Unheard-of Prices in Lititz Paid for Real Estate
A Lititz column item recounts varied local happenings. Sturgis and Haines shipped a large pretzel cargo to Toronto this week. Mrs. Snyder hosts a dinner and card party on Friday. Oranges fetched 1.80 at a Warwick House sale, a local oddity. Mrs. Richard Gingrich underwent surgery at Lancaster General Hospital and is recovering. Evangelistic services at the Moravian church delay the Men's Missionary Society anniversary to March 1. Sugar prices have dropped to 7 cents per pound, with some stores selling at 6.42 cents. Samuel Weaver rents a Rome warehouse to pack tobacco for farmers, charging 2 cents for wrappers and 1 1/2 cents for fillers. The P C S A Camp of Rothsville will attend a Lutheran service. Elmer Haines, formerly with Union Real Estate in Reading, now joins Lititz Trap Company. Mr. and Mrs. Haines welcome a granddaughter, claiming the title of Lititz’s youngest grandparents. Norman Showers becomes superintendent of the Animal Trap Company’s mouse and rat department. Edna Mae Longenecker hosts a duck dinner and Valentine dance with guests from multiple cities. Lititz post office processes an unusually large valentines rush. Banks to close Monday for Washington’s Birthday observance. Mrs. Ellen Leib suffers a left wrist fracture after a sidewalk fall near East Main Street. daughter Mabel was with her. She is treated by Dr. M. H. Yoder.
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Sturgis & Haines
Toronto
Canada
P. F. Snyder
Warwick House
Richard Gingrich
Lancaster General Hospital
Moravian Church
Men’s Missionary Society
Samuel Weaver
Rome
Rothsville
Elmer Haines
Union Real Estate Company
Reading
Lititz Trap Company
Louis Haines
Elmer Harding
Edna Mae Longenecker
Valentine
Philadelphia
Bethleher
Lebanon
Reamstown
Lancaster
Lititz
Washington
Ellen Leib
Lititz St Joe Game May Be Postponed
The American Legion and St Joseph game for the county championship in the series of three may move to a later date due to Kingsley possibly being unavailable on the Thursday Web 26. If Kingsley cannot attend Manager Habecker would delay starting the game until he can play. There may be no need to change the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
American Legion
St. Joe
St. Joseph’s
Kingsley
Habecker
Lititz housing dream and cross word puzzler notes
A column urges Lititz to form a building and loan association to spur home ownership and saving, noting Lancaster and industry successes. It recalls Lititz once having such a group and suggests now is ripe. The piece also muses on cross word puzzles, curiosities, and a veteran’s tale of a Philadelphia disappearer found in Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lancaster
Miller to be replaced on Lititz to Brickerville star route
Joseph N. Gaus Jr of Brickerville will continue the Lititz to Brickerville star route replacing Samuel Miller until July 1 when new bids open. Miller will sell his personal effects Friday and move to Manheim. Star routes predate rural routes and carry loose mail, sacks for Brickerville, and passengers. The Brickerville route began about forty years ago, serving now-discontinued post offices Brunnerville Lexington and Brubaker's. Pfautz Bros offer better shoes for less money.
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Joseph N. Gaus, Jr
Brickerville
Lititz
Samuel Miller
Miller
Manheim
Brunnerville
Lexington
Brubaker’s
Lititz real estate boom as Landis home sells for $30,000
The H Reist Landis property at Broad and Main streets sold to N S Myers for $30,000. Myers plans a three story Colonial style rebuild with a public library on the first floor and an auditorium at the rear. The sale echoes a broader Lititz real estate surge with multiple properties changing hands,Including Myers two other sales and a new garage and warehouse project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bamberger
H. Reist Landis
Broad and
Main Streets
N. S. Myers
Broad Street
Main Street
Augustus Shober
Lititz
Mr. Myers
Myers
Noah Myers
Noah
NPE
Aveneigagep I
Amex
A. R. Bomberger
Collision on State Highway Between Lititz and Rothsville
On Monday morning a Reo truck driven by Howard Bollinger and a Ford car driven by Robert Russell collided on the state highway between Lititz and Rothsville. Robert Evans, who accompanied Russell, suffered a fractured nose and a badly lacerated face. Russell was cut by flying glass and injured in the hip. Both vehicles were badly damaged and towed to repair shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surgis & Haines’ Reo
Howard Bollinger
Robert Russel
Lititz
Rothsville
Robert Evans
Mr. Russell
Russell
Knitting Mill Changeover Near York Lititz
G. G. Dick, connected to Lititz interests, buys a knitting mill in York and plans an imminent takeover. Floyd Bender, recently arrived from Spring City with knitting industry experience, will manage operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
York
Lititz Interests
G. G. Dick
Floyd Bender
Spring City
Adams builds thriving auto garage at cedar street apex
Jerry K. Adams chose a waste land site at North Cedar Street and Lincoln Avenue to create a garage and supply house. He bridged San Domingo creek, erected an artistic, V shaped building housing Oldsmobile and Studebaker agencies, sells gasoline oils tires and supplies, and works from dawn to dark. He markets cigars and candy to boost sales and growth.
