Lightning Destroys Barn on Maria Gibble Farm in Penn Twp
A severe storm struck last week causing a fire that destroyed a large barn and threshing equipment on the Maria Gibble farm in Penn Township near Lititz Manheim road. Allen Miller tenants reported stock saved though chickens lost and crops burned. Loss estimated around 7500 with little insurance. Also noted are school fund allocations for Lancaster city and county totaling 14728853 with district by district shares. Muddy Creek Sunday school marked its 53rd annual event in Harting's woods with large attendance and performances by Beck's Lititz Band and Ringgold Band Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Gibble
Allen Miller
Penn Township
Lititz
Manheim
Clarence Hershey
Muddy Creek
Harting’s Woods
Swartzville
Ephrata
Adamstown
Conestoga Traction Company
Beck
Ringgold Band
Reading
A. G. Seyfert
Lancaster
Charles H. Kistler
Alsace Lutheran Church of
Stephen Schweitzer
B. G. Welder
Reamstown
Lancaster youths arrested for horse stealing near Pottstown
Borace Reith aged 17 and Amos Mesner 19 of Terre Hill were taken into custody Tuesday afternoon by an officer near Pottstown while attempting to sell a four‑hundred dollar team of horses stolen Saturday night at Reamstown where the owner’s son was attending a festival. They were brought to Lancaster on a charge of horse stealing. The report notes local festival plans and various civic and business updates in Lancaster County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borace Reith
Amos Mesner
Terre Hill
Pottstown
John Zartman
Schoeneck
Reamstown
Lancaster
Lincoln Fire Company
Fair's Park
Addison Weachter
Main Street
Nathan Bard
Clarence Wissler
Wade's Business College
W. S. Holfinger
No. 1
Millway
Monroe Witmer
Levi Witmer
B. F. Brown
Wesley Hoover
Pequea Creek
H. L. Keith
Rudy Brown
J. R. Bowers
L.C. Wolf
Virginia
Harvest Home and village life on the hills
Correspondents note Phares Will deepening his well and Mrs Annie Buchter as Sunday guest. Read of new bungalow, local trades like Elmer Weachter and Ed Weber at Keath's mill, and dusty roads. Harvest festivals, Sunday schools picnics, and Schaefferstown band performances mark a busy Champlain countryside day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phares
Annie Buchter
Jerome Koehler
Pappy White
Elmer Weachter
Elstonville
Manheim
Edw. Weber
inKeath’s
Lititz
Bittner
Horst
Ed. Weber
Hershey
Hiram W. Diehm
Witmyer
Hershey's
Mr. Diehm
Brunnerville Brieflets Show Spring Social Moves
Local notes from Brunnerville record blue martin boxes increasing from 30 to 60 pairs at J W Roth’s barn and various visits. Esta Meily of Lititz visited grandmother Mary Meily. S R Nissley hosted S R Nissley’s guests S R Nissley of Lancaster Junction hosted M R Hess. Roths hosted C E Andrews and others from Lancaster Lititz and Leola. E G Geyer spent time at Vintage. Mary Kline visits daughter A K Reist and Wayne Kline. Millway camp meeting draws villagers. Lititz Chautauqua attendance noted. Crickets chirp, elderberry scent, jelly making underway as days shorten in anticipation of autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Roth
Esta Meily
Lititz
Mary Meily
S. R. Nissley
Lancaster Junction
M. R. Hess
C. E. Andrews
Lancaster
H. D. Bucks
Leola
D. Wallace Evans
E. G. Geyer
Mary Kline
A. K. Reist
Wayne Kline
Millway
Mrs Firestone Injured At Home In Foot Fracture
Mrs Annie Firestone wife of Linnae us Firestone fell while washing on Monday carrying a washboard and fractured two small bones in her right foot. Dr M H Yoder set the fracture. Mary and Edwin Weidner children ill with dysentery. Hornleys harvest peaches about 200 bushels to sell. Village quiet as residents attend Chautauqua Lititz and camp meet Miliway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Firestone
Linnaejus Firestone
M. H. Yoder
Mary
Edwin
Benjamin Weidner
Christian
Samuel Hornley
Lititz
Miliway
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. ¥. Buch
Lititz Pa
Post Office
Maria Gibbel
Avon Miller
Lancaster City
Warwick
Elizabeth
Penn
Clay
West Earl
Manheim Two
Manheim Boro
Ephrata Boro
Akron
Lincoln
Penryn Pennings
Brickerville Budget
James Coleman Memorial Sunday School
Immanuel Lutheran Sunday School
Schaefferstown
Brickerville
John D. Eckert
Neffsville News
Ada Beecher
Anna Costello
Philadelphia
Wm. A. Kauffman
Miss Beecher
Benjamin K. Huber
Adam Witmer
Witmer
John Lefevre
Kissel Hill
Lefevre
Lizzie Pehlman
Church of the Brethren Home
E. H. Witmer
Roy Kauffman
Fairbanks
Spruce Street Grocery
John L. Hosler, Jr
Lexington
HAGER
Lancaster, Pa
Hager Men’s
Oxfords
Patent Colt
Gun
Manhattan
Bates—Street
Metric
Griffon
W. Hing Street
Titr Botough
Bam
S. M. Huber
Horace E. Sturgis
Lebanon County
Horseshoe Pike
Bismarck
Cornwall Station
Lebanon
Cold Springs
Lancaster County
Lebanon Valley
J. L. Rotter
Farmer's Trust
Aaup PT
Wertsch
E. Main Street
Watt & Shand
Corner Square
East King Street
la Vallieres
Nottingham
Ecru
John H. Tshudy
J. E. Eshleman
Ind
Centre ST
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