Christmas in the Records page of local news
Local items recount Christmas events and notices: H H Holtzhouse shipped a fox hunting dog to Indiana. J Frank Miller audited banks. births, moves, lost items, and loans noted. A new nickel with an Indian head faces circulation by Feb 1. Shooters and charity notes amid holiday shopping, school closures, and a revised RECORD issue date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Holtzhouse
Indiana
Harvey Gilson
Apple Alley
Columbia
National Bank
J. Frank Miller
East Main Street
Elmer Breneman
Stork
Ralph Worley
Gunning Club
L. H. Shelly
Front
Broad
Treasury Department
Oey
Herbert H. Beck
Beck
Susquehanna
Joel Hippert
Orange Street
Warwick
Edna
Lancaster
Jacob Rote
Wilmington
Elias Rote
Henry Hershey
Broad Street
Poultry Show Next Week Draws Wide Interest
The eighth annual Lancaster County Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association show will be held in Linden Hall gymnasium next week. Entries are rising with at least 1800 birds expected, including 50 birds from Leicey and Wommert and 50 from Rev. Scottowe. Prominent breeders Brokaw and others from New Jersey will attend, with game bantams recently imported from England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association
Linden Hall Gymnasium
Leicey and Wommert
Scottowe
Narvon
Mt. Hope
Brokaw
New Jersey
Bitzer
Lancaster
Lititz
Novel exhibit uses prize hen to draw shoppers at store display
Druggist L N Moyer showcases poultry foods with a prize winning Black Langshan hen and six lively chicks in the window. Nearby, Mrs J C Jenkins and son David ill with diphtheria. Catharine Reinhold suffers rheumatic pain. Mrs Samuel Bushong operated in Lancaster General Hospital for gallstones and is recovering. Benjamin F Weidner treated for internal injuries. Market notes report scarce provisions with dressed chickens 45 to 65 cents, pork products in demand, turnips 8 cents per half peck, sweet potatoes 1 cent per half peck, white potatoes 10 to 12 cents, celery and butter prices listed, eggs 24 cents a dozen, and Meerschaum pipes at Rader's store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. N. Moyer
J. C. Jenkins
David
Catharine Reinhold
Cedar Street
Samuel E. Bushong
Lititz
Lancaster General Hospital
Benjamin F. Weidner
Warwick
Deaths of Mrs George Metzler and Mrs Mary Keath in Manheim
Deaths reported in Manheim over the weekend detail Mrs George Metzler dying at home aged twenty nine from uraemic convulsions, survived by husband, one son, two sons two days old, parents Samuel and Mary Hamaker, and brothers and sisters. Funeral at home with burial in Fairview cemetery. Separate notice records Mrs Mary A Keath dying at son in law H E Mathews home in Manheim aged seventy nine after brief illness, a Zion Lutheran member, survived by son in law, three sons Frank Clinton and two others, three brothers and a sister, funeral from her home with burial in Fairview cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Metzler
Manheim
Evangelical Church
Arthur
Samuel Hamaker
Wade
John Hamaker
Walter
Chester
Reading
John Duck
Catharine Hamaker
Brownstown
Fairview Cemetery
Mary A. Keath
Peter C. Keath
H. E. Mathews
Zion Lutheran Church
Frank
Clinton
Eli Miller
Harrisburg
Joseph
Cyrus Hartz
Palmyra
John
Annville
Lydia Hartz
Hurst Death and Local Notes Highlight Small-Town Life
Mrs Sue Ada Hurst age thirty five died Friday due to diabetes at Ephrata. She was born in Clay and lived with husband Amos Hurst. survived by children Margaret Lester Alma Kelso Marie Viola and Mil ton Reese wife, plus brothers Jacob Keller Reamstown Lemon Keller Ephrata and Daniel W Red Hill. Funeral held Tuesday morning. Nearby, Elizabeth Farms owner S H Imboden raises turkeys tasting like Rhode Island stock, hatches many May. Local church notes and gatherings include Mrs D P Bricker Sunday school class, Miss Stella Buechter home gathering with music, and Miss Elizabeth Landis hosting friends with guests from out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Ada Hurst
Amos Hurst
Ephrata
Rhe
Clay
Daniel
Magdalena
Ephradasi
Alma
Kelso
Marie
Viola
Milton Reese
Jacob G. Keller
Reamstown
Lemon J. Keller
Daniel W
Red Hill
Montgomery County
Elizabeth Farms
Brickerville
S. H. Imboden
