Notable Local Miscellany From Lititz and Vicinity
Reappointed notary Warren Buch. Five umbrellas left at Linden Hall gym. Neidermyer Bros. win mill work contract for Quarryville school at $20,000. Sturgis felled by rheumatism and indigestion. Hacker family returns to Lititz from Myerstown. boarding at Park View. Chautauqua guarantors meeting weak. summer event planned. Harting hosts birthday gathering in Rome. Wayne Longenecker’s East Orange dwelling sold after bid issues. Farmers National Bank organized. officers listed. Several residents receive mail uncalled for at Lititz P O. Local moves: Eberly opens Broad and Orange street grocery. Kreider family moves nearby. Inclement weather harms sidewalks and street ice. Warwick House sale event set with antiques. Knights of Pythias visit Ephrata. lodge initiates and toasts. San Francisco Chronicle golden jubilee noted. Retail Merchants Association elects officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren 3. Buch
Linden Hall
Neidermyer Bros
Quarryville
Edgar A. Sturgis
Lititz
J. C. Harting
Rome
Mr. Harting
Wayne Longenecker
East Orange Street
Springs Hotel
Levi Longewetker
Farmers National Bank
8. W. Buch
H. S. Meiskey
J. F. Buch
J. H. Breitigan
Paul H. Bomberger
Abram Bucher
M. A. Brittingham
Aug. Hugand
Katie Kurtz
Anna Keplinger
Carrie Quetter
Samuel Shelly
Anna Stauffer
Geo. Brown
Isaac M. Sheinmetz
H. Seiverling
Addison Firestone
William Weitzel
Clayton Stedman
Cedar Street
J. L. Hertz
Wilson Gibbel
Atwood Kreider
John M. Miller
Broad and
Orange Streets
Marion Street
Jacob Eberly
Lebanon
Eberly
Warwick
J. C. Felker
Warwick House
Lititz Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Ephrata
Yerger
Cocalico Lodge No
Wallace Wise
San Francisco Chronicle
Retail Merchants Association
Clayton Zartman
S. M. Huber
Robert Pfautz
H. S. Dissinger
Dile Motor Co Weighs Locating at Starch Plant Site
Reading based Dile Motor Company plans to locate in the vacant starch plant, creating 50 to 100 jobs and producing 10 roadsters daily. The firm would be capitalized at 50000 in bonds with local residents to purchase bonds and aims to retire them soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent Engineering Company
Philadelphia
Dile Motor Company
Reading
Schwartz
Lengel
Young Men’s Business League
Buchmiller
Lancaster
J. H. Breitigan
H. J. Pierson
U.S. Delp
Last Summons for Mrs. Emma L. Miller in Broad Street Death
Emma L. Miller widow of Johnson Miller died at her daughter Mrs. Breitigan’s home on South Broad after a stroke. She was 64, born in Warwick township, survived by three children and three sisters. Funeral services set for Friday at 9:30 and 10 a.m. at Longenecker's meeting house. Also notes death of John Lansing Sr. in Oklahoma City from Bright's disease, aged about 78, with Civil War veteran status and prior residence in Lititz and Perkasie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Rishel
United Zion Home
Lititz
Katie Zwally
East Main Street
Zion
Terre Hill
Zwelly
Emma J. Miller
Johnson Miller
J. H. Breitigan
South Broad Street
John
Bessie
Harry E. Eby
Emma
Phares D. Swart
Henry Sonon
East Petersburg
George Shreiner
W. H. Buch
John Lansing, Jr
Oklahoma City
Okla
John Lansing, Sr
Seure Bright
Lansing
Perkasie
Illinois
Bright
Mr. Lansing
Laura Lavely
Warwick
Warren George
Martin
Death of Tobias Martin Light Child Dies at Age Two
Tobias Martin Light, son of Mr and Mrs Walter B Light, died from convulsions at 3 30 this morning after falling ill yesterday afternoon. He was nearly two years old. Funeral services will be held at their home Saturday at 2 30 P M with interment in the Moravian cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Bingaman
Harvey
Lydia Bingaman
Hopeland
Tobias Martin
Walter B. Light
Mrs George Amer Dies at Bart Township Home
Mrs George Amer age sixty dies at her Bart township home between Green Tree and Georgetown after a month long illness but death was unexpected. She was a former Miss Miller and mother to two daughters Mrs J Herbert Zook of Lititz and Mrs Charles Boohar of Lancaster, with two grandchildren. Funeral services held at her home Sunday evening and at St Pauls Lutheran Lititz with interment in Machpelah cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan
George Amer
Bart Township
Green Tree
Georgetown
Miss Miller
Lancaster
Amer
Groff
Martin Groff
J. Herbert Zook
Lititz
Charles Boohar
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Machpelah
Obituary of Mr. Harry Rose Former Philadelphia businessman
