Local notices and notes from Lititz area
A roundup of small town happenings covers weather change and daylight shift, building and factory activity, social events, church notices, picnics, and local incidents. It notes a baby�s birth, a truck accident, the chocolate factory project, a Typhoid fever illness, uncalled for mail, and ongoing picnic season with St Stephen�s Lutheran and Covenant Otterbein Sundays schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Brubaker
Ema Bucher
Dora Eisenberger
Ada Peters
Charles Steffy
Elsie Zug
G. A. McGanahan
Harry Light
William McKnight
Risser
Carpenter
C. Spicer
Lititz
Lancaster
Covenant and
Otterbein
Mercury
Serious Fires Narrowly Averted on Fourth of July
A fire nearly destroyed the awning and part of the porch at F. E. Schnerer’s South Spruce Street home when a morning blaze sparked by a firecracker was quickly put out by neighbor Hiram E. Reedy. No serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Schnerer
South Spruce Street
Sarah Zartman
Schnerer
Hiram E. Reedy
Joseph W. Baker
Broad Street
Clarence Grosh
Death of Albert E. Smith at 46 after long TB illness
Albert Emanuel Smith died at his mother's Spruce Street home on Wednesday at 10 A M aged 46 years 4 months and days after ten years of tuberculosis He enjoyed music carved wood and led Lititz band and Moravian church groups He is survived by his mother siblings and George of Philadelphia Funeral Friday at 1 30 P M at his home and 2 P M at the Moravian church with interment in Moravian graveyard Rev E S Hagen officiating Relatives and friends invited without further notice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Siegel
Moravian Church
J. W. G. Hershey
Elizabethtown College
Coleman Memorial
Mt. Airy
Ephrata
Lititz
Edward Hall
John Sesseman
West Orange Street
Maple Alley
Council Chamber
D. M. Weidman
Union
Hufford
Barto
Jeft
Mothers’ Association
John Wika
Temperance Light Bearers
W. E. Fasnacht
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Broad Street
Albert Emanuel Smith
Spruce Street
Catharine
William Smith
Warwick
Lititz Lodge
Garfield Castle
Harry
Charles
William
Monroe
Martha
Katie
George
Philadelphia
E. S. Hagen
Obituary of George W. Bew of Columbia
George W Bew aged seventy eight died at his daughter's home in Columbia after several months illness. A Confederate Civil War veteran and former photographer, he retired about a year ago. Survived by daughter Mrs Mitchell and son Elmer of Philadelphia, a brother Thomas of Norfolk, and sisters Annie of Norfolk and Emma of Lynn. He had lived in Columbia for about twelve years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Bew
Columbia
Frank S. Mitchell
Bew
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Church of God
Mitchell
Elmer
Thomas
Annie
Emma
Lynn
Mass
Sudden Death of Peter Saylor in Scranton
Peter Saylor, aged 68 years 10 months, died at his Scranton home on Saturday. A Lebanon native who lived in Brickerville and Harrisburg before moving to Scranton 10 years ago, he is survived by his wife Miss Shirk of Lebanon, a son Clinton of Harrisburg, a daughter Mrs. Harry Deising of Scranton, and three sisters Mrs. Uriah Lenhart of Warwick, Mrs. Caroline Hermes of Lebanon, and Mrs. Eliza Boyer of Lincoln. The body was brought to Lititz for funeral services at St Luke Reformed Church and interment in Machpelah cemetery. Rev. Geo B Raezer officiated. Mrs. Deising left Scranton Thursday to visit relatives when she received word of her father’s death via telegram on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Saylor
Scranton
Mr. Saylor
Brickerville
John
Catharine Saylor
Lebanon
Miss Shirk
Clinton
Harrisburg
Harry Deising
Uriah Lenhart
Warwick
Caroline Hermes
Eliza Boyer
Lincoln
Lititz
St. Luke Reformed Church
Machpelah
Geo. B. Raezer
Deising
Death of a Child in Hess Household Near Meet ing House
Robert B Hess aged four months and eleven days died Thursday July 3 about 1 o'clock from inflammation of the bowels. Funeral services were held Sunday at the house and Hess meeting house with interment in the neighboring cemetery. Revs Jacob Hershey and Noah Landis officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Hess
John
Florence B. Hess
Hess’ Meeting House
Jacob Hershey
Noah Landis
Glorious Fourth Celebration Draws 5000 to Lititz
Lititz marked Independence Day with crowds of about 5000, a safe and festive day led by bell ringing, Cadet band from Reading, Beck's band, and an afternoon address by E G Diehm. Night illuminations lit the park, candles and Japanese lanterns enhanced the scene, and Royal Italian fireworks closed the program amid high attendance and park receipts totaling 1068.45 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Reading
Beck
Glad
E. G. Diehm
BE. S. Hagen
Diehm
Elizabethtown College
Lititz Springs
Springs Gate
Travel lovers flood town as summer out-of-doors beckons
A parade of visitors arrives in Lititz and surrounding areas as warm weather draws people from Philadelphia Reading and beyond. Notable names like Shaub Fasnacht Witters and Sturgis guests mingle with locals at family homes hotels and gatherings. The piece notes extended stays and trip plans including trips to Gettysburg Buffalo and northern Pennsylvania, with remarks on Ed Wentworth’s Wyomissing visit and Miles Orth’s return after seven years.
