Local notes from Lititz area report illness and hires
Mr J F Stoner is critically ill with pneumonia. Rev J W G Hershey resumes work at Hershey and Gibbel. Trust and church officers hosted by Rev and Mrs E S Hagen. Brunnerville loses a baker Joe Abecker without replacement. H S Meiskey sells 200 leaves of tobacco to Runkel Tobacco Co. Dr N L Swift moves home to S Broad St. George K Schoenberger leases Gordonville hotel, takes possession Feb 11. Administrations granted to David Rickert and Mary E Ingrich, with 35381 execution issued in Lititz. Warwick. Lititz Fire Co elected Morris McCloud to manage annual dues. Henry Stauffer back at Wal e's store. Herbert Mitchell visits Lititz Est office. Paul Seader appointed secretary of civil service board. Mr Charles Sieg el hosts friends at Spruce St. A public sale of H B Buch’s tools planned. William Mumma to close restaurant. Miss Esmees confectionery also closing, signaling ice cream shortage risk. J Clement Jenkins family return from Oklahoma City to Lititz. Twenty seventh annual Lititz district teachers and directors institute set for Jan 20 with program. Miss E W Rulon funds organ expansion at Mary Dixon memorial chapel in memory of Dr David D Wood. Miss Elsie Bard visiting Stetson University, Florida, reports liking it, describes sea trip and Florida cold wave. Lots of names. several letters uncalled for at Lititz P O.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Stoner
Miriam Rudy
Lititz
Brunnerville
Joe Abecker
Meiskey
Runkel Tobacco Company
St. Louis
N. L. Swift
Martin Kollinger
S. Broad Street
Smeaville
Crawford County
George K. Schoenberger
Gordonville Hotel
David Rickert
Mary D. Rickert
Mary E. Ingrich
H. Howard Ingrich
C. C. Baker
J. F. Dunp
John Evans
Common Pleas Court
Charles Birkenbine, Jr. Warwick
Lititz ‘Ire Co
Morris McCloud
Spruce Street
H. B. Buch
Buch
William Mumma
Miesse
J. Clement Jenkins
Oklahoma City
Oklaoma
Institute F
Lititzborogh
Elizabeth
Manheim
Warwick
Lititz High School
E. W. Rulon
Linden Hall Seminary
Mary Dixon Memorial Chapel
David D. Wood
Elsie Bernice Bard
Lancaser
Stetson Univrsity
Deland
Florida
Stetson University
Lillie Birkolder
Amy Crouse
Flarings
Elsie Ginrith
Esther Johnson
Nettie Kauffman
Katie Meyers
Esther Martin
Imma Miller
Susie Probst
Idna Schudy
Lewis Bowman
Jenny Euck
Martin
Eby
Imer Good
Isidore Horning
Joward Keller
J. W. Long
Jen K. Miller
A. C. Wealth
S. Watson
Tne Lititz P.O
Linden Halls New Bowling Alley Opens at Seminary
Linden Hall reveals a new Brunswick Balke Collander bowling alley donated by Reading’s Mr. Jacob Nolde. Rev. E S Wolfe and Rev. Kreider spoke at the ceremony as pupils and townspeople tried their skill, with clubs forming for regular play in the up-to-date recreation room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall
Jacob Nolde
Reading
Ella
E. 8. Wolfe
Philadelphia
Kreider
Wolfe
Brunswick- Balke-Collander Co
New York
Unfortunate Robert Walle Faces Injury Subpoenaed Helpers
Merchant Robert N. Walle, invalid for years, fell last week breaking his right arm below the elbow. The accident caused him pain and helplessness as his brother Charles of Philadelphia traveled to assist on Sunday and Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert N. Walle
Charles
Philadelphia
Dr Krebs Last Lecture At Linden Hall Friday Evening
Dr Stanley LeFevre Krebs will deliver the final of a three lecture series in Linden Hall auditorium on Friday evening titled The Hidden Hand. He draws a large attentive audience as he explains life mysteries and shares thoughtful, wise reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley LeFevre Krebs
Linden Hall
Krebs
Wonderful Clock by Rudolph Carpenter Sets Woodwork Benchmark
Rudolph Carpenter of Warwick completed a grand clock built from 32750 inlaid wood pieces in varied shapes and colors. Standing eight and a half feet tall, it reflects meticulous design and durability. Carpenter, a mason, designs his patterns and even makes his own saws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Carpenter
