Golan of Logal Events and Local Happenings
Local notes report Daniel Light to Bethlehem steel works. A Wartwick buyer’s bay horse died last week. Farm sale west of Kiss Hill: 12 acres 70 perches sold for £2000 to John Stoner. Springs Hotel annex anniversary marked. Isaac Lorah sent 30 horses to John D. Bear’s sale at Blue Ball. Mrs. Jacob Grossman returns from hospital improved. Lost purse in town near Spring grounds. finder please return. Farmers Bank building fireproof vault for old books. Anonymity of other brief items noted: rheumatic chest, appendicitis operation, corn outlook, lily pond, sale posters, and local advertising stunts. Excursion fares Lititz Tapton trip. Lutheran Orphans’ Home anniversary upcoming. Train delay near Vinemont due to bridge fire. big attendance at United Evangelical picnic. Poultry shipments by D. G. Witmyer to Littlestown and Newark Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Light
Bethlehem
N. G. Verger
Wartwick
Martin Bellinger
Kisse] Hill
John Stoner
Big Springs
Isaac Lorah
Penryn
Warwick Mouse
John D. Bear
Blue Ball
Jacob Grossman
Farmers Bank
John Helter
Warwick
John
Bricker
Elmer Kautz
S. R. Posey
Graver Cottage
Broad Street
Reading
Lancaster
Lititz
Vinemont
United Evangelical
Beck
G. Witmyer
J. H. Mehring
Littlestown
Elmer Shoultes
Newark Valley
N. Y
Moravian Sunday School Picnic Marred by Storm
The Moravian Sunday-school picnic faced heavy rain thunder and hail around 6 30 PM breaking up gatherings and forcing shelter. Becket band performances resumed later as games and balloon launches entertained lingering attendees amid drenched tables and coffee shortages. The Habecker triplets from Fenn township visited with their parents and drew crowds as Mrs Habecker sold photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter Pluvius
Beck
Elmer Kautz
Wayne Habecker
Arthur
Wayne
Dora
Fenn Township
Robert Russel
Habecker
Mrs Leib Hurt in Stair Fall at Cigar Factory
Mrs J B Leib fractured two ribs and tore wrist ligaments after a fall at her husband's cigar factory last Saturday. She hoped to attend the Moravian picnic yesterday but was unable, having also missed last year due to erysipelas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Leib
Grassy Sound Deep Sea Fishing Yields Plentiful Catch
William Muth and two sons with Walter and Daniel Light fished off Grassy Sound on the New Jersey coast and landed about 800 specimens, mostly sea bass, in a few hours. They shared many fish with neighbors and plan a bigger trip this month with several young men from last summer’s expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Muth
Walter
Daniel Light
Grassy Sound
New Jersey
Ethel Holtzhouse Weds Lloyd Kauffman in Lititz Home Ceremony
The eldest Holtzhouse daughter Miss Ethel married Lloyd E. Kauffman at the Holtzhouse residence on Broad Street. Rev. Geo. D. Clarke officiated as family guests watched. The couple departed by auto to Reading and then New York for a weeklong honeymoon, with both well known in Lititz and area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Holtzhouse
Broad Street
Ethel Holtzhouse
Lloyd E. Kauffman
Laura
H. S. Kauffman
Reading
H. E. Eby
Norman Badorf
Ella Habecker
Rohrerstown
New York
Up-the- Hudson
Troy
N. Y
Lititz
Millersville State Normal School
Linden Hall Seminary
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Young Ladies Bible Class
Lititz High School
John C Rhode dies after illness in Lititz district
John Christian Rhode, 54, died Friday morning at his home behind the Keystone knitting mills in Lititz after a year with tuberculosis. Born in Germany, he moved to Dru more township to start a broom factory, then to Lititz five years ago. He married Emma Snelling. three children survive from that marriage. His second wife was Sarah Fry Long, whom he wed in 1890, with two more children from that union. Funeral services were held at the house and Church of the Brethren, with interment at Longenecker's cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Christian Rhode
Keystone Knitting Mills
