Fire Alarm Tap Guide With Bell Signal Taps Listed
A dated notice explains fire alarm bell taps for local locations. It lists street corners and businesses with corresponding tap numbers such as Hose House No 2 with two taps Fisher's store No 4 four taps near Linden Hall five taps and more including Post Office No 22 two taps and Cor Spruce and Orange streets No 28 with twenty three taps Browl and Lemon streets No 24 with rapid signaling across the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hose House
Fisher's
Linden Hall
N. Cedar
Shalley’s
Post Office
Spruce and
Orange Sts
Browl and
Lemon Sts
Religious notices from Moravian and other churches
Moravian pastor E S Hagen and assistant I E Deer. English services 10 A M and 7 P M. Sunday school 1 30 P M. New Year events include prayer meeting at 8 and watch-night service at 11 80. New Year day service at 7 30 P M with church memorabilia and 1912 annual report. UNITED Evangelical Rev J W Woehrle. teachers meeting 9 15 A M. services 10 A M and 7 P M. Sunday school 1 30 P M. UNIT to BRETHREN Rev James E Keene. class meeting 9 20 A M. preaching 10 A M. Sunday school 1 30 P M. Y B S. CG EL Rev at 6. preaching 7 P M. Ev Lutheran Rev Geo D Clarke. Lititz 7 P M. Sunday school 1 30 P M. Kissel Hill 10 A M. Lutheran Rev J W Bittner. English preaching next Sunday Rothsville 10 A M. Lititz 2 P M. Akron 7 30 P M. Ladies Aid 6 30 P M. ReverMep Rev Geo B Raezer. Lititz 10 15 A M with installation of officers. Bible school 9 15 A M. Church of the Brethren next Sunday Neffsville Akron Longenecker’s at 5 in the evening. MENNONITE services next Sunday morning at Erb's Landis Valley and Schoeneck. afternoon at Schoeneck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.S. Hagen
I. E. Deer
United Evangelical
J. W. Woehrle
Brethren
James E. Keene
Y. B.S. CG. EL
Lutheran
Geo. D. Clarke
Lititz
Kissel Hill
Revy
J. W. Bittner
Rothsville
Akron
Ladies Aid Society
Geo. B. Raezer
Church OF the Brethren
Neffsville
Longenecker
Erb’s
Landis Valley
Watch-night Services Announced at Moravian and Trinity Churches
The Moravian Church hosts an annual watch-night service at 11:20 PM on New Year's Eve with midnight music by the trombone choir and a congregational hymn. Trinity United Evangelical Church plans a New Year's Eve program at 9:00 PM featuring song, sermon, prayer, and reports from church groups, followed by an old-fashioned experience meeting and a farewell to 1912 with a welcome to 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity United Evangelical Church
Genuine Winter Weather Brings Snow Across The Town
Winter opened with a heavy snowstorm that left 8 to 10 inches on the ground and zero readings on Thursday. Traffic slowed as trolleys ran late, sleighs and sleds filled streets, and children enjoyed sledding amid cold, calm conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Earth
America
Back to the Farm Movement Gains Noted Momentum
A young Philadelphia couple studying at Cornell plans to run a dairy stock and poultry farm, seeing favorable meat egg and dairy prices and the appeal of rural life near cities. The piece argues that social leaders adopting farming could spark a broader exodus to farm living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cornell University
Nuptial Ties in Lexing ton and Reading Weddings
On December 24 William P. Breitegan and Miss Jennie Keller of Lexing ton wed at his home with Rev. Isaac H. Kauffman officiating. A Christmas dinner followed at the Keller home with relatives and friends. In Reading on December 19 George Rettew and Edna Erb of Rothsville were married. At Manheim St Pauls Reform Church parsonage Rev A O Bartholomew joined Benjamin M. Nissley and Anna I Snavely of Penn township, with George Weaver and Mary Nissley as attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Breitegan
Jennie Keller
Lexington
Isaac H. Kauffman
Isaac Keller
Reading
George Rettew
Edna Erb
David Erb
Rothsville
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Manheim
A. O. Bartholomew
Benjamin M. Nissley
Anna I. Snavely
Penn Township
George Weaver
Mary Nissley
Heffelfinger and Longenecker Wed in Ephrata Home
Rev J W Smith of Ephrata joined Charles Heffelfinger of Reading and Mrs Sadie Longenecker in marriage at the latter's Ephrata home on Tuesday evening. The ceremony was attended by Miss Florence and Miss Luella Longenecker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Smith
Ephrata
Charles Heffelfinger
Reading
Sadie Longenecker
Florence and
Luella
Ephrata and Lebanon Railway Sells Bonds and Stock to NYC Purchaser
At a directors meeting the entire $250,000 bond issue was sold to J A Vandegrift representing New York interests. He also took over 3 340 unsubscribed shares at par. Contracts to finish the road are eight months from Jan 1. Of 15 miles, seven and a half are complete, $135,000 spent. Plans include a power plant at Lebanon, enlarging the Ephrata plant and full road equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata & Lebanon Railway Company
J. A. Vandegrift
New York
Lebanon
Ephrata
Christmas reflections and wisecracks on happiness
A collection of quotations and witticisms about Christmas, happiness, and human behavior. It touches on joy, disillusion, money, children, Santa Claus, and the meaning of the season with light moral observations and humorous bits.