Warwick
Carpenter
Death Record of a Week Obed Weachter
Obed Weachter died Thursday January 4 at 10 A M at the United Zion Home from infirmities of old age. He was 77 years 24 days old and came from Ohio to the home in August 1909. He was a widower with no children. Brothers Samuel Weachter Rothsville and David Weachter Pine Hill. sisters Miss Elizabeth Weachter Penryn and Mrs Isabella Wahl Phoenixville. Funeral Saturday afternoon, interment at Emmanuel's Lutheran cemetery Brickerville with Rev J A Heitler officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obed Weachter
United Zion Home
Ohio
Samuel Weachter
Rothsville
David Weachter
Pine Hill
Elizabeth Weachter
Penryn
Isabella Wahl
Phoenixville
Beck Rites Held For Reuben Beck At Kissell Hill
Reuben Beck, 29, died after a three day pneumonia illness at the home of Levi Garman southeast of Kissell Hill. He was a St Pauls Lutheran member. funeral at his parents home at 12 30 and Kissel Hill church at 1 30 with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Survived by parents Israel and Alice Beck of Kissell Hill and brothers Henry of Johnstown Elam location unknown. Revs. Clarke and LeFevre to officiate. Flowers omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Beck
Levi Garman
Kissée Hill
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Israel
Alice Beck
Kissel
Hill
Henry
Johnstown
Elam
Kissel Hill
Geo. D. Clarke
John LeFevre
Strictly Personal Items Include Many Local Movements
The column notes numerous personal visits and travels among residents. Rev. D. Stauffer visits Reading. Miss Ella Reinecke visits Nazareth. Charles A. Kline visits his sister in Manheim. Alvin Young and family visit Louis Oehme. Allen Ditzler travels to Lebanon for his ill wife. H. L. Eschbach speaks at a Columbia YMCA meet. several locals attend the New York auto show. Harold Stark visits from Elsmere. Mrs. Eckert hosts relatives from Pittsburg. Esther Gibboney, a nurse, visits F. B. Buch. Mary Huber from Dendron leaves for Philadelphia then New York. Charles Schools seen in town. D. B. Betzner's party from Berlin, Ontario, to stay about a month. In Brunnerville, three bell snicklers disturbed a U S church revival on December 23. Samuel Eby, Irvin Dull, and Robert Buchter were arrested. bail set at hearing postponed. fines totaled 6.74 each. Authorities vow to curb worship disruptions. trespassers face penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stauffer
Reading
Ella Reinecke
Nazareth
Jacob Baker
Charles A. Kline
Manheim
H. H. Gingrich
Alvin Young and Child
Louis Oehme
Allen Ditzler
Lebanon
H. L. Eschbach
North Dakota
Columbia
Messrs
Jno
F. Longenecker
Graybill Diehm
P. B. Bucher
New York
Harold Stark
Elsmere
Del
Earl Montgomery
Pittsburg
Harry Eckert
Esther Gibboney
Coatesville
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lancaster
F. B. Buch
Mary Huber
Dendron
Philadelphia
Charles
Ife
H. C. Miller & Bros
Durlach
Chicago
D. B. Betzner
Edna Brubaker
Nora Quickfall
Berlin
Ontario
Canada
U. S
Brunnerville
Samuel Eby
Penn Township
Irvin Dull
Robert Buchter
Elizabeth Township
Squire Geo. L. Keith
J. E. Ressier
House of God
Infant son of J C Paul dies at Warwick
John Marvin infant son of J C Paul and wife of Warwick died Friday the fifth from erysipelas and other complications at one month and twenty six days. The funeral was Sunday with interment at Hammere r creek meeting house cemetery conducted by Reverends Jacob Hershey and John Moseman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marvin
J. C. Paul
Warwick
Hammerer Creek Meeting House
Jacob Hershey
John Moseman
William Neidamyer of Oregon Dies After Illness
