Notorious Abe Buzzard Found Near Ephrata
August 4 1882 report notes Abe Buzzard sleeping under a rock near Ephrata but escaping. Amos Roth and John Brieker claim bragging rights to finest tobacco in the area. The Lititz tannery slated for demolition to be storage later. Deaths recorded: George Pipgrass Rothsville and Mrs Betsy Miller town. William N Evans Brunnerville sold property to H Fritz Manheim for 2400 dollars. Charley Miller praised for street sprinkling. Over 400 people joined an Ephrata excursion and park picnic. more picnics planned. A lost amethyst ring found after four years and returned to owner. Butter 16 cents lb eggs 18 cents doz.
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Amos Roth
John Brieker
Lititz
George Pipgrass
Rothsville
Betsy Miller
William N. Evans
Brunnerville
H. Fritz
Manheim
Charley Miller
Ephrata
Sallie Hoffman
Lancaster
Twenty Five Years Ago 1907 Local Notes August News
Highlights include Hiram Long enecker's turkey rearing 19 guinea chicks, John A. Uhland named principal of Cressona schools, Lititz Moravian Church preparing three anniversaries, and Earl Mumma 9, injuring both arms from a fall. Also reports of a blackberry branch with over 3800 berries, wagon works subscription totaling 37400, good oat and apple crops, recent rains benefiting farmers, and various local incidents and prices.
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Hiram Longenecker
John A. Uhland
Cressona
Lititz
Elizabeth Township
Board of Trade
Wedding Reception Honors Chester Landis Marriage
A Sunday reception at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milton H. Landis celebrated the marriage of their son Chester to Miss Ruth Livingood of Elizabethtown. Close relatives attended including Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Hertzler, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Livingood, Mr. and Mrs. David Greenawalt and Dorothy Jean, Naomi and Gladys Livingood, Mary Livingood, and Martin Livingood.
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Milton H. Landis
Chester
Ruth Livingood
Elizabethtown
Chester Landis
Samuel Hertzler
Charles Livingood
David Greenawalt
Dorothy Jean
Naomi
Gladys Livingood
Mary Livingood
Martin
Landis Family Names and Relatives Listed in Lititz Area
A long list of relatives and spouses from several families is named, including Wolgemuth Elizabethtown N Marks Palmyra Christian Musser Landisville Mahlon Hollinger Neffaville M H Landis Frank Tong Long Landis Rath Long Norman Landis Arthur Landis Roy Landis Walter Landis Miriam Vera Dale Landis Abram Landis Vesta Naomi Landis Wart y Landis Margie Theda Landis Irvin Snyder Chester Bernice Snyder Othy Landis Clair Elmer Landis Joan Dor Landis Shirley Eugene Landis and Mrs Harry Weidler all of Lititz Route 3 plus Mrs Lizzie Shultz of Lititz.
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Wolgemuth
Elizabethtown
N. Marks
Palmyra
Christian Musser
Landisville
Mahlon Hollinger
Neffaville
M. H. Landis
Frank Tong
Melvin
Rath Long
Norman Landis
Arthur
Roy Landis
Walter Landis
Miriam
Vera
Dale Landis
Abram Landis
Vesta
Naomi Landis
Warty C. Landis
Margie
Theda Landis
Irvin Snyder
Chester
Bernice Snyder
Othy Landis
Clair
Elmer Landis
Joan
Dor Landis
Shirley
Eugene Landis
Harry Weidler
Lititz
Lizzie Shultz
Camp Meeting Attendance and Local Visitors
A Browntown crowd attended a camp meeting at Adamstown on Sunday. Miss Elizabeth Grebill spent ten days at Kyucktown camp meeting. The Helping Hand Ladies Class held an outing at Hershey on Saturday. Mrs Catherine Sciverling of Philadelphia was a recent local visitor among acquaintances. Mr. and Mrs James Goldthwait of
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Adamstown
Elizabeth Grebill
Kyuicktown
Hershey
Catherine Sciverling
Philadelphia
James Goldthwait
Local Social News and Weekend Baseball Scores
Lititz residents spent Sunday with neighbors and relatives including J Luke Stauffer and Kathryn Ladal. York visitors included Mr and Mrs Stewart Campbell. The Atlantic City trip featured Emma Brown and S F Brown. School of Methods attendees were Kathryn Wolf and Edna Yost near Allentown. The local baseball team had a 1–1 weekend, losing 17–7 to Palmyra and winning 9–4 against Hubley A CG of Lancaster.
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School of Methods
Waldheim Park
Allentown
Clayton Wolf
Monterey
CG. C. Wolf
Fameline Dunkleberger
West Chester
Alma Carpenter
Palmyra
Hubley A. CG
Lancaster
United States Coal Fields Vastly Larger Than Britain
An English scientist estimates the coal fields in the United States are 37 times larger than those of Great Britain, highlighting a vast industrial resource gap between the two nations.
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United States
Great Britain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Abe Buzzard
Howard Baum
Kissinger
Raymond
Illiam Reedy
William Amer
Moiskey
Warren
Bueh
J. F. Bueh
Barnegat Bay
Nathaniel K. Brubaker
Henry Firestone
Herman Rauch
John Brubaker
Norm Badorf
Millway
Robert Grosh
Earl Grosh
James H. Ross
East King Street
Lancaster, PA
Brownstown
George D. Shearer
West Virginia Ramblers
Warwick House
Monster Festival
Lititz Pike
Lititz Springs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
de Old Hill-Billy
WGAL
Green Jug Hayhackers
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