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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
4
A 1911 editorial argues there is no excuse for toxic candies and praises strict labeling under the Food and Drugs law. It notes sugar costs and urges Congress to act on President Taft's proposed amendments to curb fraudulent curative claims by patent medicines and political quacks.
The Record highlights Linden Hall Seminary gaining national prominence via a Life magazine feature reaching hundreds of thousands of readers. It also notes local naturalist Atwood Kreider collecting rare snakes and Decker & Son pianos sold to A N Diehl, plus an accident at Lithograph factory injuring Thomas Fralich.
John Badorf, Warwick House proprietor, will host the Fourth of July celebration on Monday evening July 3 on the hotel lawn with electric lights Japanese lanterns and fireworks Becks Concert Band providing music.
H L Keith store will close all day July 4. A small fire in Spera's restaurant Sunday morning was stopped with water. no major damage. Dr. Martin Royer, U P Philadelphia graduate, now veterinary surgeon. Norman Leicey surveys Ephrata to Lebanon trolley route. Neidermyer family from Lititz visited here. Festival Saturday evening with Beck's Concert band. Myers and Getz families visited Lancaster last weekend.
Wayne Longenecker of Lititz, Bell Telephone agent, organized the Elizabeth-Warwick Township Telephone Co with Harry Brubaker as president Milton Hess as secretary Aaron Z Weidman as treasurer. Mrs Hannah Mellinger travels to Ohio for Elser Oberlin reunion. Lutheran reunion at Lititz drew many. St Johns Church Children day exercises well attended. Visitors listed: Albert Weidman Akron John Huber Manheim Park Zahm Ephrata P F Snyder Lititz. John Enck listed as sick.
Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Albright of Philadelphia visited Leah Albright in Akron and S. K. Wolf’s summer household. Sunday gatherings included David H. Snader with Miss Emma and John Ebersole at Kinzers, and numerous Brownstown, New Holland, and Manheim residents visiting local hosts. The Hesses returned from a four week Palmyra trip, while others hosted or visited relatives in the area.
The Rothsville festival by the High and Grammar schools succeeded financially and socially. Local residents and visitors from Reading, Lancaster, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and Bareville were noted guests and relatives, with numerous acknowledgments of weekends spent in town and travel to Reading, Ephrata, Morgantown, Lititz, and Scotland.
Dr. and Mrs. J Francis Dunlap announce the engagement of their daughter Susan M Dunlap to John Walls Bucher of Lewisburg Pa. The column records visits from Lititz Lititz residents and Nappanee Indiana guests, a Gettysburg automobile trip, a handbag altercation incident, Heidelberg township school board actions, and various local social calls and vacations.
Community calendar lists numerous Sunday schools picnics and concerts at Lititz Springs from July 8 through August 19. Activities include Lancaster, Lititz, and surrounding groups with bands, reunions, and church picnics led by St Pauls M E and other congregations.
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