Lititz Post Office Second Class Matter Entry
Notice notes the item was entered at Lititz Pennsylvania Post Office as second class matter.
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1912
Page
4
Notice notes the item was entered at Lititz Pennsylvania Post Office as second class matter.
Assistant US District Attorney Douglass urged higher charges against Hiram Griffiths of Mohnton after presenting the government case. Griffiths is accused of passing counterfeit ten dollar bills at Ephrata on a recent Saturday and faced a bond request of $10,000 for appearance in Philadelphia. The prosecutor questioned locating the bill maker and suggested Griffiths may have produced the notes himself.
A fair for the Hopeland base ball club will run at Clay Hall for several weeks starting Saturday evening December 14. Musical and other attractions are planned and the following officers lead the event: President H. C. Wealand Vice President J Irvin Huber secretary R C Wealand manager Arthur Meiskey.
The town teams up for festive dress as 3 D Brown travels for cigar sales. D B Killian hosts annual supper with a roasted pig. Diphtheria prompted Sunday church services, school closures, and fumigation. Tobias Dengler from Iowa visited. Mr and Mrs Gavinal of Naperville visit relatives. An auto crash near the post office injures the driver slightly. three locals go to Waverly Virginia for work.
Local notes recount Thanksgiving closures for schools and church services. Ed Diehm and family spent the holiday with relatives, while Edison and Bolster families visited in town. The community notes holiday meals and boneless fish sales by Frank Heagy, with visits among the Heagy and Graybill families and other area residents.
Christ Imhoff shot a rabbit near home on Saturday before sunrise and has captured nine. he aims for eleven this season. Harting's distillery operates in orderly fashion with substantial business. The Lititz and Rothsville turnpike is being repaired. Mr. Eckert is rebuilding a new house on the site of an old landmark. Mrs. Baum visited relatives in Lancaster. Several residents sold tobacco to a Lancaster buyer at 10 and 8.
The Emanuel Lutheran Sunday school plans a Christmas festival titled The Wonderful Child on Sunday evening December 22. St John’s Sunday school hosts its own festival on Saturday evening December 21.
The Rothsville high school fair at Kieffer's hall continues for two more Saturdays ending December 14 with the Rothsville orchestra providing music. Local residents and visitors share Thanksgiving and family greetings, with multiple visits among Musser, Hess, Ruth, Hallacher, and Frankfort families. The United Evangelical Sunday school plans a Christmas program on December 25.
Tobias Dengler of Iowa is visiting the Johnson and Leed families near Akron. Wayne Tellinger returns from Lancaster General Hospital after a serious operation. Hellinger is greatly relieved and improving. Hotel Akron installs electric lights by owner H E Romig. Tobacco farmers in the area begin stripping with prices around ten cents. Mrs Jacob Kauffman of Owl Hill visits granddaughter Mrs W A Lepole and daughter Mrs Isaac W Buch.
The Hager store displays a grand range of Christmas leather goods and gifts led by stylish goatskin bags with Egyptian decorations, beaded bags, and leather wallets. Jewelry and hosiery offerings include silver pins, pearl necklaces, and Wayneknit hose, with toy displays and Santa activities drawing Lancaster County children to Wondertown for festive play and demonstrations.
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