Local Notes and Small Actions Round Town
In Lillie a familiar remark is heard Must you move Baby boys were born at the homes of Mr and Mrs Harry McCreary and Mr and Mrs Monroe Eckemote Long and Taylor of Landisville plan tobacco sales using Amers warehouse as a receiving point The firm purchased Herman Metzler crop farm Lime Rock at 24 and 8 cents This is described as the banner price around here Narvey and Jacob Hershey received a small crate of oran
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie
Harry McCreary
Monroe Eckemote
Long and Taylor
Landisville
Amer
Herman Metzler
Lime Rock
Narvey
Jacob Hershey
Lititz Water Dept Reports 1919 Profit Over $3 800
Complying with state law Lititz borough separates finances by department revealing a net profit of 3825.59 after over 1000 spent on water system extension. Secretary Joseph Yerr notes totals include 27515.89 in a section of the accounting with total indebtedness listed as 0.001,.854,400.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Joseph Yerr
Bseoas
Lmcerau
Ehentonenentenveen
Sys- Tal Bent Sbenead
Water Dept
First Delivery of 1000 Solotone Phonographs to Reifsnyder
Three large trucks carried Solotone phonographs through town to Lebanon and Lancaster. The shipment marks the first lot of a 1000 machines ordered locally, deliveries planned at about 160 per month. Reifsnyder & Sons, with roots in Brickerville, operate stores in Lebanon and Lancaster and have seen growing sales from their Main Street shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reifsnyder & Sons
Lebanon
Reifsnyder
Bry
Brickerville
Lancaster
H. H. Reifsnyder
Robert Yerger
Origi
Philadelphia
Wanamaker
Lititz Forms Home Development Plan To Ease Housing
Business leaders in Lititz unify to launch the Lititz Home Development Company. A temporary committee led by G G Thelem prepares for charter filing with Joseph B Wissler as solicitor. Plan calls for quick housing with employer financing and later a building and loan group, aiming to aid workers and spur a local boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Home Development Company
Young Men's Business League
G. G. Thelem
Burgess Norman Badorf
H. H. Diehm
H. J. Pierson
Joseph B. Wissler
Building and Loan Association
Lititz
Janet Bailey Leaves Money to Near East Relief
Janet Bailey daughter of H A Bailey York Pa general secretary of the Y M C A died last May after typhoid fever. Her parents add $30 to the Near East relief fund from her saved money and forward an $80 check as she wished to aid starving children. Her last days were marked by concern for world hunger and the family envisions the funds easing suffering in the Near East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Bailey
H. A. Bailey
Young Men's Christian Association
York
Bailey
Sttite Y. M. C. A
William Jennings
Near East Relief Fund
Harrisburg
Janet
Presbyterian Hospital
Philadelphia
Anna
Tims
Land sailors from Uncle Sam Navy aboard old German liner
Paul and Harry Miller and friend Bunnel Bowles, recently in the U S Navy, are now land sailors. They crew an old German liner laid up at Brooklyn for several months, mostly keeping the ship in order while waiting for payday. They passed on a hoped trip to South America for a later date.
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Paul
Harry Miller
Bunnel Bowles
Uncle Sam
Brooklyn
South America
Farmer's National Bank Raises Interest Rates
The directors announce higher rates for savers and certificates. Savings accounts move from 3 percent to 3.44 percent while certificates of deposit gain to 4 percent.
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Farmer's Bank
Farmer's National Bank
Savings Department
Warwick Grange to Host Public Meeting March 22
Mr and Mrs Wm K Mathers state Grange Master John A Mc Sparran and Lt Gov E C Beidhteman will speak at a Warwick Grange public meeting scheduled for March 22 in Rothsville. Officers installed at the last meeting include B L Miller master Mrs J B Weidler lecturer 8 M Rath secretary L Miller assistant steward Mr Reichert treasurer Mrs S M Rath pomona Mrs B L Miller ceres Miss Esther Zwally flora C Carpenter overseer.
