GOLUAN OF LOCAL EVENTS Short and Snappy Paragraphs
Mr. J. A. Mikgeh is confined to the house with a severe attack of lumbago. There will be no freight cars operated on the trolley lines or the R. and C. rail road on the Fourth. There will be no semi monthly sale at the Warwick House on Saturday. Next sale Saturday July 20. Several local industries are closed for the week to take inventory. Decorate with national colors or red black blue. Local simrods are shooting ground hogs. Harry Ditzler bagged three on Friday and Saturday. Rural mail carriers may not be on duty July 4. Deputy Grand Chancellor John Leicy and L. S. Reedy installed Lancaster Lodge No. 68 officers. Garfield Castle No. 76 K. G. KE invites other castles to parade meet at Rudy's hall at 1. The Fourth holiday will close banks and most businesses. Post office hours fluctuating. Barnum and Bailey circus comes to Lancaster Friday. Sour cherries touted as dependable. June canned, December pie. Since July 1, dogs without collars face killing by constables. John F. Longenecker sold an Imperial touring car to Augustus Kraft of Rothsville. A carload expected later. two purchased. Rev. Irwin Deer to occupy Moravian pulpit Sunday. Memorial service at 6 pm in Moravian cemetery with trombone choir. Twenty locals joined Reading excursion to West Point. fare $3.80. Brownstown officers installed at Garfield Castle No. 76 K. G. E. Tuesday.
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J. A. Mikgeh
R. and C. Railroad
Warwick House
Simrods
Harry Ditzler
Frank Rader
Clayton Keiler
Ira Good
John Leicy
L. S. Reedy
Lancaster Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Garfield Castle
K. G. KE
Rudy's Hall
Barnum and Bailey's Circus
Lancaster
Sugar Trust
John F. Longenecker
Augustus Kraft
Rothsville
Longenecker
Irwin Deer
Reading
Hudson
West Point
Brown
Brownstown
Garfield Castle No
P. C
Charles Zartman
N. C
P. B. Furlow
V. C
Son of Dr Brobst Enjoys California Trip
Valentine, son of Dr. J. C. Brobst, vacationing in California, reports via postcards. He rode the glass bottom boat to Catalina Island on Sunday, June 2, then visited Mr. and Mrs. Theo Buch in Oakland on the following day.
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Valentine
J. C. Brobst
California
Catalina Islands
Theo. Buch
Oakland
Cornerstone Laying Postponed at White Oak Church
The cornerstone ceremony for the new Lutheran church at White Oak has been postponed from this Sunday to Sunday July 21 at 2 20 PM. The church project continues as planned with the date change announced to parishioners and attendees.
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White Oak
The Nuptial Tie Delights Lititz and Lancaster Areas
Multiple local weddings across Lancaster and Lititz are announced. William Miller and Myrtle Himmelberger wed at St John’s Episcopal, John H Hartranft and Almeda Reed wed at a Lutheran parsonage, and Harry Hummer and Mabel S. Hoffer wed at Manheim U B parsonage. Additional nuptials include George W. Bolster with Katie M. Martin at Ephrata and Correll L. Smith with Barbara Fisher at Memorial Presbyterian, Lancaster. Separate notes cover Moravian S S exercises, a trolley-car accident near Lititz, a securities sale at Lititz National Bank, and Miller’s store potato prices.
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St. John’s Episcopal
Lancaster
George I. Browne
William Miller
Myrtle
L. D. Himmelberger
Lititz
Ephrata Lutheran Church
J. W. Smith
George W. Bolster
Katie H. Martin
Ephrata
Lititz Visitors Gather for Independence Week
Strictly personal notices list residents and guests visiting Lititz and area friends. Names include Brubaker Sturgis Marks Dreifus Foltz and many others from Columbia Lancaster Philadelphia Nazareth and Reading spending weekends, holidays and weeklong stays with relatives and hosts.
Great Eagle Parade Promises Large Lititz Fourth Festivities
Citizens flood Lititz as Knights of Golden Eagle stage a grand parade at 1 30 PM featuring two commanderies ten castles and temples and Boy Scouts. Christiana Castle sends 125 marching men. Dr Harry Bender is chief marshal. Fireworks set piece flags and a full day program from bells at dawn to grand illumination and fireworks cap the celebration with concerts bases tallies and trains arriving for the gala event.
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Lititz
Knights of Golden Eagle
Bloomsburg
Reading
West Chester
Downingtown
Christiana Castle
Harry Bender
Death notices for Hostetter Brooks Groh highlight local losses
Levi H Hostetter aged twenty five died at his father in law John Bear's Mechanisville home. Survived by wife parents and several siblings. Funeral held at home and Mennonite Church Petersburg. Dr Edward Brooks longtime Philadelphia educator died aged eighty one after a long career spanning Millersville University Philadelphia schools and writings. William Leonard Groh former Speedwell farms manager died at age sixty seven after bowel trouble following an unsuccessful operation. Survived by wife and daughter Grant Light of Michigan. Funeral services conducted at his home and Myerstown with Rev Bartholomew and Rev Daugherty officiating.
