Lititz News Roundup Highlights Local Activity
Numerous Lititz area developments include H A Cuppy planning four houses on South Broad and David Eberly preparing a Miller's Woods dwelling. The Lexington Hotel sale was withdrawn at 5800 during a public auction. Various residents undertake building, renovations, and travel amid local events and a Washington birthday industry shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Hotel
Felina Althouse
David Eberly
South Broad Street
Miller
Lititz Boys in Auto Accident
Clarence Roth seventeen, of North Broad Street Lititz, was slightly injured when his auto mobile was struck by a second car on the Harrisburg pike east of Landisville about 10 oclock Sunday night. The other car owned by Mrs. Mabel Brown Lancaster carried several persons and collided after the driver lost control amid a rut. Roth was treated at St Josephs hospital Lancaster for lacerated fingers and a cut left arm. his two companions James Roth and Clarence Sturgis escaped injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Roth
Amos Roth
North Broad Street
Lititz
Harrisburg Pike
Landisville
Roth
Lancaster
Mabel Brown
South Time Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
James Roth
David Roth
Clarence Sturgis
Homer Sturgis
The Pretzel Tale of Cramped Dough and Mercy
A dough piece suffers a cramp and is baked to death to relieve its pain. The baker profits by selling pretzels to households, especially among Dutch communities where the pretzel is deeply rooted. The poem justifies the humane act as a response to visible suffering.
Rumor of Linden Hall Student Death Denied
A rumor spread that a Linden Hall pupil died after a horse accident and was secretly removed. Mrs. Stengel denied the claim while noting a girl fell from a riding horse near Dr. Cuppy’s farm, suffering facial lacerations. The principal sent the injured student home by auto and Dr. Yoder treated her with six stitches. She is healing and back to riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall
Stengel
B. A. Cuppy
M. H. Yoder
Plan to Secure Money for Unsold 1925 Tobacco Crops
At a Manheim meeting of Tobacco Growers a general session is planned for March 8 at 9 30 AM in the Y M C A Martin Auditorium Lancaster to elect a Board of Directors for an Agricultural Credit Corporation. The board would obtain funds from the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Baltimore to pay cash on delivery for all unsold 1925 tobacco, lease a warehouse and secure a U S license under the warehouse act of 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim
Lancaster County
Martin Auditorium
Lancaster
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Baltimore
U. S
U.S
Frank Fry Praises Lititz Nazareth Sports Balance
Frank M. Fry, formerly of Lititz, comments on Moravian history links and sports in Lititz and Nazareth. He notes Lititz’s strong basketball showings, contrasts Nazareth’s bi state baseball pride, recalls beating the Athletics 6-4 in Bethlehem, and praises the move toward professional standards in baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fry
Lititz
Nazareth
Frank M. Fry
Record
Athletics
Bethlehem
Ephrata Brethren Singers Present at Lititz Church
Ephrata church of the Brethren singers gave a musical program at Lititz Church of the Brethren with every seat occupied. The program included duets quartets and choruses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata
Ford vs Runner in a Hundred Yard Dash
Frank Spickler ran eleven seconds for a hundred yards while N B Myers drove a Ford. Myers won by a few feet, proving a car with a quick getaway can beat a fast runner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Spickler
N. 8
Myers
Farm Sales in Full Progress
Daily farm sales continue through March with strong cash prices for implements and livestock. At B. L. Miller's sale, totals reached 4300 dollars with mules at 11 dollars each and cattle prices improving despite bad weather. Corn moves 64 to 73 cents per bushel with 400 to 1000 bushels per sale, and fat steers recently withdrawn at about 934 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Miller
John Snavely
Graybill Minnich
Birds Feed Amid Snow as Partridges and Pheasants Struggle
Rob ert Buch near Lititz feeds a covey of partridges as Andrew Godenaur and William Riegel provide for partridges and pheasants in the southern bore. A dead owl found with empty crop suggests starved due to scarcity. New spring showing of Ladies chic hats at Pfantz Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Buch
Lititz
Andrew Godenaur
William Riegel
Frank Buch
Pfantz Bros
Allentown Aces Set For State Title Bid Friday
Local fans prepare for a high level matchup on Friday February 26 as the Legion hosts the near-undefeated Allentown Aces. The Aces boast Andy Wilson Tom Dunleavy Babe Klotz Doc Nauman Sam Moorehead Johnnie Spiegle and headline a strong lineup. The Legion has been in top form and aims to attract a crowd with a 60 cent adult admission and 25 cent children’s price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Allentown Aces
Cleveland Rosenblaums
Allentown Club
Andy Wilson
Tom Dunleavy
Babe Klotz
Doc Nauman
Sam Moorehead
Johnnie Spiegle
Allentown
Birthday celebrations for local residents on February events
Happy birthday greetings noted for Mr. Martin Bisker of West Main street and Wilson Baum the tailor on the same date. Mrs. Edwin B. Young at Moravian Home marked her eighty third birthday on February 22 with cards letters and many visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Bisker
West Main Street
Wilson Baum
Edwin 8. Young
Good Mail Service Despite Early Train Change
The article notes mail handling shifts due to a new early train at 4:40. Sorting happens late, with mail for the early train taken to the depot before opening. Some morning connections are missed, but Philadelphia papers arrive by trolley and New York mail arrives on the first train. The new express train is not used for mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New York
