New Reed auto chains found between Halfville and Lititz
Local report notes two Reed auto chains found by Abram Bomberger along the Halfville to Lititz route. Other items include a hospital transfer for Mrs. O H Smith, marriage of a new Sturgis daughter, and a public sale set for March 22 by M D Whitcraft on the Lancaster Lititz pike near Kissel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halfville
Lititz
Abram Bomberger
O. H. Smith
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lancaster
Isaac Graybill, Jr
Akron
Ohio
N. Broad Street
M. D. Whitcraft
Lancaster and
Lititz Pike
Kissel Hill
Mr. Whitcraft
Reverend Baker Aims to Raise One Million Dollars
Joseph Baker editor of the Gettysburg Challenger leads a campaign to raise funds for Gettysburg College. The drive nears the reported milestone of 884 282 on March 3 with a goal approaching one million dollars before Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Baker
Joseph Baker
Lititz
Gettysburg Challenger
Gettysburg College
Onions and Frost Fears Mark Early Spring Planting
Farmers plan early spring work as onion planting begins and last snows fade. Frost worries divide fruit growers, with sunlit slopes seen as safer for buds and trees while frost harm remains contested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hess
St. Patrick’s Day
First Pipe Organ Delights Lititz and Lancaster County
Lancaster reports reveal the first pipe organ in the county, built by David Janneberg of Lititz for the High Dutch Reformed church. The piece notes its superior workmanship and sweetness of sound compared with a famous maker. Also mentioned is Civil War veteran John Turner, recent arrival from Hampton Roads, staying with the Weidman household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lancaster Historical Society
Lancaster Intelligencer
Pennsylvania Gazette
Lancaster
David Janneberg
Mr. Fevering
John ‘Turner
Cwho
Philadelphia
Zion's
William Weidman
Lexington
Hampton Roads
Weidmen
Tle
Weidman
Diehm Pushes Road Bill in Harrisburg
Rep. G. G. Diehm campaigns in Harrisburg pushing a road bill to place Lancaster and Lititz turnpikes under state control. He argues tolls and poor roads hurt Lititz trade and growth, while opposing a fish licensing proposal. The article lists two road-bill texts and notes local factory layoffs amid mixed orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Diehm
Harrisburg
Diehm
Lancaster and Litits
Lititz
Penryn
Litits
Harrisboro
Fish Till
Fish Hill
Fish
Diehmm
House
Senate
Brunnerville Spelling Bee Promises Wide Program
A spelling bee will be held at the Brunnerville schools this Saturday evening. Besides three spelling classes there will be an excellent program of dialogues recitations and music. The teachers are Mrs. Pauline Doster and Miss Nettie C Hess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunnerville
Pauline Doster
Nettie C. Hess
Fire Company Carnival Opens Friday At Lititz
The Lititz Fire Company carnival, set for Friday evening and Saturday afternoon and night, will feature a wide range of contributions from townspeople and out of town firms. More than 460 people will supply cakes and edibles, with items including a Columbian stove, electric stand, electric doll, gas stove, jewelry, and various donations. Booths on both floors will display fancy work sold directly, plus a refreshment stand and a sixteen member Hackman Orchestra providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Fire Company
Columbia Stove Company
William Amer
C. E. Mohler
Harry Snavely
East Main Street
Lititz Gas Company
Harry Wertsch
C. T. Ritchie
Plantz Bros
M. Cohen
W. H. Buch
M. Lurie & Bro
W. M. Grube
E. E.habecker
Chase & Sanborn
Young, Smythe, Field Co
W. C. Godenaur
Fire Company
Lowney
Twins and Mother Well in Two Newborns Named Mary Elizabeth Myra Jane
The twin girls born to Mr and Mrs Robert Verger have been named Mary Elizabeth and Myra Jane. The mother and children are doing well. More than fifty visitors have called at the home. Mr Samuel Ruth of Reading visited his father William Ruth who is ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert. Verger
