Change of Address and Subscription Rates Notice
A historical notice outlines obituary and society resolution pricing, ad rates, and printing practices. It details five cents per line for obituaries and society notes, a first insertion rate of five cents per line with increases for subsequent insertions, and a one dollar and five cent annual subscription option with a higher rate for delayed payment. It instructs readers to renew promptly and to provide old and new addresses for address changes. It also asks readers to notify if the paper is not received regularly and to include post office, county, and state.
Advertising Fights Home Merchants Against Mail Order Giant
The piece urges home merchants to use clever advertising to defend against mail order rivals and keep money in local commerce. It notes how buyers are drawn to foreign firms to save money and calls for truthful local advertising as the weapon in retail battles. Also reports the funeral of William B. Heinicke in Lititz with Masons and church members in attendance. The December 1 postal change shifts Hopewell, Lincoln, and Clay mail routes to trolley delivery via Ephrata Lebanon line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Benjamin Heinicke
Lititz
Geo. B. Raezer
St. Luke Church
Lititz Springs
G. A
Penryn Reformed Church
Christ
Post Office Department
Hopeland
Lincoln
Clay
Ephrata-Lebanon
Star
Lauber Article Sparks Local History Notes From Lititz
A reader responds to an editor's piece on the Laubers and Henry Clay, recalling childhood playmates and local lore. The letter muses on Clay township’s naming, weather, goosebone forecasts, and market practices for chickens, ending with a humorous digression about guests and a final word, Yalta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauber
Laubers
Clay Township
Henry Clay
Henry Clay Sturgis
Lincoln
Kansas
Lititz
Texas
Missouri
Lancaster County Farmers Institute Opens at Linden Hall
The Lancaster County Farmers Institute opened in Linden Hall gymnasium at 9.30 with a good attendance of men and some women. Exhibits included corn potatoes apples pears persimmons applebutter soap and crochet work. Speakers included J Clayton Brubaker president J W Bruckart and Prof Paul Gerlaugh addressing silage profitable apple culture and soil restoration. An evening program featured music by the Lutz Family Band and an illustrated talk on Tobacco from Seed to Case by F S Bucher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Farmers’ Institute
State Department of Agriculture
Linden Hall Gymnasium
H.R. Gibbes
J. Clayton Brubaker
Lancaster County
United States
J. W. Bruckart
Paul Gerlaugh
State College
G. M. Barnitz
Riverside
Sheldon W. Junk
Doylestown
Gerlaudh
Lutz
F. $. Bucher
State Farm Bureau
Dorothy Hershey
White Oak Whitlings Honor for Burkholder Weidman Wedding
In honor of the marriage of Mr Willis Burkholder to Miss Gertrude Weidman Hiram Diehm hosted a Sunday dinner for family and friends including Mr and Mrs Harry Stormfelta Clayton Miller Ezra Musser Theodore Keller and several Miller Stormfeltz Zeiger Connelly and Hollinger members. The honeymooning Frank McAllister couple visited Harrisburg and Hershey then returned home. Calathampians sang in White Oak then visited Jacob Moyer and Christian Hiestand farms ending the night with a dessertless wedding celebration tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Burkholder
Gertrude Weidman
Hiram Diehm
Harry Stormfelta
Clayton Miller
Ezra Musser
Theodore Keller
Sadie Miller
Fannie Stormfeltz
Mary Zeiger
John Zieger
Elmira
Elsie Connelly
Irene Hollinger
Frank McAllister
Harrisburg
Hershey
Calathampians
White Oak
Jacob Moyer
Christian Hiestand
Local Rot hs ville Notes and Visitor Arrivals
