Local notices mix as Lititz residents attend sales and meetings
Doster's star Monroe Whitcraft buys a Scripp Booth touring car from John Longenecker. Israel Nershey potatoes fetch 2.50 a bushel vs 1.80 market price while a lost license tag 83 is found. Warcies House charity sale and Lititz Alumnae and Mission Society events are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Whitcraft
Kissel Hill
Scripp-Booth
John Longeneck
Israel Nershey
Central Garage
P. B. Kofroth
West Lemon Mor
Tra Kiserly
Tex
Lititz
Alumnae Association
Linden Trail Seminary
Society of the United Evangelical Church
Catherine
J. Edwin A. Longenecker
Near Tititz
Avias Rolman
Aldus K. Rover
PL & AE
Avenemy Glee Club
Ming
Lancaster
My. Longenecker
New York
Miore
Wages in Cigar Factories Questioned in Fragments
A garbled excerpt discusses wage rates in cigar factories. It mentions pay, rates, and potential comparisons but the text is largely unclear and unreadable. The readable terms suggest wages and drawing pay but lack complete facts.
Death by gas asphyxiation in Reading residence
Miss Elizabeth Buel, 54, formerly of Lexington, was found dead in her Reading home after apparently opening five gas jets on a stove. Coroner ruled death a gas asphyxiation, noting illness and strange behavior but declined to deem it suicide. Funeral services were private at her brother’s home and burial followed in Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Buel
Lexington
Reading
William Buel
Tven
Washington Street
Miss Buel
Tle
John Biemesderter
Mirja
John Bremsderfer
Wyde
Lititz
Noo
Irvin Showers
Local sick list and church service notes update
The column lists several community members ill or recovering, including Amos Trershes, Fleck, Jacob Kauffman, and Rev. F.E.S. Crosland. Miss Anna K. Miller improves after relapse. Amelia Miller and others are mentioned with minor ailments. A sentence about offerings and goods appears amid the ad-like fragments.
Billy Sunday Visits Lititz in Colorful Stop
Billy Sunday toured Lititz visiting Moravian chapel and cemetery then stump speech at Linden Hall chapel. He praised Lititz pretzels at Sturgis bakery, met Rev Pfautz and Linden Hall pupils, posed for photos, and enjoyed a chicken dinner with Harry Shaeffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Lititz
Lancaster
Linden Hall
Harry Shaeffer
South Broad Street
Deaths and obituaries from Lititz and Manheim area
Obituaries note the deaths of J A Zeller 62 in Lititz after brief illness with survivors including multiple children and a sister. Barbara Fraelich dies at 78 in Lititz after debility. funeral at Lititz Lutheran and neighbors listed. Carrie Bulzer dies of pneumonia in Rothsville at age teens with brothers and sisters. Babasa Snyder dies in Brownstown after pneumonia. Barbara Wenger and family noted. Caroline Biemesderfer dies at 77 near Scheafferstown after seven weeks. son Dr Frank L Biemesderfer of Lancaster among survivors. Funeral details and church affiliations listed. local talk on Chi Ii the UU church promises event updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie
Norman
Carrie Bulzer
Ephrata Township
Rothsville Lutheran Church
I. A. Weicksel
Babasa Snyder
Dar Brownstown
Tneumonia
Barbara
Henry Wenger
Prownstown
Stley
Lititz
Lillian
David Ternley
Millport
Fric’s
Stren
Caroline Biemesderfer
Caroline A. Biemesderfer
John Biemesderfer
Manheim
Lancaster
John M. Ressler
Scheafferstown
Lebanon County
Frank L
Lencaster
Lutheran Church
Laura Oehme
Suny Promises
Burkholder Bros. Trio Take Toledo Auto Run
Clarence Burkholder and partners Howard Vans Wayne Felker and Paul Dittler traveled to Toledo Ohio Monday to haul four Overland cars back home two touring and two sedans This marks Burkholder Bros third Toledo trip this year bringing twenty nine cars including Fords and signals a busy auto shipping season driven by delivery needs over uncertain rail service. White Cave Commandery No will hold an extraordinary meeting in Rodys Hall this Tuesday at the home of a Brubaker in Lititz to discuss Malta gated men’s A Mo 1 event
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Burkholder
Burkholder Bros
Howard Vans
Wayne Felker
Paul Dissler
Toledo
Overland
Burkholders
White Cave Commandery No
Rody’s Hall
Malta
