Local notices and business changes in Lancaster area
Licenses and property moves mark the week with tag 113629 awaiting owner at Dostor's store and Conkey's poultry supplies taking over on Spruce Street. Lane serves as juror in common pleas court in Lancaster. Bunions removed from T J Hertzler. Charles Weaver rents rear room at A and P to open second-hand furniture store. Hackman and Hornley receive 900 single beds order. Union Trust Co granted letters testamentary for David H Snave ly of Lititz borough. Geo Schoenberger Jr sells Locust Street house to Jacob Keener of Honey Brook through N S Myers. Richard Hern ly sustains head wound. Dr M H Yoder stitches. Mrs Mary Meller to celebrate 81st birthday March 17. Hiram Reedy conducts Mountville A B church musical. J F Ruth and Miss Anna Noll sing. Lancaster County Firemen meet Lititz on March 28. lunch provided. Egg market declines to 24 cents a dozen. prior week 34 cents. St Patrick’s Day noted. St Joseph’s Hospital fund drive set via Wonton Auxiliary. card party at R O Melzer March 21. Lititz post office gross receipts exceed $1000 this fiscal year. Paul Seaber praised as postmaster. Edwin Sheaffer relocates to Elizabeth Township. John Galebach farm sale and potato purchasing noted. Edward Heidrick buys Edward Webber bungalow on North Broad. Webber builds new home on Front Street. New window interior to Doster store by Robert Yerger. ge wood and cherry panels, yellow trim. Camp Vive Girls display at Miller and Abecker’s show. uniforms and embroidery featured. hospital donation planned via baby items and more.
Dennison's Wax Colors Highlighted at Scott's Book Store
Dennison's Wax is available in all colors at Scott's Book Store, signaling a broad selection for customers seeking variety. The listing emphasizes the store as the retail source for the product.
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Dennison
Scott's Book Store
Hiram Reedy to Lead Southern Evangelistic Tour
Evangelist singer Hiram Reedy leaves Sunday for a southern evangelistic tour lasting at least ten weeks with Rev. Luther A Horn. They start in Pensacola Florida then Texas and Alabama sites including Montgomery Meridian and Radwood. Horn is a Auburn mechanic. Reedy praised for singing and spiritual leadership during recent south meetings.
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Hiram Reedy
Luther A. Horn
Pensacola
Fla
Texas
Portgomery
Ala
Meridan
Miss
Radwood
Horn
Auburn
Realy
South
Lititz
Brother Reedy
Ridgewood
Reedy
Sealing Wax Craft Captivates Local Youth
Sealing wax art grows as a town pastime with pendants beads and card designs. Workers heat wax over an alcohol lamp use moulds to create relief flowers on black cardboard. G L Hepp displays these local pieces, showing a wide range of colors across thirty six dotsors of wax.
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G. L. Hepp
Lititz High School Week Features Busy Basketball Schedule
Lititz High School five will meet Brownstown High on Friday at Akron floor, then host Philadelphia All Scholastic and Camp Curtain of Harrisburg on Saturday. Fans enjoyed a chicken and waffle supper at Burkholder’s after defeating Manor Sligh.
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Lititz High School
Brownstown High
Akron
Philadelphia
Camp Curtain
Harrisburg
Manor Sligh
Lititz
Burkhelder’s
Eloquence of a Child in a Speaker’s World
Poem by Joe Baker on sleep sounds and a child’s cry surpassing mighty machines. The speaker praises a tiny padded object that speaks only with a cry, claiming it could command the world if he could obtain such languageless power.
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Joe Baker
Warren Sturgis Tries Old Doles in Suicide Note
Warren Sturgis, a Lititz, Pa. native, left a suicide note dated Columbus Ohio claiming weariness of life after a string of crises including marriage troubles and theft by a second husband. The note, signed Warren Sturgis, was turned in by a neighbor. Relatives deem the note a hoax despite a history of run ins with the law and multiple life crises.
Merchants Favor Curb Market for Lititz
The Lititz Merchants Association backs a curb market here and plans to recruit at least twenty four farmers. They propose weekly Wednesdays at nine o'clock to supplement the Saturday market, aiming for convenient shopping for households.
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Lititz
Blizzard of 1883 remembered in county history
The piece recalls the county’s worst blizzard on March 12, 1888, with no train service for days and roads buried in deep drifts. It notes a near-spring Saturday on March 10, followed by drizzling rain Sunday, then heavy snowfall and fierce winds creating extensive disruption and freezing temperatures.
