Lititz notes on farming gear and local events
W H Muth & Co offers Mapie's fertilizer with potash. prices low. Farmers recalling wheat at $1.50, Moravian church fund collection totals $104.27. A gun metal watch lost. return to office. 4H Imboden ships 40 cattle to Allentown. Spelling bees planned at Warwick high school and Brickerville church. Local market shows eggs at 20 cents and butter at 28 cents. Authors discuss Lititz as an early musical center. Auto trucks haul tobacco amid muddy roads. St Patrick's Day ahead. Irish pride noted. Public sale of H S Ober's estate drew strong attendance. livestock prices strong. Obed Fasnacht granted Sunday off. Elam Fasnacht longtime chocolate factory overseer. W M Amer sells cigar box factory, Sturgis to take over April 1. Dos ter's tobacco muslin 23 cents a yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H W. Muth & Co
Mapie
Lydia Mearig
Seader
Spruce Street
Moravian Church
Bennett Mfg
Imboden
Elizabeth Farms
Elizabeth Township
Lititz
Allentown
Warwick High School
Church School
Brickerville
Frank K. Miller
Record
H. W. Verger
Outhouse
Horace
Pat
H. S. Ober
Kissel Hill
Elam Fasnacht
W. M. Amer
A. R. Bomberger & Co
Dile Motor Co deal pending eyed by Lititz promoters
Local backers report about $26,000 raised to lure Dile Motor Company to Lititz with plans to locate here and a Remington typewriter contract for 1500 Dile cats cited. Delays stem from owner Lengel's business in New York while prospects of early spring temper expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dile Motor Company
Dile
Reading
Messrs
Dick & Lengel
Dile Works
Lengel
New York City
Remington Typewriter
Mc. Lengel
New York
Local poultry buzz as chicken farming grows this spring
City residents increasingly plan poultry ventures with many shifting from pigeons to chickens. Market demand for mother hens remains strong and prices stay favorable. Warwick High School graduation exercises set for March 26 in Linden Hall with nine seniors and John E B Malone as speaker. Bac calaureate service will be Sunday March 21 at U B church with Rev Haas delivering the sermon. Aid Society sale features food at the market house Saturday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick High School
Linden Hall
Bessie KE. Brackbill
Dorothy H. Hershey
Carrie Hl. Pfautz
Laura M. Smith
Hila Mae Wissler
Doner Brenner
Alvin Enck
Paul M. Lefever
Lester R. Miller
John EB. Malone, Esq
Lancaster
Hackman
Haas
U. B. Charch
Death notices for Brubaker and Carpenter deaths in Lititz area
Jacob Brubaker aged 69 died of dropsy at his East Front Street home after two years illness. He was a Clay township native, a wagon maker, never married, Mennonite, survived by his sister Leah Stauffer. Funeral at Lititz Mennonite church with interment in Indiantown cemetery. Bishop Noah Landis led services. Harriet Carpenter aged 83 years 8 months 16 days died at Pine Hill Warwick township. Died after old age infirmities with husband Urias Carpenter deceased since 1900. Survived by children Wayne in Virginia, Mrs Samuel S Hess near Hammer Creek, Sumpter near Pine Hill, brother Curtis Miller and sister Mrs Hiram Frey. Funeral at home with Rev J W Smith officiating and burial in family graveyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Brubaker
Leah Stauffer
East Front Street
U. B
Brubaker
Clay Township
Stauffer
Harriet Carpenter
Urias Carpenter
Pine Hill
Warwick Township
Wayne
Waverly
Samuel S. Hess
Hammer Creek
Sumpter
Curtis Miller
Ephrata
Hiram Frey
Lincoln
J. W. Smith
Breach of Promise Suit Involving Laura Flory and Valentine Brobst
Laura M Flory of Brunnerville sues Valentine M Brobst of Lititz for 20000 damages alleging breach of promise after engagement from Oct 4 1914 to Feb 14 1915. Brobst a Medico-Chirurgical College student and son of Dr J C Brobst claims engagement ended over rumors and other suitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura M. Flory
Valentine Brobst
P. W. Flory
Brunnerville
Valentine M. Brobst
Lititz
B. F. Davis
Mr.Brobs
J. C. Brobst
Philadelphia Medico-Chirurgical College
John E. Malone
M. G. Schaeffer
Charles G. Baker
Brobst
Miss Flory
Lincoln
Jing
Flory
Brohst
Wedding of Laura Katzenbach and Walter Woerner Set for April 14
