Lititz Tales of Local Moves and Mishaps
A Lititz report details Mrs. Fred Brackbill recovering after surgery at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Local decorators Harry Geltz opens his own business in Lititz. Lititz Fire Company loses to Rothsville in a basketball match with a return game planned. Benjamin B. Hertzler turns 81 this Friday, with family milestones nearby. A business group plans a Lititz baseball committee to form a team. Charles Hoff’s two year old son suffered eye injuries from flying glass after a collision at Kissel Hill. Traffic delays due to snow banks hinder turning access.
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Charles
Charles Hoff
Kissel Hill
Jewelry Store Robbery in Lancaster Claims Watches and Rings
Miss Grace Keller visited her nephew Eugene B. Keller in Lancaster yesterday. The nephew runs the jewelry store started by his father Eugene H. Keller. Early Sunday, a brick broke the window glass and thieves stole about $250 worth of watches and rings but left most items behind. They pulled a velvet strip to reach the display, taking fewer than six watches and several ladies rings.
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Grace Keller
Eugene B. Keller
Lancaster
Eugene H. Keller
Fastnacht Day Traditions and Local Bakery Sale
Fastnacht Day or Shrove Tuesday marks the pre Lent holiday. Local bakers sold hundreds of dozens of fastnacht cakes while many households still bake at home. In Shreve, U B Church sold 170 dozen fastnachts and Moravian Church Ladies Sewing Society held a Fastnacht Supper with thirty six members attending.
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U. B. Church
Ladies’ Sewing Society
Moravian Church
Tailless PBortyat hinkel Chickens in Lancaster County
Historical note on a rare breed of tailless chickens once raised in Lancaster County brought from Ireland around 1722. Known for large eggs and strong maternal instincts, the stock is now rare and treasured by owners, notably Col. Henry W. Shoemaker of Restless Oaks, Clinton County, whose family has kept them for 150 years and refined them into hardy prolific layers.
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Lancaster County
Ireland
Henry W. Shoemaker
Restless Oaks
Clinton County
Shoemaker
Puppet Vaudeville Show At High School Auditorium
A puppet vaudeville show organized by the art department under Miss Norma Seaman will be held in the High School auditorium on March 10 starting at 8 o clock. Admission is 15 cents and tickets are on sale at the school. About 25 dolls 16 to 18 inches tall, strung and manipulated by eighth grade pupils, will portray Cinderella Maggie Jiggs ballet and Dutch dances on a miniature stage with furniture.
Mail sacks of neckties expose blind-man scam scheme
Fifteen mail sacks of neckties arrived at Lititz and other post offices. Packages bore pictures of supposed blind men from Philadelphia Chicago and St Louis and asked recipients to send 125 for several neckties to help the blind man. In reality the advertised commissions reach only about 20 percent. The postal service cannot stop the operation and suggests returning the ties or withholding payment to deter the scheme.
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Lititz
Matt Brodie
Philadelphia
Tyson
Chicago
St. Louis
Post Office Department
Will Go To Government Hospital
William Shaeffer of this place awaits a call to a Government Hospital. He returned from the World War seemingly in good health but the aftereffects of being gassed have appeared, forcing him to quit work.
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William Shaeffer
March Weather: Snowfall Averages Mentioned
The piece notes March climate patterns with comparisons to 1925 1926 and years 1906 1909 1914 1915 1917 showing traces of snow or 10 to 15 inches. It cites an average March snowfall of about five inches across the past 23 years.
Reception for Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shue
A wedding reception was held in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shue of Lititz. A fine dinner was served. The bride and bridegroom received many gifts. Attendees included families from Lititz Manheim Newville Lancaster Penryn Hummelstown and Elstonville with numerous siblings and children listed.
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Clarence Shue
Lititz
Francis Lehn
Kathryn
Christian Hoover
Manheim
Harrison Shue
Samuel Steif
Edwin Shue
Anna Mae
Grace
Robert
Norman
Adam Hottenstein
Newville
William Beck
Paul
Lancaster
Nathan Eitnier
Mary
Anna
Penryn
Galen Wolfersberger
Hummelstown
Edwin Geib
Florence
Elstonvilles
Addison Shue
Pauline
Vera
Helen
Elizzabeth
Nelson
Count J F Lititz a Mann of Renown
A European master artist now in New York adopts the surname Litic and plans US citizenship. Born 1876 in Vienna with Paris training, he exhibited at the Paris Salon and Berlin and London academies. He has invented a lighting based advertising method altering pictures and promises more on his work.