Rhode Island
D. P. Bricker
Corner Broad
West Main Street
Record Christmas number sells out amid Lutheran church feature
The town’s annual Christmas Record issue, widely distributed, faced unprecedented demand with supply shortfall by about 100 copies. Readers praised the appearance and quality, while David Spickler on Spruce Street advertises a fine lot of Christmas trees and moss at reasonable prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lutheran Church
The
American Press Association
David Spickler
Spruce Street
Christmas Church Christmas Eve and Night Services
Christmas programs fill town churches with Sunday schools rehearsing songs and recitations. Moravian St Paul’s united brethren St James Lutheran St Luke’s Reform and James Coleman Memorial plan Christmas bells The King of Love and The Angel Chorus performances with choirs orchestras and offerings for benevolence or missions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren
U. B
Personal TENS: Winter travels and social notes in Lititz
A chatty local column lists residents and visitors in Lititz and nearby towns. It notes Mr N B Leaman’s trip to Philadelphia, Mrs Mary Gingrich and daughter in Manheim, Leopold Loeb visiting Philadelphia, Nathaniel Wolfe returning from Brooklyn, and many other local movements, visits, and Holiday plans. Also mentions business trips, extended tours, and social calls across Lancaster and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Leaman
Philadelphia
Mary Gingrich
Bessie
Manheim
Leopold Loeb
Joseph Dreifus
W. H. Muth
Lemon Neidermyer
Dauphin
Nathaniel Wolfe
Brooklyn
N. Y
Luther Grossman
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove
William Evans
Lebanon
Samuel Steffy
Elizabeth
Mary Machimer
Jacob Heineman
G. E. Barr
Lancaster
Lititz
John F. Evans
Samuel Foltz
Warren George
William Ditzler
Allentown
Bethlehem
Easton
Philipsburg
N. J
Kathryn B. Graybill
East Petersburg
New York
Florida
C. E. Lane
Elizabeth Gormly
Pittsburg
Ainden Hall
Mary Reidenbach
8. L. Eschbach
Emily
Casselton
N. D
Wm, C, Ck
A. Oe
Pseda Saoc
Ford
Othdadl Idayedtvand Chocolate Company
Sia. soTtobiah
Bittinger
Sailentitidy Lurgan
Franklin County
Charles H. Kreider
Millport
M. W. Keller
Oneida Community, Ltd
Oneida
Paul Witman
Edwin Sturgis
Farmers in Annual Session at Linden Hall Institute
The second annual Farmers Institute met on Monday and Tuesday in Linden Hall gymnasium. Despite lower attendance, the event provided useful instruction on orchard care, road improvements, poultry beginnings, and farm life. Lecturers from Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture led sessions on nitrogen, fertilizers, chestnut blight, and rural home life. Exhibits of corn, pumpkins, tobacco and other farm products complemented speeches and music by local participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall
Farmers Institute
Department of Agriculture of
Pennsylvania
Lititz
J. Clayton Brubaker
I. E. Deer
F. N. Fasett
Meshoppen
Wyoming County
E. L. Phillips
R. P. Kester
E. K. Hibsh- Aio
Ernest Baker
Sturgis Receives Larger Trout for Stocking Lititz Streams
N D Sturgis received 18 cans containing about 900 yearling trout on Monday evening for stocking Middle Creek and nearby streams in Lititz. The trout came from Pleasant Gap hatcheries in Centre County and are larger than typical fingerlings. Mr Buller, state fish commissioner, had promised larger fish, and the stock is expected to boost next season’s fishing. The Farmers National Bank promotes its Yearly Savings Club in adjoining copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D. Sturgis
Middle Creek
Sturgis
Lititz
Buller
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Hobo
Rothsville
Squire S. M. Ruth
Bastile
Ressler
Keystone Hotel
Millway
Rader’s Cigar Store
Sue A. Hurst
Merry Christmas
Lawrence K. Gresh
A. L. Judefind
Lizzie de Armond
Mary Mills
WheidPheringant
Kopalaye
ST. Paul’s Lutheran
St. Paul’s Lutheran Sunday School
Angel Chorus
Hall-Mack Co
ST. James Lutiheran
St. James Lutheran Church
J. W. Bittner
ST. Luke's Reformed
St. Luke’s Reformed Church
James Coleman
Doster’s
Menno Brubaker
Menno
Joan F. Longenecker
Farmers National Bank
John Schleith’s
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