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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
5
Fire alarm taps listed with several street references and taps numbers. Also notes multiple church services and pastors for Moravian, Evangelical, Lutheran, United Brethren, Reformed, Mennonite, and related congregations with Sunday schedules and special meetings.
Members of the Lancaster County Publishers Association and families plan a Monday excursion to Pequea and McCall's Ferry with dinner at C. F. McQuade's hotel. Prof. George W. Hull and W. J. Campbell will speak at 3 P M in the Spring grounds pavilion, weather permitting. Special music. alternative venue in Moravian Sunday school room. Market notes report green corn 20c a dozen, beans 15c per half peck, and other produce prices.
Nominating petitions for school director under the new School Code must declare the term length sought four six or two years and the chosen term will appear after the office name on the November general election ballot. The rule also applies to city assessors. The guidance was issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth after inquiries from several counties. The passage notes the dog days of summer from July 3 to August 12 with warnings of heat and caution for swimmers.
The week’s fiercest storm caused lightning strikes at the P. and R. railroad station and Hiram Minnich’s new barn near Lititz. A 16 year old, Raymond Wolf, was killed by lightning near Red Run in Brecknock township, as seven barns burned and livestock perished countywide. Flooding followed with streams, basements, and fields inundated, roads washed away, and telegraph lines damaged. The storm spared some structures due to lightning rods, while a timber path near Mt. Hope was leveled like a cyclone. The heat wave persisted though relief came with rainfall, benefiting parched tobacco fields.
The article lists upcoming picnics across multiple venues with schedules and activities. Sunday schools plan large events with bands, races, contests, and refreshments, plus weather contingencies. Other items note a calf near suicide, social gatherings, choir music, and light local humor.
Brickerville candy and ice cream manufacturers Will Deliver Goods by Auto Co G Back and Bro have purchased an automobile truck to use for delivering their goods.
Base ball notes announce a Saturday game at this place between the local nine and the fast Arion team of Lancaster. The home team has played great ball this season and a large crowd is expected. The first in the series between down town and up town ended Wednesday night with East End winning 7 to 4.
On Saturday at high noon Frank E. Schnerer and Miss Ellen Frankfort of Spruce Street were wed by Rev. E. S. Brownmiller at St. Mark's parsonage North 9th Street Reading. Later Martin V. Miller and Miss Mabel G. Shue married at the bride’s home by Rev. J. E. Keene with further nuptials for Prof. Winkelbleck and Miss Caldwell from Lancaster. Doremus Fry and M. Daphne Fry wed in Ephrata Lutheran parsonage, the groom a noted Lititz baseball pitcher. the couples departed for wedding trips including Philadelphia, New York, Boston and New England.
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