Various Local Notices and Small Town Happenings
Pfantz Bros. adds Harry Fueher to sales force. Elmer Harhart buys Albert Kulp house on East Main for 2600. Sturgis estate sells Sarah Sturgis home for 2425 to Lyman Hornley. John Birkenbine joins U S Army bound for Hawaii. has wife and two kids in town. Clayton Rudy builds a 20 car fireproof garage on North Alley. Assessors Miller and Shissier to register voters March 16–17 for May 18 primary. Dogs kill two turkeys near Lititz. breeding stock concerns. Lititz firemen to Lancaster banquet. transport provided. J W Breckart to sell 16 building lots on Main Street March 20. Eggs paid 27 cents a dozen. spring outlook noted as incubation reduces supply. Local stores report strong egg arrivals as hens moult and incubation begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fueher
Pfantz Bros
Elmer Harhart
Albert Kulp
East Main Street
Sarah C. Sturgis
Charles FE. Sturgis
Lyman, Hornley
John Birkenbine
U. S. Army
Hawaiian Islands
Clayton Rudy
Astern
Miller
Andrew Shissier
Jonas
Harry Bucher
Lititz
Lancaster County Firemen’s Association
Lancaster
J. W. Breckart
Gershey and Gibbes
Heater blaze injures Charles Krick at Oregon school
While visiting to see with children, Charles Krick opened a coal heater at an Oregon school house last Thursday. A gas flame burst from the heater, burning his face and chest. he wore a wool sweater. He received medical treatment and returned to work on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Krick
Oregon
Krick
Shower for Prospective Bride Margarita Bowser
Mrs. Edward W. Hite hosted a kitchen shower for Miss Margarita Bowser of Manheim, the prospective bride of Ralph M. Spacht from Lititz, with twenty guests from Lititz Manheim and Lancaster. Refreshments were served with numerous useful gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Hite
South Broad Street
Margarita Bowser
Manheim
Ralph M. Spacht
Lititz
Lancaster
Boy struck by auto in Hellman's Row collision
A young son of Chester Euck was hit by an automobile on Tuesday along Hellman’s Row. He is in bad condition and unconscious at times. The driver swerved to a bank to avoid the crash, but the boy continued in the car’s path as it turned. Don’t miss the corn soup and oyster supper at the Fire House on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Euck
Hellman
Traps and Pioneer Romance in a Hand Forged No 4 Newhouse Trap
An Oregon tale recounts a hand forged No 4 Newhouse trap carried from St. Louis via the Missouri River and the Great Plains to Oregon. A Ute raid, a warning trap, and forty two beaver plus seventeen otter skins show the device’s grit and family memory from Monmouth to Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth
Oregon
Dan
Animal Trap Company of America
Lititz
Plains
William R. Marmon
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Great Plains
Upper Platte River
McGoublin
Columbia
Newhouse
Government Printing Plant a Gigantic Washington Institution
A Sunday feature details the Government Printing Office in Washington DC occupying 17 acres of floor space with $4 million in buildings and over $12 million in annual output. It employs more than 4,000 workers and prints weekly Patent Office materials including patents trades marks and designs. The postal card division set a record with 1.595 billion cards printed last year, surpassing 1924 by 342 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Paul S. Gable
Record
Patent Office Gazette
Patent Office
Government Printing Office
United States
Lititz Man Wins $1000 in Damages Against Manheim Borough
John C. Fleishman of Lititz sued Manheim Borough for damages after a car accident. A jury ruled he was awarded $1000 after driving over a bridge into a small stream within borough limits, his family narrowly escaping drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Fleishman
Lititz
Manheim
Hassler
Fleishman
Unusual Public Sale Item at Blains Port Prompts Notice
The Denver Press reports a public sale ad for J. H. Fasnacht in Blains Port featuring a donkey eight years old described as sound and easy to handle with a free demonstration and lunch. The piece also reflects on high school graduates and literacy, cites a letter praising a city student’s grammar, and notes issues with starlings, sparrows, and a Collier’s National Weekly article about John A. Sutter and the California gold rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Fasnacht
Blainsport
Denver Press
Weull
Collier’s National Weekly
John A. Sutter
Lititz
California
James W. Marshall
Sutter
Marshall
Making good on cornet in Brokaw orchestra Hollywood
Winfield Wilson, cornetist in the Brokaw orchestra, a Hollywood sensation, performs on Thursday nights from 10 to 12. A former member of Lutz's family orchestra and a U S Navy band, he now makes his living entirely by playing and is said to earn a good salary. He is the son of Mrs Ada Wilson of this place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield Wilson
Brokaw
Hollywood
Calif
Winfield
Lutz
U. S. Navy
Ada Wilson
Local Birthday Notices Honor Community Members
Benjamin Hertzler turned 89 last Thursday. Mrs. Harry Eckert on East Main Street celebrated her birthday on Saturday March 6. H. C. Krick the barber reached another milestone on the same date. Mrs. Ellen Leib and W. M. Amer observed birthdays on Monday March 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Hertzler
Harry Eckert
East Main Street
H. C. Krick
Ellen Leib
W. M. Amer
Garden and Steer Clubs For Farmer Boys and Girls
Lititz farmers organize garden and Baby Beef clubs under the Agricultural Extension Service. Girls and boys ages ten to eighteen will maintain uniform plots with state college guidance. Gardens fund prizes at the Lititz Community Show. Baby Beef club aims for 50 members across counties, with financing from Lititz banks and sale at Harrisburg state show. Contact A. Z. Bomberger for enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Garden Club
