Fasnacht Day and Local Happenings on February
Tuesday February 28 notes Fasnacht Day and local events. Mrs Morris Frederick fell ill last Friday with possible appendicitis but is slowly recovering. Mrs Laura Kauffman will become housekeeper for Wilson Grube on April 1. Harris building remodel continues with a 2800 pound iron girder installed. Sunshine Circle meets March 4, postponed to March 11 due to Bible Conference. Variety Supper planned at Legion headquarters February 25 menu includes soups deviled clams chicken salad sandwiches beans cakes ice cream and drinks. Bantam rose combs and a black cochin shipped to breeders in Massachusetts and Allentown. C T Ritchie moves auto store to Malta Temple around April 1. Kreiders receive naval oranges from San Fernando California. Citrus ruined in parts of California due to cold. Evangelist singing led by H C Reedy assisted by C H Smith. Reedy has strong local support. Rev H R Gibel returns from national insurance convention in Chicago and visits Niagara Falls hoping to see ice at the falls but it’s not formed yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Frederick
Laura Kauffman
Harry S. Kauffman
Wilson Grube
Harris
Pasiton
Sunshine Circle of
King’s Daughters
Legion
Guy Buch
Woodroft Bantam
Shirley
Mass
Allentown
C. T. Ritchie
Malta Temple
Adams
A. M. Kreider
William Cold
San Ferenando
Cal
California
H. ©. Reedy
Ironville
C. H. Smith
Mr. Reedy
H. R. Gibel
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Falls
Incubator Adds Electric Fan for New Hatchery Venture
Oscar Spayd of Pine Hill installs the Buckeye incubator with 4600 egg capacity divided into sections. He plans a day old chick business selling peepers and custom hatching. An electric fan provides continuous fresh air, claimed to improve chick quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Spayd
Pine Hill
Lititz Town News Highlights Goods Shipments and Local Quirks
Local station agent J C Breneman claims Lititz ships more goods by mail than any town its size in the United States. The piece notes Lititz’s diverse industries and resilience, plus reflections on spelling bees, education commissions, and a warm week after a frigid spell. It also recounts a dry humor anecdote about two men misunderstanding a flag signal near Rothsville and a coal-fueled heat incident at Lititz schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Breneman
United States
Lititz
Rothsville
Allentown
Anniversary Sale at Warwick House Auction Event
The twenty seventh annual sale at Warwick House will be held Saturday March 4. Known as the big sale, extra effort will secure a large lot of cattle including fresh cows fat cows and fat bulls. Some horses will be offered along with a huge variety of produce and other items drawing a large crowd. Extra auctioneers and sales clerks are required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Egg prices slide as shipments spike in western markets
Eggs fell to 26 cents a dozen yesterday from 38 cents last week with an earlier drop to 82 cents. The price decline follows a large western shipment, 26 carloads sent to New York and California last week, contributing to lower costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
California
County Superintendent to Join Lititz Band This Season
Arthur Mylin the newly appointed county superintendent visited Lititz to confer with school directors and arrange that he will play cornet with the Lititz band this coming season. He is an expert cornetist and said he always enjoyed playing with the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Mylin
Lititz
Mylin
Former Lititz Man Victim of Truck
Barton Swart, formerly of Lititz and now of Philadelphia, died after collapsing at a hospital following a trolley car incident and truck collision in Philadelphia. The telegraph dispatcher, 50, was buried Tuesday. survived by four sons, a sister, a step sister, and a step-father, with multiple relatives attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton Swart
Philadelphia
Lititz
Swart
Davis S. Beeler
Douglasville
20Th
Berks Street
Women’s Homeopathic Hospital
Jacob
Alice Kemper Swart
Sporting Hill
Chester
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Anna Slabach
Terre Hill
Emma Lipp
Carl
Palmyra
N. J
Barton
Edward
Irving
Jacob Royer
Ralph Worley
M. M. Souders
B. B. Hertzler
Fire damages Mennonite Publishing Co plant in Scottdale
A fire at the Mennonite Publishing Co Scottdale plant caused about 20000 dollars in damage, starting from an overheated furnace. The blaze damaged an old frame section while the new brick building and the large press remained unharmed. Much damage came from water. Operations resumed within a few days. Henry and Ivan Hornley, formerly of Lititz, work as printers there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennonite Publishing Company
