Local Church Schedules and Club License Notice
A church and Sunday School list outlines services for Moravian, Lutheran, Evangelical, United Brethren, Reformed, Brethren, Mennonite, and Lititz area churches with times for worship, Sunday School, and special services. The Lancaster Automobile Club urges motorists to apply for 1929 licenses before December 31 and notes penalties for late registration. A brief Pathfinder Magazine note questions the myth that monkeys form bridges to cross streams, citing spider monkey behavior as a possible source of the idea.
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Crosland
Christian Endeavor
Paul’s Lutheran
W. R. Sammel
W. H. Hartzler
S. S
United Brethren
J. C. H. Light
S.S
Geo. B. Raezer
Penryn
Lititz
Church OF the Brethren
Mennonite
Hammer Creek
Kissel Hill Lutheran
Lancaster Automobile Club
Lancaster County
Auto Club
Highway Department
State Highway Department
Pathfinder Magazine
William M. Mann
National Zoological Park
South America
Etymology of Go West and Ancient Death Beliefs
The article notes ancient Egyptian and some American Indian beliefs that the dead went to the west the land of the setting sun. It mentions the phrase to go west may or may not derive from these beliefs and raises the question of any etymological link.
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West
Leisurely Spaniards and slow roads spark sales talk
In Spain bullock drawn transport and hammock slung beneath the high vehicle frame slow the travel. Auto salesmen touring the country see a sales opening yet meet resistance as progressives favor slower speeds. The scene suggests a contrast between traditional pace and modern market appeal.
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Spain
Watches and timekeeping evolve through ages to modern design
The text traces early watch development from exotic terms to eighteenth century advances. It credits pioneers who refined mechanisms and overcame timing challenges due to material expansion, leading to the modern wristwatch concept.
Advent Preface and Third Coming in Christian Thought
The Advent season is a period of preparation for Christmas and for believers a preparation for eternal life. It points to the coming of the Lord in glory as foretold in Mark 14 62 Matthew 24 30. Suggested by Rev. G. B. Raezer.
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G. B. Raezer
Candle Light and White Gift Service at Sit Paul’s Lutherar Church
The annual Candle Light and White Gift Service is set for next Sunday at Sit Paul’s Lutheran Church at 6.00 with a 5.45 organ violin and flute recital led by Mrs. Theodore Dussinger Paul Sauber and Morris Baker. Gifts wrapped in white paper will be donated to Laysville Orphan’s Home and the Monroe Mission in Washington DC. Everyone is invited.
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Sit. Paul’s Lutherar
Theodore Dussinger
Paul Sauber
Morris Baker
Tabernacle
Laysville Orphan’s Home
Laysville
Monroe Mission
Washington, D.C
Christmas services and activities across Lititz churches
Christmas services outlined for Jerusalem Reformed at Penryn and St. Luke's in Lititz with Holy Communion planned. Young People's Council notes Christmas dinners for needy families and carol singing at three homes. A slide show covered State Camps. a remark about iron from meteorites labeled the metal of beaver noted for its origin.
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Jerusalem Reformed
Penryn
St. Luke’s Reformed
St. Luke’s Reformed Church
Lititz
Young People’s Council of District No. 9
Lancaster County Sunday School Association
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lititz Reformed Sunday School
Paul Bushong
Three Kings
The
Reformed Church
Moravian
Brethren Home
Neffsville
Zion
Pleasant View
Spruce Creek
Explaining freckles and sun impact on pigment
Freckles appear most distinct in summer and may be influenced by sun rays. The influence of sun is doubtful to cause freckles. They arise from increased focal deposits of pigment granules in the epidermis.
Ducks Nest in Trees and Wetland Birds
Hooded mergansers and wood ducks nest in hollow limbs or trunk holes high in trees away from water. Wild geese are also noted nesting in secluded spots, with several instances observed in remote woodland areas.
Henpecked Husbands Prefer Real Storms Over Shelter
A British educator argues henpecked husbands live longer and enjoy shelter, but many would trade shelter for more real life storms. The quotation suggests a preference for challenge over domestic ease.
