Auction notices and farm sales across dates and venues
The notice lists multiple sales in August and September including household goods and kitchen furniture at Parkview Hotel and William Muth's farm, eight mules at Levi Ziewler's farm near Liity and Lexington, and real estate at 42 Lincoln Avenue. Administrators Elmer C. Allison and Arville Burkholder oversee the auctions. Also promoted is Kissel Manor Farm milk products from Lititz Pa with quality assurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turday
Parkview Hotel
A. W. Miller
William Muth
Elmer C. Allison
Virginia Allison
Levi Ziewler
Liity
Lexington Urnpires
Lincoln Avenue
Arville Burkholder
The
Tate
Amos Burkholder
Kissel Manor
Visser
Manor Farm
R. B. No
Lititz
Chevrolet Leads Parade in Lancaster Circus Display
J. F Longenecker, local Chevrolet dealer, headed the Al G. Barnes Animal Circus parade through Lancaster. A Chevrolet car carried a placard stating elephants cost $5000 with a tease about Superior Chevrolet and F. O. B. Flint, highlighting a bold advertising stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F Longenecker
Chevrolet
al G. Barnes
Queen Street
Lancaster
Evidently He Did Sam Relates Ghost Encounter During Harrowing Farm Visit
Sam recounts a terrifying experience to an audience as he describes seeing a ghost near the road while milking cows. He tells how he fled to safety after hearing a chilling sound and returns home to find the milk gone and two pounds of butter left in the bucket.
Sunday Schools Plan Field Day for Lancaster County
County Sunday School Association plans an Inter Sunday School Field Day at Buchanan Park Lancaster on September 7 with contests for boys and girls, badge awards, a social box lunch, hillside devotional services, and a closing Pocket Testament League presentation. If rain, events shift to the following week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan Park
Lancaster
Lancaster County Sunday School Association
Lancaster County
Pocket Testament League
Scissors as a Deposit Under Old Jewish Custom
The text explains a traditional practice among waste tailors where a new worker leaves scissors as a marinee or deposit to guarantee his presence and readiness to begin work on the scheduled day. It notes the custom's cultural context and purpose as a pledge of punctuality.
Impish Observation on Appearances of Doctors
A clipped quip notes that as a doctor grows more prominent his razor slips and dulls, implied by the speaker Uncle Hank. The line hints at vanity and professional standing affecting personal grooming. The remark uses dialect of a rural speaker and evokes humor about status.
Patchwork Notes From a Busy Town Page
A jumble of stray observations and tips covers summer fruits like peaches and melons, local events, and everyday advice. It mentions Maltas picnic day, noisy signs, and warnings about car accidents, legal counsel, and wood finishing with wood alcohol care tips.
Facts About Bees
A Belgian scientist reports that a bee is thirty times as strong as a horse by weight. The female bee carries water pockets and secretes wax to build honeycomb cells. She uses her jaws to remove the wax as needed during construction.
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Hennis
Federal Reserve
Federtem
Farmer’ National Bank
Lititz, PA
East Main Street
Lebanon
Norway
Gorton
Ascoe
Pork & Bis
Victor
Asco W. I
Asco
Agea
India
Ceylon
Max
Mother Natures
H. Doster Lititz, PA
Oregon Mountains
Pines
Edison Marshall
Bruce Duncan
Trail’s End
West
Uncle Hank
Wu Ting Lung
Peter H. Brubaker
Lititz Baranch
Typto
Liily, Bi
B. Frank Kready
Attorney Laught
Etinghouse Frank B. Burkholder
Lititg' Spn Hnonas Bank
York
Wes
Leaman & Leed
Broad Street Dept
Ginghan
Slipova Romper
Ae Pr
Mileer
Habecker
Lutz
Hamburg
B. F. Lutz
Ind
United States
Internaticreau
WatchyThis Space
Seveler Hepp
Hadranit
John Hariicaster Cord Waltern
Liivy
Tancaster
Feneral Partners
John Hartranft
Ralph Walters
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