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Mercury
Illnesses Dominate Kissel Hill and North Broad Street
Among the sick, Mrs. W. Buch of Kissel Hill suffers pneumonia and shows signs of recovery after a serious bout. F. B. Mix Boch on North Broad street remains homebound over a month with rheumatism and his wife also fell ill. Mr. J. B. Young, previously ill for weeks, reports improvement and is able to be outdoors again.
John Delsey Recovers After Saw Injury at Acme Plant
The injured worker John Delsey is recovering after a circular saw accident at the Acme Pro ducts plant. He sustained damage to a finger area and remains under care with slow but steady improvement as expected.
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John Delsey
Acme
Quiet hero dies after choosing another’s cure
A Lititz man who died of consumption sacrificed his chance at cure to help a stranger. With admission papers and a railroad ticket, he waited in a depot, offered his name and ticket to a tuberculosis sufferer to enable him to seek help. He returned home to die, saying he wanted to come home to die. A few friends knew of his selfless act, while Lebanon police patrol bootlegging cases and a prank involving a dead white mule reveals local irony. March 14 sees a United Telephone Company property sale by order of the U.S. court, with William McMabe of Lancaster as receiver. The company spans twelve counties, 2200 miles of line, 20,000 telephones, eight years under receivership, and an estimated value of about $1,000,090.
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Lebanon
Lititz
United Telephone Company
United States
William McMabe
Lancaster
Phares Bucher
Bueher Henge Israel
Sam Erh
Samuel Bech
Abram Tane
Joy
Beli Company
Four New Anell Victor Resorde sale layday at Scotts Boge Store
A fragment notes a sale day at Scott's Boge Store with a price reference of $1.56 per year and mentions the Record as a source. Names and exact items are unclear due to garbled OCR but the notice centers on a sale event at a local store.
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Anell Victor
Scott’s Boge
Parade Planned for Lititz Fire Company Celebrations
A Lititz fire company parade is scheduled for Saturday afternoon May 26 with a festival on May 25 and the following Saturday events. Lititz Fire Company No 1 will lead the planning, with committee members Emory Wagner Victor Wagner William Miller and Howard Bollinger. Cash prizes will lure visiting fire companies and invitations will extend to neighboring counties.
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Lititz
Lititz Pire Company No. 1
Reuben Butzer
Town
Emory Wagner
Victor Wagner
William Miller
Howard Bollinger
Lititz Considers Forming A Town Baseball Club
The athletic club of the trap factory plans to organize a baseball team from the town’s best players with Robert Imhoff eyed as manager. Last year Oneida had a field team and seven Rothsville players joined. A strong town pick could develop a winning squad. Slight fire at Keath Planing Mill occurred Saturday at 12 30 via a shaving pile. Clarence Sturgis spotted it along the railroad and extinguished it with private hose before the Lititz fire company’s aid was needed. One door charred. boiler room is fire proof.
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Robert Imhoff
Oneida
Rothsville
Keath Planing Mill
Clarence Sturgis
Lititz Fire Company
Lititz Company
Meeting at Doe Run School House Plans Grange Growth
A well attended Doe Run school house meeting featured John A. Mc Sparren head of the State Grange outlining the group’s purpose and activities. Charter members signed and two subordinate Granges are likely. a follow up meeting is set for March 21 with McSparren in attendance. Women invited to participate as agri culture interest shown. Pussy willows buds are being gathered and sold as ornaments, with nurseries growing willows for buds. Gavien Miller, after a trip to California, returns to Lily for a visit and plans Alaska clothing trade.
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Doe Run
John A. McSparren
State Grange
McSparren
Carriers Press for New Postal Ruling in Lancaster Region
Lancaster county rural carriers press Washington for a compulsory order requiring stamping of all first class mail deposited in rural boxes. They cite lost loose coins delaying service and call on patrons to clear box approaches and remove snow. The group, with 81 members, seeks faster rural mail delivery and invites suggestions for better service. Charles Weidman suffers four crushed fingers in a carton press accident at Lititz Plant.