William Neidamyer aged 73 years 9 months 28 days died Saturday evening after a brief illness from a stroke. Survived by children Wayne Clayton of Oregon Clement Lancaster William of Ephrata and Lottie at home, brother Frederick of Lititz, sisters Mrs. Mary Buch of Neffsville and Mrs. Amanda Price of Akron. Funeral held Wednesday with services and interment at Rothsville Lutheran cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Neidamyer
Oregon
Wayne
Clayton
Clement
Lancaster
William
Ephrata
Lottie
Frederick
Lititz
Mary Buch
Neffsville
Amanda Price
Akron
Rothsville Lutheran Cemetery
Death of Benjamin S. Risser in East Petersburg
Benjamin S. Risser died Thursday morning January 4 at his East Petersburg home aged 73 after a brief illness caused by apoplexy. He farmed in Elizabeth and later Manheim townships retiring in 1905 and served as director of the Lancaster and Manheim turnpike company. Survived by wife, brother Henry S. Risser of Elizabeth township, and sister Mrs Reuben Keller of Lititz. Funeral services held at East Petersburg Mennonite Church with interment in the adjoining cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin S. Risser
Fast Petersburg
Elizabeth Township
Manheim Township
Tie
Lancaster and Manheim Turnpike Company
Henry S. Risser
Reuben
Mrs. Bergman Sharp Dead at 31 in Brickerville
Mrs. Ella Sharp wife of Isaac Sharp of Brickerville died at her home Saturday evening at 3 oclock in her thirty first year. Cause of death diabetes. Maiden name Bergman she belonged to St John Lutheran church. Survived by her husband funeral held this morning with interment in St John Lutheran cemetery Rev H E Shantz officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Sharp
Isaac Sharp
Brickerville
Bergman
St. John’s Lutheran Church
St.John’s Lutheran Cemetery
H. E. Shantz
Schaefferstown
Former Lititz Man Harry C. Taggart Dies at 61
Harry C. Taggart died at his Northumberland home on New Year’s morning due to heart trouble. A Lititz native, he came to Warwick in 1865, later moved to Lititz, and then farmed near Lewisburg. He is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter, and several siblings plus a stepmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Taggart
Northumberland
Warwick
M. H. Taggart
Lititz
Death of Samuel W Young in Kapho township
Samuel W Young died at his Kapho township home two miles north of Manheim after four years of illness including a year of total blindness. A farmer and produce worker, he was 45, son of late Levi Young, married with several children. Survived by wife, children Charles Roy Hummer Joseph Leda Rhoda Eby Mary Sarah, brother Joseph of Reading, sisters Lizzie Bridgeton New Jersey and Mrs William Showers Manheim. Funeral details follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kapho
Manheim
Samuel W. Young
Young
Levi Young
Ruhl’s
U. B. Church
Charles
Roy
Hummer
Joseph
Leda
Rhoda
Eby
Mary
Sarah
Reading
Lizzie
Bridgeton
N.J
William Showers
Genuine Winter Weather Sweeps The West Section
The region felt its first real winter spell of the season with strong winds and chilly temps dipping to eight above zero and briefly to zero. Snow on Monday gave way to rain by night, ice coated pavements slowed pedestrians and trolley cars, while ice depths reached six to seven inches. Children enjoyed skating and sleighing as roads firmed, and merchants benefited from demand for cold weather goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Broad Street
Orange Street
North Locust Street
Tobacco Sold by Warwick Packers to Cooper & Co
Bear and Risser, leaf tobacco packers at Warwick, sold their 1910 crop to Cooper and Co. of Lancaster. The six carloads were shipped from here to Cincinnati, with four loaded last week and the remaining cars to be forwarded this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear & Risser
Warwick
Cooper & Co
Lancaster
Cincinnati
An Old Parrot Mounted for Ephrata Family
Mr. F. B. Buch the taxidermist mounted a parrot for Isaac Yost of Ephrata. The pet bird, a good talker, had belonged to the Yost family for thirty years and may stay with them for many more years. Buch recently mounted several foxes for local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Buch