Partridges Befriend Lexington Man After Weeks of Care
John Hillen of Lexington has fed a covey of eleven partridges in his barn yard for weeks. The birds, once wild, now approach people at breakfast and mingle with chickens. A brushwood shelter protects them as Hillen enjoys the birds and their bug-control value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hillen
Lexington
Hilton
Dave
No Longer Able To Do Horseshoeing
Mr. Addison Pfautz, a horseshoer of forty eight years, will discontinue that work due to age and a recurring ailment after past injuries. He will continue in other smithing work and auto body painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison Pfautz
Plantz
Pine Hill
Pfantz
Party honors Ralph as neighbor children gather at Cedar Street
A local party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. South on Cedar Street celebrated Ralph’s first birthday Monday. Neighborhood children joined after school for an afternoon of fun as the little boy, despite limited English, appeared to enjoy the lively gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melba
John Weiffer
Meebers
The
Evangelical Church
Harry Engle
Paul Peiffer
Fred Hall
Mahlon Groff
Dorothy Fry
Rita Fry
Grace Adams
Viola Adams
Minerva Smith
Sarah Broomwall
Miriam Wonder
Mary Zell
Susie Diehia
South Cedar Street
Ralph
Walter
Ernst
H Tien
Butser
Telen Diehin
Felson Stark
Myvet Ffatts
Jean Prauts
Suffering From Gas Exposure After Army Discharge
Earl Mumma, recently discharged from the army in apparent good health, shows health decline from gas exposure. X ray reveals yellowed lungs and chronic mouth throat soreness. Teeth turning black and loose. removal likely. He awaits government department guidance and mentions a wife and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Mumma
William Mumma
Hershey
Travelers near and far visit Lancaster area community
A parade of visits fills a Lancaster field with movement as Mr. and Mrs. William Keener called on relatives in Ephrata while Miss Mary Garber attended a Reading party. Numerous locals and guests travel to Harrisburg Philadelphia Reading and Lancaster for family gatherings and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Keener
Ephrata
Mary Garber
Reading
Phares Malschnee
Ellsworth Phillipps
Harrisburg
Edward Buch
Walter M. Ernst
Charles Fry
Philadelphia
Allen Hacker
Harry Herr
York
Samel Walters
Christ Barr
Lancaster
George II
Hepp. Nie
Charles Young
Rixding
Michael Grazer
Kate Roland
New Holland
Mary
Carrie Tschudy
Elmer Reidenbach
Fianna Reidenbach
Lillian Miksch
Richard Siegel
William
F. A. Weickser
Lancaster Lutheran Conference
James Sesseman
Elmer Kauffman
Paul Bausher
Anna
J. Fred Essig
Floyd Bender
Spring City
Milton Bender
Harry Ruhl
Harry, Jr
Manheim
Ellen Leib
Jane Miksch
Charles Siegel
Charles Rosenbired
Florence
D. C
Enry Treecs
Speecwell Farms
Uate Shenenberger
Minneanones
Ilington
Harness 40 Years Old Brings $28 at Sale
A historic harness aged forty years sold for 28 dollars at a sale conducted by Parke’s Colfse store. The item was linked to Harry Kann ing f B Rolandus Muir’s estate and noted in a local tax horse auction. Demonstrations and double stamps on Parkie advertisements were observed during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kanning
Rolandus Muir
Kauffman
Parke
Zarman’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eigih
Halpern and Walters
Ash
Iit Bacher
Pepe
Amos Trershes Arce
Hay
Teo
Fleck
Jacob Kauffman
Crosland
Anna K. Miller
Amelia Miller
Rapidity
Aes
Horace Eschbach
Sunday
Chicago
Eschbach
Eveat Tabernacle
Horace
Frank Rapp
Terry Schachfer
Brye
Mushc
Addir
Rothschild
England
Hood River
Sturgis
William Pfautz
National Leag
Hina
J. A. Zeller
Theodore A. Zeller
Newmanstown
Jennie Lanfory
Lilite
K Tielen Lunt
New York City
Mabel
W. B. Okie
South Grange
Janet
J. B. Terr
Tlaint Mary
Edgwood
Kansas
Robert
Alaska
Ada
W. A. Mackey
St. Francisville
Howard
U. S. Marine Service
Esther
Miriam
Nathan Althouse
Barbara Fraelich
Benjamin Fraelich
North Broad Street
Lime Rock
Gable
Eric
Levi Fraelich
Lebanon
Sherman
Benjamin
Susan Kissinger
Brethren
Neffsville
Elizabeth Leitzinger
Landisville
Longenecker
Barbara Snyder
China
Maltas
A. c
Addison Pfantz
Minne
Amanda Griff
Harry Kauffman
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