Retail Merchants Meet and Local Tidbits of 1886 Style
The Retail Merchants Association will meet Monday in the town hall to elect officers for the year. Mrs. Clayton Maverstick of A Millway hosted a turkey dinner for daughter Elizabeth’s birthday. Isenh Roland sells white fish at a weekly rate of half a ton cannolagised. Mrs. George KE Boutberger of Anderson Indiana notes reliance on weekly home visits. Winters bring 2 inches of snow and a mild season with zero weather only briefly. Mrs. Webster Keith found a miscut ten dollar bill reduced to one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants’ Association
Bir
Clayton Maverstick
Millway
Elizabeth
Isenh Roland
George Ke, Boutberger
Anderson
Ind
Webster Keith
Lititz Springs National Bank organizes new board
The Lititz Springs National Bank elected a new board with D. Graybill as President Amos W Sensenich as Vice President H H Diehm as Cashier and Leroy Kling Wm E Ringer as Tellers Ralph W Wier as Bookkeeper The institution reports 1919 capital stock 50000 surplus and undivided profits 100090 deposits 425000 and a book value per share of 360. The bank credits its success to strong management and public support reflecting Lititzs progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lititz Springs National Bank
Graybill
Amos W. Sensenich
H. H. Diehm
Leroy Kling
Wm. E. Ringer
Ralph W. Wier
H. C. Miller
U.S. Landes
P. K. Gray- Oil
Jienny H. Myers
Adam L. Burkholder
M. K. Yorer
I. D.stitution
Lititz
No Band for Lititz From all Apparel
Lititz faces losing its band this summer as rehearsal space at Warwick House must be vacated due to a shoe company renting part of the building. Leader Harry Kepple cites finances preventing a new room and notes the band, founded by Paul Beck two decades ago, could dissolve unless a solution arises. The town recalls earlier bands dating to 1812 and highlights past public performances for Lafayette and the 1884 rail opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie
Warwick House
Harry Kepple
Kepple
Paul Beck
Spring Grounds
Lancaster
Lafayette
Lancaster and Columbus
Lititz
Auctioneer Snavely Traps Fat Opossum After Rooster Death
The well known auctioneer Harry H. Snavely trapped and captured a fat live opossum at his Broad Street home after finding a rooster headless. He sold the animal to Clayton Roth for four dollars, noting he would have preferred his rooster to be returned. Possums are considered good eating by some, though he does not share that view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Snavely
Broad Street
Clayton Roth
Snavely
Two Interesting Letters From Florida St. Petersburg
A Florida tour narrative from St. Petersburg and Tampa area, dated January 7 1920, describes peanut rock roads and an 80 acre orange grove offered at 860000 with three fertilizer applications yearly. Mentions Perrin & Thompson guided tours, packing houses, Bradenton boat trip, and local population and tourism figures.
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Acompaniea
Frank Cope
Tampa
Lakeland
Bartow
Winterhaven
Florida
Vogel
Perrin & Thompson
Perrin
St. Petersburg
Bradentown
Manatee
Orange Trees
Equity Seat
Robbery at Rome distillery and whiskey tax issue unfolds
Report describes a suspected second robbery attempt near the Rome distillery Friday that ended up unfounded. It details a whiskey theft from a warehouse, holes in bricks, 134 gallons siphoned, and tax implications estimated around $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
B Grosh
Lititz
Kreider
E. Mohier
Henry Eckert
Clayton Mundorf
Lancaster
Revenue Department
St Pauls Church reports best year with strong finances
St Pauls Lutheran Church announced its past year was the best yet with 10,804.98 raised and expenses of 7,643.82 leaving 776.25 in treasury. Active membership stood at 345 with per member contributions over 31. Funds in hand by treasurers totaled 2,284,091. The pastor Rev W K Fleck expressed encouragement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
W. K. Fleck
Deaths and funerals in Penryn and vicinity
Obituaries record Mrs. Mary G. Lorah of Penryn dying at 54 from pneumonia and widow Isase Lorah surviving with three brothers. Funeral held at Graybill s Church of the Brethren Pennville. interment in nearby cemetery. Also noted Henry R S Hess 39 8 20 died after illness. services at Hammer Creek Mennonite meeting house with burial near Lillie. Mrs. Sue R Dillman of Farmersville dies after eight days illness. funeral at Metzler s Meeting-house with burial planned. Cont on page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary G
