Lititz Local Notices Sketch Busy Week
Local items report a leather bag found on Lititz trolley line inquiry at office, 62 year old hardware dealer active life, egg prices 45 cents a dozen, March 27 exam for fourth class post vacancy at Brunnerville, $195 last year compensation. Public sale March 20 features a grandfather clock, Lititz High Alumni play grossed $214 with $150 profit. Local events include birthdays, student visits, spring openings March 20, and upcoming Maltas banquet in Lancaster with 77 cent cars. A brooder fire destroyed 50 chicks. asbestos limited damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
William M. Amer
William
Eocal
Brunnerville
John Womert
Broad Street
Lititz High School
Ellen Leib
Horace Ju
Eschbach
Laura Miller
Emma Miller
South Broad Street
Miss Miller
Tautz's
Tiaac Graybill
North Broad St
D. C. Meinert
Bethlehem
Grosland
Crosland
Fred Trafford
Bethlehem Moravian College and Theological Seminary
Richard Kreider
Lincoln Avenue
Four Carloads of Maine Potatoes for Local Farmers
John Hess, a Lititz area farmer, bought three carloads of Maine seed potatoes in Alstock county. The six leading varieties will be shipped to local freight yards, with over 8000 bushels and broad farmer demand. Potatoes are used increasingly for seed in this region due to proven yields.
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John Hess
Lititz
Alstock County
Maine
Doce Bucher
Lime Rock
Lititz Bakers Defend Old Style Pretzels Against Change
A Lititz Moravian Sunday School plans a Christmas box for Killinek Labrador mission children. Bakers opposed to reform proposals from a San Francisco bank favor the traditional eight shape. They urge shipping items now so the box reaches Labrador before polar winter seizes sea routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Brandywine
Coldwater
Lititz
Homer Sturgis
Sturgis & Haines
N. D. Sturgis
Edgar Sturgis
Philadelphia
William Kissinger
England
Labrador
Moravian Sunday School
Ceer
Sunshine
Esquimio
Killinek
Timder
Killinck
Lititzman Buys Carload of Oranges and Grapefruit
Air B. B. Leaman, visiting St. Petersburg, Fla., bought 800 boxes of oranges and 60 boxes of grapefruit. The fruit will be shipped to Lancaster, some sold at Leaman and Leed's store, others pledged to Lancaster dealers. Leaman and wife depart for home via St. Petersburg trip.
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Air
B. B. Leaman
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lancaster
Leaman& Leed
Leaman
Henry Keener
Lititz
Ezra Brubaker
Neffsville
Brubaker
Washington, D.C
Obere to Tryout for Reading Pro Baseball Rank
Whitey Obere of Reading, formerly with Lititz, will be given a trial at third base by the Reading International League club. He starred on a soldiers team in Coblenz, Germany and impressed manager Scheneberger who first spotted him. Obere is a strong fielder with a rifle arm and is an extra base hitter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitey Obere
Reading
Lititz
Obere
Coblenz
Germany
Scheneberger
L Reading
Simmy” Schenk
Annual Donations for Lancaster General Hospital
The county Schools will visit on March 11 and 12 to collect donations for Lancaster General Hospital. On March 18 every Lititz home will be visited for the same purpose. Lititz auxiliary ladies will call for annual dues of fifty cents, and Lititz gentlemen are asked to become contributing members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Hospital
Jin Lititz
Benefit Show for Lititz Boy Scouts at Paramount Theatre
The Boy Scouts of Lititz host a charity photoplay titled The Littlest Scout at the Paramount Theatre on Friday March 12 with two showings at 7 and 8 45 P M. Scouts sell tickets and the public is urged to attend as Lititz can boast many members and a full house is hoped for.
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Lititz
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of
Paramount Theatre
Sickness Strikes Numerous Lancaster Residents
Mrs. Shoemaker and Isaac Meek family head a list of ill residents in Lancaster with multiple others including Jerry Adams and the Zartman couple reported sick. Steininger begins recovery while ministers Stengel and Crosland show improvement and retired tailor Darius Delbo suffers paralysis after a prior Lititz residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoemaker
Drayman Harvey Shoemaker
Lancaster General Hospital
Isaac Meek
North Cedar Street
Jerry Adams
Leaman Street
Charles Zartman
Eiam Fasnacht
William Steininger
Delbo
Lititz
Woman Recovers Lost Money Swept Away by Flood
A young woman employed at a trap factory dropped her weekly pay during a flood. The envelope floated away but was halted forty feet from the drop by a telephone pole. Money dried on a radiator and was recovered in full.
