A Walk With the Beck Family School Boys
The Baker party recalls a mountain visit with Mr. Koch, tales of snakes and a fox chase era. The host cures a headache with a herbal whiskey remedy while boys share stories and a plaster church lights up the room before a damp morning departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck
Chambers McKibbin
Mr. Koch
Chame
Pinch
Ike
Hen
Grubb
Mt. Hope
Aml
Audubon Villa
Mr. K
Lebanon
Memorable springtime trip and early public sale notices
A reminiscence recalls a family trip home with light showers and fresh cider at Pennville, ending with mud and memory. The text then lists multiple upcoming public auctions in Lititz area, detailing farms, livestock, and implements by various owners, with dates from January through March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennville
Public Sale of Real Estate in Lancaster County Pa
A public sale of three parcels of real estate is set for January 17 1920 by order of the Orphans Court. Parcel one includes 16350 square feet on North Locust Street Lititz with a two story frame dwelling. Parcel two covers about 10 acres along routes Lititz Mannheim and Fairland Lime Rock with farm buildings. Parcel three totals 18 acres 89 perches partly in Warwick Township and Lititz adjoining J W Burckhart and J Clayton Brubaker with farm buildings. Mary M Schreiber executrix. H Hy Snavely auctioneer Hershey Gibble clerks. Joseph B Wissler attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brickerville
St. Johns Lutheran Church
Snavely’s Mill
Hiram Becker
Tuhrsday
Penn Township
Lititz
Bim
David S. High
Litite
Bronnerville
Israel Hershey
R. D
Pennville
Hammer Creek Church
Elizabeth Township
Morris G. Brumbach
Brunnerville
Frenk B. Bentz
Fruitville Turnpike
Erb
Anna Carper
Henry K. Carper
Dee d
Bila M. Grabill
R. D. No
Neffsville
Kissel Hill
Old Bent
Harvey M. Kofroth
Ofelock
Manheim Township
Petersburg
M. B. Ober
Kigsel Bill
Isston
Sunnyside
Samuel and
David Bauman
Hershey & Gibbes
Orphans’ Court
Lancaster County
Warwick Township
Manheim
Fairland
Lime Rock
A. K. Lipp
Nathan K. Buch
Borough of
Locust Street
Seid Street
Rome Grist Mill
J. W. Burckhart
J. Clayton Brubaker
Two Interesting Letters from the Road to Florida
Travelers describe river crossings by ferries with varying costs a flat boat for 15 cents a wire cable for 50 cents and a motor boat for 1.00 They note the ferryman has carried thousands of autos since October and pass Florida's citrus season with ripe fruit Now at Daria twenty miles north of Miami they work in tomato fields and plan to visit Tampa to see three Lititz boys Yerger has secured three acres to grow tomatoes
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Florida
Daria
Broonnerville
Miami
Tampa
Lititz
Gilbert
Mr. Yerger
Well Known Apple Man is Picking Oranges Near Neffsville
A. B. Vogel of Blossom Hill farm near Neffsville wrote to Rev. Henry Lenon in Bird in Hand. Vogel traveled to Florida, reached Winter Haven on January 6, reports good weather and ongoing orange picking, plans to resume in about a week, hopes to return in spring. Roy Wissler mails from Savannah and heads to Tampa, Iva Bucher left Christmas and works on a boat between Tampa and St. Petersburg, meeting Menno Brubaker.
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A. B. Vogel
Blossom Hill Farm
Neffsville
Henry Lenon
Roy Wissler
James Sesseman
Savannah
Georgia
Tampa
Florida
Iva Bucher
St. Petersburg
Fla
Menno Brubaker
Akron Denies Unfarness Referee Claim in Lititz Dispute
Akron Basketball officials demand Lititz Team retract a charge that referee Mr. Levi Beck favors Akron. They offer affidavits denying bias and cite Beck’s three year fair record on Akron’s home floor. Lititz managers face a denial before Lititz’s response to the accusation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Beck
Akron
Lebanon
Berks
Lancaster
Lititz
Beck
Akron B. B
Lititz Boys Second High Overpowers Millersville in Weekend Game
Lititz Second High defeated Millersville High 48 to 10 on Saturday. Elizabethtown beat Lititz 40 to 19 last Saturday and will visit next week. Three Lititz boys enlisted in the army at Lancaster recruiting station and were sent to Camp Meigs Washington. The piece notes high game costs and advertises Bargains in suits and overcoats at Lititz Clothing & Shoe Store.
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Lititz
Millersville High
Elizabethtown
Lizzies
Army
Lancaster
Elmer H. Miller
R. FP
Quartermaster’s Department
Cal Meigs
Washington
Elmer
Heineman
North
Cedar Street
Camp Meigs
Harvey St. Young
Quartermaster's Department
Young Miller
Moerticians
Denver
Lititz Clothing & Shoe Store
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farmers Nat’l Bank
Penna
the Bank
Abraham R. Beck
Lester
Ralph Walters
Mary M. Schreiber
Clay
Ia Kim
Speedwell Mill
J. ML. Markley
Tursday
Lancaster Pike
Bok. Singer
H. H. Shavely
Aue
George E. Schreiber
H. Hy. Snavely
Aus
Hershey & Gibbel
Joseph B. Wissler
Qne Express
Kansas
Will Leber
Sale & Exchange
Washington Avenue
Ephrata
Jos. W. Baker
M. G. Kurtz
W. W. Hess
West End
Mechanicsburg
Durham
M. Houck
H. N. Wolf
Lititz Record
B. B
Lititz Girls
Quarryville High
Keith
Notheless
L. H
Miller
Lititz Springs National Bank
Lititz Springs
Nat'l Bank
Lititz, Pa
Gundrum
G. Rudy
Millersville
Edwards
Benard
A Herr
Wade
Fritz
Asco
East Main Street
American Stores Company
Fels
Naptha Soap
Naptha
Lifebuoy Ce Babbitt
Star Ivory
Bot Ife
Victor Bread
Victor
Choice Tomatoes
Calif
Borden’s Milk
India
Ceylon
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