Local Notes Highlight Ills and Happenings in Minot
Clare Meiskey lies ill with pneumonia while a 10 year old Grosh child also battles pneumonia. Snow covers the ground as P B Bucher sells two carloads of potatoes to Philadelphia. Warwick sale to include general merchandise. Keys found at Linden Hall gym to be claimed by Mrs Leib. Winter picnics and birthday anniversaries mark community events. Churches hold sales and gatherings. Odd Fellows planning election. Labor demand and business optimism noted. local moves include Adams family relocating to Camden and Grosh family changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minot
Clare Meiskey
Ezra Habecker
Clarence Grosh
P. B. Bucher
Philadelphia
Warwick
Linden Hall
J. B. Leib
Sunshine Circle
King’s Daughters
R. Russell
Laties Aid Society
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Market House
United Evangelical Church
Rebecca Gonder
Solomon Weaver
East Petersburg
Lititz
Weaver
Grand Castle
Burd Adams
Elizabethtown
Camden
N. J
Adams
Charles Kreider
F. Grosh
I. K. Witmer
The
Lancaster Inquirer
Lancaster
Linden Hall Auditorium
J. F. Longenecker
East Main Street
Dorothy
Spruce Street
H. B. Workman
Grosh
Samuel Hacker
Workmans
Millport
Jesse Martin
Hacker
Citizen found in awful plight after fall by Springs Creek
Samuel Delbo a Park View hotel resident was found by Samuel Steffy at Springs Creek behind Hershey's livery in a frail condition with a broken left ankle the bone protruding from flesh. He due to exposure and injury was taken to Park View hotel then Lancaster General Hospital where doctors treated a severe fracture risking infection and possible amputation. Steward Steffy reported Delbo could not recall the accident but suspicion pointed to a fall while crossing a plank over the creek after being drawn into icy water on a frigid night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Steffy
Samuel Delbo
Park View
Mr. Steffy
A. G. Hershey
Steffy
Springs Creek
Hershey's
Mr. Delbo
Delbo
Lancaster General Hospital
Kissinger Vindicated In Land Encroachment Suit
In Lancaster Common Pleas a jury found William Kissinger did not encroach on Frank Andrews land when building a fence on Cedar Street. The 22 1 5 inch by 200 foot disputed strip valued highly in the borough caused years of litigation and eyeing appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Common Pleas Court
Lancaster
William Kissinger
Frank Andrews
Cedar Street
Kissinger
Andrew
Burrows Wins Personal Damages Suit in Lancaster
In Lancaster court Tuesday the suit of C A Burrows versus Harry B Rudy and Bishop Bear concerned damages from an accident near Lititz. The jury awarded Burrows 120 dollars with 50 dollars for suffering endured after being struck by a vehicle driven by Rudy and Bear while crossing near the street fountain years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
C. A. Burrows
Harry B. Rudy
Bishop Bear
Mr. Burrows
Lititz
Rudy and
Bear
Notable Lititz Resident To Visit Next Summer
A well known Lititz citizen met Mrs. Della Stephens widow of the late William R Stephens during a recent Chicago visit. Mrs Stephens in excellent health sent best wishes to Lititz friends and said she hopes to visit Lititz next summer unless something unforeseen occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Stephens
William R Stephens
Lititz
Chicago
Deaths and funerals of Mrs Charlotte Hacker and Jacob Kreiner
