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Lititz Record

Location

Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1920

Page

5

Religious notices list Sunday services across multiple churches

Moravian and other denominations schedule morning prayers, sermons, Bible study, and Sunday school. Rev J B Har ter and Rev W K Fleck lead St. Pauls and United Evangelical services, with multiple churches in Lititz Akron Rothsville and Mennonite areas.

Crosland St. Paul’s Lutheran W. K. Fleck J. W. Bobst Philadelphia United Evangelical Harter United Brethren JM. Walters S. S LeRoy Walters Ger. B. Raezer Dagter Brieckerville Penryn Lititz F.A. Weichsel Akron Team Rothsville Indiantown Petersburg Laney Hib’s Church of the Brethren Man Front Street

Mercvians Celebrate Church’s Historic Anniversaries

A local church marks a double anniversary this Sunday August 18, dating to its 1787 settlement and 1727 founding. The dedicatory service occurs with communion, recalling the 183 year milestone and a recent building cost of 5326 dollars 58 cents.

Penryn Christian Endeavor Program Highlights August 15

Christian Endeavor in Penryn hosts a Sunday evening program August 15 at 7 o’clock featuring Margaret Gerberich of Lebanon as vocalist and Mary E Lancaster delivering a talk on The Need and Value of Attending Day School. Proceeds benefit the Ardenian Relief Fund with a varied musical and vocal program.

Penryn Christian Endeavor Cial Iiss Margaret Gerberich Lebanon Tinata Conservatory of New York Mary E. Lancaster Lancaster County School Association Ardenian Relief Fund Bairam Helen Margaret Erdman Mary White Miriam Bishop Erma Keath Helen Erdman Clayton Demy Lester Bal

War wick House Sale Brings Record Prices for Cattle and Goods

Auction at War wick House yielded 372 sales and 30 persons sold goods on Saturday. Cows fetched record prices with top figures at 222 and 240 dollars. Pigs and other livestock sold well, with items including geese chickens and 42 bushels potatoes as buyers snapped up diverse goods.

Warwick House

Trolley Loop Upgrade Gains Final Backing

The loop project unites Hershey Transit and Ephrata lines under one terminal after ey Transit Company finally agreed to participate, the last to consent to the plan.

Hershey, Transit and Ephrata Ey Transit Company

Livestock Show At Elizabeth Farms

A community livestock show will be held Saturday Sept 4 at the old Erie grounds of the Mansion farm near Brickerville. Holstein Shorthorn Guernsey and Jersey cattle Hampshire Chester White Berkshire swine and Plymouth Rocks Leghorns bronze turkeys and other poultry will be exhibited. George Eshleman works to build interest and advertise. He hopes for a big crowd of agriculturists and invites all to attend.

Erie Mansion Brickerville Coleman Farms Guernsey Jersey Hampshire Chester

Farm Notes On Walnuts Plum List Grafted Apricots

Caterpillars stripping walnut trees arrive later than usual. Spraying recommended but large trees pose a challenge. A farmer reports caterpillars cluster on trunks then shed skins, reemerge to feed aggressively. Abundance and red skinned plums ripe, Burbank variety also starting. Japanese varieties resist insect stings better though rot persists. thinning and spraying help. Thad Will of Lincoln Avenue grows large grafted apricots.

Burbank Thad Will Lincoln Avenue

Farmers with damaged crops face uncertain tobacco yields

Farmers Jacob Snyder Peter Hess Samuel Bucher Samuel Oberholtzer Jacob and John Hess report widespread damage around Clay. Some plan not to cut crops as tobacco remains small with five new leaves per stalk expected, affecting potential strip-out sales and overall returns.

Jacob Snyder Peter Hess Samuel Bucher Samuel Oberholtzer Jacob John Hess

Poultry breeder Snavely plans exhibition season for Brahmas

Henry J. Snavely of East Main Street ships two pallets and a Singh Brahma cockerel to Shelby for exhibition. Birds hatched in February weigh five and a half to six pounds with twenty pullets hatched that month. Five cockerels were caponized to reach fifteen-plus pounds. Snavely, a prior winner at Allentown, also raises Light Brahma Bantams and notes winter laying traits of the Light Brahma breed.

Henry J. Snavely East Main Street Shelby,c Mr. Snavely Allentown

Silo orders for Indiana summer sale with discounts

Advertises Indiana silo orders for summer delivery with freight savings. Highlights a 10 percent discount on Yellow Pine for a short time and urges placing orders promptly to ensure shipment.

Indiana

Hershey Creamery Increases Capital Stock to 1 Million

The Hershey Creamery Company votes to raise capital from 500000 to 1000000 to fund expanded facilities. A new Florin plant is under construction as part of a wider network including Harrisburg Lancaster Hagerstown and Chambersburg plants.

Hershey Creamery Hershey Creamery Company Hershey Copany Florin Harrisburg Lancaster Hagerstown Chambersburg

Will Wild Cherries Be Picked This Year

Wild cherries are abundant this year and will likely be picked. Historically they were used in whiskey and as a medicinal tonic for cramps and stomach ache. Some made wine or “snaps” from the berries, while others let them go to waste.

North Locust Street

Late Hatched Turkeys At Rome Farm

William Snavely of Rome hatched eighteen poults from twenty three eggs under a turkey hen. Four of the poults are pure white and the gobbler shows White Holland blood. He notes a second hen on eyes and that the first eyes were given to farmers. The late setting marks the wind up of the laying season as market prices for turkeys remain high.

William Snavely Rome Mr. Snavely

Weedi ng in a Tall Corn Field at Madison

Bill Horst reports in Madison Kansas that his corn field required a lantern from 2 30 until quitting time as weeds were hoed this week.

Madison Kansas Bill Horst

Job Ads Seek Cook and Nursing Assistant in Pa

A woman is sought for cooking duties and another to assist with nursing at Brethren Home in Neffsville, Pennsylvania. Applications should be directed to the facility for consideration.

Brethren Home Neffsville, Pa

Hail Damages Tobacco Crop North of Lititz

A major tobacco loss is reported northeast of Lititz with about two to three hundred acres damaged by hail. Farmers will face financial losses as tobacco must be stripped. Delp area spared some damage while fields east of him suffered heavy impact. Belted strip extended toward Lineolh and Millway with lighter effects south of Hess meeting house. Continuous damage tracked across Pine Hill area near John Landis and Philip Martin.

Lititz U.S. Delp Linceohy Millway Hess’ Meeting House Pine Hill John Landis Philip Martin

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