Lititz and Manheim events brighten late summer
Be of better cheer as dog days end with Rex mont Fire Co attractions in Cornwall this week and Lititz Union picnic day at the Springs drawing a large crowd. Legion faces Marietta in baseball while 196 local children prepare to visit Lititz for two weeks around Aug 19 or 20. A Keller mountain bear rumor proved to be a Shepherd dog. Thomas Steffy lands a concrete road contract on two Lititz-area streets starting next week. Birthday gifts surprise Mrs. Elmer Kautz with visitors from Bethlehem and Winston-Salem. A windfall quip about a coconut factory misled picnickers who sought the cocoanut strips then learned the chocolate factory was their target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
Rexmont Fire Co
Lititz Union
Springs
Legion Team
Marietta
Paul Miller
Pasadena
Calif
Miller
Joseph Miller
Lititz
Thomas Steffy
Manheim
Steffy
Elmer Kautz
Main Street
K.J. Bishop
Bethlehem
Winston-Sa‘em
N. C
Kautz
Weni, Stauffer
Regennas
Washington Klans Parade Viewers Report Weekend Sightings
Mr and Mrs Charles Krick and Mr and Mrs Howard Bollinger viewed a Klans parade in Washington on Saturday. Thomas Marks Willis Marks and Jacob Kauff man toured Baltimore and Annapolis with fishing success totaling forty one fish. In Baltimore they met Rev Asay formerly of Elizabeth Farms Brickerville and visited Joseph Kauffman and family. Ajay resides with Emanuel Kauffman at Brickerville but is visiting a son in Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles Krick
Howard Bollinger
Thomas Marks
Willis Marks
Reading
Jacob Kauffman
Penryn
Baltimore
Annapolis
Rev
Asay
Elizabeth Farms
Brickerville
Joseph Kauffman
Ajay
Emanuel Kauffman
Minnesota
Former Lititz Boy in Serious Trouble
Susan Viola Howe a 16 year old Coatesville girl died after leaping under a truck early Friday to escape alleged advances by Paul Carpenter 22 of Lancaster now jailed on four counts of involuntary manslaughter. The driver and May Allison 17 a companion testified Howe pleaded with Carpenter to stop before the fatal leap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Viola Howe
Coatesville
Paul Carpenter
West James Street
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Bradycamp
Sherman Carpenter
Lititz
May Allison
Susan Howe
Carpenter
World War Soldier Returns Home Weak With War Injuries
Jemmie Flynn, a Canadian World War I veteran who served in the Clover Leaf outfit, traveled from Marion Indiana to Winnipeg with severe injuries from mustard gas shell shock and amputations. He endured a long, improvised journey home on hardship, sleeping outdoors and relying on kind strangers for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jemmie Flynn
Marion
Ind
Winnipeg
Canada
Jimmie
Record
Lititz
Indiana
Clover Leaf
Lancaster County
Lightning Strikes Homes on Cedar and Orange Streets
A local lightning bolt struck a locust tree near George Butzer’s Cedar Street home and jumped to the kitchen damaging woodwork and splintering the tree. A ball of fire also entered John Getz’s kitchen on Orange Street. Residents reported shocks, nervousness, and burn sensations in feet. a doctor was summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Butzer
Cedar Street
John Getz
Orange
Cedar
Robbery scare triggers false fire alarm near post office
Neighbors reported muffled noises for about half an hour last night near the post office. Night watchman Singley and officer Kreider investigated amid heavy rain, setting off the fire alarm at 3 am over suspected robbers. Earlier signals on South Broad Street drew similar reports but no evidence was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wachtman
Kreider
South Broad Street
Fireworks Display On Base This Thursday Evening
Free fireworks show on the baseball diamond this Thursday evening. Rain postponed July 4th pieces will be used along with additional items. An expert from the factory will supervise. Fireworks chair Harry Gorton says the display will be engaging despite simple effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gorton
Local Boy Assembles Complex Electrically Operated Clock
Lloyd Ritchie, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ritchie of Ashland, Pennsylvania, built an electrically operated chime clock at the Peter H. Laeper jewelry shop without any prior electrical experience. Made by the McClintock Co. of Minneapolis, it uses a Seth Thomas movement and chimes at quarter hours, with a value cited at $2300.00 today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Ritchie
E. C. Ritchie
Peter H. Laeper
Ashland
Ritchie
McClintock Co
Minnneapolis
Seth Thomas
Lititz Public Schools Set to Open August 31
Lititz schools reopen Aug. 31 with Labor Day closure. Beginners report to the auditorium with vaccination certificates and parental details if unaccompanied. Beginners must be six before Jan 1, 1926. All new pupils report to the office. returning pupils to their prior rooms for transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Penna Tobacco Co Op Association to Hold Meetings