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State Grange
John A. McSparran
E. C. Beidhteman
Warwick Grange
Rothsville
B. L. Miller
J. B. Weidler
M. Rath
L. Miller
Reichert
S. M. Rath
Pomona
Ceres
Esther Zwally
Flora
C. Carpenter
Hershey Leaman firm seeks twenty five carpenters for new homes
N B Leaman says Hershey Leaman & Co will hire twenty five carpenters if secured, then erect several houses. Michael Bear plans converting his coach shop into dwellings. Zartman Bros will move to rear of N 8 Myers property on Broad Street. Toy condition causes broken bones in local residents. Mrs Milton Hacker breaks rib falling while hanging laundry. Miriam Russel, pharmacy student in Philadelphia, breaks arm. John Carpenter's daughter fractures both bones in forearm on ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey-Leaman & Co
N. B. Leaman
Michael Bear
Zartman Bros
Myers
Broad Street
Milton Hacker
Miriam
Philadelphia
Robert Russell
John Carpenter
Local Banks and Factories Boost Output Amid War Era Demands
Local Industries flourish shipping safes and vault doors as the Cariiad Lot plant increases production of burglar proof chests steel bond boxes and fire proof cabinets. Banks cut time certificate interest to four percent starting February 1 signaling shifting postwar finance.
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Baltimore
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Harry Gorten
Fifty Barrels a Day at Ideal Plant
The Ideal Chocolate factory has ample sugar supplies with no curtailment after January. Four hundred thousand pounds of Brazilian sugar arrived early in January and five railroad cars of American sugar were unloaded since. Production shifts include almond bars now made by machine replacing eight workers. other goods are produced at 4,000 pieces per hour. An improved cocoa machine and new roasting unit are among upgrades aimed at a large output increase this year.
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Ideal Chocolate Factory
Will Manufacture Cement Building Blocks at Lititz
Thomas Steffy, a concrete worker, plans to manufacture cement blocks for houses in Lititz. Machinery is on order and should arrive in spring, producing four to five hundred blocks daily. Cement blocks promise faster, cheaper construction with dry, watertight walls and improved dampness resistance.
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Lititz
Thomas Steffy
Travelers Near and Far Feature Local Military and Business News
Elmer Heineman is home on a four days furlough from Washington D C. Prof Roy Hassler of Bethlehem visits his parents S C Hassler. Abram Brubaker with Barrett Co Philadelphia tours Lancaster counties and plans many home visits. He books orders for Marvin with Seaman and Keener households.
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Elmer Heineman
Washington, D. C
Prof
Roy Hassler
Bethlehem
Mrs
S. C. Hassler
Abram Brubaker
Barrett Co
Philadelphia
Abram
Lancaster
Marvin
B. B. Seaman
Henry Keener
William M. Weitzel Dies at 58 in Lititz Home
William M. Weitzel a plumber and tin smith died Sunday afternoon at his West Main street home after a year of failing health. At fifty eight he was a self made tradesman praised for skill in mathematics drafting and solving farming building problems. Born in Berks county near Reading he came to Lititz at age thirteen and trained many apprentices through his long career.
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William M. Weitzel
West Main Street
William Miller Weitzel
Berks County
Reading
Lititz
Unloading Tobacco At The Square In Lititz
Tobacco arrived at Lititz square for the first time as Mr Shreiner of East Petersburg bought tobacco from sellers with a contract for Lititz delivery. He wished for Lancaster delivery prompting sellers to resell. A truck arrived and a wagon with two tram loads unloaded to the fountain area.
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Lititz
Shreiner
East Petersburg
Lexington
Schreiner
Lancaster
He Sees A Second Ward Man’s C I C Breed Shouts
A resident described a Second Ward man buying shouts of the C I C breed and expressing enthusiasm. A visitor came to view them but was unimpressed, shaking his head and saying only I see.
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Water Department
Tracatvascey
Weenie
Nated
Reifsnyder Brothers
Mr. Yerger
Rei Rane
Lititz Home Development Co
Hon
G. G. Diehin
Mr. and
Wm. K. Mathers
Cariiad Lot
Paul Radorf
France
Argonne Forest
William Duross
Duross
New York State
Badorf
WM. M. Weitzel
Nobody Wanted
Polictman Kreider
John Meily
Lancaster Buyer
Lexington Farmers
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