August and September local family reunions and fairs list
A series of community events is listed including Rushong family reunion in Lititz on Thursday August 19, Becks band performing at Penryn St Pauls Lutheran Sunday School picnic, Emanuel's Lutheran U S picnic at Brickerville, Beck family reunion in Rocky Springs Park, Elser Oberlin and Ludwig family reunions in Lititz, and Lancaster County Fair running Tuesday September 28 to Friday October 1. The London Answers fragment mentions two lanes once side by side in Old Street road with no bloodshed and refers to the Royal Exchange and streets of London.
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Rushong
Lititz
Penryn St. Pauls Lutheran Sunday School
Beck
Emanuel
Lutheran U. S
Brickerville
Rocky Springs Park
Lancaster
Ludwig
Lancaster County
Church
Royal Exchange
London
Old Street Road
Weathercocks and Vane Histories Through the Ages
The article traces vane origins from ancient Rome where a triton name arose for a weather vane to ecclesiastical use depicting barnyard male fowl. It notes varied shapes like a key over St. Paul’s and St Mildred’s, a grasshopper on the Royal Exchange, and Bow church dragon, with Mother Shipton prophecy referencing Bow dragon.
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Marcus Virtraving
Pollia
St. Paer's
Cornhill
London
St. Mildreth’s
Royal Exchange
Exchange
Bow Church
Cheapside
Mother Shipton
Bow
Plea in Verse Saves Athens from Destruction
A fragment recounts Lysander spared Athens in 404 B C after its fall to Spartan forces. Amid calls for destruction a moving chant from Euripides vents a plea leading Lysander to reconsider and accept moderation, saving the city and earning Milton’s noted praise of the event.
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Lysander
Athens
Greece
Euripides
Troy
Agamemnon
Milton
Stone man and stenographer save business venture
Nettie Durand spies a quiet office manager John Ballentyne as a scheming creditor threatens the firm led by Mark Lane. With Ballentyne and Nettie’s covert ruse they mislead Mr Manville, keep the business afloat, and Lane thanks the duo while Nettie and Ballentyne share a wary, hopeful glance as a diamond circlet turns on her finger.
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Nettie Durand
John Ballentyne
Mark Lane
Nettie
Elsinore Drury
Lim
Elsinore
Ballentyne
Charles Manville
Mr. Manville
Mr. Lane
John
Lane Office
Lessenin g a Woman s Work
The piece argues that women’s life improves as homes brighten and drudgery lessens. With better hours and more diversions through phones, cars, and clubs, farm women gain time for culture, public matters, and social ties, boosting mental health and participation in wider progress.
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Elvic
Its Advantage Gardener Graft Public Swallow It
A wry line notes a gardener’s edge in grafting, asserting he can always persuade the public to accept his work. The quip contrasts horticultural grafting with broader public acceptance challenges, highlighting satire on persuasion and reputation.
Conestoga Traction Schedule for Lancaster Lititz Division
The Conestoga Traction Co schedule shows Saturday service from Lititz at 5 45 and 6 45 AM and every 30 minutes to 8 45 PM plus 10 15 10 45 and 11 45 PM. From Lancaster first trains 5 60 and 6 00 AM then half hourly until 6 00 PM with late runs. Sunday service mirrors weekday times. Freight runs Lititz 8 15 AM and 3 15 PM arrive at Patnaaten 11 30 PM and 6 00 PM.
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Conestoga Traction Co
Lancaster and
Lititz
Lancaster
San
Patnaaten
FM. A.M. Pom
Local Lodges and Societies Meeting Schedule in Lititz
A list of weekly and monthly meetings for Lititz organizations. Includes Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Ladies of the G. H., GAR posts, Jr O U C A M, and other local bodies. Notes Rudy's Hall and the Swan Hotel as common venues with times ranging from 7:30 P.M. to 2:15 P.M. on various weekdays and specific month patterns.
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Recoi A
Rudy's Hall
Morning Star Temple
G. H
Washington Camp
Rothsville
Swan Hotel
Stevens Post
A. R
Brobst’'s
Lititz Springs
Lititz
Hose Company
Council Chamber
East Orange Street
Warwick School Board
Warwick
Wolf UW
Elock
Loyal Temperance Legion
Bud
Tal
Where Nature Cooks the Fead in New Zealand Hot Springs
A historical note describes native and white women in New Zealand using Rotorua hot springs to cook meals by placing utensils in steam holes beneath boiling earth. Whakarewarewa shows a surface of boiling springs and steam rising in white clouds. A separate item mentions England's longest lawsuit over land between Lisle and Berkeley lasting about 120 years.
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New Zealand
Rotorua
Whakarewarewa
England
Thomas Talbot
Viscount Lisle
Lord Berkeley
Wootton-under-Edge
Gloucester
Edward IV
James
Lonion
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Sac Hiedra
Cortright Swages
Cortright
Cortright Reg. U. S. Pat
S. M. Huber
Lititz, Or
F. M. Bowman
Effe
Sititz
Philadelphia
Columbia
Maud
Lebanon
I.d
Allen
D. Frank Kline, M. D
King St
Chicago
Hershey, Leaman & Co
Litit
W.H. Muth & Co, Coal, Lumber and Cement
Lititz, Penn’a
Moyer’s
Brug
First Consult
Thomas W. Stelley
Bell
C. E. Myer
Fichthorn
A. R. Keller
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