Local items note store opening and hires in town
The American Sales Company store to open Friday. Roy Hingaman begins as fireman on the local P R Railroad branch. John R Gibbes sold his Hust Main street home to Nathaniel B Seaman. Harry Brutaker buys West Orange corner lot for a new house. Reunions and hospital news, school calendar, and harvest notes fill the week’s brief items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Sales Company
Roy Hingaman
P. & R. Railroad
John R. Gibbes
Hust Main Street
Nathaniel B. Seaman
Harry Brutaker
West Orange Street
J. Frank Buch
Lititz Faces Borough Nominations With Quiet Race
Lititz candidates filed nomination papers with the county on a quiet slate. Incumbent councilmen S. R. Posey and H. H. Bomberger seek re election. Primary set for September 14 and general on November 4. Only Republicans vote in GOP primary and Democrats in Democratic primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. R. Posey
H. H. Bomberger
Picnics and Excursions Draw Lititz Workers Out
Ushers of St Pauls Lutheran plan a Thursday picnic at Snavelys bungalow on the Conestoga. Ideal Chocolate Co employees depart Friday by a special Willow Grove excursion train with over 306 expected travelers. Lititz Paper Box workers go Saturday at 8 by train to Hershey Park with full expenses paid, plus spouses. An additional Willow Grove excursion is set for Sunday at 6 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ushers’ Association of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Snavyely
Conestoga
Ideal Chocolate Company
Willow Grove
Lititz Paper Box Factory
Hershey Park
Cigarmakers Strike Hits Lititz Area
The general cigar makers strike has touched Lititz as Rash cigar factory workers walk out Monday evening and return days later. Some workers report absence and volunteers from other places distribute bulletins. A general meeting is planned for Rothsville.
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Lititz
Rash
Strik
Rothsville
Hornberger Reunion at Little Springs Park
The Hornberger family reunion is set for Saturday at Little Springs Park inviting all Hornbergers from near and far to attend. Further details remain unclear due to garbled text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Springs Park
Only One Remazininge of the Pirst Lititz Council Remains
Of the first Lititz borough council elected May 26 1888 only one person survives Jacob A Buch now living in Reading. The initial council met August 4 1888 with all members present including Dr J I Shenk Samuel Seaber William Evans J A Bueh Aaron Habecker DH Light.
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Tere
Lititz
Jacob A. Buch
Reading
J. I. Shenk
Samuel Seaber
William Evans
J. A. Bueh
Aaron Habecker
Dh, Light
Remembered Lititz Resident Daniel Light Dies at 65
Nesth of Daniel E Light, former station agent for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, died at his Spruce Street home after years of illness. A 35 year Lititz resident, he served as councilman and leader in local business and church groups, leaving four children and five siblings. Funeral held Wednesday at the Moravian Cemetery with Rev. Crosland officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Te.light
Spruce Street
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company
Water Company
Mae
Anna Mahala Erb
Light
Pasadena
California
Tie
Moravian Church
Litite
Lititz Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Lititz
Knights of Pythias
Samuel B. Locke
Walter
Litits
Hla
Daniel Eb, Jr
Lancaster
Mary Light
Netfsville
Lydia Trumbower
Coopersburg
Annie Shank
Nettsville
Fannie Light
Death of John Hershey in St Josephs Hospital
John Hershey aged eighty five died Monday afternoon at St Josephs Hospital peritonitis after a week’s hospitalization. A farmer and native of Fenn township he was a son of John R Hershey and longtime Brethren Church member. Survived by wife Kate Grayhill and children Elmer Mary Naamon Grayhill Nazze jeib Israel War wick Mrs Wailer Eshel. Continued on page 4.
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Bueh
Hershey Park
To B. Bech
General Hospital
Lancaster
Hettie Habecker
James Sessaman
South Broad Street
Mabecker
Norrow
Lititz
Tabor
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Doin Hershey
Manheim
Fenn Township
John R. Hershey
Brethren Church
Uerghey
Kate Grayhill
Elmer
Mary
Naamon
Grayhill
Penn Township
Naxze Jeib
Rapho Township
Israel
Warwick Township
Wailer Eshel
Fire Engine Demonstration A LaFrance To Be Shown
A LaFrance fire engine will be brought here Friday evening for a public demonstration. The event aims to showcase the engine's capabilities as Lititz considers purchasing a power truck and improving town fire lighting apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFrance
Lititz
Segrave Fire Company to hold open town hall meeting
A representative of Segrave Co. fire truck makers will be at the town hall next Wednesday evening. All citizens are urged to attend as the fire company hosts an open meeting.
