Local notices and events from a 1900s era issue
The Ideal chocolate factory closes until July 6 with workers heading to Penryn Park for an annual picnic. The Farmers National Bank declares a 3 percent semi annual dividend payable July 1. Cattle prices rise to 11 to 12 cents per pound as markets move to city. Next Sunday 615 PM marks the John Huss Memorial Day at Moravian cemetery with a shore of music. Postal hours on July 4 run 7:15 to 8 AM with no mail delivery in town. Saturday mail delivery ends until September end. A man named Charles W Caldwell faces reckless driving charges after a Broad street chase. three canvassers are ordered to leave town for insulting a woman. The will of Mrs. Gantz is probated with husband receiving all but clothing. The Yoders return from Boston. a market will be held Friday morning instead of Saturday. Tarvia is laid on East Main Street. more tarvia to follow after the Fourth. Edwin E. Sheaffer connected with Penn State Telephone. his number is 1861. The Gable family discussed potential Hudson agency. A local sale and real estate actions occur along Broad Street near the depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Edwin E. Sheaffer
Penn State Telephone
Frank Gantz
M. H. Yoder
Boston
Penryn Park
East Main Street
Farmers National Bank
N. & Myers
H. $. Reist
Broad and
Main Street
John Huss
Wallace
Hudson Motor Car Company
Harry Gable
Hudson and Essexears
Gable
Fiona Pfautz
D. W. Pfautz
North Broad Street
Elly
Rarher
Garber
Charles W. Caldwell
R. D
Lancaster
Kreider
Squire C. N. Derr
Broad Street
Sesseman to Attend NYU Summer Music Course
Lester Sesseman will depart Friday for New York University to undertake a summer course in instrumental music preparing him for a supervisory role. He plans to return August 18 and remain until the fall school opening while pursuing a three year program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Sesseman
New York University
Special Fourth of July Trains Listed
Special trains depart after the fireworks display. The Lancaster Junction train leaves at 9 45 P M and the Reading train departs at 10 45 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Junction
Reading
Ideal Archway and Candy Shoppe Opens Silver Anniversary Display
The Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate factory plans a silver anniversary arch named for its twenty five year origin. Keath Planning Mill Co. built the arch which houses a souvenir box of chocolates and a four by five inch booklet about Lititz. The booklet contains twenty four pages with historic notes and local growth, advertised to attract visitors and boost town industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Factory
Keath Planning Mill Co
Ideal
Lititz
First Congregational House
Springs Park
Linden Hall Seminary
Ideal Factory
Litz
To Travel Through The West By Reverends Gibbel Family
Rev and Mrs H R Gibbel and son Henry B depart Tuesday for a two month western journey by train. They will visit Denver Colorado Springs Salt Lake City Yellowstone Pasadena Los Angeles and undertake a Great Lakes boat trip plus Canadian stops at Vancouver and Victoria. Rev and Mrs F W Stengel plan an out west trip this week with Mr Stengel visiting his Washington ranch and Mrs Stengel visiting California to see her son Charles and relatives for about two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Gibbel
Henry B
Thay
Denver
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone National Park
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Great Lakes
Canada
Vancour
Victoria
F. W. Stengel
Washington
Mrs. Stengel
California
Charles
Foresters Court Lititz to Convene July Meeting for Picnic
Attention Foresters Court Lititz No 296 FL of A schedules a special meeting on July 8 to arrange a county Forester picnic on August 15. Attendees will include members from Lancaster Columbia Mt Joy and Ephrata. All Foresters urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court Lititz No
Lancaster
Columbia
Mt. Joy
Ephrata
New York Night Market Shows Off Draught Horses
