Lititz Area Picnic and Reunion Schedule Dominates
The notice lists multiple community events in Lititz and surrounding towns for August including church picnics at Lititz with Beck's band, a Penna Chautauqua start, Rothsville and Mountville Union picnics, family reunions, and a Lancaster County Fair. A St Andrews Beacon excerpt recounts a gull freed from a crablike grip, then returning to the flock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Paul's
St. James Lutheran
United Evangelical, United Brethren and Reformed Sunday Schools
Union
Lititz
Rothsville Lutheran U
Beck
Emanuel
Lutheran
Brickerville
Buch
Rocky Springs Park
Lancaster
Elser-Overlin
Ludwig
Lancaster County
St. Andrews
Trapped a Seagull in a Coastal Struggle
A Vancouver Island settler finds a dramatic scene as seagulls swarm a clam on the shore. The flock exerts feverish effort while a single gull appears entangled in a peculiar contest with a bivalve, threatening its life amid the chaotic beach melee.
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Vancouver
Lip Reading Training For Detectives
A Vienna school for the deaf offers a lip reading course for detectives. The Volta Review argues the skill is overstated yet potentially useful. An expert can grasp general conversation from 50 to 100 feet, with readings possible at 125 feet, though rigorous practice is needed for practical use.
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Vienna
Deaf and Dumb
Volta Review
Elasses
Ripe Olives as Food and Oil Resource
A concise note describes olives not as conventional fruit like apples, noting 34 as a food reference. It praises olive oil for its nutrition and calls the olive in many regions a "staff of life" highlighting its cultural and dietary importance.
Photographer's Palestine Trip Sparks Turbulent Posing
Travel lecturer H. M. Newman describes in the New York Sun his controversial Palestine journey to capture scenes with a camera. He faces hostility from Mohammedans and local objections as villagers demand payment to pose, while Christians mostly comply though not always content. A Bethlehem encounter with Ruth-like scenes and a ninety-year-old monk ends with a light request for a copy of his image.
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M. Newman
Holy Land
Palestine
New York Sun
Newman
Jaffa
Hamleh
Arimathea
Joseph
Jerusalem
Jesus Christ
America
Ruth
Bethlehem
Boaz
Pover
Syria
Nazareth
Mohammed
Moses
Ness
Marsaba
Lonesome Convent
Conestoga Traction Schedule January 1 1914
Conestoga Traction Co Lancaster and Littz division timetable shows weekday and Sunday car connections between Lititz and Lancaster with departures from Lititz at 5 45 and 6 46 A M and every half hour until 8 45 PM plus late runs. Lancaster departures at 5 and 6 AM and every half hour thereafter, with special late evening times. Freight cars depart Lititz 9 15 AM and 3 15 PM arriving at principal place 11 30 AM and 6 10 PM AVL.
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Lititz
Lancaster
aLe. P
P. and R. Time Table Trains Leave Lititz
Trains depart Lititz for Reading and Philadelphia on weekdays at 7 46 A M and 7 06 P M Sundays 7 45 A M and 7 06 P M For Lancaster and Columbia weekday services include 8 16 A M and 7 06 P M Sundays 3 06 A M and 7 06 P M For Lebanon weekday 1 24 P M and 7 06 P M Sundays 8 16 A M and 7 06 P M
Fraternal and civic meeting notices for Lititz area
A list of lodge bodies and civic groups in Lititz and surrounding areas with their meeting days and locations. Groups include Lititz Castle No 19 A O E of M, Lilly Lodge No 253 K of P, Lititz Lodge No 0 F, Garfield Castle No 76 G, Star Temple, Washington Camp, Bathinda of Notional Lovers, and various school boards and councils. Meetings occur at Rudy's Hall, the Swan Hotel, Brobst's Hall, and the council chamber on set weeknights and Saturdays.
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Lititz Castle
M.C. Mente
Lilly Lodge
Lititz Lodge
Garfield Castle
Star Temple
G. Ey
Rudy's Hall
Washington Camp
Nothsville
Swan Hote
St R
Bathinda
F. of A
Rudyws
Song of the Swan and the Debate on Its Song
A compact note on swans as singers or not with poets and naturalists split. It cites the swan legend of a dying song and contrasts poetic belief with naturalist views on vocal mechanisms. It also mentions the crane as a similar singer and notes swan longevity, including a captive lifespan record. Garret P. Serviss is referenced on courage as a physician of the soul.
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Othello
Portia
Garrett P. Serviss
Washington
Are You Going to Build A Home Repair Ad Pitch
A vintage ad promises better planning for barn repair garage roof or home additions. It appeals to do it yourself or contracted work and offers figures to save money on materials and services.
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North Shore” & “Dix
Gortright Reg
PAT
Cortright
Cortright Reg. U. 5
S. M. Huber
Lititz, Or
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
Conestoga Traction Co
Lancaster and Littz
Allen
Cunp Arter
D. Prank Kline, M. D
E. King Sr
Lope
He Woo
Flershey, Leaman & Co
Lititz, PA
Mapes
W.h.muth & CO. Coal, Lumber and Cement
Lititz, Penn’a
Moyer’s Drug Store
Thomas W. Stelley
Bell
E. Myer
Five Points
W. BD. Fichthorn
A. R. Keller
Lititz, Penna
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