The Pennsylvania Tobacco Co oper ative Association will hold meetings on Friday evening Aug 14 at Rothsville High School and Saturday evening Aug 15 at Lititz High School to explain contracts and provide information to tobacco growers and the community. Everyone interested is invited to attend. Pianos Players Buy them of Howard S Young Lititz Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Tobacco Co-operative Association
Rothsville High School
Lititz _High school
Radio messages from Arctic expedition reach Labrador
A letter from Hopedale Labrador relays MacMillan Polar expedition progress and Moravian mission aid. Eskimo services, seal skin garments, and radio as a boon are described. The Moravians, with limited funds, aid Eskimo communities and missionaries, promising possible radio links from northern stations on special church occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacMillan Polar Expedition
Artic Wastes
Hopedale
Labrador
Bowdoin
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Nain
MacMillan
Rey
Peritt
London
Alaska
The Klan March On Pennsylvania Avenue In Washington
A Washington correspondent reports about a mass parade on Pennsylvania Avenue with about 40 000 participants forming white sheets interwoven with flags. The Invisible Empire displayed precise marching rhythm and discipline with drill teams in red or blue capes. There was no disorder and no arrests as the parade continued past sunset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pennsylvania
Washington Star
Man Prefers Stealing to Working Charged in Produce Thefts
Fred K. Weaver, 38, living with a tenant family on Fruitville pike, faces three larceny charges after farmers near Lancaster Lititz reported nightly thefts of potatoes corn cabbage and beets. Weaver, who owned an auto truck and allegedly used his two children to haul stolen crops, was committed to county prison in default of 900 bail. Neighbors say he showed little sign of work since moving to Fruitville pike. he previously sold green goods in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred K. Weaver
Ames Miller
Fruitville Pike
Lexington
Weaver
A. W. Dietrich
Spruce Street
Columbia
Lititz
Mr. Dietrich
Alderman Hinden
Lancaster
Harry E. Swart
Lancaster R. D
John Hess
R. D
Landisville
Swart
Hess
Baker
Here
Moravian Lovefeasts and Fish Trip Report
Moravian church lists several lovefeasts with dates in August and September. A Lancaster party, including Dr D A Long and R E Buch, fished ninety five croakers and sea trout at Bowers Beach in half a day, aboard a seven fisherman boat. The Lititz to Bowers Beach distance is about one hundred miles. Wayne Zartman and Mrs Long joined but did not fish. The sea was calmer than earlier in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Long
R. E. Buch
Lancaster
Bowers Beach
Lititz
Wayne Zartman
Mrs. Long
Ephrata Band to Furnish Concert Saturday
The Ephrata band will perform Saturday evening with a saxophone quartet and a cornet solo as highlights. A parade through town preceded the concert but threatening rain kept many away, though most of the program finished before the downpour around nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata
Palmyra
Automobilists to Picnic at Willow Grove Park
The Lancaster Automobile Club hosts a picnic today at Willow Grove park near Philadelphia with souvenirs for children and fifty gold prizes for adults. The event features two concerts by John Philip Sousa's band as a highlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Automobile Club
Willow Grove Park
Philadelphia
John Philip Sousa
Sign boards guide motorists to key towns in town
P. B. Bucher erected and paid for a sign board at Five Points showing miles to Baltimore York Ephrata Reading and Lancaster. He noted many motorists stop for directions and urged more sign boards in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. B. Bucher
Baltimore
York
Ephrata
Reading
Lancaster
Hershey Family and Friends Travel to Pittsburgh and Springfield
A party including Mr and Mrs Willard Hershey and daughter Rev and Mrs Jacob Hershey Mr and Mrs Harvey Hershey and daughter Mr and Mrs George Korte and daughter drove to Pittsburgh leaving Saturday and returning Monday. Harry Long tenant on M W Pfautz farm at Owl Hill left today for Springfield Mass to visit his daughter married to William Bupp. Mrs Long has been in Springfield for two weeks. Scott's Book Store advertises magazine renewals at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Willard Hershey
Jacob Hershey
Harvey Hershey
George Korte
Harry Long
M. W. Pfautz
Owl Hill
Springfield
Mass
Willam Bupp
Dietrich Bupp
Long
Springfield F
Three Month Auto Tour Ends With Pacific Coast Return
Lititz travelers Benjamin Lutz Frank McCreary and Earl Walters return home after a 9827 mile auto tour across Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Nebraska Wyoming Utah Idaho Montana Oregon California Arizona New Mexico Colorado Kansas Missouri. They photographed scenes met locals and tourists and kept a day by day diary noting costs. They carried a gas bill of 458 gallons and 12 gallons of oil with total trip costs 250 dollars per person.