Mary Elizabeth
Myra Jane
Samuel Ruth
Reading
William Ruth
Moving Cigar Box Factory to Philadelphia
The J. C. Ualpem cigar box factory moves from the Wolfe building on East Main Street to 426 North Second Street Philadelphia. Production will continue there with more business and readily available workers. The Wolfe building lease expires next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Ualpem
Wolfe Building
East Main Street
North Second Street
Philadelphia
Hylpurn
Wolle
Henry Seaman Sells Auto Shop Then Moves to Los Angeles
Henry Seaman and his wife plan to leave for Los Angeles, California, after selling his auto hospital fire and repair shop. The young man had previously spent a year in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Seaman
Auto
Los Angeles
Calif
California
Mennonite Missions Session Draws Large Lancaster Attendance
The Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities held its 7th annual session at Lititz Mennonite church with a large turnout. Rev. John S. Mellinger led the meeting, Bishop Nash Landis preached on The Great Commission, and Rev. John H. Moseman spoke on Prayer and sending laborers. The group noted Lancaster county could supply 100 men and 400000 dollars if responsibilities are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities
John H. Moseman
Lancaster
Mennonite Church of
Lancaster County
Mellinger
H. H. Snavely
Isaac Smith
John W. Weaver
Musical comedy and minstrel show a big hit in town
The Knights of Malta Commandery staged Hip Hip Hooray at Linden Hall with over a hundred local performers under professional direction. The five scene show drew full crowds Thursday and Friday, featured many soloists and a large children’s fairy chorus, and raised funds for a charitable cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall
Knights of Malta Commandery
Mr. Wheeler
Chas. Zartman
H. B. Singer
J. D. Zahm
E. A. Butzer
Earl Habecker
Melvin Huber
N. L. Habecker
B. J. Hollinger
N. OG. Habecker
Victor Wagner
H. 8
Singer
Miss Gladys Stoner
Advertising measures for hometown gifts to capitol officials
Representative G. G. Diehm mailed a box of chocolate candy and eight pounds of pretzels to Hon. Thomas H. Garvin, the resident clerk at the state capitol this week. The prior week he sent a similar portion to a legislative member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Diehm
Thomas H. Garvin
State Capitol
Mr. Diehm
Lititz Legion Plans Landmark Civil War Home
Garden Spot Post No 56 American Legion has long sought a dedicated home for veterans and Boy Scouts. This week a building design was unveiled by architect Williard Hershey, with the drawing shown in C T Ritchie’s display window, outlining a prospective new town landmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American, Legion
Lititz
Williard Hershey
C. T. Ritchie
Finest Furnished Lodge Room in the County
The local Knights of Malta temple has a newly furnished lodge room famed for its gold stained woodwork and massive oak altars. Leather benches line the walls, with movable altars for open floor space and a Brussel runner around a central rug. Beck and Son of Manheim carved the lodge emblems, and a specialized electric lighting system can shift from bright to candle power or red effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Malta
Beck and Son
Manheim
Notaries Appointed Reveal Local Name List
Notaries appointed include J. W. G. Hershey of Lititz and George Z. Minnich of Manheim township. Also advertised are Plantz Bros. Pumps and Oxfords, promoted with low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. G. Hershey
Lititz
George Z. Minnich
Manheim Township
Plantz Bros
Trolley Project Still Under Consideration
Representatives of the proposed trolley line to Lititz were in town last week but illness hindered progress. Reading backers insist it will be built and local directors likely to be added soon. Lancaster General Hospital donations are urged Saturday with town volunteers asking for fruit jelly vegetables and money if preferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Reading