Editor recalls the nightly New York market where draught horses outpace trucks in tight traffic. Inspectors ensure no harness sores and wagons stay within limits. Drivers care for their horses as they work nights and rest days. The piece notes vast food flows feeding 8 million residents, with millions of milk quarts, meat pounds, and wide variety of edibles moving through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vacation Bible School Opens Monday At Union
The Union Daily Vacation Bible School will open Monday morning July 6 at 8 30. The list shows scholars assigned to schools with many names including Evangelical Mary Showers Elizabeth Getz John Getz Fred Rader and more. Children not listed may report to the nearest school to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Daily Vacation Bible School
Mary Showers
Mary Loise Scott
Ralph Pfautz
Elizabeth Getz
John Getz
Fred Rader
Bert Rader
Maurice Gangiyer
Mildred Gangwer
Robert Gangwer
Emma Long
Mary Long
Eliabeth £. Groff
Bertha Long
Paul George
Sylvia George
Lester Shreiner
Robert Weidman
Fred Meinman
Mildred Young
Loise Jane Phillips
Rachael Hackman
Ilenry Rolman
Virginia Leisey
George Leisey
Margaret Posey
Helen Funk
Ruth Smith
George Smith
Harold Hershey
Loraine Fry
Mary Merkel
William ‘Hornberger
Carrie Chronister
Sara Chronister
Lila Peacock
Iarold Girvin
Robert Snyder
Marvin Schmuck
Doris Furlow
Helen Showers
Robert Hackman
Bernetha Ditzler
Joseph Roth
Richard Gray
Will There Be a Coal Strike Like 1922
Local coal merchants urge patrons to buy now amid looming strike as August 31 contract expires. Miners demand 10 percent higher wages than wartime levels, signaling a large clash with operators and possibly a short six week fuel supply in retailers’ hands.
Dr Martins Office Closed for July Vacation Trip
Dr. Martins office will be closed from Tuesday July 7 to Friday July 17 inclusive. Mr and Mrs W L Fredeking and a sister visiting from Huntington W Va will accompany the Martins and their children to Barger Springs Va and to Huntington W Va. Fredeking plans to open twin oaks for the summer after returning home. Mr David Voy travelled by automobile to Warren Pa on a visit. Mr Voy is a native of Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Martin
W. L. Fredeking
Huntington
W. Va
David Voy
Warren, Pary
Mr. Voy
Place
Spectacular Fireworks Display Planned for Fourth
Pain’s Fireworks at Spring Grounds on July 4 promises a top notch show after past misrepresentations. Committee chair Harry Gorton says manufacturers are eager to uphold thirty years of business reputation and the Pain Association will add fireworks. The program includes sixty one numbers with devices like Welcome All and Niagara Falls by Moonlight, plus war rockets and a Screen of Fire. A standout feature is the Devil Amongst the Tailors. Don’t miss this feature on the Fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pain
Harry Gorton
Paine
Pain Association
Paris
Coney Island
Cuba
United States
Manhattan Beach
Moravian Home Music Event Delights Lititz Guests
The Moravian trombone choir of twenty three musicians and the Moravian Sunday school orchestra of eighteen entertained three hundred guests at the Masonic Home in Elizabethtown on Sunday. The trombone choir performed carols aloud at a distance from the main building, creating a beautiful effect. The orchestra played during the religious service and offered a recital, featuring a cornet duet by Kepple and Keehn and a trombone solo by Everett Mathers with orchestral accompaniment. The Lutz brothers and father performed a saws piece, and Rev. Crosland of Lititz Moravian church spoke on the Joyous Christian theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Masonic
Moravian Trombone Choir
Moravian Sunday School
Elizabethtown
Kepple
Keehn
Everett Mathers
Lutz Brothers
Crosland
Lititz Moravian Church
Auto Dropped in Hole On James Street Bridge
