
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Harry S. Burkholder
Baltimore
Manheim
Abram Kline
Mr. Burkholder
Selah Lodge
Odd Fellows of
Catharine
Fairview Cemetery
Plowing by Power Introduces Five-Plow Tractor
A five plow tractor arrived Wednesday and was moved to the former Landis Brubaker farm west of Kissel Hill. The gasoline engine powered machine, attached to the rear, can turn over a large amount of soil daily. It is the first of its kind here and drew many onlookers during assembly at the freight yards, a rarity mostly seen in western states.
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Landis Brubaker
Kissel Hill
Runaway Pony Brought Home by Auto
Robert Russel of this place used his Ford touring car to recover his runaway shetland pony that left a stable on Juniper alley and headed toward Kissel Hill. He caught the pony and transported it back home in the automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Russel
Rusgel
Juniper Alley
Kissel Hill
State Road for Warwick Township to be built
Advertisement in the Lancaster New Era announces sealed proposals for a state highway in Warwick Township. Bids due in Harrisburg by May 13 for 24 105 feet of asphaltic macadam from Brubaker’s crossroads to Cocalico creek. Additional routes proposed in West Earl and Manheim townships aim to connect key communities and improve regional roads.
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Warwick Township
Lancaster
Earl Township
Reading Road
Brackhill’s Hotel
Manheim Township
Lititz Pike
Neffsville
Oregon
Oregon Road
Lancaster County
Reducing high cost of living through small urban farm
The article profiles J. O. Herr of the L. M. & E. Gas Co. who uses a 25 foot square rear plot to raise chickens, rabbits, and pigeons for food and sale. His 12 pullets laid 252 eggs last month and 88 eggs in three days this week. Rabbits, weighing about 3 pounds at three months, are shipped to New York cafes and hotels and praised for frying.
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J. O. Herr
Herr
Lititz Notes of Visitors and Residents
A loaded list of social mentions from Lititz includes visits by Rev. B. Deer in Buffalo New York and many Lancaster area residents. It highlights travel to Reading Cincinnati Princeton and Washington as well as local shop and school ties with Linden Hall Moravian institutions and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Deer
Buffalo
N. Y
S. Dougherty
Elizabethtown
Lititz
Jacob Baker
Lancaster
Atlee Burkholder
Reading
Mabel
Viola Leib
Agnes Todd
Blanche
Mary Belle Bushong
Mabel Erb
J. G. Walsh
New York
LeRoy Hacker
Edna Haldeman
Akron
C. G. Spickler
Howard Lausch
Neffsville
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mildred
Virginia Krick
Anna Erb
J. W. Roth
Brunnerville
P. B. Furlow
Gideon Kahl
A. B. Reidenbach
F. B. Buch
Marietta
Francis Hagen
Princeton University
N. J
Brainard Miller
William Sesseman
Phares Becker
Kathryn McNeal
P. L. Yeiser
Julius Keller
Elmer Adams
Clayton Adams
Reinholds
N. K. Brubaker
Washington
Brubaker
John Eitnier
Viola
Ephrata
Elizabeth Lippett
Spruce Street
Ethel
Ruth Wetherhold
George Ritter
JL. N. Moyer
Martha Delbo
Bismark
Lebanon County
George Strawbridge
Philadelphia
Linden Hall
Margaret Longendyke
George Butter
Chambersburg
Harry Jayne
Edith Walter
Clara Bard
Denver
Milleraville State Normal School
Sadie
St. Augustine
Fla
Virginia
Miss Bucher
Children poisoned by limburger cheese near Kissel Hill
Three to eight year old Lausch children were stricken after eating cheese spread on bread at breakfast. Dr E H Witmer of Neffsville treated them. Salinda was in critical condition but all recovered. Prompt Pomarine poisoning caused the illness. other family members did not eat the cheese.
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Roy
Salinda
Elizabeth Lausch
Emanuel Lausch
Kissel Hill
E. H. Witmer
Neffsville
Real Estate Transfers On East Orange Street And Second Avenue
The property on East Orange Street willed to the Moravian congregation by the late Mrs. A M Fett sold to David M Helman on private terms. A B Reidenbach acted as the seller’s solicitor. William Kissinger sold to Mrs Grayhill Bitzer a 33 foot lot on Second Avenue Broad Street addition for 225 dollars.
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East Orange Street
A. M. Fett
David M. Helman
A. B. Reidenbach
William Kissinger
Grayhill Bitzer
Second Avenue
Broad Street
Former Resident Injured In Enola Crane Accident
Samuel Ditzler, formerly living with his brother William B Ditzler, is between life and death in a Harrisburg hospital after an Enola accident. He climbed a crane, slipped, and fell about 25 feet. a heavy steel piece landed on his right leg, which was amputated, and several ribs were broken. Emanuel Titzler and William visited him in Harrisburg this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. N. Moyer
Lititz
Emanuel Hall
Graybill Minnich
Fairland
Hershey & Gibbes
Lutz
Order
Habisberg
Shriners
W. E. Fasnacht
P. F. Snyder
E. E. Habecker
H. J. Pierson
H. E. Workman
S. C. Hassler
Wm. M. Amer
William Leitzinger
Front Street
Warwick
Lancaster General Hospital
Samuel Ditzler
William B. Ditzler
Harrisburg
Enola
Penna Railroad
Ditzler
Emanuel Titzler
William
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