Scottdale
Henry
Ivan Hornley
Lititz
Imagines He Is Home When He Reads Howard Baum
A Pitcairn reader renews his Record subscription and writes that the paper keeps him connected to home folks. He reads for an hour or more and feels as if he is in his old hometown while still in the Pittsburgh division train service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Baum
Record
Pitcairn
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Island Ave
Fort Wayne
Frank Sturgis Leads Lancaster County Pullman Party
Frank Sturgis son of N D Sturgis and a well known pretzel baker serves as conductor on the O H Shenk special composed of Lancaster county residents touring the south. The party arrived in Palm Beach this week and on the 23rd he plans to meet his father at St Petersburg to go fishing. He was chosen for his local roots and Pennsylvania German speech and was with the group last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sturgis
N. D. Sturgis
Sale of Manheim Township School Houses
Three school houses sold in Manheim township at public sale due to consolidation. Neffsville house bought by Klam Stehman for 1680 dollars likely to become a dwelling. Lancaster and Lititz pike house sold to David Buckwalter for 1202 dollars. Frick school between Neffsville and Petersburg sold to Jacob Heckert for 627 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim Township
Neffsville
Klam Stehman
East Petersburg
Lancaster and
Lititz Pike
David Buckwalter
Schol
Petersburg
Frick Schol
Jacob Heckert
Lititz Man Recalls Thrilling West Trip Train Attack
Wayne Fahne stock recounts a dramatic heist attempt on a Los Angeles to San Francisco train in which Walter Lambertson and an associate tried to derail the rail line. Ault and detectives intervened, Lambertson was wounded after a clash, and the group surrounding the track faced arrest. Lambertson aimed to loot a $70,000 to $150,000 express shipment and faces multiple murder charges while Fahne completed a 9000 mile journey via many western cities and returns home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Fahnestock
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Los Angeles Times
Lititzman
Walter Lambertson
Southern Pacific
Lambertson
Ault
Lamberson
Fahnestock
William Riesner
Clayton Shreiner
Minneapolis
C. M. & St. Paul
Butte
Mont
Spokane
Seattle
Portland
Grove
Arizona
Roosevelt Dam
San Antonio
Texas
Corpus Christi
New Orleans
Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta
Miss Youngman Celebrates 94th Birthday at Wittmer Home
Sophia L. Youngman of the Wittmer Home in Lancaster turned 94 on February 11 in a life filled with teaching and community service. She spent years in Lititz at Sunnyside College and a Moravian church member who later lived at the Lancaster home. The King's Daughters and home management hosted flowers, ice cream, cake, and a special dinner in her honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia L. Youngman
Witmer
Lancaster
Miss Youngman
Wittmer
Lititz
Sunnyside College
Julius T. Beckler
J. W. G. Hershey
East Main Street
East Main & Water Streets
Menno Burkholder
King’s Daughters
Moravian Church
King’s Daughers
Lititz editor J Frank Buch welcomed in Allentown
A Lititz man and longtime founder of The Lititz Record, J Frank Buch, was honored in Allentown by Prof. Herman T Frueauff. Buch, who led the paper for 39 years, has transferred the weekly to his son Ralph. Lititz, famed for its pretzels, exports to distant islands and countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Buch
Lititz
Lancaster County
Allentown
Lehigh Valley
Herman T. Frueauff
Buch
Rauchs
Sandwich Islands
Phillipines
Australia
Water Pipe Burst at Cohen's Store
A water pipe burst on the floor above Cohen's store during a stock check by a Philadelphia man. Water dripped through the ceiling but little damage occurred to goods as workers moved items and shut off the flow. Creditors reportedly have nothing to fear. Morris Cohen, owner, disappeared after locking the doors, with unconfirmed reports tying him to an earlier Chicago escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen
Philadelphia
Morris Cohen
The
News-Journal
Chicago
West
Miller named farm agent for Clarion county
Frank K. Miller, son of Samuel Miller of Lititz, is appointed farm agent for Clarion county after training at State College. A former assistant director of Potter county and veteran of the American army in France, he was raised on a farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank K. Miller
Samuel Miller
Lititz
Clarion County
State College
Potter County
France
Oratorical and Debating Contest at Public School