A Lancaster driver escaped injury when his car plunged into an open space on a rail tredge after a construction firm failed to place a red warning lamp Saturday night. Police found only minor scratches on the car. Witnesses blame workers who left early leaving the danger spot unmarked. Also noted is a Lititz bank book on livestock for farmers to boost banks balances and a series of Sunday school picnics at Springs Park beginning July 4 with Evangelical Union S S Read ing slated for July 8 and Moravian S S picnic on July 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonagy Risser
Lititz
R. D
James Street
Lancaster
The
Lititz Springs National Bank
Park and Pollard Company
Death of Harry Hertzler by Own Hand in Lancaster
Harry B Hertzler a provisions dealer at Plum and Frederick streets Lancaster shot himself in the temple with a .32 calibre pistol Monday dying instantly. He was 50 and left a wife Mary Weaver Hertzler and daughter K Luella. He ran a butcher shop in Manheim for years and was a member of Otterberg United Brethren church. He is survived by several siblings. Funeral and interment were private with services held Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Hertzler
Plum
Frederick Streets
Lancaster
Mr. Hertzler
J .H.vans
East
Lansdowne
Aaron Balmer
Lincoln
David Landis
Brownstown
John and Norman
Philadelphia
Blayton
Detroit
Elizabeth
Jacob Tuite
Lancaster cigar maker Christian Mohn ends life with revolver
Christian Mohn 62 a cigarmaker living with daughter Mrs David Shoffstall 5418 Duke St Lancaster died Tuesday morning from a self inflicted gunshot to the head a recent series of Lancaster county suicides He was born April 28 1862 in Rothsville and lived in Lititz before coming to Lancaster He worked as a butcher and cigarmaker survived by wife children Mary Minnie Charles Paul a brother Henry Bohn funeral set for Thursday at Groffs Lancaster burial Neffsville Lutheran cemetery Pfautz Brothers ad pasted at end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Mohn
David L. Shoffstall
Duke Street
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Mr. Mohn
Rothsville
Christian
Leah Moyer Mohn
Phrata
Lititz
Gardner A. Sayres
J. F. Trexler
Gainor
United Brethren Church
Mary
Minnie Sheffstall
Charles
Brownall
Paul
Ephrata
Henry Bohn
Akron
Groff’s
West Orange Street
Neffsville
Travel notes show residents on visits and trips
Travelers near and far recount visits in New York City Reading and Reading hospital, plus motor trips to Philadelphia Ohio Indiana Vermont New Jersey and Atlantic City. Names include Carl Spacht George Frederick Jennie Lick Arthur Johannsen Sherman Steffy and many others visiting relatives and friends. Fireworks advertised at Scott's Book Store.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Reading R. R
Ideal Archway
Box of Chocolates
Book of
Chocolate Company
New Mexico
Illinois
Middle West
Eeuercs
Vacatonal Bible School
Virginia
Evangelical Union S. S
Springs Grounds
Harry Hertzler
Gun
Manheim
Christian Morn
Revolver
Pfautz Brothers
Carl Spacht
New York City
Middle Village
Long Island
George Frederick
William Jacobs
Jennie Lick
Arthur Johannsen
West Chester
Sherman Steffy
William Zell
Ohio
C. M. Bassford
East Port
Lillie Rudy
Viola Bisker
Pocono Mountains
Greenzewike
Reading Hospital
H. Fisher
Libbie Bueh
Reedy
H. K. Cooper
Dewey School of Orthodontia
Esther Fass
Fass
John and
Benjamin Fass
Harold Schick
Newton Morey
W.H. Buch
Wits
A. Melicke
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin
Moravian Church
William Fry
Harry Adams
Clarence Kelley
Ruth Engle
Indiana
Jonas Herniey
Lloyd
Scottdale
Edgar Sturgis
Henry Heiserman
Atlantic City
Hiselle
Pacific Avenue
John Dyer
Scott
New Brunswick
N. J
Bower's Beach
Martin Shenk
Wm. Amer
D. W. Withers
Jacob Snyder
W. R. Sanmel
Newton Hershey
Juniata College
Hore
Owen
New York City University
H. F. Lutz
Russel and
Allan
Washington, D. C
Lititz Marietta
Lanecaster
Cincinnati
John F. Schleith
Franklin
Henry Myers
Irvin Smith
Auto Joe Bethlehem
John Hershey
Dayton
J. W. G. Hershey
Dayton High School
Wm. H. Gormly
Pittsbaveh
W. K. Bender
Gormly
Lititz Academy
Old Town
Lester Stark
Eugene Butzer
New York State
Niagara Falls
Melzer
Arthur Melazex
Hlis Butzer
Sunbury
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