Church and Sunday School Activities Featured at Local Congregations
Moravian, St. Pauls Lutheran, Evangelical, United Brethren, Reformed, and other churches list Sunday School times, morning worship, sermons, and evening services. reported schedules include S. S. at 9.15 or 9.30, sermons at 10.20 or 10.30, and evening services from 6.45 to 7.30 with additional Bible studies and midweek events across Brickerville Lititz Penryn Rothsville Akron Neffsville and nearby parishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian
E. S. Crosland
S. S
John Hus
ST. Paul’s Lutheran
W. R. Sammel
Evangelical Congregational
H. J. Kline
Dx. C. E
United Brethren
J. C. H. Light
Sr. C. E
Geo. B. Kaezer
Brickerville
Penryn
S.S
Lititz
F. A. Weichsel
Akron
Clarence B. Nissley
Good Shepherd Home
Allentown
Rothsville
Mr. Nissley
Kissel Hill
Lutheran
S. S. Aba
Neffsville
A. B. Rey
S. G. Kauffman
C. E
Brookmyer Lawn
Ladies’ Aid Society
REGON
Brunnerville United Brethren
Henry Zechman
S. SS
ST. John’s Lutheran
Ville
O. O. Leidich
Early Thames Boat Races and First U S Regatta
In 1715 Englishman Thomas Doggett founded regatta races for Thames fishermen. The first verifiable English regatta occurred off Raleigh Gardens in 1775, modeled after the Venetian regatta. The United States held its first race in 1811 between the Knickerbocker of New York and the Invincible of Long Island, with Knickerbocker victorious.
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Thomas Doggett
Thames
Raleigh Gardens
United States
Knickerbocker
New York
Invincible
Long Island
Ambrotype: Early Photo Technique and Inventor
An ambrotype is a glass plate image where lights appear silver and shadows through unsilvered glass. Invented by James Ambrose Cuttin, it aided the shift from daguerreotypes to photographs in early photography history.
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James Ambrose Cuttin
Remark on Barium Value Based on Vacuum Tube Use
A statement claims barium is worth 12 million dollars per ounce not due to scarcity but for its function. Barium coats vacuum tube filaments, saving about 400 thousand dollars per gram, implying 12 million per ounce at that rate.
Deeds Not Words Arch bishop Sharpe Quote
Arch bishop Sharpe states that truth without honest action gains no real advantage. The remark emphasizes integrity in conduct over mere profession.
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Archbishop Sharpe
Fight That Made History Armada Battle Facts
The Spanish armada invades England under Queen Elizabeth with 130 vessels. The English crown fields 197 boats though many were small and largely ineffective. The primary combat involved the larger ships on the 10th day of engagement.
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England
Queen Eizabeth
Britains Leading Causes of Death Reported
Recent statistics list heart and circulatory diseases as the most fatal, followed by respiratory troubles cancer nervous disorders and all forms of tuberculosis in that order. The report highlights the burden of cardiovascular illness and the impact of infectious and chronic diseases on national mortality.
Fragmentary note hints at trial or decision error
A damaged excerpt suggests someone tests limits by removing what fails. The text hints at a misstep or misdirection in a decision process and a search for the proper path. Specific names or places are unreadable in the fragment.
Trace English Surnames to Medieval Pageants
An antiquarian-tinged note traces English last names to medieval pageants. Whaleferly and Whalebelly link to Passion plays and acts at Smithfield and Oberammergau. Harrow and Asplin derive from Pharaoh and Absalom. Mildmay comes from the Virgin Mary, with Minchen from Monch.
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Whaleferly
Norfolk
Europe
Oberammergau
Smithfield
Harrow
Pharoah
Asplin
Absalmon
Mildmay
Mild
Mary
Stowe
London
Tower St
St. Helen's
Bishopsgate St
Monch
Minuchin
Mincher
Minch
Mince
Grapevine News Spread In City Underground System
A New York Times passage compares city gossip networks to rapid drum signals from Africa and the Paul Revere ride. It notes jewelers, butchers, and shopkeepers quickly share robbery details, discuss prevention, and speculate on the victim’s wealth and precautions.
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Paul Revere
New York Times
The Flanders chain superstition in Scotland and Romania
The Flanders chain of good luck appears in Scotland in several copies and is linked to superstition. A Romanian copy describes about eighty mostly foreign names on a carbons copy of foolscap. The receiver is asked to make nine copies and send them to friends, expanding as it travels. It lacks money prizes and risks turning friends into enemies.
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Flanders
Scotland
Romania
Weekly
Scotsman
Famous Hibiscus Called Florida’s Gorgeous Wild Flower
Nature Magazine lauds a tall crimson hibiscus as possibly the most gorgeous wild plant in the United States. The flower opens five to eight inches across and blooms in swamp borders in summer, alongside the southern red lily with its red and yellow spotted blossom atop a stem with narrow leaves.
