Christmas Eve notes and town brief in Lititz and Warwick
Local items report an umbrella left at Wilson Gibbes's store, Christmas trees for sale, and a shooting match planned on Christmas day. Warwick schools close only on Christmas and New Year. Prof. Abram S. Longenecker is remembered in memorial services at St. Pauls Lutheran church with remarks from multiple ministers and faculty attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Gibbes
Warwick Public Schools
A. M. Kreider
Pasadena
David Spickler
Hosler
Spruce Street
Lititz Lodge
A. S. Longenecker
Mary, Newpher
Blue Rocks
A. 8. Longenecker
Thad
Will of Warwick
Warwick
Will
Harry Scheneberger
Rome
D. W. Withers
Warwick Village
D. P. Bricker
Moravian Sunday School
Lititz
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Abram S. Longenecker
Longenecker
J. W. G. Hershey
Hershey
Geo. D. Clarke
Clarke
H. R. Gibbel
Jacob Hershey
Real Estate Transfers in Lititz and Akron
Real estate notes report the sale of Brickerville Hotel property in Lititz to tenant Benjamin L. Rohrer with private terms. The Kreiter residence in Akron sold for 3300 dollars to Clarence W. Hess of the Akron shoe factory, with possession set for April 1, 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Brobst
Lititz
Brickerville Hotel
Benjamin L. Rohrer
J. S. Kreiter
Akron
Clarence W. Hess
Illness to Omit Sunday Service in Brickerville Charge
The Sick and Injured Rev. George B Raezer pastor of the Brickerville charge of the Reformed church will be unable to serve next Sunday on account of illness. Mrs Louisa Roth residing with her son Clayton Roth on East Main St is confined to the house after a fall from a broken step at a chicken house. Her ankle is badly bruised. Mrs E P Wagner of South Cedar Street injured while walking and later found two ligaments torn. she now walks with difficulty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Raezer
Brickerville
The
Reformed Church
Louisa Roth
Clayton Roth
East Main St
Edgar Sturgis
Roth
E. P. Wagner
South Cedar Street
J. L. Hertz
Will Receive Hearing Before Public Service Commission
Wm. H. Enck, furniture dealer and undertaker of this borough, who complained to the Public Service Commission at Harrisburg that the Philadelphia and Reading freight depot here is inadequate, has been notified to appear for a hearing on Thursday January 7. He aims to secure a new freight station and plans to circulate a petition and to have supporters travel with him to Harrisburg on January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Enck
Public Service Commission
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Reading
Enck
Remembered the Unfortunate The Kings Daughters Visit Yerger Auto
The Kings Daughters traveled in Yerger’s auto truck on Wednesday to the United Zion’s Home and distributed Christmas presents to the inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerger
United Zion
Death of Leman W. Shirk Wealthy Lancaster County Landholder
Leman W. Shirk of Manheim township near Oregon Lancaster County died Wednesday at Lancaster General Hospital from pneumonia after an operation. A Republican and major landowner with about 1000 acres he Mina held positions as bank director, insurance, turnpike and local board supervisor. Survived by wife Ida and two children John H. and Edna Mae Posey. Funeral Sunday at 8:30 am with interment in Shirk Cemetery near Oregon. Christmas celebrations noted with church services and community gatherings in Lititz and surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leman W. Shirk
Oregon
Manheim
Lancaster General Hospital
Shirk
Catherine
John K. Shirk
Millersville
Fulton National Bank
Lancaster
Manheim Township
Edna Mae
Silas R. Posey
Infant Grace Margaret Kline Dies at Six Weeks
Grace Margaret Kline the six weeks old daughter of Harvey and Elizabeth Kline of Warwick township died Friday morning from infantile trouble. Funeral services were held Sunday at the house and Brickerville St. John’s Lutheran church with Rev. E. E. Schanta officiating and burial in the adjacent cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Margaret Kline
Harvey and
Elizabeth Kline
Brunnerville
Warwick Township
Brickerville St. John’s Lutheran Church
E. E. Schanta
Death of an Eight Months Old Child Kilmaker
The eight months old Mahion Kilmaker, child of Abram and Elizabeth Kilmaker, living below Fisher's store on East Main street, was found dead on a lounge at the parents' home at 10 A M Friday. Deputy Coroner A B Reidenbach, with Dr M Yoder and Dr E E Evans, determined death from internal spasms. Funeral and interment followed at Swamp Church near Reinhold's on Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahion Kilmaker
