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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
4
A Feb 20 1913 outlook notes pending tariff revision and uncertain business climate as the incoming Democratic administration prepares to set policy on rails, banks, courts and state versus federal rights while New York plans $10 million for road expansion and Nevada tightens divorce residency rules affecting Reno hotels.
Suwanee Haymakers' Association No. 1234 was instituted on a Saturday evening by State Collector of Straws J. Foulkes of Philadelphia, assisted by Canassatega Association No. 203% of Lancaster. Officers installed include Har vey Showalter as past chief, Charles Hicks as chief, Amos Stauffer as assistant chief, Frank Conlin as overseer, Daniel S. Smith as boss driver, Samuel Meashey as horn blower, Elmer D. Getz as collector of straws, Samuel Lessley as keeper of bundles, John A. Burkholder as guard of barn door, Elroy Dissinger as guard of hayloft, with stewards Daniel 8. Smith, Samuel B. Heiser and Rolandus 8. Lykens.
The United States Mint in Philadelphia has started minting the new five cent piece and expects distribution in two weeks. The coin features an Indian on one side and a bison on the other. Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh ordered the minting after rejecting slot machine manufacturers protests. They claim the coin will not function in vending devices.
Correspondents report a February 22 fair program featuring the Mr Airy Band in Keystone hall. Local social notes list visits from Akron and Reading residents, Easter service plans, a spelling bee, school rehearsals, and community events across Lititz and surrounding areas.
Mrs Otis Sturgis and children visited her sister Mrs Olivia Blocher at Kissel Hill Inn last week. Movings are planned on the Hill this spring with Martin Doster moving to a large farm near Clay and Thomas Erb finishing timber work to begin cleanup. W C Witmer sells many tobacco and paper balers with an up to date press. Prof J Nevin Schaeffer and wife of Franklin and Marshall College were entertained by J H Bausman. Miss Alice Blocher also visited. A local accident left Bausman with a facial gash. Dr Yoder attended him. Some farmers break green mules in spare time. Mrs Dan’t Carper is sick. Dunlap’s is the place for Haster goods. Local chicken fanciers include Jno Mellinger Ezra Keller Andrew Dunlap Henry Hilton William Stauffer Herbert Heitshu and others interested in fancy stock.
Mr and Mrs Harry Kittle and children of Lancaster visited his parents Mr and Mrs Jacob Kittle. Milton Breitegan and wife moved to Reading. Their son Paul plans housekeeping. Ralph Hess of Rothsville visited relatives. M W Phillipps traveled to Lancaster. Ice house work at village inn and Zartman dam filled with eight inch ice. Farmers await buyers for 1912 leaf tobacco crop.
Real estate and personal property of Rebecca Buch, deceased, were auctioned last Saturday afternoon. The house she resided in sold to H. L. Keith for 2266 dollars, and the parsonage home was bought by the Evangelical church trustees for 925 dollars. The West Earl Castle No. 78 K. G. E. degree team plans a boon session next Tuesday in Neffsville to confer degrees. Local measles notices and colds affect several homes. A. R. Wenger and family moved to Schwenksville. Esther Stout visited Ivan Bear’s family. Elsie Frymyer and Ella Steinmetz were guests of H. A. Frymyer.
The Exchange Hotel at Safe Harbor in Lancaster county will be gone by April 1 after the Pennsylvania Water and Power Company bought nearly all the village. The buyout avoids damage suits from Susquehanna freshets as backwater from the dam floods the town. Safe Harbor, once a leading iron center with rolls built by John Fritz, founder of Bethlehem Steel, loses its notable mills after his death.
A demonstration of a chemical engine by S F Andes will be held February 22 at 3 PM in a lot near Hoke's hotel Penryn. The device failed last Saturday due to incorrect tank filling and Andes will prove its merits before accepting a deal with the Penryn Fire Co.
In Lancaster the week saw little tobacco trading with prices not above nine cents. Leaf dealers hold warehouses full of old stock, twenty percent of the crop remains with farmers, and many plan to wait or drop prices to attract buyers. Tenant farmers needing April funds may be forced to sell, signaling a likely price drop within the month. The remark about marriage adds a curiously pointed aside.
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