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New York
United States
Mr. Lititz
Vienna
Austria
Paris
Imperial Academy of Vienna
Lititz
Necessity Drives Levi Mellinger to Faster Ring Forge
Blacksmith Levi Mellinger lands a local industry job to forge 100 large metal rings. He builds a machine that multiplies output tenfold and delivers more satisfactory results than hand work.
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Levi Mellinger
Around Our Town: Postcard, Tramp, and Wartime Views
A world travel postcard dated December 20 hints at a South Sea climate. A Lititz tramp asked for food, then demanded a dollar with rude language. Senator Reed insults soldiers as loafers amid Perryville hospital scenes of shell shock and tuberculosis. Pennsylvania politics show corruption in Philadelphia’s Ward 24, with dead voters and unregistered names. editor cautions against blanket propaganda. The piece recalls Lititz’s Y M S R C club of 40 years past, later spawning the Susquehanna Recreation Club still active.
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Washington
Reed
Pennsylvania
Army Hospital
Perryville
Pennsyvania
Tweny-fourth
Philadelphia
Vare
Lititz
Wilson Appel
W. M. Grube
G. L. Hepp
Horace Eschbach
M. S. Hess
Family of Four Killed by Train at Water Street Crossing
A box car at the Water street crossing is blamed for a fatal collision that killed Elmer Hershey, 39, his wife Stella, 37, and two sons Wilbur, 4, and Eugene, 16, with a Reading passenger train. The car occupants, including Elmer’s son, died on scene or en route to Lancaster General Hospital. the driver and circumstances remain under investigation amid town spectators and official inquiries.
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Water Street
Elmer G. Hershey
Reading
Elmer
G. Hershey
Rome
Lititz
Rothsville Road
Stella Kiltheimer Hershey
Wilbur Theodore Hershey
Lutzmarket
Pfantz Bros
Hudson
Main Street
Mennonite Church
Kreider
Phares Shelly
Shelly
Tonneau
Sheep Sold at Warwick House Sale
There was another big sale at the Warwick House on Saturday. A hundred and seventy-five pigs were sold at prices from 8.75 to 28 dollars. 22 sheep brought from 13 to 20.50 dollars each. Rabbits 1.20, pigeons 0.40, baskets of cabbage 0.40 to 0.70, three truckloads of apples 0.40 to 1.85 a bushel. Potatoes 0.95 to 1.65 a bushel. One truckload of Granges at 245 a box. Grapefruit 0.24 to 0.27 a bag, lettuce 0.22 to 0.24 a bag. Dress goods 1.00 to 2.25 each, union suits 1.40 to 2.80, stockings 0.12 to 0.25 a pair, sweaters 1.00 to 1.30, sheets 0.75 to 0.95.
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Warwick House
Silk Worm Swindle Echoes In Era Of Mulberry Trees
An old editor notes a famous swindle selling mulberry trees for silk worm schemes. Though propagated in the past, such efforts failed at Summy farm Sun Hill and elsewhere. The piece warns readers against mail order schemes while urging focus on cotton use and domestic industry.
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Benjamin Franklin
Summy
Sun Hill
Japan
Schnitzelbunk Quintet at Brickerville Church Show
The Schnitzelbunk Quintet will appear at the Church School in Brickerville on Saturday evening March 12.
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Schnitzelbunk
Brickerville
Church School
Will Hear Talk on Gardening by Farm Women Society No 1
The Society of Farm Women No.1 will meet Saturday afternoon at Mrs. Martin Hess’s home near Rome. An expert will give a talk on Gardening.
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Society of Farm Women No.1
Martin Hess
Rome
Linden Hall Alumnae Tea Meeting Advised
The Lititz Branch of the Linden Hall Alumnae Association will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday afternoon March 10. A fine program has been arranged. Come and bring a guest.
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Lititz
Linden Hall Alumnae Association
Newly Weds Honor Guests At Elm Wedding Dinner
Elm couple Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Yocum held a wedding dinner for their daughter last Saturday in Elm. Invited guests included Mr. and Mrs. Clay Esbenshade, Willis Esbenshade, Susan Shenk, the Yocums, Esbenshades, Buckwalter, Martin Esbenshade, Amos Risser, Druck enbroed, I. W. Singer, Ross Esbenshade, Eli Yocum, and many others, with numerous gifts reported as beautiful and useful.
