Heavy Porker at Adamstown weighs in at 618 pounds
James Beam of Adamstown slaughtered a porker last week that tipped the beam at 618 pounds dressed weight. Jefferson Hoshour was the butcher. The Lititz Band lists engagements: Dec 8 Volunteer Fire Company Fair Rothsville, Dec 10 Fair for Owls Home Association Ephrata. For prices write Joseph N. Mohn, band manager, Rothsville.
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Adamstown
James Beam
Jefferson Hoshour
Lititz
Rothsville
Owls’ Home Association
Ephrata
Joseph N. Mohn
Lititz Band
Young People’s Conference In Manheim District No 8
District No 8 of the Lancaster County Sunday School Association invites Manheim Penn Rapho townships and St Pauls Reformed church to an Older Girl and Boy Conference on Saturday afternoon and evening December 10. The event targets youths 16 to 24 to spark interest and service. Schools should send delegates and adults are urged to attend. This first district conference seeks broad support and aims to become an annual event.
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Lancaster County
No. 8
Card of thanks and local ad note
Card thanking neighbors and Sunshine Circle of King's Daughters for support during sickness. Also a note promoting New Orleans baking molasses at Miller and Habecker's with a claim of the best Christmas cakes.
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King’s Daughters
New Orleans
Miller & Habecker’s
Lititz High Opens Season With Big Victory
Lititz High School opened its season with a 65 to 27 win against Memorial Presbyterian on Thanksgiving evening. Lititz dominated the game with strong shooting and ball handling led by A Hershey and other standout players, while Memorial Presbyterian struggled to keep pace.
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Lititz High School
Memorial Presbey
Lititz Boys
Lititz High
A. Hershey
Gibbel
Fasnacht
W. Hershey
G . H. Hackman
Paul Zug Letters Home From Illinois Visit
A letter from Paul Z Zug written to his mother from Illinois describes arriving in Chicago and Highland Park on Sunday evening. He notes boarding with Mr and Mrs Danman for five dollars weekly and working at a Buick service station. He asks for the hometown Record to stay in touch and says he will write again.
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Paul Z. Zug
Ilinois
Illinois
Chicago
Highland Park
Epigrammatic Snippets and Social Observations Mix
A mosaic of fragmentary notes from a 19th century column includes quips on streetcars rationing humor, weather, holidays, wages, and everyday life. It mentions oyster abundance, persimmons, chicken prices, and pensioners, all framed in a breezy London Times style.
Handmade Christmas Toys Create Simple Animal Figures
Two easy to craft animals arrive as Christmas toys. A black kitty uses silk stocking tops for the body ears and tail with buttons for eyes and floss whiskers. An elephant is sewn from gray fabric with shoe button eyes and white tusks.
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Miss Kitty
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Farmers National Bank
Lititz, PA
Manheim
Asco
East Main Street
Lebanon
Ueldelde
Victor
Fatty
Money Savers
India
Ceylon
Calif
Alaska
New Norway
America
Paul Zug
Ching Ling
Santa Claus
Old Mother Hubbard
I. M. Good
I. M. Christ
London
Surrey
iLondon Times
E. L. Buck
Walter
Center St
Lancaster County Farm Sales Agency
N. S. Myers
Prop
South Broad Street
Bell
Country Heights
South Lititz
West Orange St
Dauphin
Berks
Chester
York
Lancaster
Elizabethtown
Marietta
Columbia
Neffsville
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