Christmas Exercises Across Local Churches
Christmas programs and concerts filled St Luke's St Pauls and United Brethren churches with large crowds. St Luke's presented Our Saviours Birthday with an strong choir and soloists Virginia Keener Mabel Erb Grace Hacker Estella Buchter, while St Pauls offered The Angel Chorus with anthems and songs by Misses Masser and young soloist Mabelle Stoltz. United Brethren held a Christmas Eve program with Minnie Felker and a nine piece orchestra. St James Lutheran closed the list with Christmas Bells and gifts for all scholars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Luke's Reformed
St. Luke’s Reformed Sunday School
W. B. Judefind
Virginia Keener
Mabel Erb
Grace Hacker
Estella Buchter
Raezer
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Half-Mack Co
Beryl
Ethel Masser
Mabelle Stoltz
Geo. D. Clarke
United Brethren
U. B
Minnie Felker
Bessie
J. E. Keene
James Seather
Young Ladies Bible
Christmas Entertainment at Linden Hall
Linden Hall Seminary hosted a Christmas program on December 19 featuring an operetta titled The Toy Shop. Miss Katherine Kreider opened with a prologue while children portrayed fairies, tin soldiers, and dolls, with Mary Garber as Puck. Notable choruses, recitations, piano solos, and a violin solo by Miss Bernice Harding enhanced the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall Seminary
Katherine Kreider
Mary Garber
Puck
Bernice Harding
Birthday Surprise for George Bender at Warwick
George Bender a popular clerk at L N Moyer's drug store was surprised with a birthday party at his parents' Broad street home in Warwick on Thursday evening. About twenty young men and women attended, sharing games and a luncheon for his eighteenth birthday celebrated the week prior. A separate gathering of Mrs Harriett Elizabeth and the late Samuel B Reedy's children met at Mr and Mrs Clayton Schmuck's Orange street home in Warwick, with attendees including Mrs William Todd of Lancaster and John Reedy of Newmanstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bender
L. N. Moyer
John Bender
Broad Street
Warwick
Harriett Elizabeth
Samuel B. Reedy
Clayton B. Schmuck
Orange Street
Schmuck
William Todd
Lancaster
John Reedy
Newmanstown
Monroe
Philadelphia
Lucien
Hiram
Puzzle on a trolley change trick, reader challenge
A man offers a dime for a nickel fare. The conductor cannot make nickel change, so offers to make the change if the man gives a dollar instead of a dime. The solution is that the man pays with a one dollar bill and receives a nickel and five cents in change, effectively netting a nickel fare by using the dollar to obtain the needed coins.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Breitegan-Keller
Heffelfinger-Hongenecker
Ephrata & Lebanon Railway
Steen
ST. Paut's Lutheran
ST. James Lutherar
St. James Lutheran Sunday School
Andy Men
Hershey
Sturgis House
Trotz
James
Brobst
Lititz, Pa
Mighaul Bear's
Willow Street
Ab Millers Store
East Main Street
Tate
Lillie Rudy
North Broad Street
L. X. Brubaker
Lewin
Pfautz Bros
Lititz Drug & Dept. Store
Providence
Fpry's
Doster’s
Malaga
Muscatel
Hollinger, Liquors
East King and Duke Sts
Lancaster, PA
H. C. Miller & Bro’s Big Dept
New Orleans
Toyland
Corner Bread & Orange Sts
Lititz - PA
Cedar Street
C. E. Myer
New York State
B. B. Leaman
N. Broad St
J. H. Doster
Sturgis
E. E. Habecker
Faust Main Street
Jlenry Steiserman
B. Kissinger
Spirella
Evry
N. L. Swift
Petersburg
Nellsville
Spirella Company
Meadville
Baer’s Almanacs
Hick’s Almanacs
Kodaks
ITH Lititz Jeweler
Hamilton
J. C. Felher
Lutz’s Variety Store
Postoffice
Citron
Brazil
R.N. Wolle Est
Main Street
Lititsz
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