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Segrave Co
Hon Diehm Plans For Fast Ball Team At Lititz
Hon Diehm contemplates forming a strong Lititz baseball team next year. He expects cooperative local support and notes early signs of willing players. He cites Lititz as a publicity draw and references other towns forming fast teams to boost interest. Ike Sauder plans a New Holland team and Laneagler is assured of a first class squad.
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Lititz
Klein
Mon
Diehm
Comets
Mr. Diehm
Elizabethtown
Ike” Sauder
New Holland
Underwear mill to bring jobs and growth to town
Reading businessman Harry C. Gingrich plans a new underwear plant in Lititz. He says the town will provide no capital but can offer cooperation and support, promising good wages and humane treatment. Fifty workers could be hired within a month, with expansion possible as demand for patented goods grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Gingrich
Reading
Lititz
Lititz Old Short Stop Miles Orth Visits Aunt
Miles Orth, longtime Bell Telephone Company executive, visited his aunt Mrs. Sue Young at the Marayian Home. He spent summers here as a boy with his grandfather Miles Hallacher and formerly played for the Lititz ball team, a memory fondly recalled by townspeople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Orth
Bell Telephone Company
Sue Young
Mr. Orth
Miles Hallacher
Miles
Lititz
Town Receives Name For Candy Factory Project
Honey Brook is slated to host a candy factory site with plans moving forward rapidly. James E. Lewis has been elected temporary president of the company incorporated at 15000 dollars, and about two thousand dollars in stock has been sold so far. The location will be along the Pennsylvania Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honey Brook
James E. Lewis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lititz Man Marries Schaeferstown Woman in Lebanon
Robert M. Imhoff son of Mr and Mrs Christian Imhoff and Miss Irene Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs Simon Moore of Schaeferstown were married by Rev J L Synson of the Fourth Street Presbyterian Church Lebanon on Sunday The groom’s sister Florence Imhoff attended The couple will live in Lititz where the groom works Axcorn editors thank patrons for renewals and welcome new subscriptions.
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Robert M
Christian Imhoff
Irene
Simon Moore
West Main Street
Schaeferstown
J. L. Synson
Fourth Street Presbyterian Church
Lebanon
Florence Imhoff
Mitiz
Lititz
Paul Beck
Harrisburg
Charles
William Kissinger
Harold
Pittsburgh
J. C. Jenkins
Philadelphia
Norman Badorf
Winner
Ephrata
Eliza Kling
Charles Detterline
Reading
John Duck
Brownstown
Lewis Dehate
James Sharp
Addison Harning
Jacob Ueilman
France
Bristol
Charles Frey
Allen Hacker
Robert Blum
Edgar
C. S. Loeffler
Lela Yeiser
Newmanstown
Lebanon County
George Smith
John Stoltz
Charleston
8. C
Frank B. Buch
Frank Demmy
Manheim
Frank
Milford
Thomas Marks
William Jershey
Paul Evans
Jershey
Hyans
U. S. Mint
Samuel Kertz
Berlington
N. C
Simon Miller
Rev
Kertz
Uncles Sam Price List for Lititz Food Stuffs
Parcel post sales continue as surplus army foodstuffs are offered in Lititz. Prices are low and vary with order size. Rates attract families forming combined orders. baked beans can be bought for six cents per can. Rise ran out first and veterans order bacon in large quantities. Post office staff explain government lists to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Huehener
Lititz
Travelers Near and Far in Town and Returning Relatives
A crowded note lists visitors and travelers from Harrisburg Philadelphia Reading Ephrata Newmanstown and Bristol with visits to family friends and relatives. It mentions a shipyard job in Bristol and a occasion trip to Allentown Trexler land deer elk and a fish hatchery experience.
