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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
1
Coal prices rise 25 cents a ton in local yards while peaches begin to ripen and forecasted peak season nears in about two weeks. Willow Grove events, excursions, sales, and weather shifts weave through daily life with community notices, accidents, and small-town happenings.
Mrs Sarah Hamp wife of John Hamp died at General Hospital Lancaster last Friday from a complication of diseases after seven weeks in hospital. She was sixty five last May born in Lititz daughter of the late Obed Bauman and a Moravian church member. Survived by husband no children she was the last of her family. Funeral Monday from Rote's undertaking parlors Lancaster and burial in Lititz Moravian cemetery.
The fourth annual Chautauqua in Lititz concludes tomorrow after five days of joyous lectures music and drama. The opening parade featured Old Glory and a camera screen showing scenes of the procession. Miss Meddie Ovington Hamilton led daily literary talks while the Dunbar Singing Orchestra performed. Father D J Cronin spoke on The Weeds and Flowers of Literature condemning evil books and yellow journalism. Sunday featured religious services with love themes as Cronin spoke on The Power of Love and the value of old maids. Monday showcased Along the Road to Tokyo by Michitaro Ongawa and Mrs Ongawa with a costume changing display and a lecture on music by Leo Leslie Breneman.
Announcement of the Welsh Brothers circus visiting Lititz on Friday August 27 with a 5000 seat tent near the Eby Shoe factory. Tickets sold locally at usual prices. Admission 25 cents for children and 25 cents for adults. The event organized by the local baseball association amid town preparations and public enthusiasm.
Miss Mabel Herr spends the week at Newburg on the Hudson. Many relatives visit Lititz from Lancaster Reading and Philadelphia. Local residents travel to York, Seabright, and Boston with friends and family for vacations and social visits.
J. M. Brandt, employed on Albert Longenecker's farm in Penn township, was walking to work along the railroad near Lime Rock when he fell and struck a rail. He suffered a two inch scalp wound to his skull. Dr. D. C. Martin treated him and conveyed him home.
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