Long obituary notes the death of Mrs Charlotte Hacker age 87 after a fall and prolonged illness with six children, listing survivors Carrie Craig Alice Elliott Charles and Charlotte Grube and detailing her church affiliations and funeral plans in Lititz Lincoln Lutheran. Jacob Kreiner of Oberlin Dauphin county aged 67, with a career in a Lititz bakery and later steel works, is also reported with survivors and family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Hacker
Wilson M. Grube
John 8. Hacker
Lincoln
Lititz
Hacker
Carrie
Jessa Craig
Welsh Run
Franklin County
Alice
Frank T. Elliott
Hagerstown
Charles
Philadelphia
Charlotte
W. M. Grube
Death of John Ponzio at Lancaster home
John Ponzio died at his Lancaster home on Thursday after a long kidney and heart illness. A native of Italy, he lived 27 years in the United States and once served as a construction foreman for Conestoga Traction. He belonged to St. Mary's Catholic Church. Survived by wife Ida Becker of Lititz, daughter Anne Elizabeth, a brother in South America, and a sister in New York City. Funeral services were held Monday with burial in St. Mary's cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ponzio
Lancaster
Italy
Conestoga Traction Company
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Ida Becker
Lititz
Anne Elizabeth
South America
New York City
St. Mary's Cemetery
Sudden Death at Zion Home Inmate Joseph Binnix Dies
Joseph Binnix aged 70, inmate at United Zion Home Pleasant View near Lititz, was found dead in bed Tuesday about 5 am. Inquest by Deputy Coroner A B Reidenbach and Dr H E Evans ruled death from vertigo. A moulder from Harrisburg, he never married and is survived by a Wisconsin-based brother. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm in the Home chapel, Rev I H Machines officiating. burial in Home Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Binnix
United Zion
Pleasant View
Lititz
Binnix
A. B. Reidenbach
H. E. Evans
Harrisburg
Wisconsin
Home
I. H. Hachines
Home Cemetery
Leaman Dies at Neffsville After Illness
Elizabeth B. Leaman wife of David L. Leaman died at her home near Neffsville on Tuesday evening after seven months of ill health. She was 50? her 51st year and active in the Mennonite church. Survived by husband two daughters Elizabeth Mae and Sanford H. on the home farm and Mrs Filmer Kauffman. Two siblings also survive. Funeral Saturday at 10 at Landis Valley Mennonite Church with cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth B. Leaman
David L. Leaman
Neffsville
Leamen
Mennonite Church
John Hess
Werwick Township
Sanford H
Filmer Kauffman
Elizabeth Mae
Peter B. Hess
Warwick Township
Jacob R. Bucher
Landis Valley Mennonite Church
Sneak Thief Hits Lititz Pipe Shop For 3 50 Meerschaum
A young well dressed man visited D W Pfautz’s barber shop and cigar store in Lititz on Saturday and stole a $3 50 meerschaum pipe after handling several in the display. Pfautz searched the man but the pipe was gone and the stranger left. Several other shops were visited but no further thefts were reported. Later reports note a wagon accident near Elm involving Mr and Mrs Phares Graybill and a horse, with minor injuries and wagon damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
D. W. Pfautz
Mr. Pfantz
Phares Graybill
Elm
Ordckel
North Broad Street
Warwick House
Robert Kling
Travelers Near and Far Move Of New York to Lancaster Social Row
The column lists Mrs E J Bishop of Bethlehem visiting her brother Elmer Kautz. Several families from Lancaster and surrounding towns are noted visiting relatives in Philadelphia Baltimore and Reading. Names include Longs Oerters Huebener and Scheldt amid trips to Moravian Home and other local spots with updates on journeys and visits.