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U. S. Postal Department
Washington
Lancaster County Independent Rural Carriers , Association
Council Chamber of City Hall
Lancaster
W. B. Clark
H. R. Ludwig
Stevens
Lancaster County
E. 8. Rutt
Elizabethtown
H.D. Wacker
Lititz
Charles Weidman
Ammon Weidman
Spruce Street
Citizens Meeting Urges State Road Support at High School
A large community push backs Hon. G. G. Diehm to pass Harrisburg road legislation. A mass meeting is planned in the High School on Saturday evening March 17 to unite residents from Lancaster to Brickerville, inviting the Lancaster Automobile Club and all interested citizens to attend.
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G. G. Diehm
Harrisburg
Iigh
Lancaster
Brickerville
Lancaster Automobile Club
Chearing
Travelers Near and Far Visitations Across Town
A string of weekend visits and travels across Ephrata Reading Mt.ville Mt Alto and surrounding areas. Mr and Mrs C E Mohler Mrs F B Weber Arville Burkholder Atlee Burkholder Rev J B Funk Ira Funk and families Jerre Adams Alvin Kis singer Mrs Kissinger and family Mrs Gus Samuels and editor husband Mrs Louisa Buch and Ella Buch join for sick visits and family stays. Local Ideal chocolate factory officers toured Lititz area while Paul Schmuck and Elmer Heineman share birthdays and planning details for community activities.
Litita Man Takes Charge of Lancaster Garage
George D. Schoenberger sold his home at 15 North Locust Street and will move to Orange Street Lancaster. He will take charge of a large garage at the corner of Orange and Water Streets. He is a 3 salesman of exceptional ability and has earned a county reputation for honesty and a square deal.
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George D. Schoenberger
North Locust Street
Orange Street
Lancaster
Tle
Orange and
Water Streets
Mr. Schoenberger
Lay Bolly
Tay
Truck Crash Damaged Home Near Daniel Wither’s Place
An auto truck owned by J. Ab. Re of Millway loaded with coal for delivery broke brake and rolled into a residence at 41 Daniel Wither’s home. The truck’s tail broke five feet from the bottom. the vehicle was badly damaged and the driver had left prior to impact.
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Hloetric Light
J. Ab. Re
Millway
Daniel Wither
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Durin L. Peiffer
Conkey
T. J. Hertzler
East Main Street
Charles Weaver
Main Street
Hackman & Hornley
The
Union Trust Co. of
David H. Snavely
Lititzborough
Geo. Schoenberger, Jr
Locust Street
Jacob Keener
Honey Brook
N. S. Myers
Richard
Albert Hernly
M. H. Yoder
Mary M. ¥Eller
Lincoln Avenue
St. Patrick’s Day
Mountville A. B
J. F. Ruth
Anna Noll
Lancaster County Firemen's Association
Bridge
Wonton
St. Joseph’s Hospital
R. O. Melzer
Paul Seaber
Edwin Sheaffer
Millport
John Galebach
Elizabeth Township
Edward Heidrick
Edward Webber
North Broad Street
Mr. Webber
Front Street
Mr. Heidrick
J. H. Doster
Robert Yerger
Ides
Jing
Ennes
Acitz
Miller & Abecker
Will
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
High School
Tennyson
Sye
Warren Sturgis
Old Doles
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
Ohio
Sturgis
Walter Sturgis
William Arbiteer
Warren
York
John
Doe
Pussy Willows
Oavien Miller
Calimila
Liliie
Alaska
New York
Rural Association
Mrs. C. E. Mohler
Ephrata
F. B
Weber
Reading
Arville Burkholder
Atlee Burkholder
J. B. Funk
Mountvi Oy
Rev
Ira Funk
A. B. Parsonate
M. M. Stauffer
D. H. Shreiner
Brownstown
Farry Eshleman
Pennsburg
Emiline Eshleman
Jerre Adams
Alvin Kissinger
Mt. Alto
Gus. Samuels
Orwigsburg
Joseph Dreifus
Wayne
Ezra Hartrantt
Edward Grube
Henry Hartranft
Hummeltown
Hershey
Wm. Glenn
Louisa Buch
Ella Buch
Eliza van Vieck
Ideal Chocolate Factory
W. B. Nesbit
J. D. Zook
H. E. Webb
J. H. Christopher
Paul Schmuck
Annville
Clayton Schmuck
Paul
Elmer Heineman
Jacob Heineman
Elmer
Hoffman
Elmer Bobst
Heineman
Pace & Pace Accounting School
Fred Schacherley
Litita
Lancaster Garage
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