Isaac Yost
Ephrata
Mr. Yost
Buch
Yost
Old Cigars Exhibit From 1860 Box at Kreider’s
John Heiserman holds a box of 1860 cigars on display at Kreider's cigar store. The lot came from Emmaus dealer Keinert who kept them after defying revenue tax laws until his death twelve years ago. Anthony Hoerhammer later bought a box and gifted it to Heiserman. The cigars are handmade with molds not documented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heiserman
Kreider
Anthony Hoerhammer
Mr. Heiserman
Dietrich Named SPCA Agent for Warwick District
Mr D W Dietrich of Warwick is appointed an agent of the Lancaster County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals by president Frank McGrann. He will watch for cruelty to horses and other animals and ensure prompt arrest of offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Dietrich
Warwick
Lancaster County Society For the Prevention of
Frank McGrann
Deitrich
Rare fossils on display in local cigar store window
Atwood Kreider displays six stones in his father’s E Main Street cigar shop window. The stones show outlines of prehistoric trilobites, saltwater creatures of early animal life found near the Fruitville Pike. Believed from the fossil age, they formed when this area was ocean covered. Bis Dos ter offers dried corn at 20 cents a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwood Kreider
Dlisplay
E. Main Street
Fruitville
The Nuptial Tie Between Hacker and Swartz
Mr Frank A Hacker son of Eli and Mrs Hacker and Miss Grace E Swartz daughter of Charles and Mrs Swartz of Talmage were married on Tuesday December 26 at the bride home. Rev G Harry Miksch of Loysville performed the ceremony. They reside at the bride's parents home for now. Hacker is a clerk in men's furnishings and now heads that department at Stauffer Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Hacker
Eli Hacker
Grace E. Swartz
Charles Swartz
Talmage
G. Harry Miksch
Near Loysville
Hacker
Lancaster
Stauffer & Co
Local Weddings and Lodge Installations Dominate Lititz News
Walter M. Tschudy and Miss Mary Roeting wed at U B parsonage with Rev. J E Keene officiating. Lititz Fire Co announces a January 20 spelling bee at Linden Hall gymnasium with multiple classes and prizes. Hackman’s orchestra to perform and new acts to entertain. Admission 10 to 20 cents. Lancaster County Publishers' Association holds a meeting at Hotel Wheatland with officers elected and a turkey dinner. Attendees include numerous local papers. Inland City Lodge K of P in Lancaster installs officers. Foresters of America Court Lititz 296 also installs officers with a banquet. Garfield Castle KGE officers installed by Deputy Grand Chief Locher and Eagles. Try Chase & Sanborn coffee at Miller's store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Fire Co
Linden Hall
Hackman
Alexander
Hit and I
Mender
Bernstein
Firestein
Fire Co
Lancaster County Publishers’ Association
Wheatland
John G. Homsher
Strasburg
HI. A. Showalter
New Holland
Howard Reynolds
J. R. Missemer
Mount Joy
W. A. Ensminger
Manheim
W. O. Cake
Terre Hill
J. Frank Buch
J. R
Terre Hill Times
J. G. Zook
Lititz Express
Quarryville Sun
John G. Hamsher
Strasburg News
Manheim Sentinel
H. C. Bucher
Honeybrook Graphic
W. K. Fishburn
H. A. Showalter
Ella Gochnauer
C. F. Yeager
I. O. Nissley
The
Middletown Préss
Inland City Lodge
No. 88
K. of P
Lancaster
Leicey
Reedy
Lititz
H. L. Shenk
Lititz No
Foresters of America
Lewis Fisher
C. R
William Oehme
Howard Zartman
Treas
Elam Groff
J. G. Eshleman
Sherman Steffy
John Christ
J. W
Emanuel Ditzler
S. B
Paul Kraft
J. B
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Walle
Dr. Krebs
U. B
Hacker-Swartz
Walter M. Tschudy
Mary Roeting
U. B. Parsonage
J. E. Keene
the County Publishers Meeting
Chase & Sanborn
Boston
Miller’s
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