Abram
Elizabeth Kilmaker
Fisher’s
East Main Street
A. B. Reidenbach
M Yoder
E. E. Evans
Reinhold
Emanuel Kauffman Dies at 70 in Sporting Hill
Emanuel Kauffman died suddenly at his Sporting Hill home Sunday morning from heart trouble. He was 70. Survived by wife Clement and children Milton Elmer Joseph and two daughters in Baltimore and Lancaster. Siblings Jacob Benjamin Henry John Maria Brandt and Harriet Barber also survive. Funeral held Wednesday at Union church Sporting Hill. burial in adjacent cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel Kauffman
Sporting Hill
Clement
Milton
Elmer
Joseph
Brooklyn
Samuel Peters
Baltimore
Eli Shelly
Lancaster
Jacob
Benjamin
Henry
John
Maria Brandt
Harriet Barber
Manheim
Union Church
Mrs Emma Keller dies after lingering illness
Mrs Emma Keller widow of John S Keller died Friday at Rittersville between Allentown and Bethlehem after a long illness. She was 8 years 4 months 6 days old at death and survived by two sisters and four brothers. Funeral was held Monday with burial in Rittersville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Keller
Eitnier
John S. Keller
William Herring
Rittersville
Allentown
Bethlehem
Maria Sweigart
Lititz
Delilah Small
Reading
Jacob
Palmyra
Reuben
Ephrata
Aaron
Lincoln
Isaias
Rittersville Cemetery
Eyelid Laceration Endangers Lancaster Youth
John Grosh, 19, son of Clarence and Mrs Grosh of South Broad Street, narrowly escaped losing his left eye after a steel hook tore the eyelid during a fall. Dr. D C Martin rushed him to Lancaster General Hospital where he remained for days. Foot and mouth disease spreads anew with cases in Clay township farms of Bollinger and Mease. a herd was culled and quarantine extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Clarence Grosh
South Broad Street
D.C. Martin
Lancaster General Hospital
Clay Township
Christian Bollinger
Jacob Bollinger
William Mease
Tarred and Feathered Warning for Local Gambler
Opinion column denounces a gambling den ringleader seen boasting of fleecing players including youths. The piece condemns use of marked cards, notes he evaded police raids, and warns communities might tar and feather him if he continues braggadocio. It withholds his name but urges exposure for the locality’s good.
Warwick Combination Sale Weather Impacts Auction
The semi monthly sale at the Warwick house last Saturday drew fewer buyers due to rain. Geese sold from 1.75 to 1.90 each while turkeys brought 23 to 26 cents a pound and chickens 70 cents each. Choice potatoes sold at 60 cents a bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Odd Fellow Banquet Planned at Linden Hall Gymnasium
Lititz Lodge No. 10501 O. D. F. sets a banquet for its members wives and guests at Linden Hall gym Tuesday evening with about 200 expected. G B Dussinger will cater and Hackman’s orchestra with a chorus will provide music. S C Hassler to be toastmaster. responses expected to be worthwhile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
O. F
Linden Hall Gymnasium
G. B. Dussinger
Hackman
Odd Fellows
S. C. Hassler
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Goncisely
Hagen
Hall- Mack Co
Mozart
United Evangelical
Realms of Light
Adam Geibel
Trinity United Evangelical Sunday School
ST. Paul’s. Lutheran
St. Paul’s Lutheran Sunday School
Geibel
Uunited Brethren
Hope Publishing Co
United Brethren
ST. James I
Lheran
St. James Lutheran Sunday School
Filmore Company
St. Luke’s Reformed Church
Victor Sturgis
William Sturgis
Wilkesbarre
W. H. Muth
J. B. Leib
A. de G. Vogler
W. A. Ensminger
Robert
Wallace Meiskey
Hazelton
F. B. Buch
Janet
J. A. Stoltz
Marietta
C. L. Moench
Rey
Francis Hagen
Chanceford
Gertrude Garber
Martha Washington Seminary
Washington, D. C
H. A. Cuppy
New York
Samuel Seaber
Samuel C. Seaber
Frank Foltz
Albert Bruckart
Landis Herr
Reed Metzgar
State College
Roy Hassler
Ernest Hagen
Raymond Evans
Moravian College
Mary
Brothers Owen
Henry Hershey
Elizabethtown College
Harry Herr
Williamson Trade School
Horace E. Sturgis
Sturgis
Empire Heating Company
Tatamy
Geo. Smith
Catherine Smith
Valentine Brobst
Dr. Brobst
Richard Bender
Florida
William Dull
William C. Dull
Lexington
U. S. S. Delaware
Dull
U. S. Army
Navy
Army
Delaware
Panama Canal
San Francisco
Cal
Mrs
N. G. Hess
C. L. Charles
H. H. Bomberger
Samuel Keller
Monroe Gable
East Warwick
Penn Township
Brubaker
Brownstown
Lexington Hotel
C. M. Imhoff
E. P. Althouse
Imhoff
Frank Christ
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