Shad season ends as crops and town activity rise
The shad fishing season closes tomorrow while farmers report healthy potato and wheat growth and widespread field work. Elwood Furlow found a sledge on Spruce street and Lititz residents apply oil to streets to curb dust as tobacco, corn, and fruit plantings progress amid warm June days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Himmelberger
Bell Telephone
Mary Kautz
C. E. Myer
North Cedar Street
Reading Railroad
Locust Street
Elwood Furlow
Spruce Street
Lititz Lodge No
David Fass
Reading
Church of the Brethren
Neffaville
Lititz
Linden Hall Seminary
Christian Burkholder
Fannie Smith
Akron
Nellie E. Haas
Duncannon
Myrtle Fiero
Lancaster
Charles Heughman
Hollinger
Front Street
J. D. Roland
Rachel Roland
Samuel Foltz
John Dillman
Litch
A Remarkable Lady Visits Town at 93
Miss Sallie Rudy of near Hallville, blind and ninety three, spent a week in town calling on old friends. She moves around remarkably well and recently lodged with Andrew Shissler on East Front street after previously staying with Mrs. Israel G. Erb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Rudy
Hallville
Israel G. Erb
Andrew Shissler
East Front Street
Hadn t Met for 56 Years Mr and Mrs Troutwine Visit Lititz
Mr and Mrs William Troutwine of Philadelphia visited Lititz on Friday staying at Springs Hotel. They had not met their townsman A R Beck for fifty six years when he taught at Nazareth Hall. The couple praised Lititz Springs history and town cleanliness during their first Lititz visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Shue
New Street
Warwick
Edith
Shue
Charles Vollertsen
Rome
Vollertsen
Pretty Springs Park
Lititz
Auto Car Company
Ardmore
Gettysburg
J. W. Baker
Battlefield
Chas. B. Dussinger
William Troutwine
Philadelphia
Springs Hotel
A. R. Beck
Nazareth Hall
Last summons for Mrs Matilda Hollinger 82 at Lancaster
Mrs Matilda Hollinger died last Saturday at 82 after visiting her daughter in Lancaster. She endured several paralytic strokes in recent years and had lived in Lutitz and Lancaster areas. Survived by six children including Amelia Smith Emaline Graver and Suan Himmelberger, two brothers Darius Samuel and sister Amanda Haughman. Funeral held Tuesday at L Himmelberger home with burial in Moravian cemetery. Rev BE Hagen officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Lewis Himmelberger
South Broad Street
Matilda Hollinger
Hollinger
Marietta
John W. Hollinger
East Petersburg
Lutitz
Lutz
Warwick House
Levi Rudy
Amelia
George Smith
Emaline Graver
Suan
L. D. Himmelberger
Hiram
Almont
Montgomery County
James
Darius
Samuel
Amanda Haughman
I. D. Himmelberger
BE. S. Hagen
Arrested on serious charge in Warwick case
Mrs. Alice Weitzel of Ephrata accuses John Carvel of felonious assault and robbery after a Saturday evening incident in Lititz. Carvel, jailed in Lancaster, was committed by Squire Derr to await a hearing, with pursuit and arrest following across Rothsville and Zook’s mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Weitzel
Ephrata
Carvel
John Carvel
Wissler’s Row
Warwick
Lancaster
Squire C. N. Derr
Millport
Carver
Ritchie’s
Rothsville
Ressler
Zook
Disston
Lititz
Deaths and obituaries from Lincoln and area
Lincoln notices record Katie Daub dying at 36 from Brights disease at her father Henry Daub home. She is survived by sister Sarah. mother died two years earlier. funeral at Brickerville Lutheran Church with Rev Fogelman. Also death of William S Filbert aged 79, retired Womelsdorf merchant. wife predeceased him. three children survive. active in Zion's Lutheran. John W Nolt, 71, retired farmer of Voganville, dies suddenly at daughter Mrs Henry Snavely’s home near Clay. heart failure suspected. survivors include wife and many children. funeral at Groffdale Mennonite Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Daub
Henry Daub
Lincoln
Bright
Sarah
Brickerville Lutheranchurch
Fogelman
William S. Filbert
Womelsdorf
John W. Nolt
Voganville
Henry Snavely
Clay
Mennonite Church
Henry H
Near Clay
Eli Landis
Farmersville
Phares
Weidmannville
Clayton
Elmer
Michael
Henry Burkholder
Bareville
