Local Happenings and Social Notices in Lititz Area
David Rickert ships six Black Minorca chickens to Cartersville Georgia. Postoffice Inspector W B Smith visits Lititz. A baby arrives to Mr and Mrs Charles Seigel. Groundhog day signals approaching spring near March fifteenth. Coal shortages fears prompt stockpiling for next winter. Miller seeks divorce from Ada Miller. Lititz Lodge to confer initiatory degree next Monday. Isaac Lorah ships horses for sale at Blue Ball. Ladies Magazine Club hosts twelfth annual banquet. Overland agency expands here. Tax collector petition filed for Lititz borough. Grazer-Trumbar wedding noted. couple married in Wilmington. Recital by Mrs John Mathers' pupils at High School. Mrs Allan Dugler recovering after gall stone operation. Mrs Lydia Doster injures arm. Knights of Golden Eagles to confer side degree next Tuesday. M others Association cancels talk on Foods. Blizzard anniversary recalled. 24 years ago. Public sales and high prices for livestock. feed costs rise. Louis Eysenbach shares Canadian Rockies slides. Heavy rain floods Broad Street entry and Cedar Street area. chocolate factory basement flooded. Hiram Hollinger takes over Bollinger’s store basement. to sell fish and produce. Warwick House sale awards three prize chances. harness prize 391. gold prizes 269 and 2.50. John Landis livestock sale yields strong prices. total $3640. Mrs S W Buch and Mrs C W Grosh ill in bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Rickert
Lexington
Cartersville
Postoffice Inspector of Buildings
W. BR. Smith
Pittsburgh
Lititz
Charles Seigel
Levi G. Miller
Park View
Ada H. Miller
Lititz Lodge
P. B. Bucher
Aaron Kaylor
Horace E. Sturgis
Lititzborough
James O. Sturgis
Michael Grazer
Walter Trumbar
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
John Mathers
Allan Dugler
Lebanon
Lydia Doster
A. G. Guiles
Broad Street
Elizabeth Bricker
Knights of Golden Eagles
Rev. S. Hagen
Louis Eysenbach
Canadian Rockies
Alberta
Canada
Linden Hall
Cedar Street
Hiram Hollinger
H. D. Bollinger
South Broad Street
Clayton Keiler
John F. Landis
Jacob B. Reist
Lime Rock
Free Demonstration and Community Events At Local Stores
The Heinz Pickling Co will have a representative at Doster's store all day Saturday to demo samples of their 57 varieties, inviting all to view and taste. Warwick Grarsamar School hosts a spelling bee on Friday March 22 with four classes and prizes, proceeds benefitting the school library.
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Heinz Pickling Co
Doster’s
Warwick Grarsamar
Clayton Zartman
Rabbit Ear Prank Causes Panic on Lancaster Trolley
A town businessman felt a mouse in his overcoat pocket on a Lancaster trolley ride and, after squeezing the pocket, found the fear unfounded. At destination he turned the pocket inside out and discovered a rabbit ear joke left by a prankster.
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Lancaster
Deaths and local notices from the Oregon area
Miss Catharine Buch dies at 77 on the old Buch homestead near Oregon in Manheim township after a brief illness. Henry S. Mellinger of Ephrata dies after long illness at about 30. Obituaries note survivors, funerals scheduled, and burial at Bergstrasse Cemetery. Also reported are a dog poisoning incident, a social diary reading event, and Samuel Smith's suicide attempt in Akron with treatment at Lancaster General Hospital.
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Catharine Buch
Old Buch
Oregon
Manheim
Henry Buch
George Nicholas Buch
Germany
Maria
A. 5. Hottenstein
I. H. Kauffman
Henry S. Mellinger
Ephrata
Akron
Albert Mellinger
Cocalico Castle
International Cigarmakers’ Union
Caldwell
Warren
Albert
Horace
Elsie
Carpenter Heller
H. C. Hahn
Reading
Salinda Good
Lancaster
M. B. Walter
Upton
Wyoming
Trinity Lutheran Church
Bergstrasse
Samuel Smith
Smith
Regar
Lancaster General Hospital
Ice cave thrill as Troutwine slides 30 feet in Susquehanna trip
On a winter visit to the Pequea ice hound Susquehanna a party including Joseph Mummert Milton Dietz and John Troutwine entered a cave normally closed in snow. Troutwine slipped on a decline for about 30 feet before stopping on a solid surface and being rescued. his hands were cut from the attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
John Mummert
Milton Dietz
John Troutwine
Pequea
Susquehanna
Troutwine
China
Dear Pa deer dispute over ownership and meals
A Kansas brought buck deer in Pennsylvania faces ownership dispute after being freed at a Clay hotel on Thanksgiving. It roamed to J R Nies’s farm near Weidmansville before fox hunters pursued it and steinmetz claimed the animal. Nies seeks payment for winter care if the deer belongs to another party.