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Pacific Coast
Benjamin Lutz
Frank McCreary
Earl Walters
Lititz
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Grand Canyon
Illinois
Great Desert
Harvey Eckert
Henry Mondorf
Edward Rudy
Moravian Ushers Picnic at Penryn
The Usher's association of the Moravian church plans a picnic on Thursday August 20 at Penryn park. Activities include a ball game and other contests. The event gathers at the church square at 12 o'clock sharp. Committee: Thomas Waddell chair man S C Hassler P F Snyder Dr D C Martin Arlie Rader James Carper Harry Gorton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usher’s Association of the
Moravian Church
Penryn Park
Church Square
Sanday
Thomas Waddell
S. C. Hassler
P. F. Snyder
Travellers near and far visit Mt Gretna and beyond
Mr and Mrs Paul Bomberger spend the week at Mt Gretna. Many relatives and friends visit or travel from Lebanon and Berks counties to Moravian Home, Reading, and nearby towns. Notable trips include Niagara Falls, Barton Vermont, and a visit by Mr Quickel of York. Pretty cretonne for dresses and coats at Pfautz Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bomberger
Mt. Gretna
Sturgis
Jennie Reedy
Philadelphia
Herman Fisher
East Main Street
Ellen Bard
Oregon
Fiona Pfautz
J. Frank Buch
Lebanon
Michael Keath
Kenneth Witmyer
Eugene Weidler
Niagara Falls
J. C. Staley
Shepherds Ttown
West Va
E. S. Young
Cretonne
Pfautz Bros
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4 Bear
Keller’s Mountain
Maryland
Legion Post
Lightning
Penna. Tobacco Co-Op
Ass’n
Howard S. Young
Ephrata Band
Boro
Scott’s
Pfantz Bros
Scott's Book Store
Mrs. B. F. Grosh
Dr. Fink and
Denver
Cyrus Zartman
Paul Evans
John
William Kissinger
Clarence
Louise de Schweinitz
John Spangler
Emma Spangler
Robert Huebener
Utica, N. Y
Charles Dohns
Wash Walker
Jos Sheckert
W. H. Mathers
R. L. Wertz
W. C. Wertz
Armnapolis
Sue Dohner
Frank Myers
Elizabeth
Mohnton
H. R. Myers
Frong Street
Mrs. E. M. Crouthamel
Souderton, Pa
Mrs. J. W. G. Hershey
Emma Musser
Orange and
Cedar Streets
Mary S. G. Buch
Chambersburg
Walter H. Buch
Charles Kreider
Washington D. C
Mrs
D. H. Kreider
Harry Eby
Myrtle Eckert
Barton
Vermont
White Mountains
John Groff
Paradise
H. M. Eck
Frank C. Lincoln
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Mary M. Keiler
Shannon
Lincoln Ave
Jacob Stark
Victor Stark
Nazareth
Harry Smith
Walter Smith
Edgar Gifford
Theodore
LaGrange
Chicago
Chester Leicey
Leicey
Gifford
Elmer Quicke
Valentine Brobst
E. K. Fisher
Mr. Quickel
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