Baby Beef Club
Adams County
Agricultural Extension Service
State College
Leeds
Martin Muth
Middle West
Harrisburg
Exch
A. Z. Bomberger
Lititz R. D
Veterinarian Dr W K Bender of Lititz Dies at 73
Dr W K Bender a longtime Mast Main Street veterinarian in Lititz died suddenly last Saturday at 4 o clock from an acute heart attack. He was 73 years old and a prominent horseman with a wide livestock practice in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weidler Kinzer Bender
Mast Main Street
Lititz
Dr. Bender
Upper Leacock Township
This County
John and
Rebecca Busser Bender
Rome
W. K
Knights of Pythias
Knights of the Mystic Chain
Bender
Model Yacht on Display At I H Doster Store Window
A 40 inch long 20 inch high 9 inch wide metal and wood yacht model by Walter Wentworth of Lititz is in I H Doster's display window. It features movable doors a steering wheel and a painted finish. Named SIS after the Stevens Industrial School the model is part of Wentworth's graduation work as a pattern maker and is expected to earn high marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wentworth
Lititz
I. H. Doster’s
SIS
Stevens Industrial School
Youn
Jurors drawn for April term at Lancaster court
Names were drawn from the jury wheel in Lancaster to serve at the April term of quarter sessions and petit jurors. The list includes grand jurors from Ephrata Lititz and surrounding towns, plus panel members for quarter sessions and common pleas with multiple districts and street names noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
William J. Weitzel
Ephrata
R. D
John Rearinger
Lincoln
Edward Rutt
Ephrata Rt. D
George Kling
Lititz
Herbert Mentzer
Elsie Frey
Perm
Allen L. Bixler
Hpigata
Parl Stauffer
Rothsville
Samuel Il. Yocum
M. DB. Kreider
Manheim
Norman N. Leisey
Schoeneck
Tra A. Brosey
A. G. Kerchner
Martin Bixler
M. . Gross
Manheim R. D
H.S
Strohl
Akron
Common Pleas
W. L. Stober
Denver
Ezra St. Kline
Henry H. Myers
Willis Db Girvin
William R. Martin
A. D
Helen E. Kreider
Ills Sweep Local Group InHometown Update
Rev Heisey is ill and bedbound. John Christ and several Delp warehouse workers suffer colds. Erb family and Mrs Yerger clan also ill. Milton Bushong fainted at work. Lancaster visitor Frank Roland seriously ill. Celia Euck fell and dislocated her hip. Mrs Will underwent eye operation at Will's Hospital Philadelphia with a successful outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heisey
John Christ
U. S. Delp
Harry Z. Erb
Milton Bushong
John Yerger
John
Mathews
East Main Street
Frank Roland
Lancaster
Lititz
Celia Euck
Thaddeus Will
Will's Eye Hospital
Philadelphia
Anniversary Sale At Warwick House Sets March 18
The Warwick House holds its thirty fourth anniversary sale this Saturday March 18. The event draws a large crowd and features a wide array of articles for disposal. Started by H. H. Snavely the biweekly sale has proven a useful institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
H. H. Snavely
Travelers Near and Far Visit Lancaster Area Persons
Mr and Mrs Rolandus Good of New Holland and Dr H A Cuppy returned from trips to Californias and Kissel Manor Farm. Visitors from New York City, Emans and Philadelphia noted with several family meetings and a funeral in York and Honey Brook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolandus Good
New Holland
Louis Hepp
New York City
H. A. Cuppy
Californias
Kissel Manor
F. A. Weichsel
Lancaster County Pastoral Association
Lancaster
Walter Sturgis
Hornberger
William Sturgis
West Reading
Harriet Adams
Ephrata
Agsnes Adams
South Locust Street
Martin Bisker
John
High Rock
York County
Annie Dreifus
Tiffin
Ohio
Elizabeth Keith
Manheim
Jacob
Ruhl
Dreifus
Keith
Tuily
Linden Hall Seminary
Honey Brook
Chester County
Charles Kreider
David H. Kreider
Washington, D. C
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Horse suit verdict in Lancaster court
In Lancaster at the common pleas court the jury awarded 75 dollars to Stauffer Sales Company of New Holland against Norman Badorf of Lititz. Badorf bought a horse that soon became stiff and unfit, he notified the seller, the horse was pasture kept, later returned, and two other horses were bought with a deduction for the first horse leaving Badorf out 75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Lancaster
Stauffer Sales Company
New Holland
Norman Badorf
Lititz
Badorf
Bad
Merchants Association Plans Summer Band Concerts
In a Monday council chamber meeting the Merchants Association decided to resume band concerts this summer. The former band committee led by Robert Pfautz H R Wertsch and L N Moyer will handle arrangements with C S Zartman as president and Benjamin Seaman as secretary re-elected. A half holiday on Thursday afternoons is set for June July August and September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants Association
Robert Pfautz
H. R. Wertsch
L. N. Moy
C. S. Zartman
Benjamin Seaman
Seed potatoes arrive from Maine for Hess shipment
Seed potatoes consigned to John Hess arrived this week from Maine in a refrigerator car heated by charcosi fumes. Mr. Tess expects four more cars. Seed potatoes will be scarce and expensive this year, especially for early plantings. Late varieties should be less rare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hess
Maine
Tess
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lititzman
River Platte
Patent
Post 56
The
American Legion
State Department of the American Legion
John Groff
Ttig
New York
Euurope
A. M. Kreiser
Hayden Tschudy
Abram Romberger
W. K. Bender
Landis
McAllister
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