Lititz Trap Co Buys Out Oneida Steel Trap Business
Lititz Trap Co acquires Oneida steel trap business. Local notes report Mrs. Bomberger hosting a dinner and card party on North Broad Street. Monday local Odd Fellows meeting to discuss an important topic. Birthday anniversaries for Clement Badorf Joseph Driefus Mrs H E Sturgis and Samuel E Miller. Community updates on church elders Moravian and Reformed sermons. Coffee and flour price rises blamed on speculators. Lititz Fire Company invites all members to a smoker January 28 with cigars and lunch. Local youths Howard Werner and Henry Longenecker convicted of robbery. five years solitary and $500 fine. Various local sales by Howard J Karer agency. Endicott Johnson shoes available at Pfautz Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Bomberger
North Broad Street
Odd Fellow
Keath Planing Mill Company
Henry C. Sturgis
Moravian Church Council
H. L. Eshbach
Sturgis
Geo. B. Raezer
Moravian Church
FE. S. Crosland
Rev. Raezer
Lititz Fire Company
Howard Werner
Lancaster
Henry J. Longenecker
Lititz
American Stores Co
North Water St
Landis
North Water Street
Longenecker
Pullman Car Conductor Joins Shenk Ex Tour to Florida
Frank Sturgis, a Pennsylvania Railroad Pullman car conductor from Lititz, travels with O. H. Shenk tourists to Florida this week. He aids in comfort in his official capacity and marks his third year with the party. Noted for fluency in Pennsylvania German, he was chosen for his language skills. Sturgis is the son of N. D. Sturgis, a pretzel maker from Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sturgis
Pennsylvania Railroad
O. H. Shenk
Florida
Shenk
Pullman
Sturgis
N. D. Sturgis
Mid-Year Examinations and Lititz Honor Roll Highlights
Lititz High School schedules mid year exams for Thursday and Friday to assess the first half of the year. The second quarter honor roll features seniors Violet Helter Beatrice Peiffer Kathryn Sturgis. juniors Helen Gable Kathryn Gibble Elizabeth Girvin Thelma Gross Elizabeth Grube Helen Yerger. sophomores Warren Dichm Kathryn Fleishmann. freshmen Ruth Marble Hazel Mathers. The Literary Society elects officers: Pres Bert Seaman V Pres Paul Seaber Sec Bertha Eck. Miss Maude Bearinger, first grade teacher, is bedridden. Mrs Bachman leads the class. The Fortieth Annual Teachers and Directors Institute in Lititz Borough and neighboring townships was a success with talks on school instruction. Officers chosen for the year include Pres C C Terry Ree. Secretary Miriam Girvin Ass Ree Sec Esther Ruth Cor Sec Marion Biemesderfer Ass Cor Sec Helen Bishop Treasurer Anna K Miller Ass Treasurer Thomas Wolf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz High School
Violet Helter
Beatrice Peiffer
Kathryn Sturgis
Helen Gable
Kathryn Gibble
Elizabeth Girvin
Thelma Gross
Elizabeth Grube
Helen Yerger
Warren Dichm
Kathryn Fleishmann
Ruth Marble
Hazel Mathers
Lititz
Elizabeth
Manheim
Warwick
Pres
C. C. Terry
Ree
Miriam Girvin
Esther Ruth
Marion Biemesderfer
Helen Bishop
Anna K. Miller
Thomas Wolf
Lititz Wins Big Trap Factory Move from Oneida
The Animal Trap Company buys the Oneida Community trap business and moves the steel trap plant to Lititz Lancaster County. A 340 by 96 foot modern fireproof factory will employ about 125 more workers, with engineers Austin and Co. and management preserving local ownership. The move positions Lititz as the world’s largest mouse and rat trap producer and expands the town’s industrial footprint nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Animal ‘Trap Co., Ltd
Oneida
N. Y
United States
Niagara Falls
Ont
Lancaster County
Animal Trap Co
F. W
Lititz
Illinois
Animal
Oneida Community, Ltd
Animal Trap Company of America
Robert W. Bolles
Chicago
Claude E. Marble
Frank C. Dengate
Chester M. Woolworth
Austin & Co
Philadelphia
North Locust St
Reading Railroad
Local Wheat Reaches Two Dollars a Bushel
Local wheat price climbs to 2 dollars per bushel in mill sales, the highest since World War era. Most farmers had already sold about 80 percent, spurred by cash needs and fear of damage, with price manipulators perceived to profit while the public helps richen financiers.
