Minor items noted around town this week
Mr Warren Buch is indisposed with typhoid like symptoms. A baby girl arrived at Mr and Mrs John Weitzel's home. T Stevens Grosh began excavating for a brick home on Spruce Street. Rev E S Hagen and wife celebrated their twenty sixth wedding anniversary. Sherman Steffy shows a two headed cabbage stalk. James Seather and Homer Miller caught an eel over 23 pounds. George Earhart was taken to Lancaster General Hospital for treatment. A lady's umbrella left at Kissinger's bretzel bakery can be recovered there. Fourth of July Springs committee meeting rescheduled due to last week's band concert. A small Knights of the Golden Eagle pin lost on the grounds or baseball diamond. finder urged to return to office. N B Leaman harvested 4500 cabbage heads shipped to Reading. Howard Bollinger offers car washing with pickup call. A Lancaster lady, age 67, visited Sturgis' bretzel bakery and said she had never been in Lititz before. Parents urged to warn children about accidents from explosives. promote safe Fourth. William Weitzel thanks neighbors for assistance during illness. Friendship Organized Bible class entertained at the Sturgis home. refreshments served. A new switchboard installed at the Independent telephone exchange improves handling of calls. Lititz rural route No 6 discontinuance requires subscriber address updates. Increase in firecracker shooting noted. illegal before July 8, warned of prosecution. Picnic season opens with Lancaster Bethany Presbyterian Sunday school outing at Spring grounds. ideal weather. All industries and banks close Monday. stores 9 AM close. post office holiday hours. rural carriers off. trolley freight car operates morning only. Luther Grossman and Everett Mylin named as Playground Association supervisors at Lancaster. they oversee Kiddies program during two-month vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Buch
Hsg
John Weitzel
T. Stevens Grosh
Spruce Street
Hagen
Sherman Steffy
James Seather
Homer Miller
George Earhart
Lancaster General Hospital
Kissinger
Bretzel
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Finder
N. B. Leaman
Reading
Howard Bollinger
J. L. Hertz
Lancaster
Sturgis
William Weitzel
Sturgis House
United Evangelical Sunday School
John Mathers
William Sturgis
Lititz
Burgess Marks
Lancaster Bethany Presbyterian Sunday School
Luther Grossman
Susquehanna University
Everett Mylin
Rural Route No 6 Discontinued in Lititz
Beginning today July 1 rural free delivery route No 6 is discontinued and one carrier is dismissed J B Hertzler formerly on route 4 was relieved and Harry Hacker moved to route 4 All five remaining routes are lengthened old totals and salaries increase to 1200 per year The government saves 900 by closing route 6 and patrons shift to routes 83 4 and Lancaster 3
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Sois
J.B. Hertzler
Harry Hacker
No. 4
Mr. Hertzler
Lancaster
Horse Plunges Into Sink Hole as Farmer Mows Field
Andrew Gochnauer, a prominent local farmer, saw his horse vanish while mowed over a sink hole opened beneath it. After hard work with pick, shovel and ropes, rescuers retrieved the horse uninjured. Reports note a spate of petty thefts in the borough, including eatables and bicycles, with residence break-ins near Lot Evans’ eastern home. A famed Broad Street cherry tree in Walter Miller’s yard yielded a record harvest with 390 quarts picked. D W Bueh planted it and recently harvested 68 quarts in five hours. Samuel Pfautz, traveling from nearby town, reports dining with Samuel K. Fisher in Portland, Oregon. A. H. Flemming sold two Second Avenue lots in Broad Street addition to Christian Fasnacht for $725, who plans building homes this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Gochnauer
A. H. Flemming
Elizabeth Township
Second Avenue
Broad Street
Christian Fasnacht
Rothsville
Fasnacht
Native of Neffaville Dies in Illinois at 54
John A Wagaman of Neffaville died at Bethany Illinois on Sunday after heart failure and dropsy following an amputation. He was 54 and a Lutheran, survived by a wife an adopted daughter Euelah and brothers Benjamin Frank Abraham Jacob and Mrs George Shhreiber. He was buried in Bethany after a visit home about a year and a half ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neffaville
Illinois
John A. Wagaman
Bethany
Wagaman
Mr. Wagaman
Neffsville
Frank
Lottie Wagaman
West
Lutheran Church
Euelah
Benjamin
Lebanon
Abraham
Jacob
George Shhreiber
Lititz
Lititz Plans Full Fourth of July Celebration at Springs Park
Thousands expected to gather at Lititz Springs Park for a daylong Independence Day program featuring Tyrrell's Lebanon band Beck's band baseball games Lititz New Holland doubleheader illumination fireworks and special train and trolley service after the events. Local Sunday school event adds musical performances and diplomas awarded to sixteen youngsters while a 5 cent Columbia Straight cigar ad concludes.
