Local Items Note Oddities and Community Happenings
Brief notices cover a missing pin at 117 Spruce Street, a quarrel at the Rome hotel, quail season closing, and hunting shifts to ducks and rabbits. Directors gather at Millersville Normal. post office hours cut. Youth Paul Gibble injures his toe. Red Cross stamps available. Local tobacco packers sell to Spitzner & Son, New York. J.F. Stoner buys a Lancaster moving picture theatre.
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H. S
Spruce Street
G. M. Imhoff
Rome
Millersville Normal School
Paul Gibble
John Gibbel
East Main Street
Red Cross
Tuberculosis Fund of Pennsylvania
Farmers National Bank
Spitzner & Son
New York
Baker & Landis
Brubaker
Jacob H. Bomberger
J.F. Stoner
Moving Picture
Lancaster
Stoner
Dreamland Theatre
Moavie
Ladies
Circles of
King’s Daughters
Linden Hall
Sammy Seaher
Nathan Seaber
Hager & Bro
TD. G. Witmyer
A. W. Newcomer
Glen Rock
York County
Board of Managers
Henry Frank
Kissel Hill
Frank
S. B. Kissinger
Willis
Disston
Hackman
Auto Smash in Neffsville East Petersburg Crash
A car driven by P B Kofroth Jr. crashed into the Jenny Lind owned by Charles Bankert near Neffsville on a state road to East Petersburg. Bankert family escaped serious injury. horse ran away and vehicle was wrecked. others aided at scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. B. Kofroth
Abington
Charles Bankert
Fruitgilla
Neffsville
East Petersburg
Bankert
Kofroth
Mr. Bankert
Bankerts
J Bankerts
Social Gatherings Highlight Lititz to Philadelphia Ties
A Lititz group gathers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Reedy in Philadelphia with nineteen former residents reminiscing about old days. A wedding dinner honors Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Wolfe and Mr. and Mrs. Pierce. Residents Grace Keller and Idna Bushong host and attend neighborly events, including a Bomberger reception and a Tobias Martin family reunion on Front Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Reedy
Philadelphia
Lititz
Henry Frank
Kissel Hill
Theodore Wolfe
Pierce
H. H. Bomberger
Abram Bomberger
Tobias Martin
Front Street
Kate Martin
W. H. Muth
Walter B. Light
Horace Martin
Manheim
Local Market Prices Show Eggs Rise At Weekend Sale
At the market last Saturday morning farmers and buyers gathered as usual though seasonal produce was limited. Eggs averaged 42 to 44 cents a dozen, up at least two cents from the prior week, with no drop in sight if hens fail to improve. Butter held at 38 cents per pound and dressed chickens remained plentiful with slightly lower prices. Sausage ranged from 16 to 20 cents per pound. Other commodities sold at the usual prices.
Mary Harris Armor Delivers Temperance Lecture at Mora vian Church
Mrs Mary Harris Armor of Macon Georgia spoke on the harms of drunkenness and predicted a temperance victory in a generation. She urged prospective teachers to study scientific aspects to better teach children while a chorus under H C Reedy provided selections. A public sale date is urged to be recorded to prevent scheduling conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Harris Armor
Macon
Armor
H. C. Reedy
Farmers Institute Held Here Over Monday and Tuesday
Full account appears in the supplement of this issue detailing the see mama Farmers institute event with coverage of sessions and activities held on Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Institute
Elizabeth Hoover 81 Dies at Neffsville
Mrs Elizabeth Hoover widow of Ephraim S Hoover died Monday at her brother in law A B Haversticks home in Neffsville aged 81 She had been blind eight years and was born June 30 1888 in Manors township Survived by brother Tobias D Martin Lititz sister Mrs Kate D wife of A B Haverstick Funeral held at her home and Kissel Hill Lutheran church with interment in adjacent cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth 8. Hoover
Ephraim S. Hoover
A. B. Haverstick
Neffsville
Mrs. Hoover
Manor Township
Christian
Catharine Deitrich Martin
East Hempfield Township
Lancaster Junction
Lancaster
Lititz
Hoover
Kissel Hill Lutheran Church
Tobias D. Martin
Kate D
Kissel Hill
Local Obituary and Community Notices Chronicle