Mr and Mrs Oscar Zerby and son Luther of Lancaster visited the Mumma family from Thursday to Sunday. Miss Ella Souders of Reading visited William Dixon and family. Miss Anna Kilhefner and Mr Victor Zwally of Akron spent Sunday with the Alv in Weaver family. Mr and Mrs G C Kofroth were in Allentown to visit their daughter Mrs Harry Bomberger Wednesday to Saturday. Paul Royer a Muhlenburg College student spent a short vacation with his parents. Mrs Susan Fry returns to Akron after weeks with daughter Mrs A R Weaver. William Keener of Lititz and family visited daughter Mrs Warren Leeking on Sunday. The P Q B A fair opened in Kieffer's hall with Beck's band to a large crowd Saturday. Hackman's orchestra to perform this Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Zerby
Luther
Lancaster
Mumma
Ella Souders
Reading
William Dixon
Anna Kilhefner
Victor Zwally
Akron
Alvin Weaver
G. C. Kofroth
Allentown
Harry Bomberger
Paul Royer
Muhlenburg College
F. G. Royer
Susan Fry
A. R. Weaver
William Keener
Lititz
Warren Leeking
P. QO. 8. of A
Kieffer
Beck
Hackman
Brunnerville Brieflets Revival ends with converts
Revival services concluded Sunday with two converts from five weeks of labor. Next Sunday includes morning Lord's Supper and evening services. Thanksgiving visits noted for Hiram Fry family in Lincoln. U B Sunday school rehearses The Almighty King for Christmas program on Dec 26. Various local visits and gatherings listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Reist
J. WY. Roth
Hiram E. Fry
Lincoln
U. B. Sunday School
Almighty King
Selinda Williams
Manheim
Milton Ulrich
B. PF. Eck
Shaaffer
D. M. Weidman
Lititz
E. G. Geyer
Hopeland Happenings and Local Happenings
A local roundup notes hunting plans of Messrs Benjamin Bing aman Norman and others to Bushkill Pike county for two weeks. Poultry exhibit at Mohn ten show awards Henry Haug first second and fifth prizes and cash. Mentzer Bros Lebanon seek land for coal and lumber yard. Social visits and a wedding dinner honor the Henry and Dissler families. Ephrata Lebanon Traction Co starts mail service between Ephrata and Hopeland. Clayton Gantz, missing after deserting his family, returns and departs again with his daughter amid concern over his motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin
Norman Bingaman
Lincoln Christ
John Nessinger
John Wertsch
Clarence Berry
Bushkill
Pike County
Henry Haug
Mohnten
Mentzer Bros
Lebanon
Edwin Palm
Rexmont
Lebanon County
Annie Rhoads
Florence
Shamokin
Jacob Henry
Harry
Harry Garret
Minnie
Henry B. Dissler
Martin Gudikanst
Ephrata
W. E. Shoop
Elizabeth Weitzel
William Mease
Vera
Edna
Near Brunnerville
Franks
Oregon
Church of the Brethren Dedication at Ephrata on Sunday
The Church of the Brethren in Ephrata will be dedicated this Sunday December 12 with morning at 9 15 am, afternoon at 2 pm and evening at 6 30 pm services. Elder I W Taylor will preach the dedicatory sermon. Professors Ober and Weaver will speak. The program includes a special singing service a illustrated lecture and choir music. The brick edifice includes a 28 by 40 foot addition with a kitchen modern ventilation and ten recitation rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Ephrata
I. W. Taylor
Neffsville
H. W. Ober
Elizabethtown College
George Weaver
Manheim
H. R. Gibbel
Lititz
Professor Ober
J. M. Neff
David Kilhefner
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. F. Buch
Eutered
Lititz Pa
Benjamin Heinicke
the Farmers’ Institute
Lewis N. Moyer
Rothsville Notes
Brunnerville
Gantz
Clayton Gantz
Mt. Jay
Just
Seaman
LEED
N.broadst
Lititz, Pa
Men’s Underwear & Fine Line of Outings
C. S. Zartman
Bresd
Jacob Shoermakrer
Lititz Borough
Inn
Anna Shoemaker Executrix
Foger
Pennsylvania
Hager
Santa Claus
Copenhagen
Wayne
China
Kate Gable
Littis Borough
Ilarry
W. Gable
Stete
Honey Brook
Chester County
Boney Brook
Herne Shoe
Éreammury
Wii
H. Byerly
White
Flo, P
Shutt
India
Wertsch
Motors
Mofroth Electric Co
East Main St
Christmas Savings Club
Lititz Springs National Bank
S. & H. Green
Leinbach & CO
Lancaster, PA
Trimmer
Santa Headquarters
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