Amos Stauffer of East Petersburg Dies at 71
Amos Stauffer, longtime East Petersburg shoemaker, died Sunday at his home from Bright's disease in his seventy second year. Survived by two sisters Kate and Sue. Funeral Wednesday at 1 PM from his home and 1:30 PM at the Mennonite Church with interment in the adjoining cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Stauffer
East Petersburg
Bright
Kate
Sue
Dr Horace F Livingood of Womelsdorf Dies at 56
Dr Horace F Livingood a Berks County physician and former county controller died after gallstone surgery at Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia last Friday noon aged 56 He was a Princeton graduate and Princeton University classmate of Woodrow Wilson He leaves a wife two sons and daughter Anna Livingood missing from Linden Hall Seminary for several terms
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace F. Livingood
Womelsdorf
Berks
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
Livingood
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson
Jefferson Medical College
Anna Livingood
Linden Hall Seminary
Drowning of Lancaster Youth at Pontz’s Brickyard Pond
John DeBort, 12, of Lancaster, drowned Sunday afternoon in a pond at Pontz’s brickyard along the Harrisburg pike after being coaxed to swim by two companions. He was brought home about two hours later as a corpse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John DeBort
Lancaster
Pontz
Harrisburg Pike
Farmers Busy Season Raises Hay Harvest Expectations
Farmers are in one of their busiest seasons with haymaking and rapid wheat ripening. The crop appears good and heavier than usual, though some fields show thick hay making mower passage difficult. Harvest should begin soon given favorable weather.
Weather Bulletin Forecasts Fine Weather Nationwide for July 5
The U S Weather Bureau bulletin issued Tuesday predicts fine weather for nearly all of the United States on July 5. The forecast hopes for clear skies and pleasant conditions across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Travelers Near and Far Move About Local Season
A long list of visitors and hosts across Reading, Philadelphia, Allentown, Nazareth, Bethlehem, Ephrata, Lancaster, Lititz, and Manheim fills a social column. Families such as the Weavers, Bakers, Heinemans, Sturgises, and Hughs receive relatives and friends, with trips to Gettysburg, Baltimore, Ohio, and historic sites noted and several gatherings at Linden Hall Seminary and local homes.
Chautauqua Preparation with Committees Appointed
Guarantors meet in Lititz to form committees for the upcoming Chautauqua week starting August 14 featuring vocal and literary talent plus Junior Chautauqua. Committees include Ticket Selling grounds program advertising decoration reception and more. Also announced third annual Kinport cigar factories picnic at Willow Grove park on August 21 following a Willow Grove vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua Guarantors’ Association
Lititz
Robert E. Pfautz
W. F. Gibbel
Mamie Kofroth
Elizabeth Sahm
L. N. Moyer
EB. L. Garber
Louis Huebener
J. B. Landis
W. M. Grube
H. J. Pierson
M. H. Yoder
D. C. Martin
J. J. Huebener
C. A. Pfautz
Kinport
Willow Grove
Willow Grove Park
Philadelphia
Hershey Park
Birthday Surprise Party At Eshleman Home
A birthday surprise for Nora Eshleman drew about forty guests to the home of Mr and Mrs Aaron Eshleman on E Main Street. Hackman s orchestra provided music and a fine repast was served with lanterns decorating the lawn. A Lancaster contingent attended and Miss Diegness traveled from New York after sailing from Christiana, Norway, on June 16. She is expected to make her home with the Bopp family. The article notes Mrs Mary Douple s grief following a recent runaway death and reports farmers near the Couple farm aided in raking and bringing hay to the barn, with twenty two four horse loads handled in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Eshleman
E. Main Street
Nora Eshleman
Hackman
Eshleman
Lancaster
R. M. Godshalk
E. M. Godshalk
Dietrich Bopp
Tardis Diegness
New York
Miss Diegness
Christianaford
Christiana
Norway
Miss Diepness
North Sea
Mary Douple
Hallville
John Douple
C. M. Bomberger
H. H. Bomberger
John Bomberger
Aaron Burkhart
Joseph Bucher
al. Douple
Alfred Douple
Christ D. Douphe
Harry Erb
David High
H. H. Hershey
Elias Hess
M. R. Hess
Wayne Habecker
Charles Haeffner
Adam Hackman
Wayne Hess
Abram Longenecker
Henry Shreiner
Henry Shenk
Jacob Shenk
Menno Stoner
Harry Strauss
Isaac Witmer
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Lot Evans
Fisher's
Cherry
Monster
Walter Miller
Samuel B. Pfautz
Samuel K. Fisher
Portland
Oregon
Yellowstone Park
Dissinger
Meccea
Lititz Springs
Tyrrell
Beck
New Holland
Tyrrel
Manheim
Akron
Ephrata
Denver
Moravian
Elwood H. Bear
George L. Hepp
E. 5. Hagen
Ochme
Hess’ Mennonite Meeting House
Noah Landis
Christ, Lefevre
William Weaver
Paul Evans
S. C. Beckler
Emaus
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Galen Hall
Wernersville
Matilda Bear
Sarah
Allentown
Arthur Smith
Chester
Jacob ‘ Heineman
Walter Rail
William A. Sturgis
Sherman Hacker
Lincoln
Henry Sturgis
Ruth Meiskey
Hazelton
Louis Mans
Ruth
John Eck and
Stevens
Martin Eck
Galen Balmer
Middle West
Isaac Reinfried
J. A. Miksch
Esther Eckert
T. W
J. B. Lincoln
Margaret
Daisy Bittner
B. F. Grosh
Leon Lutz
Hettie Habecker
Lutz
Morris
Madeira
Catharine
Theodore
Helen
Julia
Luther
E. S. Hagen
Gea. L. Hepp
Hess
Gettysburg
John Burkholder
Clayton Martin
Ohio
Sterling
M. J. Brecht
Wolf
Elmer Hammond
B. Gochnauer
Tillman Hostetter
Albert Groff
Nelson
Elizabeth Groff
John Cooper
Simon Gingrich
William
John Henry Yeiser
Josephine
Newmanstown
Lebanon County
Grosh Carriage Works
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