Isase 'B. Lorah
Penryn
Abraham B. Eshleman
Lincoln
David
Peter Eshleman
Sarah
Church of the Brethren
Graybill
Pennville
Henry R.S. Hess
el H. Hess
Mary Ann (Nee Risser) Hess
Hammer Creek Meeting House
Kate
Rolandus Balmer
Millway
Enos
Afhea
Annie
Florida
Eli and
Christian
Nebraska
Harvey
Reamstown
Hammer Creek Mennonite
Te Cemetery
Lillie
Noah Tandis
Jacob Hershey
John Hess
Sue R. Dillman
Amox Dillman
Farmersville
Wizarl Township
Isaac
Maria Burkholder
Mennonite Church
Cleever
Brownstown
Samuel Burkholder
Salina
Kans
Joseph Burkholder
Jonas
John Burkholder
Lancaster
Isaac Burkholder
Washington, D. C
Wayne Carpenter
Waverly
Frank Stauffer
Foremersville
Jacob Musser
Lititz
Barbara Schaeffer
Near East Petersburg
Benjamin Hoover
New Holland
John McCullough
Callum
Metzler
Webster School Spelling Bee Planned in Elizabeth Township
A spelling bee is scheduled at Webster School in Elizabeth Township near Zartman’s mill for Saturday February 7 at 7 30. Jerre Bowman will depart Lititz at 12 45 with a truck to convey passengers to the school house. If weather is unfavorable the event moves to the following Tuesday evening. Miss Anna E Young of Lititz is the teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster School
Elizabeth Township
Zartman’s Mill
Jerre Bowman
Lititz
Anna E. Young
Tim
Lion Sighting Hoax Roars Through Berks County
Rumors of a roaming lion spread panic in Shillington Green Tree and Mohnton as residents claimed a zoo escape from Hershey Park. Officials found no evidence and dismissed the tale as fiction while Palmyra saw a major real estate sale as N B Leaman bought the Eagle Hotel property to convert it into a store and apartments with a restaurant planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
White Oak
Petersburg
Rothsville
King of
Shillington
Green Tree
Mohnton
Palmyra
N. B. Leaman
Lititz
H. M. Hartz Real Estate
Eagle Hotel
Public Square
Seaman
Rix
Edgar
Breskers Hotel
Atlantic City
Travelers Near and Far Visitors and Local Life
A local note lists Mr D G Keller visiting New York and many neighbors from Lancaster Allentown Reading Harrisburg and New Holland visiting here or hosting guests. It mentions attendance at an automobile show in Philadelphia and a New York auto show trip benefiting three Chevrolet sedans. Family visits from Elizabethtown Myers town Pottstown and more are noted alongside a turkey dinner hosted by W H Muth and relatives from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. Keller
New York
Charles Lynch
Lancaster
Levi Mellinger
Mary Stockton
Allentown
E. J., Garber
John Ranck
Pauls
New Holland
Hele
Emma Sacker
Lincoln
M. W. Phillippi
Ruth Phillippi
Sue Badorf
Harrisburg
Kate Wendell
Alabama
Ellen Leib
Robert Yerger
B. Frank Bachman
Stuart Griffiths
KB. F. Grosh
Meadow Lawn
Paul Bausher
Reading
J. Fred Essig
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
Jacob Smith
Mr. Smith
John Longerecker
Philadelphia
W. H. Muth
Muth
Frank
Iarry
Elizabethtown
Anna Muth
Myerstown
Mary Reidenbach
Peter Kilian
Pottstown
Bir
Killian
General Hospital
Florence
William
West
A Walk With the Beck Family School Boys
A 19th century school party recalls its Exploring Expedition to Kochs near Cornwall after leaving Autania for a long autumn trek. The older boys, plus Pinch the dog, carried kettles and faced Kochs wary welcome as they sought supper and lodging, with a cautious landlord and a jovial master amused by the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Autania
Brigherville
Koch's
Hull’s
Cornwall
Frank Jones
Charlie Abbott
Will Bonbright
Frank Mann
Joe Vaughen
Chambers McKibbin
George Kern
Charlie Ellis
Will Bradley
Pinch
Dog
Lebanon
Hallville
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Springs Bank
St. Metersburg, Fla
Burtowe
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Haines City
Carlord
Lalkej
Miami
Atlantic
M. H. Brubaker
W. 13Th Street
Ford
Gilbert Myers
Christ Yerger
St. Augustine
Columbia
3. C
Way Cross
Fair Reads Oitside
Georgia
Lititz Young
Jacob Keener, Sr
East Main Street
Grosh
ST. Paul's Church
L. N. Moyer
Doc
Rudy
Rudy Meat Store
Anne M. Shreimer
N. 8
Myers
Fred Essig
M. KE. Hacker
S. Spruce Street
Charles Bear
Bareville
Mr. Bear
Walter Bear
Mary Snavely
Harle Couch
Orange Street
Amos Risser
Couch
John M. Miller
Orange and
I. B. Schnerer
Annie M. Schreiner
South Sprece Street
William Nelson, Jr
70 The
Great
Mary G. Lornah
Henry
S. Hess
Amos Dillman
Lion
Berks
Lititz Man
Palmyra Hotel
Beck
Enouh
Mt. Hope
Alfred Grubb
Koch’s
Koch
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