Miss Laura Katzenbach daughter of Mr and Mrs William A Katzenbach of Philadelphia and Dr Walter L Woerner of Lititz Pa will marry on Wednesday evening April 14 at Epiphany Lutheran church The wedding party includes maid of honor Miss Anna Katzenbach bridesmaids Miss Edith Katzenbach and Miss Carrie Hemmerle Best man Ralph Woerner groomsman George Katzenbach and usher Joseph Zaiser Also Love One Another Circle of Kings Daughters to host sauer kraut supper March 20 at the market house with 25 cent full meals Proceeds aid local needs Donations sought for Lancaster General Hospital auxiliary provisions collection planned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Katzenbach
William A. Katzenbach
Philadelphia
Walter L. Woerner
Lititz
Frederick G. H. Woerner
Roxborough
Epiphany Lutheran Church
Anna’ Katzen[bach
Edith Katzenbach
Carrie Hemmerle
Doctor Woerner
Ralph Woerner
George, Katzenbach
Joseph Zaiser
Philadelphia | Ledger
King’s Daughters
Lancaster, General Hospital
Deaths of Infant Huber and Hackman Brothers
Infants Dorothy age one and Henry age three months died from illnesses in Warwick township and Brunnerville area. Dorothy, daughter of Elam and wife, died Monday at 4 30 am after a long invalid condition worsened by a cold. services at home and Graffdale Cemetery with Rev J W G Hershey. Henry, son of Wayne and Annie Hackman, died Sunday afternoon at Pine Hill. funeral held Thursday at 9 30 am from home, interment Brickerville Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Elam Huber
Brunnerville
Graffdale
J. W. G. Hershey
Henry
Wayne
Annie Hackman
Pine Hill
Warwick Township
Brickerville Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Death of Emma Geitner in Philadelphia Hospital
Emma Geitner died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Philadelphia after a March 4 illness and operation. A native of the borough, she was 63 and survived by sister Mary Geitner and brothers Harvey and Charles in Hickory, N C. Her remains were taken to Hickory for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Geitner
Good Samaritan Hospital
Philadelphia
Clement and
Fannie Roger Geitner
Linden Hall Seminary
Hickory
N. C
M. J. Ayres
Atlantic City
Ayer
Ayres
Mary Geitner
Harvey
Charles
Death of Adam L. Hershey at Lancaster
Adam L. Hershey died at his home in Lancaster on Monday night. Born October 4, 1844 in East Hempfield township, he farmed near Oroville for years before moving to Lancaster twelve years ago. Survived by wife Annie B. Baer and children Ella B. Roland, Elizabeth, Harry, and Adam B. Funeral from his home Thursday at 1 pm and Mennonite church at East Petersburg at 2:30 pm with interment there. Also survived by his mother Mrs Elizabeth Hershey, aged 9 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam L. Hershey
Lancaster
East Hempfield Township
Oroville
Hershey
Annie B. Baer
East
Hempfield Township
Ella B
Jacob D. Roland
Lititz
Elizabeth B
Harry J
Adam B
East Petersburg
Imother
Elizabeth
Death of Milton W Buch in Manheim at 58
Milton W Buch a well known resident of Manheim borough died at his home Saturday morning at age 58 after an eleven week illness due to diabetes. He was a member of the Lutheran church and is survived by his wife a daughter Grace at home his mother in Penn township and brothers and sisters Howard Harry Mrs Jacob Fink Mrs Cyrus Shaeffer Madison Monroe and Lillis of Manheim borough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton W. Buch
Manheim Borough
Lutheran Church
Grace
Penn Township
Howard
Harry
Jacob Fink
Cyrus Shaeffer
Madison
Monroe
Lillis
Labor-saving Mill Upgrade and Egg Prices Mentioned
A local paper mill installs a new automatic core making machine and adds an electric motor to cut labor. Walton Manufacturing of New York handles tissue paper conversion for marketable sizes. Hens get three cheers as egg prices drop to 16 cents per dozen, 18 cents per dozen for hen fruit, the cheapest in nearly a year. The Aid Society of the U B church will run a market at the church on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton Manufacturing Company of
New York
Travelers Near and Far Move To and Fro
The item lists numerous locals visiting relatives and friends in cities like New York Philadelphia Lancaster Nazareth and York with mentions of church trips college visits and a funeral. It notes Mrs Sturgis illness and a German employee leaving for Baltimore among other social travel snippets.
