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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1911
Page
5
The notice explains the fire alarm taps by location and number. It lists Hose House 2 taps Fisher's store 4 taps Linden Hall corner Cedar and Front 6 taps Shelley's stars 2 1 taps Post Office 22 22 taps Spruce and Orange 2 3 taps Broad and Lemon 2 4 taps.
Religious notices list sermons and services for multiple denominations. Moravian pastor E. Hagen preaches Sunday at 8 and 7, Sunday-school at 1:30. Stauffer and other pastors lead English and German services, revival meetings, and catechetical instruction across Lititz, Kissel Hill, Neffsville, Rothsville, Akron, Brunnerville, and Indiantown with various times through the week.
Nine people fell ill from suspected ptomaine poisoning after eating hamburger steak at a funeral dinner for John Conklin, a letter carrier, in Lancaster on Tuesday. Dr. John A. Capp treated the stricken at the Conklin home on Water Street, and after hours of care, he stabilized them.
The St. Luke Reformed Bible School will install its officers Sunday at 10 15 am. Miss Margie Ritchie will recite and W G Landes of Philadelphia will address the workers. Landes is general secretary of the State Sabbath School Association.
Harrisburg leaders oppose Draping statues at the State Capitol. J Horace McFarland calls draping an invitation to ridicule while noting Congress Library in Washington keeps art undraped and unscandalized. He urges leaving the figures unveiled to honor artistic merit.
The Lititz five defeated Ephrata 36 to 15 after traveling eight miles on the P and R railroad. Captain Stark led Lititz with four field goals as Kreider followed with four, and Butzer used his reach to advantage. Referee Walter Scott officiated. two games at Lititz are set for Friday evening against King Arthur and St Joseph's Catholic club.
The tobacco trade remains subdued with buyers reporting much of the 1910 crop held by growers who demand 12 to 14 cents per pound. Some sales go to local warehouses but overall profit favors packers if current prices persist. A Manheim township grower offered a pair of mules as a bonus in a recent negotiation. Notices invite spring sale dates for publication in the RECORD sale register and promise free postings for posters printed at the office.
On Monday January 17 Mr C A Very Active presents W B Amsbury a noted lecturer and impersonator praised as a “whole show in himself.” The program also features a YMCA orchestra of 30 and a shuffleboard tournament with rules and championship format.
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