Lititz Items From A Busy Week Of Local News
Levi Yerger finds a speedometer on Broad street and offers it via the feeder on North Cedar street. Harry Showers yields two large porkers weighing 342 and 365 pounds. Public schools announce a holiday break from Thursday noon to Monday Jan 3. L K Grosh sells a Spruce street home to Guy Buch, possession April 1. Anna Grosh graduates as trained nurse in Philadelphia. Esther witnesses. The King’s Daughters visit United Zion Home in Yerger’s auto truck to share gifts with orphans.
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Levi Yerger
Broad Street
North Cedar Street
Harry Showers
L. K. Grosh
Lottie Duchman
Spruce Street
Guy
Buch
N. K. Buch
Anna
Horace E. Grosh
Philadelphia
Esther
United Zion
Yerger
Ada Groff
Catherine Reinhold
David Shenk
Lancaster
Lititz
United Brethren Church
Quincy
Franklin County
N. D
Stargia
Lancaster County Liquor Dealers’ Association
Wheatland
San Francisco
Cal
Chronicle
Robert C. Baker
California
Roy Cooper
Charles Huyard
Robert F. Russell
Henry C. Felker
Squire C. N. Derr
Parkesburg
Chester County
H.C. Bucher
Honeybrook
Lancaster County Florists’ Association
Fred. Spinner
Loeffler
Plance
Joseph B. Wissler
Harvard University
B. J.myers
Wissler
J. B. Wissler
John M. Pfautz
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Pittsburgh
Hidden Treasure Mystery Light on Christ Wahl Farm Find
A long retrospective note recalls a 47 year old discovery near Rome involving Isaac Habecker and German workers who unearthed a buried kettle contents of mystic writings and black art instructions. The item aimed to reveal a hidden treasure via charms and a high power Erd spiegel director. Also updates on Tra Bucher returning from the West and considering work in South America. Dr Yereman learns his mother and sisters survived the Armenian atrocities in Smyrna, Turkey, via a letter received after weeks of worry. local officials pressed Governor Brumbaugh and Secretary Lansing for help, though the news arrived through a censored channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Beck
Christ. Wahl
Rome
Buca
Isaac Habecker
Lititz
Reading
Lancaster
Tra Bucher
West
P. B. Bucher
Canada
Oin Construction
Jark
Missippi
Bucher
South America
O. H. Yereman
United States
Smyrna
Turkey
Tereabouts
Dr. Yereman
Messrs
H. R. Gibbel
J. H. Breitigan
Brumbaugh
Lansing
Real Estate Seizure Auction Hits Rothsville and Area
The Clayton Hertzler properties, missing resident last June, were sold at a court‑appointed public sale. The Rothsville home and slaughter house went to Nathan Long for 4505 dollars, the Lititz property to Dr. A W Walters for 2500, Akron Electric Light Co. stock sold to S W Buch at 9.75 per share, par 50, and 19 acres on the Fruitville pike in Penn township sold by Henry K Carper to his son Jacob for 5200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Hertzler
Rothsville
Slaughter House
Nathan Long
Lititz
A. W. Walters
Akron Electric Light Co
S. W. Buch
Henry K. Carper
Fruitville Pike
Penn Township
Jacob
Last Summons Notices Deaths in Lititz and Lancaster
Sudden death of Jacob Himmelberger at a Lancaster livery stable ends a long Lititz life. Surviving family includes daughters Dorothy and Naomi and multiple siblings. Services planned Sunday at 9:30 AM with Rev. Raezer. Also noted are obituaries for Miles H. Young and Mrs Susanna Gass, plus Lancaster resident Morris Elwood Hacker, with survivor lists and funeral details.
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Jacob Himmelberger
Lititz
Lancaster
Lincoln Hotel
Himmelberger
Strausstown
Berks
Simon and Clara
Amelia Troutman
Lizzie Price
Philadelphia
Sabilla Atkins
Reading
Jacob Rubi
Mastersonville
Washington
Lebanon
W. H. Enck
Lewis Himmelberger
South Broad Street
The
Reformed Church
Rev
Raezer
Local student oversees world record cow test at Montoursville
Albert O. Bruckart, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bruckart, a State College student, is at Tinsman Stock Farm Montoursville supervising a Holstein record test. The cow is milked four times daily under college supervision. He expects to return home for Christmas.
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Albert O
J. W. Bruckart
State College
Tinsman Stock Farm
Montoursville
Williamsport
Albert
Death at Church of the Brethren Home
William Gotwall died at the Church of the Brethren Home near Neffsville on Tuesday morning at 7 20. He was 78 and had lived at the home for two years, coming from Fairview Village Montgomery county. A 50 year member of the Church of the Brethren, his wife had died two years earlier and he had no surviving children. The body will be shipped to Fairview Village this morning for interment there on Monday.
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Susanna Gass
William S. Gass
Rothsville
Aaron
Mumma
Clinton
Jacob Conrad
Christian Sechrist
Jonas Sechrist
Daniel
George
Adam
Pfeiffer
Lizzie Dissinger
Rothsville United Zion Cemetery
Morris Elwood Hacker
Lancaster
Lititz
Levi and
Lavinia Bicking Hacker
Reading
Relay House
Margaret Murray
Elizabethtown
Ida M
Joseph Faltine
Margaret L
Harry F
Florence M
John E
Daisy Eckhart
Denver
Col
Jennie Slickman
Lida Rineer
Peter Hacker
Charles Hacker
Leroy Hacker
Philadelphia
Harry Hacker
William Gotwall
Church of the Brethren
Neffsville
Fairview Village
Montgomery County
Community Singing on Christmas Eve at the Fountain
The usual Christmas Carols gathering returns this year around the Community Tree at the fountain at 8.45 PM. All welcome to sing and join in the cheer. A sugar cake and coffee treat will be served by the King's Daughters to singers at the close.