Joseph Harnley of Penryn died after a three week illness at about 72. Funeral services will be at Kreider's meeting house. Survived by widow and several children, plus a brother. Also notes on lodge events and a local assault case involving Jacob Ditzler charged by Leon Schmuck. Ditzler posted bail after denying the accusation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Harnley
Penryn
Harvey Miller
Harry Steinman
Junction
Phares
Lancaster
Melvin
Hamaker
Wayne
New Jersey
Edla
Lyman
Jacob
Kreider’s Meeting House
Allen Hacker
Jacob Ditzler
Leon Schmuck
Ditzler
C. ‘N. Derrand
Schmuck
Selimbik
Record subscription offer promotes gifts and weather note
A 1914 subscription pitch offers the Record by mail for $1 to any U S address through January 1 1916 with free remainder of the year. It urges gifting to friends and notes Lititz news plus a weather remark that rainfall for 1914 to date is about 12 inches below normal, signaling drought before winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lititz
Lititz Pleas For Belgian Relief Grow As Churches Contribute
Lititz and surrounding areas have raised about $175 for Belgian relief with church collections and donations from individuals. Contributions from banks and groups plus a carload shipment to Lancaster Leadership aid the cause as Dr. Peter MacQueen promotes World War I awareness and urges support for food and clothing for Belgium. The Ministers Association held its monthly meeting and planned the January Week of Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Church of the Brethren
Warwick Mennonite
Hammer Creek Mennonite
St. James Lutheran Sunday School
United Evangelical
United Brethren Churches
Lancaster
Ruth lands federal post in Apportionment Division
James F Ruth nephew of John F Ruth Esq leaves for Washington to serve in the Apportionment Division of the Commerce Department after top civil service exam results He is a Lancaster Pennsylvania Business College graduate and has worked as bookkeeper and stenographer in Washington and Lancaster His success is praised and local residents are urged to view 1915 calendars offered for sale with favorable rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Ruth
John F. Ruth
Sam
Commerce Department
James
Pennsylvania Business College
Lancaster
Washington
Ruth
Travelors Near and Far Move To and Fro in Community
A long list of visitors and travelers from across Pennsylvania and nearby states visits and stays with relatives and friends in town. Names include H B Meiskey in Connecticut, William S Smith in Lebanon county, Miss Glayds Thome in Philadelphia, Martha Ellenberger in Pittsburgh, Ezra Lutz of Bramall, Reed Metzger at State College, Mrs Simon Henry in Altoona, Gertrude Downey of Lancaster, Darius Kissinger of Reading, Harriet Dunlap of Manheim, L N Moyer family, Rufus Boyd of Lancaster, Lloyd Ritchie heading to Ashland for work, and many others including local residents and guests from Reading, York, Milbach, Honeybrook, and Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meiskey
Connecticut
William S. Smith
Lebanon County
Glayds Thome
Philadelphia
Martha Ellenberger
Pittsburgh
Ezra Lutz
Bramall
Reed Metzger
State College
Simon Henry
Altoona
Albert Kolp
Gertrude Downey
Lancaster
Lititz
Harry Ditzler
Stevens
Addison Harding
George Berger
Goldsboro
York County
Thomas Heap
Martin Wolf
Akron
C. G. Spickler
Darius Kissinger
John
Reading
Harriet Dunlap
Manheim
Lavina Hacker
L. N. Moyer
Robesonia
Rufus Boyd
Charles Pfautz
Hubbs
New York City
Agnes Adams
South Locust Street
Lloyd Ritchie
Ashland
Wallace Leibig
Milsbach
Harvey Seaber
Geo. Dennis
C. B. Schmuck
Olive Stoner
Millersville State Normal School
George N. Lefevre
Strasburg
Floyd Bender
Howard K.zartman
Sarah E. Price
Honeybrook
Albert Longenecker
Lime Rock
Jacob Heinicke
Robert Palm
Baltimore
Longenecker
New Overland Auto
C. Seaber
Salinda Carper
Kate Martzall
Leather
David Kline
Harry Kline
Landisville
Cuvier Grobe
Wayne Fahnestock
North Tonawanda
N. Y
Meek
Fahnestock
Jeannette Kling to Perform Recital at Linden Hall