Rhode
Germany
New York City
Virginia
Drumore Township
Lititz
Florida
Church of the Brethren
Emma Snelling
John
Port Conway
Emma
Petersburg
Bessie
Jacob Fry
Erb’s Lime Kiln
Sarah Fry Long
Nora
Hasting
Locust Street
Death of Rufus Kline at Brunnerville
Rufus Kline died at his Brunnerville home Friday morning July 26 at 3 o clock, aged 78 years 4 months and 4 days. He had suffered gastritis since April and was bedfast two weeks. A son of William Kline, he farmed near his birth place and later retired to Brunnerville. He served as St. John's Lutheran Church trustee since 1844 and owned the church cemetery land. Survived by wife Mary Fry and children Phares, Wayne, Ida, Lizzie, Ella, Amanda, and others, with twenty six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Monday, Rev E E Shantz officiated, services at home and church, interment in the church cemetery. The funeral was heavily attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Kline
Brunmerville
Mr. Kline
William Kline
Clay Township
Hammer Creek
Mary Fry
Brumnerville
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Brickerville
Kline
Phares
Brunnerville
Wayne
Death of Infant Karl Otto Seigel in Moravian Cemetery
Karl Otto Seigel, four months and fifteen days old, son of Charles and Emily Seigel of Spruce Street, died Friday morning. Funeral was held Sunday afternoon, with interment at Moravian Cemetery. Rev. Hagen officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Otto
Charles
Emily Seigel
Spruce Street
Moravian Cemetery
Rev. Hagen
Mrs Zimmerman Dies at 60 in Ephrata From Kidney Trouble
Mrs Daniel Zimmerman aged 60 died at five o clock last Friday morning at her home in Ephrata after kidney trouble. Survived by husband Dan Daniel and children Benjamin Eph rata Martin Blue Ball Mary wife of Christian Risser Hammer Creek Lizzie wife of William Good Eph rata. She belonged to the Mennonite church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Zimmerman
Daniel Zimmerman
Ephrata
Benjamin
Martin
Blue Ball
Mary
Christian Risser
Hammer Creek
Lizzie
William Good
Zimmerman
Mennonite Church
Warwick township Faces State Road Battle and Lightning Incident
Residents push for a state road with farmers signing petitions while two supervisors oppose it. Taxes would rise briefly to fund construction with state support. A lightning bolt struck Ezra Hart ranft’s Marion street home, causing minor damage as James Sesseman checked for fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick
Warwick Township
Highway Department
Harrisburg
Rothsville
Brubaker
Lititz
Manheim
D. R. Buch
Longenecker
Marion Street
Ezra Hartranft
Hartranft
James Sesseman
Lightning Sets Millway Oil Tank Ablaze
A bolt struck a Standard Oil Co tank at Millway on Wednesday evening, igniting coal oil and destroying the tank. About four feet of oil, valued in the hundreds of barrels, burned for hours, lighting the sky for miles as residents from Lititz rushed to the scene. Estimated loss starts at $5000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Co
Millway
Lititz
Ten Days Camp Trip Loosens Lititz Beauty
Lititz faces a ten day period of diminished beauty as Lambda Epsilon Sigma Sorority members depart for a camping trip from Lindwood along the Susquehanna opposite Marietta. Names include Mrs Joseph Kofroth and Miss Mary Hagen among Lititz residents. chaperons listed. local men worry over woman suffrage spurred by a moonlit buggy sight and a joking postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lambda Epsilom Sigma
Lindwood
Susquehanna
Marietta
Joseph Kofroth
Mary Hagen
Miriam Hepp
Vera Ha Oecker
Erla Garber
Anna Meiskey
Janet Buch
Edna
Alice Zook
Personal visits and kinfolk travel fill Lititz notes
Strict social rounds record Mrs F B Buch visiting in Marietta and many Lancaster county residents visiting relatives and friends from Philadelphia Philadelphia natives Miss Sallie Reidenbach Mr Harry Steininger from New York and others spending weekends, vacations, and hosting gatherings across Lititz Warwick Elizabethtown and surrounding towns with trips to Lebanon Pittsburgh and Moravian picnic participants listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Buch