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Cedar Street
Lincoln Avenue
Jerry Adams
San Domingo
Jerry
New Farmers Bank Opens to Visitors on Feb 28
The new Farmers Bank here nears completion with inspection day set for Saturday February 22 when the bank will be open to the public all day and evening. Business is planned to begin in the new location on Monday March 2.
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New Farmers Bank
Farmers Bank
Eschbach Home From Flower Mission in Chicago
Horace Eschbach returned from Chicago where he spent a week distributing 10,900 flowers in city hospitals. He has done this for over twenty years and is well known in hospitals and greenhouses. He met former neighbors and learned of Paul Musselman’s electrical work. On the train home a German-speaking passenger owed him aid, and Eschbach advised him how to proceed to New York. He plans to resume work soon, offering help as needed.
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G. G. Diehm
Job
New York
Horace Eschbach
Chicago
Eschbach
Paul Musselman
Schaebelle
Ann Arbor
Mich
Woodstock
Ill
Lititz Urgently Needs a Garbage Collector
A reader from Lititz argues the town’s rush to progress overlooks sanitation. The writer calls for organized garbage collection to curb rats, rubbish piles, and foul smells haunting alleys, insisting cleanliness reduces disease and public health costs.
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Lititz
Family of Polecats Reported Around Butcher Shop Back
Citizens note several skunks living in the rear of B. F. Lutz's butcher shop with frequent appearances in nearby back yards. Other evidence suggests the animals remain in the neighborhood.
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B. F. Lutz
New Location for Penn State Telephone Exchange
The Penn State telephone exchange moves from quarters above Doster's store to the old Farmers bank building once vacated. An addition will be added at the rear to enlarge the first floor for the post office and the second floor for the exchange.
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Penn-State Telephone Exchange
Doster’s
Farmer's Bank
Travelers Near and Far Visit Local Residents
D E Weicksel and family of Kirkwood and Rev F A Weicksel hosted last Saturday. Philadelphia visitors Elmer Reidenbach and his mother Fiona Reidenbach spent Sunday here. Many locals hosted or visited relatives, with trips to Wilmington Delaware and Niagara Falls noted. Funeral notices for H W Coppenheffer and Ralph Weidner are recorded, with Ralph as funeral director. Nearby residents shared gatherings with friends and family across the region.
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D.E. Weicksel
Kirkwood
F. A. Weicksel
Elmer Reidenbach
Philadelphia
Fiona Reidenbach
Anna McMahon
Niagara Falls
Frank Dengate
Mary Sutton
North Broad Street
Wilmington
Del
E. 8. Young
Martin Bisker
Lititz man’s book drive stirs Philadelphia crowd
N D’s Pretzel adv asserts itself in Philadelphia when a publicity stunt by N D Sturgis ends with General Butler opening a Book Week drive. A barrel labeled Lititz Pretzels, N B D Sturgis sits at Broad and Chestnut as society girls watch. The event, unintended by Sturgis, becomes free advertising in a key city corner.
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N. D. Sturgis
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer
General Butler
Broad
Chestnut Streets
Lititz
Lititz Pretuels
N. BD
Sturgis
Lady Luck
Union Services To Close Sunday
Union Evangelistic services end Sunday evening after a run of nightly meetings in the Moravian Chapel. Choir organized by chorister Clarence Miller adds interest. Weekday services start at 7:30, Sunday service at 7:00. A number of persons have been converted.
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Clarence Miller
Former Lititz Teacher Takes High Post in Alabama Store
Edgar H. Enck, once a Lititz school teacher about seventeen years ago, becomes vice-president of Loveman Loeb in Birmingham Alabama. After leading advertising at major stores in several cities and a stint in Cincinnati, he met the City Stores Co. president in New Orleans. He and his wife are visiting relatives on Orange Street this week.
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Edgar H. Enck
Tiere
Loveman
Joseph +é& ‘Loeb
Birmingham
Ala
Lititz
Mr. Enck
Cincinnati
New Orleans
City Stores Co
Birrmingham
Enck
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State Penitentiary
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P. K. Landis
Broad Street Heights
Amer Hardware
F. B. Burkholder
Longenecker's
Garber's Creamery
Harry Reidenbach
Second Avenue
George Korte
Eugene Long
R. O. Melzer
South Broad Street
Theodore Dussinger
Charles Hammer
Jerry K. Adams
Auto Garage
Oldsmobile
Studebaker
Converse
Mr. Adams
H. E. Eschbach
Gladys Nye
Elizabeth Hagen
Bethlehem
Louise Geist
Anna Kathryn Light
Edna Longenecker
Clarence Mowery
Paradise
Harold Weidman
Mowery
Weidman
France
H. W. Spacht
Ralph Spacht
H. W. Coppenheffer
West Fairview
Harrisburg
Ralph
F. A. Weichsel
Ralph Weidner
Monroe Weidner
Barbara Wolport
Near Elstonville
William Kauffman
Neffsville
Agnes Adams
Walter Leopole
Akron
Elmer Shelly
East Petersburg
N. D’s Pretzeladv
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