Jeannette Kling, famed American reader, will appear Tuesday evening at Linden Hall gymnasium as part of the Linden Hall star course. Kling has given many recitals of famous plays and holds a record of twelve appearances at a single venue. Also in the item: three pounds six ounces of dried peaches for 25 cents at Doster's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette Kling
America
Linden Hall Gymnasium
Linden Hall
Miss Kling
Greater Lititz Ordinance Passed First Reading
Town council met Monday with Chief Burgess Marks and seven councilmen. The Lititz Fire Company was authorized to buy two sections of fifty feet of Anderson fire hose. An annexation ordinance covering adjacent lots and lands was presented and passed on first reading. Vouchers were approved for Miss M J Derr who will leave Linden Hall Seminary for Bethlehem at Christmas. Miss Ada Bomburger will take her place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Marks
Neidertmyer
Graul
Miksch
Schaerer
Haverstick
Miller
Masser
Lititz Fire Company
Anderson
M. J. Derr
Linden Hall Seminary
Bethlehem
E. J. Bishop
Ada Bomberger
Rutledge
Delaware County
Greene House Grower Reaps 1500 Carnations Weekly
Loeffler, who entered greenhouse business in the southwest part of town months ago, operates two houses with one devoted entirely to carnations. About 1500 flowers are cut each week and shipped mainly to Philadelphia. The blooms present a vivid color and size, making a striking scene when in bloom.
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C. 8. Loeffler
Special Meeting On Crescent Engineering Inquiry In Lititz
A special meeting of the Retail Merchants Association will hear the committee report on Crescent Engineering Company locating in Lititz under conditions. Mr Thompson of Philadelphia, president of the firm, was in town Tuesday to meet the committee. The committee report will not be made public until after Friday evening.
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Retail Merchants Association
Crescent Engineering Company
Lititz
Thompson
Philadelphia
Principal Longenecker Suffering From Diphtheria and Quincy
Professor A Longenecker principal of the local public schools is ill with diphtheria and quincy after returning from Virginia. Dr M H Yoder and a trained nurse attend him as doctors work to check the disease and friends hope for a speedy recovery.
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A. 8. Longenecker
Quincy
Death of Professor Longenecker at 44 years old
The paper reports the death of Professor Longenecker at 90 o clock this morning. He served as principal for a fifth term and was 44 years old. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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Longenecker
Reading Habit Evokes Local Pride in Worded Note
Mr W H Kentian of Wabash Ind renewing subscription writes from Arc ORD that missing a single issue is calamity for his sister and himself as they have adopted the Hoosier town and enjoy reading the paper including familiar advertisements.
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W. H. Killian
Wabash
Ind
Arc- Ord
All On Account of a Cow
Two young women planned a Thanksgiving walk to Lancaster but a cow blocked their path. They tried crossing a field but could not scale the fence and returned to the road to pass the cow, which they judged unfriendly.
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Lancaster
Ieven
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lititz Auto
Jenny Lind
Charles Bankart
Fruitvile
Elizabeth
Lancaster Lodge
Order of Reindeer
Heimenz Hall
Levi Yerger
Verger
Ammon Weidman
Garfield Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Lititz Lodge No
Lititz and Vicinity
Peter MacQueen
Linden Hall Seminary Star
Goldiers
Wilson
Belgium
Maryland
Russia
Germany
England
MacQueen
Ministers’ Association Meeting
Ministers’ Association of
Washington, D. C
Greater Lititz
Miss Derr
Edison Electric Co
Pump House
Aera
Warwick Twp
Lincoln
Boro
Hershey-Seaman Co
Daveler
al. Gochenour
Fountain
Lititz Pla
A. E. Furlow
James Sesseman
Wilson Imhoff
Walter Miller
Grosh
D. Schreiner
John R. Gibbel
Stone
C. Steffy
W H
CO. N
Derr
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