Marietta
Charles Zartman
Manheim
Herman Diehm
Lebanon
William
Orange Street
Charles Kline
H. B. Gingrich
Sallie Reidenbach
Philadelphia
Squire A. B. Reidenbach
Herbert Hammond
Chicago
Ill
H. A. Cuppy
Jacob Yoder
Shoemakersville
Harry F. Long
John Hacker
Hilda
Lansdale
Lititz
John Rehrer
Joel Hippert
Warwick
Harry Steininger
New York City
Isaac Yost
Ephrata
Samuel Schreiber
Quinton Reitzel
Salunga
W. H. Regennas
Lizzie Ulrich
William A. Smith
George Smith
Catharine Smith
Spruce Street
Martin Bomberger
Pittsburg
C. H. Bomberger
South Broad Street
H. L. Buch
Louisa Buch
Ada Leaman
Lovina
Mary
Gable
Alice
Helen Reinke
Nazareth
Jacob Baker
Forrest
Ed, Diehm
Spring City
Reuben Diehm
Clara Bard
Denver
Ann Thompson
Sadie Hess
W. R. Stevens
New York State
Pennsylvania
Lee McAllister
Phares Hershey
Quarryville
Menno Brubaker
Louis Simcox
Kinderhood
John Westafer
George Westafer
Reidenberger
Elizabethtown
Clifford McCormick
Burlington
N. J
Chandler Hagey
Lancaster County
John Gambel
Charles
Auburn
N. Y
Harle Couch
Agnes Anderson
Stewartstown
William Trout
Erdine and Reed
Laurel
York County
Geo. D. Clark
W. H. Buch
Emanuel Detwiler
Hershey
Harrisburgh
Andrew Godenour
Christian Verger
William Seigerling
Lebanon County
John F. Longenecker
Longenecker
Smoky City
Penn Automobile Company
Rhine Nase
Metzger Brothers
Tylersport
Montgomery County
Hiram Hollinger
J. Paul Roebuck
Peter Ammon
D .B. Flory
Alice Sturgis
Wm. DeHaven
Emily Eschbach
Maurice Kauffman
Emma Greider
J. F. Essig
John Schnupp
Wilber Meiskey
Borough Council Passes Two Ordnances And Reports Street Work
Borough council in monthly session approved two ordinances including forbidding burning paper and posting placards, and authorised sidewalk repairs on several streets. The Street and Light Committees detailed completed and ongoing work on Locust, Raspberry, Marion, South Spruce, and Center streets. Vouchers were ordered for various contractors and suppliers, and trout fingerlings were received for local streams from the national hatcheries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borough Council
Burgess Steiner
Leib
Badorf
Baum
Miksch
Lehnerer
Neidermyer
Sesseman
Center Street
Main Street
Local Autoist in Accident Near Rohrerstown
John Habecker of Royal Garage was driving a Marion automobile through Rohrerstown on Saturday evening. He swerved to avoid another car and struck a large stone, dragging Mrs. Daniel Grube of Oroville from the vehicle and severely injuring her right leg and face. She was taken to St. Joseph's hospital in Lancaster. other occupants were unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Habecker
Royal Garage
Rohrerstown
Marion
Habecker
Daniel Grube
Oroville
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lancaster
Runaway Horse Dash Ends After Straw Spill
Martin Bollinger’s horse bolted from a spring wagon loaded with straw near Kissel Hill and raced to Lititz. The animal drank at a fountain then returned via West Orange Street and Pine Alley, scattering straw before being recaptured. A note mentions a special Hillmuslin sale at Pfantz Bros. on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Bollinger
Mr. Bollinger
Kissel Hill
Lititz
West Orange Street
Pine Alley
Pfantz Bros
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Golan
LOGAL
John C. Rhode
Front Street
John R. Gibbes
Stone
Kissinger
Bluestone
W. Louder
Smithwork
Levi Si
Erb & Son
C.N. Derr
We IL
Duchy Service
Walter Miller
Amos Both
Mason World
Edison Electric Co
June Street
Litttg
Milford Marks
C. G. Yerger
G. D. Sciireine Water Works
Equipmen
Lancaster City Water Dept
Mueller
Rensselaer Valve Gone Water Works
Aipwie Soloman Weaver
Frank McKinney H.R. Weaver
Hiram Demmy
Longenuck
Haag
Bob ES Dod
Hertz
Abram Brubaker
Herman Fisher
W.4l Muthé& Co
Con
Hershey Leeman Co
W. Dietrich
National Fish Hatcheries
Wysley
Clarence Brubaker
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