Local Game Warden Receives Quail and Plans Pheasant Petition
William Snavely, the county game warden, received seven pairs of Mexican quail and distributed them in good roostations. He notes the birds are similar to native quail but slightly smaller and expects two trios of English pheasants next week. Snavely circulates a petition to close the county for pheasants and urges all sportsmen to sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Snavely
Snavely
Native of Lititz Talks on China Mission Work
Miss Laura Oehme, longtime Lititz resident and China missionary, spoke at the U B Church about her work. She described Chinese customs, child selling, gambling, and women’s education, noting hardships for missionaries and a need for more workers. Jacob Palm suffered a thumb injury at a Clay township milling planing mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
U. B
Miss Oehme
Jacob Palm
Clay Township
Mi. Atry
Citizenship Papers for Athletic Farmer Otto Stephen
Otto Stephen a Lititz area farmer who did not waive draft exemption received full naturalization papers after passing the test. He plans to stay in the country for life and has trained in weight lifting boxing under Leo Houck, sparring most of the winter, with a first test under fire scheduled for Thursday in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Stephen
Lititz
Otto
Leo Houck
Houck
Philadelphia
Music Inspires Rush Cigar Factory Workers to Work Faster
Employees at the Rush cigar factory paused for an afternoon of music with Philip Reichart on violin and Earl Gohn and Wayne Hackman on guitar. They rolled more cigars than usual and reported shorter hours. Plans for future performances include Prof Kepple on cornets, Monroe Smith on alto horn, Lewis Sturgis on tenor drum, and local volunteers for piano and singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush Cigar Factory
Philip Reichart
New York City
Earl Gohn
Wayne Hackman
Harry Kepple
Monroe Smith
Lewis Sturgis
Henry Niess
Snowbound Nazareth worker delays return to duties
D A Cohick, who drives the Nazareth peanut line for his son in law, remains in Nazareth after heavy February snowfall blocked roads. He cobbles at Grube's shop while W S Diehm recovers from a neck carbuncle. Mother and infant die near Pine Hill from pneumonia amid influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Cohick
Nazareth
Mr. Cohick
Grube
W.S. Diehm
Cohick
Mr.Diehm
Spelling Bee Sparks Hams Talk in Lititz Section
A rural spelling bee drew laughs when a Lititz girl misanswered the question How many hams has a pig. A country boy said four, then a Lititz girl said three, explaining she thought a butcher offered three hams for sale.
Billy’s warm talk during Lititz return visit
The Rev Billy spoke with Harry Stehman at the Lititz toll gate about his years of back injury. Stehman, once an engineer at the Lititz electric plant, was greatly encouraged by the conversation. Billy enjoyed a brief stop during a journey from Fargo to Lititz and skipped other invitations to dine.
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Billy
Lancaster
Harry Stehman
Toll Gate
Stehman
Lititz
Horace Eschbach
Eschbach
Chicago
Fargo
N. D
Castleton
Mr. Eschbach
Anniversary Sale Postponed To This Saturday At Warwick House
Snow blocked roads push Warwick House anniversary sale to this Saturday with thirty horses forty cows and many shoats consigned by Monroe Shue among vast livestock and articles. Next Saturdays feature sale then March 27 furniture and housewares from landlord Badorf. Lititz emergency aid ladies sew pneumonia jackets for the sick and 79 hospital night shirts in a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Monroe Shue
Badorf
Lititz
General Hospital
Lititz Man Falls Into Creek After Teasing Geese
A Lititz man about 45 years old teased geese along a creek on Monday. When the gander hissed, he backed away and fell into the creek landing in a sitting position. He had to go home to change clothes before work. An advertisement notes Seaman and Leed sell sugar at 144 cents a pound.