Groffdale Mennonite Church
Former Resident Anna Fry Dies in Christiana at 61
Mrs Anna Fry wife of Frederick Pry died at her son Clayton Fry's residence in Christiana on Tuesday aged 61 paralysis caused death. She lived in Lancaster years earlier and worked at War wick House and Springs Hotel. Survived by husband and three children Clayton Jacob Charles. Funeral Friday 10 am at Clayton's home conducted by Rev T S Minker M E church. Interment Machpelah Cemetery at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Fry
Frederick Pry
Christiana
Philadelhia
Clayton
T. 5S. Minker
M. E. Church
Machpelah
Travel Notes Show Busy Weekend for Area Society
A long list of Sunday and weekend travels across the region features S C Hassler at Elm, Walter H Buch in Philadelphia, Wertsch family at Hopeland, Petry visiting Rexmont, Hacker visitors from Reading, Meiskey at Hazelton, Seiverling in Lititz, Sturgis in Lancaster, and many others. Readers are invited to follow the steady stream of journeys to towns like Oneida Akron Ephrata Reading Harrisburg and Philadelphia with family visits, hotel stays, and social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Hassler
Elm
Walter H. Buch
Philadelphia
H. R. Wertsch
Hopeland
Paul Petry
Rexmont
Leroy Hacker
Reading
Wallace Meiskey
Hazelton
William Seiverling
Lititz
Oliver Sturgis
Lancaster
Edwin
Wilson Baum
U. S. Court
M. W. Keller
Oneida
N. Y
Morris McCloud
Ephrata
Akron
Howard Hollinger
Honey Brook
Bertha Hoffman
M. H. Yoder
Sarah Beckler
Reamstown
Clara M. Evans
Harvey Retten
John Sesseman
Milton
Charles Kline
Manheim
Mary Gingrich
Caroline Grosh
E. B. Barr
Herbert Zook
Spruce Street
Oscar J. Erb
McCall’s Ferry
Levi Erb
C. E. Hermstaedt
New York
John Bricker
Warwick
Elizabeth Anderson
Stewartstown
Anna
Mary Meiskey
Boston
Fuller
Pamela Silver
Havre-de- Grace
R. N. Wolfe
E. C. Ritchie
Harry Dissinger
Campbelltown
John Uhland
Ashland
Henry Heiserman
Carrie Darraugh
Charles Smith
George
Grant Buchter
Lydia Keener
Harrisburgh
Hershey
William Loercher
Charles Loercher
R. O. Melzer
W. E. Fasnacht
Cleveland
Lizzie Siegfried
Chester County
W. ®. Fichthorn
Isaiah Staigelman
Shiremanstown
Cumberland County
Anna Becker
Harvey Reiber
Elizabethtown
Robert Huebener
Graceham
Nazareth
Valentine Brobst
Schuylkill Seminary
Martha Thuma
Katie Smith
J. F. Buch
Michael Adams
Annie
Joseph Anderson
Atlantic City
5 000 Tons of Stone Removed at Chocolate Factory Site
Excavation for a new chocolate factory addition nears completion after removing 5000 tons of rock and earth. Contractor W H Muth led the effort amid blasts and broken windows, with 850 pounds of dynamite used over months. Separately Capitol City Artificial Limb Co Harrisburg has an execution against George Daveler and his parents for 661.55. they deny endorsing the note and will appeal. George vanished after taking French leave on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Muth
Capitol City Artificial Limb Company
Harrisburg
George Daveler
Daniel
Elizabeth Daveler
South Spruce Street
George
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Salesman Arrested for Damaging Livery Team
Charles Diamond a Hebrew salesman from Philadelphia was arrested on a charge of gross negligence after a horse and wagon hired from Liveryman A. G. Hershey ran away when Diamond cracked a whip at a barking dog. The wagon overturned near Jenny Lind and Snaveley’s mill, causing extensive damage. Hershey offered $25 to settle. Diamond claimed no funds. Diamond denied responsibility at arraignment before Squire C. N. Derr and was committed for a hearing in default of bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Diamond
Philadelphia
A. G. Hershey
Diamond
Hershey
Lexington
B. B. Snaveley’s Mill
Squire Derr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Albert Shenk
Lawn
Shenk
Mae Erb
Mass
Ida Erb
N. Broad
Market Streets
J. L. Hertz
Louise Melzer
William Geitz
Brooklyn
R. QO. Melzer
Florence Buch
Bryn Mawr
Messrs
A. B. Long
N. B. Seaman
Hiram B. Bomberger
Easton
Coal Dealers’ Association
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Agnes Adams
Kochel
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