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C. KE. Hermstaedt
Hermstaedt
Anna Gricher
Whrichsville
Ohio
Elizabeth
N. J
D. A. Long
M.J. Hess
Allentown
Trexler
Lititz Fishermen Report Large Conestoga Catches
A Lititz truck driver fishing on Saturday joked about a hippopotamus in the Susquehanna as he recovered on a rock. Lewis Sturgis and Ben Weir landed bass in the Conestoga, Harry Showers caught an eel of 88 inches, the largest in the stream for some time. Hopeland fishermen near Hunsecker’s dam salted about forty pounds of fish, including a fifteen pound carp. Lewis Daines, William, Homer, Chauncy and Correll Sturgis and Howard Bollinger reported sixteen bass and five eels at Safe Harbor Saturday.
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Lewis Sturgis
Ben Weir
Harry Showers
Hopeland
Conestoga
Hunsecker's Dam
Lewis Daines
William
Homer, Chauncy
Correll Sturgis
Howard Bollinger
Safe Harbor
Marine Home From War with German Pistol Relic
Arlington Hackman a United States Marine from the Second Division was discharged at Quantico and arrived home last week after serving sixteen months. He spent seven months in Germany and recounted narrowly missing bullets from a German sniper aiding a buddy. his unit’s losses totaled over 26 000 men, about ten percent of the army. He paraded in New York and Washington before discharge.
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Arlington Hackman
Quantico
Arlington
Germany
Hackman
Maring
Second Division
New York
Washington
Local Navy Veterans Return Home from War Service
Emory Neidermyer of the U S Prometheus repair ship received an honorable discharge after nearly a year at Hrest. Roy Keller returns from France and is expected to be discharged at Camp Meade this week.
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Emory Neidermyer
U.S
Lititz Members Set for Hershey Outing and Baseball Game
The Lancaster County Automobile Association plans an outing at Hershey on Friday. The decisive baseball clash between Klein and Eph rata will be played there that day.
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Lancaster County Automobile Association
Hershey
Klein
Ephrata
Lloyd Ritchie Describes Paris and War Era Sightseeing
In a Bourges France letter Lloyd Ritchie shares plans to depart August 2 and recounts a Paris visit from Saturday to Monday. He describes viewings of Versailles, Napoleon's tomb, the Pandora of the War panorama, and battlefields, with remarks on light, art, and the tour’s cost.
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Lloyd Ritchie
Bourges
France
Paris
Battlefelds
Versailles
Glass Palace
Napoleon
Soldier Harry Weitzel Returns Home From War Service
Harry Weitzel, released from the service, arrives home in East Prussia after eight months in Germany and Prussia. He enlisted over three years ago and served on the Argonne Front and in the Tosulaling transport unit. He aided translating orders due to his Pennsylvania German skills and visited Ireland and Scotland during leave. He plans to return to Reading to resume work.
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Harry Weitzel
France
Europe
Argonne Forest
Germany
Prussia
Jiarry
Pennsylvania
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Warren Sturgis
U. S. Army
Toledo
Lancaster County Poultry Producers Cooperative Association
Clay School
Hlouse
Myerstown
Denver
Curtis Trensel
East Main Street
Agnes
Hensel
Main
Cedar Streets
Ilenny
Owen
John
Laura
Edna Brubaker
Chicago
Detroit
Cey
Theibhel Brothers
Warry Weidner
Colorado
Walden
Ast
Nathaniel Beaker
Jacob Singley
I. R. Posey
John Brubaker
Jicot Young
Warren Knek
John Carpenter
John D. Helter
Andrew von Zartman
Isster
Democratic Party
Frank R. Ruonk
Ralph A. Diehm
John C. Breaneman
Charles A. Pfautz
Clarence Kreider
Brickerville
Emanuel
St. John’s Lutheran
Lancaster Trust Company
John T. McGovern
Duke Street
Lititz, Manheim and Ephrata Gas Company
Addison Buch
Church of the Brethren
Cigwmakers
Hornberger
Pirst Lititz
Nesth
Daniel E. Light
John Hershey
Hon
EAR Mill
Harry Gingrich
Schaefferstown
Axcorn
Ged
Marine Is Home
Home, Sweet Home
U. S
Republic
England
King
Lloyd George
Etcc
Pershing
Wilson
Taft
Hoosevelt
Italy
Belgium
Verdun
Chateau-Thierry
Gay Paree
Beaucoupe Frances
Monte Carlo
Battle Fields
East Prussia
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