Obituary: William T. Wood 54 Lititz resident dies
William T. Wood age 54 of 20 North Locust Street Lititz died last Thursday in St Josephs Hospital Lancaster from complications. He worked in the Trap factory and belonged to United Brethren Church. Survived by widow Minnie Whitecraft daughter Ella and sisters Mrs Emmett Harri son and Mrs May Naragan. Funeral from his home Sunday with burial in Moravian cemetery.
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William T. Wood
North Locust Street
Lititz
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lancaster
United Brethren Church
Minnie Whitecraft
Ella
Emmett. Harrison
May Naragan
Penn Yan
New York
Why Some Wives Have Thoughts of Murder
A fragment from a period newspaper features domestic squabbles over eggs, gas bills, chores, a missing pipe, furniture placement, and dieting jabs. It includes a quip about a car accident blamed on the other driver and a golf score gag.
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Ethel
Gateler
Magnolia
Kansas
Bandit Interlude Aboard Vanderbilt Line Sparks Wry Note
The anecdote recalls Chauncey M Depew and Cornelius Vanderbilt traveling in Turkey when bandits halted the train ahead for a 5000 dollar ransom yet Vanderbilt’s train passed untouched. Depew quips brigandage needs reorganization and a New York syndicate should run it as a business. A separate exchange shows a dining room suite priced at 200 pounds and a seller noting past sales this year. Lustige Kolner Zeitung Cologne reports.
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Turkey
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Chauncey M. Depew
Vanderbilt
New York
Lustige Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
Public Auction At Millway Store
Public auction at the store of the undersigned in Millway on Friday evening December 14 features a lot of household furniture rugs hardware dress goods finished dresses shirts overalls socks plus apples bananas honey candy potato chips and more. M. F. Getz manager H. T. Hacker auctioneers.
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Millway
M. F. Getz
H. T. Hacker
Estate of Sarah Luft administration notice
Estate of Sarah Luft late of Lititz Borough deceased. Letters of administration granted to the undersigned. All indebted persons must pay immediately and those with claims present them for settlement to GEO C. LUFT Administrator residing at Boyertown R. D. No. 3 Pa.
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Sarah Luft
Lititz
Boyertown
C. Luft
Descriptive of Slang Argot and English Dialect Notes
The note discusses slang argot as a French term for why English is known as slang. It mentions allied usage among rifeys edt vagahonds and contrasts dialect within informal speech.
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Rifeys
FOR SALE Columbia Grafonoa with records in good condition
RECORD OFFICE WANTED Young man seeks room and board with private family in a clean modern home. Prefers well cooked diversified meals and will pay liberally. Address THE RECORD OFFICE. Dec 13. Christmas trees for sale from Geo F Evans 4 Spruce Street and a5 Lincoln Ave starting Dee 12 with 3t prices.
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Columbia Grafonoa
Record Office
Geo. F. Evans
Spruce Street
Lincoln Ave
Dee
Editor Questions Twelfth Night Title Link to Story
One editor of Twelfth Night argues the play’s name lacks a clear link to the plot suggesting it was chosen to suit a feast night of merriment rather than the story’s events.
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George
White Gift Service
Wan
Scott
Public
Aucton
Log Cabin Farms
E. K. Zartman
R. D. No
Augadeon
Harry Stormfeltz
Cedar Street
al Levi Mellinger
Charles Weaver
Broad St
Lititz, Pa
Bath Suburban
Armstrong Core CO. Research Division
N. Locust St
B. F. Lutz
J.W. Bruckhart
R. D
Penna
William Wood
A. W. Lane
Clay, Pa
Animal Tras Company
Jas. A. Leather
Y Above Company
Lititz Springs National Bank
Banking House
Mill & Market
Deé
H. H. Diehm
Farmers National Bank
J. H. Breitigan
Aeame
William. T. Wood
Edwin Sturgis
Walter Steely
Conestoga Traction Co
S. W. Straus & Co
Huebener
Habecker
Main Street
Keller’s
E. B. Weber & Son Electrical Appliances and Radio 3
South Broad Street
Pfantz Brothers’ Department
Gifts For All Aplenty
Toyland
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