Read
Lancaster General Hospital
Travelers and visitors spend Sunday in town and nearby
John Tessler and family from Eph rata, Miss Mary Garber at Devon Manor near Philadelphia, and many others are listed as visiting in Lititz. The report notes birthday and anniversary gatherings, funeral attendances, and relatives visiting from York Akron Rothsville and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tessler
Ephrata
Mary Garber
Devon Manor
Philadelphia
Theodore Wolle
Akron
R. N. Wolle
Joseph Wissler
R. Posey
Ards
Belle Wentz
York
Lititz
Herman Wisher
Lillie Rudy
Charles Fry
Allen Sacker
Orange Street
Isaac Becker
Ammon Weidman
Amos Floffert
Talmage
Emaus
Allentown
West Chester
C. B. Hammer
Broadstreet
Harold Weidman
Lincoln Avenue
Martin Bomberger
Jd. Graff
Jeanette
Bomberger
National Editorial Association
Florida
Henry Brubaker
Kitchener
Canada
Christ Brubaker
Menno Brubaker
Wolle Property to be Converted Into Apartment House
The Stiffel-Freeman Safe Company will convert the Wolle property including former store rooms into an apartment house to house some of its employees. A note mentions a boy to carry Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolle
Stiffel-Freeman Safe Company
Monroe Reedy Dies Suddenly in Philadelphia
Monroe E. Reedy, a Lititz native and longtime buyer and sales manager for Girard Grocery Company in Philadelphia, died suddenly at his home on Dover and Summerset streets. He was 40, died at 1 o'clock Saturday morning, married to Jennie Falls Fisher, with two children, and survived by three brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were held in Philadelphia and Lititz with Odd Fellows and church members officiating. pallbearers included I. C. T. lodge members and local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe E. Reedy
Litite
Philadelphia
Dover
Summerset Streets
Stricklertown
Lebanon County
Lititz
Girard Grocery Company
Calvary Returned Church
Hast Park Lodge
Frank Fisher
The
Reformed Church
Herman Fisher
Main Street
Crosland
I. C
Charles Derveers
E. J. Bauer
Bernhardt Mosler
J. ¥. Hale
George M. Richardson
Merchants Warehouse
A. H. Dudley Co
Freihoffer Baking Go
S. Apel
Harry Lang
William Lefferts
Porter
Cities of
Lititz High School
Green
Wlliam Green
Willard Free
Walter C. Yoder
Retail Grocers Association
Philo Bible
U. S
John F Evans Dies at Lancaster Hospital
John F Evans died at St Josephs Hospital in Lancaster last Thursday from complications of diseases. He was 64 or 65 years old and was the oldest son of William and Elizabeth Evans born October 17 1856 at the Evans home on Main and Cedar in Lititz. Continued on page 5.
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John F. Evans
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lancaster
William and
Elizabeth (Kauffman) Evans
Evans
Main and
Cedar Sts
Lititz
Lititz Urges Early Cleanup and Painting Campaign
Burgess Norman Badorf calls Lititz residents to tidy yards gather rubbish and cart away waste. Emphasizing sanitation fire prevention and improved town appearance he endorses whitewash painting to make Lititz spick and span and more livable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Norman Badorf
Lititz
Burgess Badorf
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Harry Gorton
Safe Works
William Sturgis
Pasadena
Clarence Hearing
Norman Tattases
Vera
Harvey Fry
Florence Gr Loe
Lancaster Junction
Chicago
Grand Canyon
Pry
Lebanon
Amos W. Senseniz
Guernsey
Express
Roxbury
Frank Dengate
Niagara Falls
Oneida
Dengate
Francis Lynde
Rep
County of
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Lancaster and Lititz
Landis Valley
Oregon
Lancaster and Ephrata
Commonwealth
State Highway Department
City of
Lititz Avenue
Lititz and
Toll Gate
Mistonville
Kleimer
Eisenlohr
Fire Company Carnival
Hackman
Russia
Knights of Marta
Howard Weaver
Pearl Hoffman
Mr. Weaver
Chas. Hoff
Roy Weaver
Ruth’ Wentworth
Dorothy
Alice Habecker
American Legion
Reed
Monroe Reedy
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