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Levi H. Hostetter
John Bear
Mechanisville
Monroe
David
Mahlon
Pauli
Roy
Isaac Kaylor
Ruth
Mae
Petersburg
Edward Brooks
Philadelphia
Brooks
Stony Point
N. Y
William Leonard Groh
Speedwell
Elizabeth Township
Lancaster
Lebanon County
Grant Light
Michigan
A. O. Bartholomew
Myerstown
A. Flack
Jos. , Daugherty
Throwing a Ball Over the Standpipe Stirs Local Debate
Local baseball fans discuss regulation league play by throwing a ball over a 108 foot standpipe. John and Sherman Carpenter and Morris McCloud achieved the feat from about 80 feet away, clearing the pipe's 20 foot diameter. The ball’s descent injured several hands. catcher Charles Street once caught a ball dropped from the Washington monument in 1908. Emory Wagner broke a bone while covering first on a bunt, sidelining him for at least a month as Manheim's team suffers. John H. Hess, a Warwick township farmer and trucker, harvested 300 bushels of Irish Cobbler potatoes from two and a half acres and cut 2000 cabbage heads this season, selling tubers at $1.25 per bushel.
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John and Sherman Carpenter
Morris McCloud
Charles Street
Washington Club
Washington Monument
Emory Wagner
Wagner
J. L. Hertz
Manheim
John H. Hess
Hess
Warwick Township
Lancaster
Christmas Thrift and Panama Exposition Club Plan
The Farmers National Bank introduces a savings club in Lititz named Christmas Thrift and Panama Exposition Club. Members pay weekly amounts across three classes with fixed final values and 3 percent interest, plus option for a Panama fund. Withdrawals permitted any December with interest on regular payments. Full details at the bank and page 7 advertisement. The Lancaster County Publishers' Association summer outing is planned for next Monday with a dinner at Springs Hotel. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad announces a revised special train schedule for July 4 fireworks, with Lititz departures at 11.30 PM.
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Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Co
Reading
This Place
Litita
Lititz
Manheim
Miss Edith Deitrich Sails for Europe on Free Trip
Miss Edith Deitrich stenographer at the Ideal Chocolate factory will sail from New York on Friday for Europe. She won a free trip in the World Tour Contest conducted by the Lancaster Intelligencer, covering major cities in England France Germany and Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Deitrich
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Europe
New York
Lancaster Intelligencer
England
France
Germany
Spain
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Hartranft
Reed
J. W. Bittner
West Orange Street
John H. Hartranft
Almeda K. Reed
Joseph Reed
Warwick
Hummer-Hoffer
H. J. Behney
U. B
Harry Hummer
United States Asbestos Works
Samuel Hummer
Fairland
Penn Township
Mabel A. Hoffer
Frank F. Hoffer
Jerome M. Hoffer
Lizzie Wunderlich
Wilmington
Del
W. A. Ensminger
South Prussian Street
Bolster-Martin
Smith-Fisher
Memorial Presbyterian Church
H. W.haring
Correll L. Smith
Barbara Fisher
Atlantic City
George Smith
Bowman Technical School
Cradle Cross
Penna R. R
Lichty
Dohner
Lititz National Bank
William R. Harnish
Springs Hotel
S. C. Hassler
Miller
H. C. Miller & Bro
Harry Brubaker
Columbia
Alice Sturgis
Samuel Foltz
Harry Marks
Frank Marks
Percy Dreifus
Paul Smith
Lebanon
Mary Rockey
Meiskey
Hannah Geyer
Boyertown
Margie Kautz
Robert Huebener
Graceham
Mary Huebener
Albert
Sturgis
Nazareth
Walter Spickler
C. S. Loeffler
Paul Petry
Bertha Gundrum
James H. Keene
Mt. Gretna
Charles Hornberger
H. E. Fasnacht
Mary Lessig
Ashland
Schuylkill County
Esther Buch
Darius Kissinger
Mary
Nellie Lee
Orwigsburg
Mary Resh
Warren Buch
Ruth Grosh
Winston-Salem
Mary Haines
Emily Eschbach
Mollie Nagel
Monroe Reedy
H. Fisher
John Leber
York
Saylor
Wolf
Annville
Hershey
Dauphin County
Homer Sturgis
Katie
Emma Schmickly
Hattie Kessler
William Seiverling
Sinking Spring
Neidermyer Bros
John Melzer
Joseph Bill
Beck
Katie Godenaur
Hua Gohick
Arthur Keller
8. C
Arents
J. A. Miksch
G. Harry Miksch
Harry Fleck
Tyrone
J. W. G. Hershey
Fleck
Wertz
George E. Bomberger
Brooklyn
N.Y
Henry H. Bomberger
Spring Grounds
Parade
Park
Wiliam Leonard Groh
Carpenter Brothers
McCloud
Panama Exposition
Farmers National Bank
The
Lancaster County Publishers’ Association
Lancaster City
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