The annual contest in the school auditorium featured debates on restricting immigration for two years with affirmative speakers John Fasnacht and Lester Sesseman and negative speakers Helen Longenecker and Elizabeth Walters. Anna Risser and Ruth Wentworth won the $5 gold prizes. John Fasnacht presided. a Glee Club selection opened. Mary Eby played piano. judges were Rev. G W Imboden and Rev. E S Crosland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
John Fasnacht
Lester Sesseman
Helen Longenecker
Elizabeth Walters
Anna Risser
Ruth Wentworth
H. R. Gibbel
Glee Club
Mary Eby
G. W. Imboden
D. D
Crosland
Program of Lititz Bible Conference Schedule Summary
Lititz Moravian Chapel hosts a multi day Bible conference February 26 to March 5 led by Rev W L Pettingill Rev Carey S Thomas Rev George McNeely and Dr H Framer Smith with O R Palmer and others. Sessions cover inspiration studies the upper room discourse and Christian life in light of the Lord's Return. Music by Mr Burkhart of Lancaster and Lititz Male Chorus performs Sunday afternoon. Free will offerings fund conference expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Pettingill
Carey S. Thomas
George McNeely
Carey
Thomas
H. Framer Smith
O. R. Palmer
R. Palmer
Burkhart
Lancaster
Lititz
Big Crowd at Henry Hess Sale in Rome
A large crowd attended Henry F Hess sale in Rome on Tuesday. Livestock fetched solid prices with cows 28 to 104 dollars, pigs 4.50 to 13.50, chickens 26 14 cents a pound, ducks 1.25 each, geese 3.00 each, a binder 128 dollars. Auctioneer H H Snave ly aided. Hess moves to Shenk farm 65 acres west of Lancaster. Phares Miller to run vacated farm in Rohrers town. Weather hurt sales earlier, but attendance stayed strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F. Hess
Rome
H. H. Snavely
Hess
Shenk
Lancaster
Phares Miller
Rohrerstown
Land sales listed by The Lance Co Agency Lititz
The Lance Co Sales Agency reports private terms sales for several properties. Thos H Erb near Lititz sells a frame house with a small lot along Lancaster and Fruitville pike to Miss Mary Feagley of Lancaster. Cyrus Wolf sells a large 3 story brick mansion with 18 acres near Reading to William Seachrist near Middletown for 10600 dollars. Benjamin White sells a 62 acre farm with improvements in Millcreek township Lebanon County to B Sheaffer of Hempfield township on private terms. Monroe Stehman sells 34 1/2 acres with improvements in Rapho township to S B Stark of Conestoga Centre for 1250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lance. Co
N. S. Myers
Lititz
Thos. H. Erb
Lancaster
Fruitville Pike
Miss Mary
Feagley
Cyrus 8. Wolf
Reading
William Seachrist
Middletown
Benj. White
Millcreck
Tnp
Lebanon Co
B. Sheaffer
Hempfield Tnp
Monroe
Moravian Missionary Kilbuck Dies in Alaska
Telegram from Bethlehem reports Rev John H Kilbuck head of Moravian mission at Akask Alaska died February 2 He was a great grandson of Netawatwes king of the Delawares Kilbuck and his wife were at Lititz on separate occasions discussing Moravian missionary topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul de Schweinitz
Bethlehem
John H. Kilbuck
Akask
Alaska
Netawatwes
Kilbuck
Lititz
Calf Sold to Butcher Weighing 205 Pounds
A 25 day old Holstein bull calf weighing 205 pounds was sold to the butcher last week by Morris Frederick. The calf’s sire and dam were both Holsteins, with the sire owned by Abram Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Frederick
Abram Hoover
Travelers Near and Far
Mrs. Wilson Scheneberger visited relatives in Ephrata with family. Several Lancaster and Lititz residents traveled to Harrisburg Bethlehem Philadelphia and New York during the weekend. Attendees included Miss Sylvia Bitner Mrs. E. J. Guilford and Miss Edna Cassel. Mrs. John Wike returned from Atlantic City where health improved. he noted brisk building and thanks to local groups for kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Scheneberger
Ephrata
Percy Farlow
Francis Cassel
Lancaster
Charles Robert Longenecker
T. C. Heath
Harrisburg
Mr. Heath
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Pfantz Bros
Chautauquas
University of Pennsylvania
Humpty Dumpty
Mennonite Publishing Co
Ter County
Sale of
Thug
Youngman
Cohen’s
Frank GB
Miller
Lititz Bible Conference
Henry Hess
Rael Estate News
E. J. Guilford
Sylvia Bitner
Edna Cassel
Manheim
Edna Longenecker
Wallace Evans
Charles Hammer
June
J. Paul Evans
C. Eugene Longenecker
Lancaster Business College
Mary Snavely
First. M. E
Langaster
Helena Hoch
Bethlehem Seminary and College
Linden Hall
Edward Crosland
E. 8. Crosland
B .H. Webber
Penryn
Albert Haines
Moses Eckert
J. F. Longenecker
Anna Brookmyer
Robert McCauley
York
Martin Lenhart
Harvey Buffenmeyer
Ezra Hartranft
Clayton Schmuck
John C. Buffenmyer
Louis Hepp
Cornwall
N. Y
J. F. Hagen
J. C. Staley
Sue Young
Charles Pfantz
Emma Amer
M. H. Yoder
H. Cooper
D. Bricker
Ed. Bear
Norman Badorf
Christ. Snavely
Jacob Dommy
Paul Spangler
Front Street
John Wike
Atlantic City
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