Alaska Prospector John McCord Visits Lancaster and Sutter Ties
An Alaska prospector, John McCord, spent Sunday in town visiting the Gate and Home of the late General Cutter John Weidman on Spruce Street. He shared tales from 17 years in Alaska, carried a seven ounce gold nugget, and noted record cold plus distant mountain views. He plans further travel after the Panamia exposition, citing his son in Fairbanks. Separately, Lititz High School Alumni plan a Linden Hall gymnasium entertainment featuring The Old New Hampshire Home, with tickets at Habecker's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Cutter
John Weidman
Spruce Street
John McCard
Alaska
Mr. McCord
Lancaster
States
McCord
San Francisco
Sutter
California
Chas. Kreider
Lititz High School
Linden Hall
Habecker’s
New Hampshire
Palmer Winthrop
A. B. Brubaker
J. Zahm
Micky Mallina
C. Hagey
Moses Gazinski
D. Bricker
Rawlings
van Dusen
K. Witmyer
Mabel Winthrop
Farmer Winthrop
V. Leib
Tilly
M. Huebener
Mrs. Winthrop
E. Be
Localiliates Sickness and Accidents Reported in Lancaster Area
The Sick and Injured Mrs. Rafala Kauffman, 74, of Owl Hill, is ill. Mrs. William Weitzel, rear of Gibbes’s saddlery, spent days at Lancaster General Hospital. Mrs. Barbara Grayhill of East Main street is ill with pneumonia. Harry Weitzel of Rome, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Weitzel, was injured at a Reading box factory when both hands were caught in a machine, leaving him unable to work. Mrs. John Weitzel of Rome has a badly swollen thumb from a needle injury. Mrs. Amos Roth underwent home surgery by Dr. Atlee and Dr. Yoder after ailing for some time. Hila Seather, age three, dislocated her arm while playing with her brother last Sunday.
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H. A. Cuppy
New York
W. D. Fiehthorn
Adamstown
D. G. Witmyer
Denver
Nora Hottenstein
Philadelphia
Carrie Yerger
Horace
Mamie Rote
John Clendening
E. S. Hagen
Linden Hall
York
Samuel Foltz
East Petersburg
H. H. Holtzhouse
Lloyd Kauffman
Chester
A. E. Furlow
Charles E. Sturgis
Lancaster
Darius Kissinger
Reading
Mary Kissinger
Harry Ditzler
Addison Harding
Stevens
Anna Kendig
Nathaniel Wolfe
Wm. Kissinger
Billy
Harry Shirker
Henry and
Owen Hershey
Elizabethtown College
Kate Amér
Albert O. Sturgis
Nazareth
Sturgis
Irvin Staver
Alice Miller
Kansas
Ephrata
J. H. Breitigan
Ralph Gross
Ezra Habecker
Lizzie N. Brubaker
H. R. Gibbe
Rafala Kauffman
Owl Hill
William Weitzel
Gibbes
Lancaster General Hospital
Barbara Grayhill
Weitzel
John Weitzel
Rome
Amos Roth
North Broad Street
Dr. Atlee
Yoder
Hila
Nathan Seather
Lititz High School Lyceum to Hold Last Meeting
The Lititz High School Lyceum will meet Friday evening March 12 at 7 30. An interesting program has been prepared. Patrons and friends of the school are invited. a small admission fee will be charged.
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Lititz High School Lyceum
Lititz Baseball Team Promises Strong Season Finish
Manager Scheneberger has set a strong lineup for Lititz with a goal of contending for the pennant. Town pride runs high as fans are urged to subscribe and contribute to support the team, with Spickler serving as secretary. A festival at the U B church market house Saturday offers oysters ice cream cakes and candies in support of the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Scheneberger
Lititz
C. G. Spickler
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Doster
Dile Motor CO
Mother Earth
Ent
Aid Society
U. B. Church
Lyceum
Aid Society of the U. B. Church
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