Fire Alarm Signals and Church Services Listed
A historical notice outlines specific fire alarm whistle blasts with locations and blast counts. It also lists upcoming services and pastors for multiple churches including Moravian, Evangelical, Lutheran, Reformed, Brethren and Mennonite congregations with times and venues across Lititz, Kissel Hill, Neffsville, and Manheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Crosland
S. S
UnitEp Evancelical
Harper
F. A. Weichsel
Penryn
Brickerville
Lititz
Warwick
Reformed Church
U. S
George B. Raezer
Enthusiasm at Moravian Evangelistic Campaign
The Moravian Sunday-school chapel hosts nightly evangelistic services led by Dr. Thomas Penn Allom with a lively start. He urged loyalty to the highest and challenged church members to engage with neighbors, while Lincoln memorial events and a G A R attendance underscore community involvement. Franklin Sentinel calls Ullom's address among the best on the subjects of our country and Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Penn Allom
Lititz
Church of Jesus Christ
John F. Burkhart
Burkhart
Woodchuck Traits Spark Talk of Hibernation Hope
A townsman recalls groundhog lore noting the woodchuck’s one habit of hibernating. The jest centers on hoping a long sleep might occur until the high cost of living drops.
St Lukes Five The Victors Over Local High School
In Linden Hall gym last Friday St Lukes five of Lancaster defeated the local high school 52 to 33 in a cleanly played game. Kreider led our scoring with 19 points while Red and Clarence Steller sparked the visitors with seven field goals each. Prof Paul E Beck, state supervisor of music and art, visited the area and discussed his role coordinating public school music. He authored widely cited bulletins on rural and public school music curricula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's Five
Lancaster
Linden Hall
St. Luke
Red
Clarence Steller
Kreider
Paul E. Beck
A. R. Beck
America
Paul EB. Beck
Beck
Lancaster County
War time rule halves flour purchases at local grocers
Local grocers observe a government measure requiring a 50 50 basis for flour sales. Shoppers must buy a pound of cereal with every pound of wheat flour to curb hoarding. The change ends the era of twelve pound flour sacks, as mills shift to twenty four pound minimums.
Coupon worth $1 for clothing purchases at Lititz store
A dated 1918 coupon offers one dollar toward a ten dollar clothing purchase at Lititz Clothing and Shoe in Lititz Pennsylvania. It notes only one coupon is honored per purchase and must be redeemed before February 18 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Clothing and Shoe
Lititz
This is the kind of winter the old folks used to talk about
A reflective line notes a harsh or memorable winter as described by elders. The brief suggests a historic or nostalgic mood without listing specifics, focusing on atmosphere and communal memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front
Uak
Lititz
Hershey
Gibbel
Lawrence K. Grosh
Jacob Gosh
Hell Phone
War- Wick Township
Lexington
Ifb
Gravely
Gideon Schmuck
Hiram Buckwalter
Litite
Agricultural notes of interest report farm prices and yields
Agricultural notes report chickens for table use becoming costly with a Brickerville farmer receiving over $50 for three crates at 81 cents per pound. Squab pigeons fetch up to $9 a dozen. Fruit buds damaged by cold vary by location with some orchards showing 90 percent buds healthy. Corn meal milling at farm scale saves money, aiding wheat conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brickerville
City Commission
Lititz
Thirty two Hens Clear 16 93 During January
January was the coldest month in years yet William Stauffer of North Cedar street ran thirty two hens to set a record. They laid 520 eggs worth 28983 with $12 in feed costs and 903 cents per hen total profit 16 93 for the month. He thinks 300 hens would yield a living, if not roped by roup treated with Lincoln Weachter's powder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stauffer
North Cedar Street
Lincoln Weachter
Henry M. Zook
EB. Main Street
Weddings and notices from Lancaster area in one issue
Multiple marriages unfold across Neffsville and Lancaster with couples including Mary and Ada Kitnier to Klauss and Brubaker. John Rineman and Sadie Amer wed, all planning trips after ceremonies. Additional unions at St Marys and United Evangelical parsonages, plus starling sightings at Kissel Hill Inn and local burglar mask incident. Social verses and thrift-era advisories accompany the notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neffsville
A. B. Parsonage
Amos Brubaker
Lititz
5. K. Kauffman
John Rineman
Lancaster
Sadie Amer
Il O’elock
St. Mary’s Church
Baltimore
Points
Abram Hess
Kissel Hill
Lititz Produce Market Corrected Weekly Prices
Lititz Retail Merchants Association updates weekly market items including butter eight pounds, eggs per dozen, and lard percentage figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Untrep Brethren
Miller
C. E
Brunnerville U. B
Mennonite
the Victors
Lititz High
A. G. Fahnestock
Clarence B. Dillman
Robert Pfautz
Pfautz Bros
A. H. Gish
Danner & Company
Manheim
Fahnestock
Dillman
Prof. Beck
Ruhl
G. Brubaker
Kreiter
P. Brubaker
Keath
Witbenen
Luke's Mee Alligatt
C. Stetter
H. Stetter
da Pontz
W. Stetter
Rev. Fahnestock
A. B. Vogel
Blossom Hill
J. W. Bruckart
Frank Gantz
Pine Hill
W. K. Snavely
Rome
Miller’s Woods
Oscar Deamer
Lime Rock
Deamer
H. H. Snavely
Phares Bollinger
Millway
Lemon G. Forney
Stauffer Heistand
Lancaster Junction
Anna Forney
Milton Forney
Washington
Rineman-Amer
Pry
Bradrick
Jacob W. Fry
Sarah Bradrick
Brethren Home
Neilsville
J. W. Taylor
Ammon Brubaker
Hannah Walter
Frank Hain
Lebanon
Harry J. Strickler
United Evangelical Parsonage
J. S. Harper
Jacob R. Cramer
Bertha C. Adair
Oroville
Landis Adair
Cramer
John Bausman
Kissel Hill Inn
Mr. Bausman
Lincoln
Kaiser Bill
Echoot
Bunko
Fianna Blickenderfer
Hohace Kellers
Spruce St
Litity
New Street
Lizzie Suite
Grosh
D. Ditzler
Stroh Ave
Broad St
Hershey & Gibbel
Kofroth
Bakers
A.K Keller Spruce
Jd Sven Bestery
Spruce Street
Hlouxe
Keller
Wacker Suits
Td-tt
Inov-tr
Record
Schnerur
Broad Street
Litirz
J. Fred Essit
Heal Estate Agents
Hsythla Grosch
Main St. Lititz
New York State
R. N. Wolfe
Main Street
E. K. Zartman
Brubaker Roller Flour Mills
Sai
Zoo
Swift Pride
Pfantz Bros. Department Store
C. R. Miller’s Department Store
Chase & Samborn’s
J.h.doster
Sis Goode
Valentine
Lititz Bookstore
E. Main Street
Eastman Kodaks
Hepp
THE
Lititz Jeweler
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