Lititz Postmaster Pick Goes to Senate for Confirmation
President Wilson sent Warren S. Buch for confirmation as Lititz borough postmaster last Thursday. A Democrat and longtime party figure, Buch will succeed A. T. Litch, who has held the office for four years and starts duties in January 1912.
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Senate
Wilson
A. T. Litch
Lititzborough
Warren S. Buch
Buch
W S Buch Expected Lititz Postmaster After Leib Death
Warren S Buch, a Lancaster bar member and Lititz High School and Lafayette College graduate, is favored for Lititz postmaster after J B Leib’s death. The job pays 2100 yearly. Buch is also a noted vocalist and church chorister. A second annual Lititz Ledge 1050 S C O F turkey banquet will gather nearly 200 at Linden Hall gym next Tuesday with Caterer Chas Dussinger and Hackman’s Orchestra.
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J. B. Leib
Leib
Mr. Leib
W. 8. Buch
Lititz
Buch
Lancaster
Albright College
Myerstown
Lafayette College
Easton
First Reformed Church
Linden Hall Gymnasium
Lititz Ledge
Chas. Dussinger
Hackman
Lititz Shoppers Back Local Merchants For Christmas
Residents of Lititz and vicinity praised local merchants for solid holiday sales. Merchants report satisfactory business in recent weeks and a steady stream of shoppers despite bad weather last Saturday. Local stores offer a wide holiday selection and last minute shoppers can still find items at home.
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Lititz
Travel notes on many Christmas-visit departures
A crowded travel column lists numerous residents and relatives visiting for Christmas from Bethlehem Reading Darby Philadelphia and other places. It notes Miss Derr at Bethlehem Rev Stengel in Pittsburgh Mr Lutz in town Miss Christener in New York and many others visiting families or home for the holidays. The piece also mentions the Ideal Cocoa Company convention at the Springs hotel and a salesmen gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Derr
Bethlehem
T. W. Harper
Christiana
Roy Wissler
Mercersburg Academy
R. A. Wetherhold
Reading
Elmer Reidenbach
Philadelphia
F. W. Stengel
Pittsburgh
Leon Lutz
Darby
Lutz
Jacob Shirker
Akron
Harry
Frank Foltz
Landis Herr
State College
John Wetzel
Boyertown
D. A. Long
Eleanore Muth
Simmons College
Boston
Samuel Locke
Wildwood
N. J
W. A. Ensminger
Manheim
Lititz
Luther Grossman
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove
Roy Workman
Olive Stonerl
Ruth Stockton
Millersville State Normal School
Marta Christener
New York
A. H. Christener
Lloyd Kauffman
Sydney
Chester
H. H. Holtzhouse
Kauffman
E. G. Diehm
Juniata College,Huntingdon
Oliver Diehm
Elm
Bernice Harding
Chicago
Ill
E. L. Garber
Paul Evans
John
Evans
Roy Hassler
Moravian College
Raymond Evans
Ernest Hagen
Ruth Grosh
Moravian Seminary
Winston-Salem
N. C
Horace E. Grosh
Jacob L. Grosh
Kansas City
Lehigh Valley
Lake Shore
William Dull
U.S
Delaware
Portsmouth
Dull
Army
Navy
The
Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Company
Springs Hotel
Elizabeth Grosh
Ideal
Community Christmas Tree Lit Up in Lititz Square
A cluster of trees at the Roebuck Memorial Fountain on the square will be illuminated for the first time this evening and lit nightly through New Year. Local officials and volunteers led by Milford Marks Samuel Steffy John Ely and Harvey Seather organized the project with public donations welcomed to cover expenses and fund a future municipal tree.
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Roebuck Memorial
Lititz
Burgess Milford Marks
Samuel Steffy
John Ely
Harvey Seather
Messrs
Marks
Steffy
Ely
Seather
Joyous Yuletide in Lititz Promises Large Holiday Observance
Christmas in Lititz will be celebrated with church programs and abundant family gatherings. Moravian services begin Christmas Eve with lovefeasts at 5:30 and 7:20, a 10 a.m. sermon by Rev. E. S. Hagen, and a 6:30 p.m. Sunday school celebration titled Joy to the World, as readers and children rehearse for capacity audiences.
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Christ
Lititz
Chaurches
Christ Child
Hagen
Broadway Jones serial ends The Secret of Lonesome Cove
The Record announces the current issue ends the serial The Secret of Lonesome Cove a novelized play by George M Coban noted for its humor and heart. Beginning next week a new serial Broadway Jones will begin continuing the paper’s tradition of serialized entertainment. The Linden Hall Christmas program featured Kinder Sinfonie and a playlet Santa’s Joy Factory with many young performers receiving praise for their polished participation. A Lancaster kindergarten teacher praised the event as exceptionally splendid and enjoyable.
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Lonesome Cova
George M. Cohan
Broadway
Linden Hall
Lancaster
Went Out of Business Bakery Closes Over Flour Costs
Wm. D. Fichthorn who ran a town bakery for years baked his last bread last Saturday and ceased operations due to high flour prices and failure to collect outstanding accounts.
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Wm. .D. Fichthorn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miles H. Young
Edwin S. Young
Columbia
J. H. Ostertang
George F. G. Hoyt
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Mt. Bethel Cemetery
J. Clifford Staley
Mrs
Susanne Gass
Morris E. Hacker
W. $. Buch
Fron
W. H. Buch
Post Office
Robert Buch
C. R. Miller’s
John B. Erb
High School Alumni Association
Lititz High School Alumni Association
W. H. Buch’s
George M. Coban
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