Monthly Borough Council Meeting Reports Minor Street Changes
Borough council held its monthly meeting with small business noted. Street work approved includes foot crossings at South Broad and Lincoln avenues, Cherry alley to be cleaned, and Orange street west of the cemetery to be repaired. Several street name changes from Warwick were approved on second reading. Financial items authorize borrowing for December expenses. A long list of bill vouchers was approved for various labor, materials, and services. An editorial note extols the paper and offers a subscription deal through January 1, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Marks
Neidermyer
Mikseh
Schnerer
Hayerstick
Miller
Masser
South Broad Street
Second Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
Broad Street
East Main Street
Orange Street
United Evangelical
D. M. Helman
John Brian
Rudy Carpenter
John Yerger
Levi H. Erb
Long & Co
Martin Lenhart
N. K. Weit
Eneenbonpeneens
H. A. Weidman
John R. Gibbel
W. Souders
Hershey Leaman Co
Wilson Imholi
Isbor
Isbor At Water Wopksrrs Receere Tannin Eee
Walter Miller
Seth N Eee
Hart Hewan Buffalo Meter Co
N. Derr
C. G. Brubaker
Rodman
Lititz Record
W. H. Greek
Amos Metzler
Christ
H. Eesnachs
Samuel Steffy
Roebuck Fountain
Ephraim S. Herr
Joel Hippert
Serene Rene
Amos Reth
Magan
K. Brubaker
Stone
Graybill
Cancer
Ministers Association Plans Week of Prayer Outline
The Ministers Association of the borough held its monthly session to outline the Week of Prayer starting January. The schedule lists sermons at seven churches led by local pastors, overflow plans, and speaker assignments for St James, Trinity U B, St Pauls, St Lukes, and other houses of worship. The article also notes a Lancaster News Journal report on James B Haag, a small-town teacher, plus retirement plans for Milford G Marks the chief drayman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministers’ Association
D. Clarke
P. T. Brocious
J. W. G. Hershey
Geo. D. Clarke
P. T. Brucious
Hagen
G. Haas
FB. W. Weichsel
G. B. Raezer
St. James Lutheran Church
F. A. Weichsel
Trinity UO. E
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
St. Luke’s Reformed Church
U. B
EH. S. Hagen
St. James
J. H. Hershey
Trinity U. B
H. R. Gibbels
St. Paul’s
F. W. Stengel
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Goncisely
Jacob
Kremer
Oberlin
Dauphin County
Pine Hill
Henry
Mary Kreiner
Julius F. Sturgis
Sturgis
Kreiner
Daniel Kreiner
Zion
GC. N. Derren
Samuel] Stark
Derrs
Derr
Fred. Myers
Middletown
Fredericka Kling
Elmer Kautz
Laura Kauffman
E. G. Witters
Martha Thuma
Fred, Myers
Annie Strickler
W. H. Muth
Springs
E. J. Bishop
Bethlehem
Eugene Long
Joy
Elizabeth Holtzhouse
Chester
Mary Frederick
Coatesville
Ella Habecker
Rohrerstown
Luella Kreider
N. L. Swift
D. P. Brieker
George J. Schmidt
Baltimore
Mary Dussinger
Wm. Lindsay
Charles CG. Schmidt
Philadelpia
Lester Furlow
State Sanitarium
Hamburg
Cornelia R. Scott
Madalin
New York
Willis Marke
Child
Reading
Thomas Marks
Ruth
Catharine Oerter
Mary Huebener
Reuben Diehm
Lebanon
Paul Smith
Solomon Spangler
Bismarck
Lebanon County
Michael
William DeHaven
Maurice Kauffman
Kra Jacoby
Newstreet
Hoyer Reddig
Sinking Spring
Harry Herr
Williamson
Delaware County
Mary Parry
Pen Argyl
Millersville State Normal School
And
Alva Leigh
Edward Wentworth
West Lawn
John Wentworth
Paul E. Beck
Wayne Doster
Andrew Conrad
Selinda Runk
Anna Fry
Ralph
Nazareth
Jeremiah Longenecker
Farmersville
David Habecker
Theodore Wolfe
Margaret Thompson
Franklin
Ind
Elizabeth Overstreet
H. A. Cuppy
D. B. Betzner
Berlin
Onteris
Canada
Jonas Hest
Conick
Nevada
John
Frederick
Ed. Coldren
Wayne Groff
Trene
Wayne Groff, Jr
Weidler Groff
Margaret
Leola
Charles Long
Mechanicsburg
Martin Sheaffer
Clarence
Warren Sweigart
Birdin-Head
Boro Council
W K. Seibert
Hammer Creek
Brunnerville
John Wissler
Wissier
Wissler
United States
Suibanistere
Lancaster News-Journal
James B. Haag
Mohrton
Berks County
Pennsylvania
Haag
Haig
Milly’ Marks
Milford G. Marks
Milly
Paul Miller
Marks
Milford
Hercules
Mr. Miller
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