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S. H. Yocum
Elm
Clay Esbenshade
Willis Esbenshade
Susan Shenk
M. G. Esbenshade
David Buckwalter
Martin Esbenshade
Amos L. Risser
F. E. Druckenbroed
I. W. Singer
Ross Esbenshade
Eli Yocum
Helen Rogers
Evelyn Druckenbrod
Henry Risser
Alma Risser
Kathryn Brubaker
Vera Eshlemman
Emma Zook
Joe Graybill
Homer Metzler
Earl Hess
Cora Hershey
Harold Book
Mabel Stoner
Raymond Moyer
Grace Bucher
Bertha Root
Clarence Herr
Jacob Brubaker
Naaman Hershey
Frank Beard
J. L. Graybill
Henry Hershey
Eva Burkholder
Mary Hershey
Mildred Bruba
Travel notes show visitors and moves of Lancaster area residents
Mr John Leed visits Campbells town with son Spencer. Holmesburg resident Wm Keller visits sister Grace Keller. B B Snavelys travel to Florida by train. James Hollinger Lancaster visits brother Hiram on Liberty street. John Stultz York guests of F B Buch on North Broad. F M Busser near Clay visits sister and husband on Lincoln Ave. Adam Walters near Clay Lebanon line guests of Harvey Fetter. Rev Wm Weichsel Strasburg visits brother Rev F A Weichsel. Clarence Dillman moves to Grantville to run general store. Minnie Furlow and son attend Oscar Weik funeral in Newmanstown. James Wolfgang Ashland visits Rev F A Weicksel. Mrs Wolfgang and Mrs Weicksel are sisters. Charles Rickert Manheim walks to Lititz then returns by train. born in Lititz. Rep G G Diehm and party go to Harrisburg to observe Legislative session.
Brother W Worley Dies in Barn Accident at 64
Attended funeral of W W Worley at East Main Street. He died Friday from a barn brace accident. John Worley his brother funeral held at Carlisle on Monday. Survived by three brothers and two sisters. He was 64.
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W. W. Worley
East Main Street
John Worley
Carlisle
Former School Teacher Here on Visit
Mrs. Lou Yocum of Reading was the guest of her aunt Mrs. Catherine Smith on Spruce street from Thursday to Friday. She is well remembered in this section as Miss Vetter, a former school teacher. Mrs. Yocum is deeply interested in Sunday School work.
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Lou Yocum
Reading
Catherine Smith
Spruce Street
Oliver Smith Answers Questions in Red Lion Sun Column
Oliver Smith, former local figure now editor of the Red Lion Sun, presents a Q and A column. Readers in Laurel Windsor Red Lion York weigh in on love insanity mood in cotton markets and auto driving, with playful exchanges and quick quips.
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Oliver Smith
This Place
The
Red Lion Sun
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Fred Brackbill
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Harry Geltz
Lititz Fire Company
Rothsville Fire Company Five
Benjamin B. Hertzler
Mr. Hertzler
Carl Worley
Ralph Worley
Government
Mrs
Count J. F. Lititz
Mann
Josh
Bohemia
Count Zinzendorf
Gentral Europe
Count J. F. Bubna Lititz
J. F. Litic
Litiz
Count Lititz
Mr. Hershey
Kate Hershey
Manheim R. D
Minnie Shaeffer
John Leed
Spencer
Campbellstown
Wm. Keller
Holmesburg, Pa
Miss Grace Keller
B. B. Snavely
Lexington
Florida
James Hollinger
Hiram
Liberty Street
John Stultz
York
F. M. Busser
Near
Clay
T. E. Will
Lincoln Avenue
Adam Walters
Clay Township
Lebanon County
Harvey Fetter
Wm. Weichsel
Strasburg
F. A. Weichsel
Clarence Dillman
Grantville
Dillman
Minnie Furlow
Theodore Badorf
Newmanstown
Oscar Weik
James Wolfgang
Ashland, Pa
F. A. Weicksel
Wolfgang
Mrs. Weicksel
Charles Rickert
Mr. Rickert
Harrison Helman
Charles Brobst
Augustus Fleckenstein
Wayne Zartman
G. G. Diehm
Harrisburg
D. L
Laurel
Tor
Windsor
J. S
Red Lion
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