Was Known Here Mr. Harry Rose father in law of B A Bobst of Philadelphia who visited Lititz Springs Hotel with E H Bobst and family died suddenly Thursday the 21st of acute heart failure. He was buried Sunday Jan. 24. A longtime Philadelphia businessman and life member of the Masonic Fraternity He enjoyed his visits to the old town and made many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Rose
B. A. Bobst
Philadelphia
Lititz Springs Totel
E. H. Bobst
Rose
Masonic Fraternity
Fatally Stricken on Train: Benjamin Kichl Dies
Benjamin F. Kichl 59 a Pennsylvania Railroad section foreman with 40 years service died after heart trouble struck him on a passenger train to Downingtown. He collapsed and died minutes after removal at Witmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin F. Kichl
Pennsylvania Railroad
Downingtown
Witmer
Greater Lititz to Expand Borough Boundaries to 870 Acres
The Lititz borough council approved a final ordinance to enlarge the borough from 354 to 870 acres, raising population from 2300 to about 3500. A map accompanies the issue, outlining macadam streets a boulevard speedway, and plans for a new school, library, Y M C A, public building and updated fire-fighting equipment. The piece notes funding remains a question for the pessimist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Evangelist Needham sparks Lititz revival wave
The Rev. Thomas Needham’s campaign in Lititz draws large nightly crowds and numerous conversions. Partner Henry E. Litchfield, a former opera singer, leads a chorus at services in the Moravian chapel. Pastors S. G. Haas and Rev. Geo. D. Clarke report ongoing revivals with multiple conversions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Thomas Needham
Hagen
Needham
Rev
God
Evangelist Moody
Henry E. Litchfield
Litchfield
S. G. Haas
United Brethren Church
Hans
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Geo. D. Clarke
Travelers Near and Far in Lititz Society Notes
Miss Katie Kreiter visited friends at Coatesville on Wednesday. Numerous residents and visitors from Akron Lancaster Nazareth Philadelphia Harrisburg and Atlantic City dropped by or returned home. Community letters include praise for Lititz Record, two town residents’ letters, and remarks from Rev Haydi Seaber on church unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Kreiter
Coatesville
C. F. Steiner
Akron
Emma Amer
A. O. Sturgis
Nazareth
Emma K. Singer
Lancaster
David Hoke
Bethlehem
John Cooper
Harrisburg
Abram Bucher
E. J. Guilford
H. J. Pierson
New York
Wien A. Ensminger
Manheim
Lititz
Sallie Reidenbach
Philadelphia
A. B. Reidenbach
Florence Buch
Bryn Mawr
Louisa Buch
Charles Bricker
Haydn Sesseman
John Sesseman
Linden Hall
Richard O. Beitel
Emma B
Atlantic City
James S. Fry
J. W. Bruckart
Penna State Board of Agriculture
Lancaster County Farmers Association of
Mechanicsville
Aaron Leed
Arlington Zwally
San Francisco
Cal
Leed
Pacific
Lydia McCully
Smucker
Allentown
Gussie Lichtenthaeler
McCully
Ralph Kauffman
U. S
Utah
Vera Cruz
Kauffman
Reckless Driver Injures Lexington Residents After Church Run
A reckless team driven by a man named Miller near Manheim struck a party of about twenty returning from United Zion church at Pleasant View. Mrs Ed Hummer and a 1 year old, and Miss Hettie Hess were injured. Hummer mother and others escaped with bruises and a fractured shoulder. The driver reportedly appeared intoxicated and did not stop to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Miller
Manheim
United Zion Church
Pleasant View
Ed. Hummer
Hettie Hess
Hummer
H. A. Long
Brickerville
Miss Hess
J. L. Hertz
Tts
Famous Lecturer Cairns to Speak at Linden Hall
Dr. T. Alexander Cairns, renowned Irish lecturer, appears in the Linden Hall gymnasium on Saturday evening for the benefit of Linden Hall. He brings hundreds of testimonials from leading figures and will present his popular talk Mogsbacks and Eiufapbackp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liita
T. Alexander Cairns
Linden Hall
Cairns
Mogsbacks
Eiufapbackp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dile Motor CO
United Cigar Company
Eiserlohrs
John F. Longenecker
Imperial
Chevrolet Cars
Clayton Haverstick
Imperial Touring Car
A. B. Groff
New Holland
Jacob Charles
Hambrights
H. C. Herr
Landisville
Frank Bentz
Brunnerville
10 the Great
Emma L. Miller
Oklahoma
Evangelist Needham
Hoosier
George E. Bomberger
Anderson
Ind
H. W. Bomberger
Hallville
Record
Haydi A. Seaber
East Smithfield
John Yerger
Levi
R. N. Wolfe
U. S. District Court
Thompson
Adam B. Long
William M. Amer
Tobias R. Kreider
Thomas W. Barnes
Jacob H. Bomberger
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