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Florida
United States
Nature Magazine
Patchwork Tire Prep Courtesy of Weekly Scotsman
Pat visits friend Mike in a shed where a bicycle inner tube is heavily mended with patches. Mike explains he prepatches the tube so that if a puncture occurs it will already be ready, a quirk noted by the Weekly Scotsman.
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Pat
Mike
Weekly
Scotsman
Brave Irish fireman bears bruises after rescue mishap
An Irish fireman rescuing a woman from a blaze slipped at the ladder base and fell with the woman atop him. A doctor declared him sound though badly bruised. The man quips that he is brave but not a gintyman, saying he would have let the lady go first.
Master Mind Executive Has Thorough Grasp Of Details
The real executive is the absolute master of every little thing entering into his completed job. Mastery implies more than giving orders and demands thorough knowledge of what is being ordered. Grit is essential to executive effectiveness.
Relaxing Daytime Nap and Bath Routine
A reader recounts a two hour train ride and offers a simple nap strategy. Relax the body without forcing sleep, then suggests a warm bath with salts to ease tired nerves, followed by light grooming and a brief rest. For eye refreshment, damp cotton pads soaked in antiseptic lotion can soothe lids during a nap, leaving eyes brighter on waking.
Burglar Steals 111 from York Home in Quiet Break In
A lightfooted burglar broke into Mr and Mrs James M Love home in York, stealing 111 25 in cash then fled unseen. The pocketbook was found empty in the yard next to the rear of the house. Entry was gained with a pick key.
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York—A
James M. Love
Bank Statement Report from Lancaster Bank in 1930
J Breitigan cashier attests the bank statement is true as of July 1 1930 with figures for loans and discounts reserves assets and liabilities including deposits, capital stock, surplus, undivided profits and circulating notes. Notary J B Herr and directors H J Pierson S W Buch C B Rissher sign as witnesses.
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State OF
Penna
County OF Lancaster
J. H. Breitigan
Vacating Miller's Row Alley in Lititz Borough
Notice that an ordinance to vacate and close Miller's Row Alley running north south from East Orange Street and Juniper Alley between Raspberry Alley and North Cedar Street in Lititz Pennsylvania was introduced June 24 1930. Objections may be made at Borough Council Rooms on July 29 1980 at 730 PM.
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East Orange Street
Juniper Alley
Raspberry Alley
North Cedar Street
Lititz
Pennsylvania
A. D
Ordinance Vacates Miller's Row Alley Lititz PA
Borough of Lititz Lancaster County Pennsylvania enacts an ordinance to vacate and close to public use Miller's Row Alley running north south from East Orange Street to Juniper Alley between Raspberry Alley and North Cedar Street. Alley measures twenty feet wide and four hundred forty six feet long per Borough Plan of Streets approved February 24 1919. By order of Borough Council E. E. Habecker Secretary.
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Lititz
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
East Orange Street
Juniper Alley
Cedar Street
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Bunkard Brethren
A. G. Fahnestock
Hurch
Ferer
Taraeser
Aya
Wilkes-Barre
Court of Luzerne Co
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Lancaster City
Connie Mack
Detroit Tigers
Shibe Park
Jimmy Foxx
West Chester
West Grove
Fillman’s Department Store
Avondale
Edgar Haines
Lebanon
Arthur S. Miller
Annville
Harry Bowers
Hoover
Ebensburg
Charles Curtis
Cambria County
Hiro
Chinatown
Washington Star
Atlantic
Farmers National Bank
U. S
Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
U.S
U. S. Treas
Total
J. B. Herr
H. J. Pierson
S. W. Buch C
B. Risshr
SS Fraters du Sales
Mt. Gretna
A. M. Shissler
Justice of the Peace
Roy B. Kneeburg Stehman
Mfr
Center Street
C. C. Weaver
East Front Street
Lititz, PA
Walter
Fry
S. Broad St
Wm. W. Ofhme
North
Norman Longenecker
Brunnerville
Lincoln Highway
Mountville
S. Locust Street
Coi
Grim
Edison Electric
Lititz Motor Sales
N. Cedar Street
Lincoln Avenue
Catharine Brubaker Hertzler
Mill & Market
Borough Council
E. E. Habecker
A. E. Scott
Gretna
Mount Gretna
Gertie
B. F. Lutz
Pfantz Bros. Dept
S. & H. Green
Kellogg’s
Zartman’s Store
Chafons Crepes Georgettes
Shantung
Prince Street
Stauffer Dress Shop
Lancaster
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