Borough Council Sets Street Work and Gas Station Ordinance
Borough Council met in regular session with five councilmen and the solicitor present. The street committee reported snow removal and street openings on Locust and Orange, and a resident petition for paving on South Cedar was held for review. An ordinance regulating gasoline filling stations and curb pumps passed second reading, and several bills for utilities, labor, coal, and supplies were approved for payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sturgis
Levi B. Rudy
John D. Helter
Norman Badorf
Jos
B. Wisslex
South Cedar Street
Edison Electric Co
C. R. Kreider
Dan Ludwig
Wm. Roth
W. H. Muth & Co
State Workman's Ins. Fund
Alaska native visits Lancaster area with daughter
John McCord of Fairbanks Alaska, seventy two, visits his former home Lancaster to spend time with his daughter Mrs O Brein Miller at Rothsville. He plans to return in May after spending twenty seven years in Alaska and recalls work as a plumber with William Regennas of Lititz. He wears a gold nugget watch chain and keeps ties to an Alaska clothing store he once owned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCord
Fairbanks
Alaska
Lancaster
O’brein Miller
Rothsville
Mr. McCord
William Regennas
Lititz
Mr. Miller
Former Lititz Star Fritz Adams Leaves for Florida
Reading Eagle reports Fritz Adams star athlete and Oliver Boys Club No 1 president received a traveling bag and military brushes from club members before joining Newark Internationals for spring training in Panama City Florida. Adams played for Habecker s Legion five and Keystone Baseball Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz” Adams
Habecker
Legion Five
Reading
Adams
Reading Eagle
Red Adams
Oliver Boy’s Club No
Fritz
Newark Internationals
Panama City
Fla
Reading Keystones
Chick Shorten
Olivet Club
Harry C. Richardson
Spanish Prisoner Swindle Aimed at Financing Hidden Treasures
Authorities sanction a new Madrid code punishing the Spanish prisoner swindle which deceives foreigners into paying for the release of a supposed prisoner with access to a hidden treasure. The scam has damaged Spain's prestige and has surfaced in Lititz via intermediaries in Spain using mail channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Lititz
Re elected Lititz principal for 1926 27 term
Prof. M. C. Demmy was re elected supervising principal of the Lititz Public Schools for the 1926 27 term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Demmy
Lititz
Travelers Near and Far Visit Lancaster Community
Mr. Benjamin Good of Lancaster visited Sunday with daughter Mrs. Howard Evans. Mrs. J. C. Staley of Shepherdstown WV visits her mother at Moravian Home for two weeks. Mrs. Clarence Stang of Philadelphia stays with her husband at Burkholder's while he works at the safe works. Families from Ephrata Hopeland Lancaster Stevens Denver and James town New York gather for dinners and visits including John E Landis and children Maurice Raymond Dorothy David and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Good
Lancaster
Howard Evans
J. C. Staley
Shepherdstown
West Virginia
Mrs. Young
Clarence Stang
Philadelphia
Safe Works
Burkholder’s
John E. Landis
Maurice, Raymond
Dorothy
David
Norman Ritter
Harry
Stevens
Markus Hershberger
Denver
Benjamin Weidner
Floyd D. Pickard
Clayton Smith
Jamestown
New York
Florida
Harold DeForest
Mr. DeForest
Model Yacht Shines at Lancaster Hardware Show
A detailed model yacht about two and a half feet long, crafted by Walter Wentworth of Minitz and senior in Stevens Industrial School pattern department, is on display in Steinman’s Hardware Store in Lancaster PA. The work includes a propeller water cask whistle rope coils and fine painting and may be moved to Lititz.
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Steinman’s
Lancaster
Walter Wentworth
Minitz
Steven’s Industrial School
Lititz
New Gasoline Station Erected on North Broad Street
A gasoline and oil station is being erected at the freight yard on North Broad street by Mr. Stewart who already runs the largest oil station in Ephrata on South State street.
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North Broad Street
Stewart
Ephrata
South State Street
Doctor Bender Improves and Returns Home
Dr. W. K. Bender, critically ill two weeks ago, is now able to be up and about in his East Main Street home. He is always glad to see his friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Bender
East Main Street
New All Steel Express Trains Arrive Delighting Lititz
The all steel express on its maiden run arrived on schedule at 8 32 with whistles blowing and crowds greeting the arrival. A colored porter stood at attention while photographers captured the hundred Lititz residents who gathered at the depot. Frank Sturgis formerly from Lititz served as conductor and Roy Bingeman, once a local, was the fireman. Officials from the railroad and Lancaster Chamber of Commerce were aboard the train which continued to Allentown and Bethlehem and returned the same night. The first Reading branch train ran here 87 years ago in 1870.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Railroad and Chamber of Commerce
Lancaster
Allentown
Bethlehem
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. A. Cuppy
William Kulp
Mrs. Kulp
Lolo Regennas
Elmer Haines
Woolworth
Lewis Haines
William Oehme
Louis
J. W. G. Hershey
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Albert Hall
William Eshleman
Albert Godenaur
Harry Singer
Church of the Brethren
Centre Street
Washington
James M. Beck
Mr. Beck
A. R. Beck
T. S. Brubaker
Brubaker
Mr. Brubaker
Pretzel
Calvin BR. Titlow
Onous
S. E. Shull
Monroe County
East
Lititzman
Peacock
Palace Laundry
D. C
This Place
Harry Gorton
Selena
Temple University
Miss Gorton
Agnes Hensel
Kathryn Megonnell
Dauphin
Millersville State Normal School
Elizabeth Hagen
Louise Geist
Jno. F
Morris McCloud
John McCloud
Paul
Hopeland
Frank Sturgis
Roy Bingeman
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