Flour price rise looms as wheat soars
Lead millers expect flour to jump from 9.50 to 10 a barrel next week due to high wheat prices. In September wheat sold at 1.25, with flour costs ranging 5.50 to 6.50 per barrel. About 80 percent of Lancaster wheat is sold. remaining 20 percent may yield only 10 percent to mills, the rest used for on-farm feeding. Even $2 wheat would not fully offset costs. Sugar offered at Pfantz Bros. with shoe purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Farms
Stranger in Knickers and Snow Shoes Parade Town
A visitor in town wears knickers gray stockings gal loshes unbuckled and resembles a flapper from the knees down. He seems odd yet reflects current men’s fashion. Ford, from New England, foreman at Walton Tissue Paper, jokes about snow shoes if snow deepens. Vermont rural carriers trek miles daily with packs on snow shoes when roads fail, sometimes for over ten days. Robert Bolles is mentioned in passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piccadilly
Ford
New England
Walton Tissue Paper
Connecticut
Vermont
Evangelistic Services Start Sunday At Local Churches
Evangelistic services begin Sunday January 25 conducted by area church pastors. Sessions run Sunday Tuesday Wednesday January 25 27 28 at Lutheran church and January 29 30 31 at United Brethren church. February dates follow at Moravian United Evangelical and Reformed churches with weekday 7 30 pm and Sunday 7 00 pm starts. James Goldthwait of the Army Construction Division attended Washington meetings with 900 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Lutheran Church
United Brethren Church
The
Reformed Church
James Goldthwait
United States Army
Washington, D. C
United States
Baker
John W. Weeks
Dwight W. Davis
Washington Hotel
Hall of Nations
Washington
Mr. Goldthwait
Paul Rapp
State Trooper Detail Arranged at Manheim Club House
Arrangements completed to station a four trooper detail at the United States Asbestos Company Club House in Manheim. The exact makeup of the detail will be decided by State headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Asbestos Company Club
Manheim
Grace Keller Injured In Ice Fall Near Home
In a Monday evening incident Miss Grace Keller sprained her left leg after falling on icy pavement while returning home with Mrs. C H Brobst. Mrs. Brobst escaped injury as Grace fell onto her, a passerby aided them to stand. Contained within a broader bulletin noting committee appointments and a major snow storm of five to six inches paralyzing trolley service and roads with Conestoga Traction employing twenty five workers to clear tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Keller
C. H. Brobst
Grace
Mrs. Brobst
Conestoga Traction Company
Adjusted Compensation Act changes for veterans
The excerpt notes date changes for service veterans applying for adjusted compensation. Certificates filed before February 1, 1924 will be dated and effective January 1, 1925. Applications after February 1, 1925 will be dated to the first of the month of filing. Also mentions other local notices about wildlife and a court case related to liquor charges, a Star Course event on January 26 featuring William Sterling Battis, and ticket details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Weekly
William Sterling Battis
Charles Dickens
Mr. Battis
Boston School of Expression
Lyceum
Dickens
Scotts
Travelers Near and Far
Mrs. Mary Buch of Chambersburg spent the weekend here with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Buch. Florence Garner and son Reed visited sister Lydia Martin at Talmage. Elvin Frymyer and others visited the Ruth family in Lancaster. Sturgis daughters spent the weekend in Lititz. Preutz left with a tourist party for Florida and Cuba for a month. Mohler, an electrician, returned from a Topton wiring job. Leicey left for Bermuda for two weeks. Longenecker and others attended the Philadelphia auto show. Judge Kennedy and wife to California next week. Aubrecht called to Kempton after his mother’s illness. her death occurred after he left. Hess attends Harrisburg Farm Products show with Berkshire Swine Association. Miss Angel Hensel stayed with her parents, rapid study strides noted. Keller of Manheim visited his son. Keller remains active at 78. Francis Huber, visiting from Surry County, Va., saw his first basketball game here and stood six foot one and a half inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Ethel Sturgis
William Sturgis
Reading
Lititz
W. B. Preutz
Oliver Schenk
Florida
Cuba
Topton
Berks County
Chester Leicey
Bermuda
Mr. Leicey
J. F. Longenecker
Philadelphia
C. Eugene _Longenecker
Granville Child
D. Gaul
Kennedy
James Kennedy
Youngstown
Ohio
Young
Samuel Aubrecht
Reading Railroad
Kempton
Henry Keller
Virginia
Legion-Frackville
Francis
Walter S Bear Feeds Sparrows at East Main Street
For twenty years Walter S Bear has fed sparrows in front of his tobacco warehouse on East Main Street, especially during snow when birds struggle. Sparrows from town gather for grain he scatters on the pavement, a practice he notes as a biblical reference. The English Starling is plentiful but shyer. A grocer in a Lititz store posts a warning about cracker theft with a toothpick deterrent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Shenk
Neffsville
Walter S. Bear
Tobaco
East Main Street
Mr. Bear
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lititz Trap Co
Oneida Steel
Clement Badorf
Joseph Driefus
H. E. Sturgis
Samuel E. Miller
Brickerville
Jacob Carper
Lincon Avenue
Samuel Sheaffer
Main Street
Quinton Bnck
New Street
Lancaster General Hospital
Todd
Monroe Phillipps
West Orange Street
Albert O. Sturgis
Easton Hospital
Howard Young
Mr. Sturgis
Howard J. Karer
Cedar St
W. King St
Harry D. Bills
Meroe Township
Ira W. Rice
Rice
Theresa A.myers
Normal School
Millersville
Joseph H. Lawrence
Lancaster Township
M. L. Darmstaetter
B. D.S. Company
Pat No
N. Limett
Irvin Funk
Martic Township
Ira M. Habecker
Silver Springs
Charles Shay
Aaron Witmer
Strasburg
H. C. Mussleman
Providence Township
Diehm
Charles Diehm
Hphrata
George Stork
Adamstown
Storkis
Reamstown
Endicotté Johnson
Pfautz Bros
High School Literary Society
Bert Seaman
Paul Seaber
Bertha Eck
Maude Bearinger
Bachman
Samuel Newhouse
Animal Trap Company
Abingdon
J. M. Mast Manufacturing& Co
Pfantz Bros
Robert Bolles
United Evangelical Church
State Police
Mittees
G. G. Diehm
Harrisburg
House of Representatives
Old Sol
Mary
G. Buch
Chambersburg
W. H. Buch
Florence Garner
Son Reed
Lydia Martin
Talmage
Elvin Frymyer
W. B. Enck
W. W. Ruth
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