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Pennsylvania
Kansas
State Game Department
Clay
Grant Steinmetz
J. R. Nies
Weidmansville
Mr. Nies
Steinmetz
Personal notes of locals on visits and travel in Lititz area
Strictly personal items list residents and visitors from Lititz and surrounding towns. Names include Dr. Louis N. Moyer Ada Schaerer Wm Loercher Levi Zartman Harry Sheaffer Allen Roth Ralph Dewald Ada Shenk Mary Hershey Edna Anderson and others. Also notes new Sunnyside Independent Company with four subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis N. Moyer
Robesonia
Berks County
Ada Schaerer
Schaefferstown
Wm. Loercher
Manheim
Charles
Levi Zartman
Frank Marks
Harry Sheaffer
Charleston
D. C
Lititz
Allen Roth
Philadelphia
Warwick
Ralph Dewald
Lebanon
James Sturgis
Ada Shenk
Brickerville
F. EB. Schnerer
Mary Zartman
Mary Hershey
Lillian Falkenstein
Elizabethtown
Homer Nelson
New Holland
Helen Becker
Charles Kline
Edna Anderson
Harry H. Snavely
E. G. Witters
Montgomery
Luzerne County
Geo. Dennis
Reading
Clayton Schmuck
H. S. Meiskey
Anna
Mechanicsburg
William Bear
J. Fred Essig
Essig
Harvey Mumma
D. W. Deitrich
Brobst
J. N. Saxman
F. B. Buch
Christian’ Stultz
Marietta
Stultaz
John
Buch
William Royer
George Fisher
Hol. Seipel
Columbia
D. Db. Graut
Alice Ringwall
Harry
Wheatland
Lancaster
Barton K. Swart
Edward and
Irwin
Jacob Royer
Terre Hill
B. B. Hertzler
Sunnyside Independent Company
Henry Hershey
Abram Longenecker
Albert Shenk
H. H. Bomberger
Foot Breaks in Eight Foot Fall at Owl Hill
Henry Stormfeltz, assisting Samuel Frederick with tobacco removal at Owl Hill Saturday, slipped from a rail and fell eight feet. He suffered a broken bone in his right foot and is under care of Dr. M. H. Yoder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stormfeltz
Samuel Frederick
Owl Hill
Mr. Stormfeltz
M. H. Yoder
Bolster Bros. Granite and Marble Works Offer Bargain Stock
Bolster Bros. Granite and Marble Works of Ephrata announce twenty carloads of stock on hand offered at special prices. They urge customers to call early to secure bargains and emphasize quality and value.
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Bolster Bros. Granite and Marble Works
Ephrata
Public sale lists stocks and bonds at Springs Hotel
Hershey and Gibbes real estate agency sold numerous stocks and bonds at public sale. Items include Lititz Farmers National Bank stock to S W Buch at 164, to N B Leaman at 164.50 and 165.25, others to Jacob L Graybill, S S Gibbel, and more. Ground lot in Rome Warwick township and the home of the late I G Sauftz were offered or withdrawn.
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Farmers National Bank
Springs Hotel
Hershey & Gibbes
Agencs
Springs
Lititz Farmers National Bank
S. W. Buch
N. B. Leaman
George R. Hollenback
Manheim and
Lititz Turnpike
Jacob L. Graybill
Penna. Soap Co
S. S. Gibbel
Lititz Boro Water
Garfield Castle No
G. E
Lititz
Lancaster Farmers Trust Co
Jacob Fahnestock
Walter Dunlap
Lititz National Bank
S. C. Hassler
Conestoga Traction Co
S. EB. Lane
Chapman State Co
C. HE. Lane
Upper Potomac Coal Co
N. B. Seaman
Empire Oil and Refining Co
R. 0. Melzer At 15 Cents For the Lot. 2 $500 Lititz, Manheim & Ephrata Gas Co
Jacob M. Baker
Aliso
Joseph Bollinger
Rome
Warwick Township
E. B. Brubaker
I. G. S Fautz
Broad
Orange Streets
Lititz Alumni Association presents two night entertainment
The Lititz High School Alumni Association stages two plays Buttermilk Hollow Surprise Party and Pocahontas in Linden Hall gymnasium on Saturday and Monday evenings with proceeds for the high school. Advance seat sales began at Habecker's bookstore and indicate a full house.
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Lititz
Linden Hall
Habecker’s
Man in Barber Shop Displays Jack of All Trades Line
A morning incident at D W Pfautz's barber shop ends when a stranger enters while the proprietor works on a carpentry task. After a brief exchange the visitor fears a throat cut and departs, leaving Pfautz unharmed and pointing out a barber up town who solely shaves.
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D. W. Pfautz
Pfautz
Lancaster General Hospital Donation Drive Saturday
A local appeal asks Lititz and Warwick residents to donate for Lancaster General Hospital. Boys with express wagons will visit homes Saturday morning to collect groceries cereals dried and canned fruit jellies vegetables eggs and other usable family items. The hospital serves over 125 meals daily and welcomes a liberal response.
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Lancaster General Hospital
Lititz
Warwick
Also Mentioned on This Page
8. W. Buch
Kissel Hill
C. W. Grosh
Spelling Bee
William Ditzler
Lititz, Manheim and Ephrata Gas Company
Myerstown
John Landis
Peter Buch
William Snavely
Snavely
New Jersey
A.R. Beck
S. Broad Street
Fretch
Beck
Clay Township
Brunnerville Rural Telephone and Telegraph Company
Recorder’s Office
Seth Lorah
Emlen Geyer
Cyrus Gibble
Henry Erb
Franklin Bentz
John Seibert
John F. Longenecker
Ruth
W. B. Oehme
Fra
A. H. Lane
the High School Alumni Association Entertainment
Grosh Carriage Works
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