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Ile
Seaman & Leed
Real Estate Transfers On East Front and Centre Streets
Mrs. John Chronister sold her East Front Street home to Chester Keath of Brownstown for 4000 dollars. Mrs Annie Drybread sold the Centre Street home now occupied by Thomas Marks to Anthony Hinsey for 2700 dollars, through J Fred Essig real estate agency.
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John Chronister
East Front Street
Chester Keath
Brownstown
Annie Drybread
Centre Street
Thomas Marks
Anthony Hinsey
J. Fred Essig
Travelers Near and Far Involves Local Social Visits
Miss Jennie Pfautz spent Sunday with friends at Ephrata. Mrs. Edwin Sturgis visited Ephrata with her sister. Mrs. Frank Andrews and Esther spent Sunday with Mr. Andrews at Salunga. Miss Louise Crosland returned from New York and Staten Island. Mrs. Ella Fasnacht visited Lebanon with relatives. Mr. Paul Schmuck spent Sunday with his parents in Annville. Miss Tda Hess of Philadelphia visited the Woifes. William Vreeland of Philadelphia attended Linden Hall Seminary matters. Harry Snader, recently aboard a U S Government boat that visited several ports, was towed into Bermudan port and is considering China.
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Jennie Pfautz
Ephrata
Edwin Sturgis
Jacob Hacker
Frank Andrews
Esther
Mr. Andrews
Salunga
Louise Crosland
New York
Staten Island
Ella Fasnacht
Lebanon
Isaac Longenecker
Anna
Paul Schmuck
Annville
Clayton Schmuck
Tda Hess
Philadelphia
Nathaniel Woife
William Vreeland
Linden Hall Seminary
Harry Snader
U. S
Lancaster County farmer saves Florida tomato crop from frost
A letter from Christian Verger of Dania Florida describes a heavy frost along the eastern Florida coast with 26 degree lows. He details immediate action covering tomato vines at noon and again at night and reports saving every plant. He notes his Lancaster County farming reputation and predicts a fine crop if conditions hold.
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Lancaster County
Florida
Christian Verger
N. G. Yerger
Lincoln Ave
Dania, Fla
Christian
United in Marriage Imhoff Bloutz Burnell Imhoff Lititz
Imhoff son of Daniel Imhoff and Miss Helen May Bloutz of Lititz were married at the United Brethren parsonage on Saturday at 7 o'clock by Rev J M Walkers. The couple was unattended. The bridegroom served in the Rainbow Division in the late war. Helman Herr Ernest B Helman son of Mr and Mrs David Helman of East Orange street Lititz and Miss Elia M Herr of Brownstown were married at the Lutheran parsonage on West Orange street on Friday at 8 o'clock by Rev W K Fleck. They were attended by Mr and Mrs Frank Meiskey. The young couple will be at home on East Orange street.
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Imhoff-Bloutz Burnell Imhoff
Daniel Imhoff
Helen May Bloutz
Lititz
United Brethren Parsonage
J. M. Walkers
Rainbow Division
Helman-Herr
Ernest B. Helman
David Helman
East Orange Street
Elia M. Herr
Brownstown
West Orange Street
W. K. Fleck
Frank Meiskey
Funeral of Theodore A. Zeller Held With Family Absences
Funeral services for Theodore A. Zeller were conducted Sunday at 2 30 by Rev. D C Minert of Bethlehem. Burial followed Monday at 9 30 in Moravian cemetery due to a late arrival of son William from Kansas. All children attended except Robert of Alaska and Tioward of England. Mrs W A Mackey arrived from Louisiana Saturday. William arrived Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore A. Zelley
Rev
D. C. Minert
Bethlehem
William
Kansas
Moravian
Robert
Alaska
Tioward
England
W. A. Mackey
Louisianga
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Pfantz Bros
Werth’s
Camel
Lititz Bakers
Chrismas
Lititzman
OBERC
Reading Lnd
Quail
Laura Oehme
Daniel Oehme
East Earl
Pine Hill
Annie E. Buchter
Jesse Buchter
Crevtis
Miriam
Jacob Grayhill
Creek
Theodore A. Zeller
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