State road contracts awarded for Lancaster county
Highway Commissioner Bigelow in Harrisburg awarded state road contracts for Manheim and Warwick townships with a connecting link in West Earl temporarily held up. John B. Shreiner won Manheim township bid of 3598.68 for corrugated sewer pipe and George P Saunder won Warwick township bid of 71706.10 for corrugated pipe, both the lowest bidders. The state pays half, the county a quarter, and the township a quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Souder
Lancaster
Warwick Township
Bigelow
Harrisburg
Manheim
Warwick
West Earl
John B. Shreiner
Manheim Township
George P. Saunder
Lancaster County
Fractured Ankle From Fall at Home
Joseph B. Herr of 8 Broad Street suffered a broken bone in his right ankle after slipping on a yard step Friday. Dr. S. R. Posey attended and reduced the fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Herr
Broad Street
S. R. Posey
Market Prices At Local Market After Fourth Of July
Our Market reports slow patronage last Saturday as the Fourth of July weekend dampened attendance. Leading commodities sold for blackberries 10 cents a box, raspberries 10 cents, gooseberries 10 cents, string beans 10 cents a quarter peck, peas 15 cents per half peck, sugar peas 5 cents a box, pears 4 cents per quarter peck, lettuce 3 cents a head, eggs 20 cents a dozen, butter 30 cents a pound, with no dressed chickens in evidence.
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Cornwall
Plum For
Lutz
B. F. Lutz
Lancaster County Fair
Poultry Exhibition House
Swathmore Chautauqua Association
Jane P. Ellis
After School Club of America
Harry Burkholder
Red Hill
Amog Burkholder
Albert E. Smith
George Shaub
Atlantic City
E. Spencer Fasnacht
Shillington
E. G. Witters
Harrington
Del
Dawson Yake
Annville
Sarah Stark
Jacob Yerger
Canandaigua
N. Y
Roy Bowman
Pittsburg
J. B. Bowman
Louisa Weitzel
Hazelton
Albert Manna
Peter Killian
Newville
Perry County
Allan Bachman
Tower City
Schuylkill County
Alice Stark
H. §. Meiskey
Henry Stark
Henry Sturgis
KE. B. Barr
Raymond
Caroline Grosh
John Habecker
Wilkesbarre
Brunnerville
Clara Binkiey
Lottie
Coatesville
Edith Keller
Grace Keller
Sturgis
Edward Wentworth
Wyomissing
Harvey Grosh
Brooklyn
C. Edgar Enek
Worcester
Buffalo
John Keller
Bittersville
Northampton County
William Sturgis
Tatamy
Nazareth
Arthur Smith
Chester
Charley G. Reese
James L. Ritter
New York
Miles Hallacher
Charley Rauch
Harry Gingrich
Allen Roth
Luke Grosh
Elmer Reidenbach
James Goldthwaite
Charles Hornberger
H. H. McCloud
Isaac Sheaffer
Shelby County
Ind
D. W. Pfautz
John Leicy
Thomas Keller
A. O. Sturgis
Herbert
Ralph
James Fry
Rachel
Ruth Shultz
Dorothy Fry
Carrie Walker
Armie Salsby
Rocky Mount
N. C
United Evangelical Picnic
United Evangelical Sunday Schools
Siverling
Martha J. Derr
Linden Hall Seminary
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Niagra Falls
Linden Hall
Dr. Leader
Madison
Wis
Manhattan
Kansas
William Derr
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