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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
4
The publisher warns presses run each Thursday morning and late submissions may miss issue. Communications require name and address for good faith. Subscription rates 1 year 1.00 paid in advance. 1.25 after year end. Postmarked Lititz Pa second class matter.
A violent windstorm struck Hanover in York county and Annville in Lebanon county Saturday night. Damage in Hanover reaches about 200000 with major buildings ruined including the Shoes Veterinary Hospital and several factories and banks. Annville reports about 50000 in losses, with a hardware store roof blown away and a Baptist church wrecked.
Lexington locals report visits by Alvina and Isaac Stoner to East Petersburg. Weidman and daughter join Landis family reunion in Lancaster while Zartman and daughter spend Sunday with Wayne Grube at Kissel Hill. Wayne Enck of Nebraska visits his parents Henry and, Mrs. Enck. Bessie and Anna Stark guests of Benjamin Gerhart at Kleinfeltersville. Weicher of Rothsville visits Edwin Enck and wife. Keller family reunion attenders from Reading and Sinking Spring. Buel sister Lizzie Buel visits Reading. Elsa Stark and family visit Disston. Elsie Connelly of White Oak stays with Ruth Phillipps. John Buck and wife and Rev. Warren C Hess and family take auto trip to Gettysburg. Paul Singer of Mannheim visits David Rickert and wife.
Community notes from Mascot and Hopeland detail visits by Abner Eberly and families, Shreiner’s return from Johns Hopkins, new houses in development, and plans for electric lighting at churches. Revival meetings draw good attendance as youths tamper with churchyard machinery. A busy week includes farming, road work, camp meetings, and upcoming baseball games with Columbia.
Local notes recount damp picnic weather and hopes for better conditions on September 11. News from Ocean Grove visitors Mary Weber Sadie Moyer Nancy Hagg Kathryn Hackman Sadie Saylor. labor notes on a concrete forebay built by Frank Malschnee & Son. various visits, illness, and preparations at Lebanon area homes. A dedication ceremony for White Oak house of worship is announced with horse protection measures in place.
The Lutheran 5S.8 picnic in Penryn is rescheduled for Saturday September 11 with a free supper and music by Beck's band from Lititz. Local residents and visitors are noted among nearby families and towns as they visit relatives and attend community events.
The medicine show moved to Schoeneck after a week at Retten's field. Residents joined Kmport's Willow Grove excursion last Saturday. Harvest home services are at Emanuel Lutheran Sunday at 2 PM. Local representation at Lebanon fair. Mr and Mrs Levi Demmy with H H Reifsnider family visited Manheim and rode Mr Reifsnyder's auto. Don’t forget the Saturday picnic with Sheridan Band. all invited.
The article reviews the closing of the fourth annual Chautauqua in Lititz with the Junior Chautauqua play A Pageant of the Average Town and performances by the Strollers quartet and Miss Mary Agnes Doyle. It notes a plan to raise 1500 through guarantors, 100 new guarantors sought, saving fund ideas, and hopes for a return next year.
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