Multiple Local Notices and Upcoming Events
A dead-latch key is claimable at 110 Cedar Street. Jurors Bucher and Grosh are summoned for Philadelphia court starting March 27. Dietrich brothers move to Mechanica burg, open Spruce Street grocery April 1. Henry Steely relocates to Lancaster Junction, a railroad repairman. An alligator in a cigar box reaches Lititz for Linden Hall pupil. John Carper celebrates 25th wedding anniversary but illness delays plans. Isaac King, residing with Elam Long, is demented but not dangerous. brothers George and Henry live in Ephrata. Lighthouse Nan booked for Quandisville March 31 after March 16 engagement. Millinery opening today at 29 East Orange Street by Miss F B Dutt. branch of Manheim store. Mrs Atwood Kreider opens art shop at Kreider business. Nathaniel Brubaker household goods auctioned near Lititz April 8. antique china and furniture offered. Leper home box sent to Surinam via New York and steamship freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Sturgis
Cedar Street
Messrs
P. B. Bucher
B. Fu! Grosh
U.S. District Court
Philadelphia
F. B. Dutt
Orange Street
Keller
Manheim
Atwood Kreider
A. M. Kreider
Atwood
Cain
Laneas Teisbury
Fi Fi of the Toy Shop Delights Local Audiences
Fi Fi of the Toy Shop drew large crowds on Tuesday and Wednesday at the High School auditorium. About 100 school pupils performed in colorful costumes, pleasing audiences with fine acting. The elopement of the French doll and the Man in the Moon capped the show.
900 Articles Sold at Warwick House Sale
A large sale at Warwick House last Saturday moved 913 sales to 100 plus buyers. Cigars dominated revenue with 3200 sold at 1.70 to 2.40 per hundred, plus potatoes, livestock, poultry, and household goods auctioned in bulk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Warwick Ouse
Truck Struck by Train Injures Driver on Saturday Morning
William Long drove a coal loaded truck southbound and was struck by a Reading train at 8 23 Saturday morning. The impact threw him onto the sidewalk near the chocolate factory, breaking two ribs and injuring his back. About half the coal spilled onto the street. the truck and engine were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Long
Reading
Mr. Long
Chocolate Factory
W. H. Muth, & Company
Pleasant Birthday Surprise for Mr John F Longenecker
Mr John F Longenecker celebrated his birthday on March 20 with a Sunday surprise hosted by Mrs J F Longenecker and son Eugene. Guests included H L Bentley East Orange NJ James R Sausser Reading R Courtley New York H L Heiser and Ray Derr Denver Robert McCauley Thomas Shirk and Claire Groff Lancaster. Mr Heiser of Denver joined in for dinner along with cake and well wishes for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Longenecker
J. F. Longenecker
Eugene
H. L. Bentley
East Orange
N. J
James R. Sausser
Reading
R. Courtley
New York
H. L. Heiser
Ray Derr
Denver
Robert McCauley
Thomas Shirk
Claire Groff
Lancaster
Longenecker
Obituary notices for Elizabeth Schieck and others in Reading area
Elizabeth Schieck widow of Jacob Schieck died at 77 at her son in law Newton Mary's home in Reading from a suspected stroke. She was a St Pauls church member, survived by children Harold Gertrude and Marie, six grandchildren and two sisters. Harry E Kochel of Brunnerville died aged 43 after pleuro pneumonia. funeral at Brunnerville U S church with interment in local cemetery. Additional notices for Mrs Eliza Burkholder Leaman and Ralph Spacht are mentioned as continued on page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Buch
Elizabeth Schieck
Newton Mary
Reading
Jacob Schieck
Lancaster County
Mr. Schieck
Peter Snyder
Schieck
St. Paul's United Evangelical Church
Harold
Gertrude
Elmer Snyder
Marie
Katherine
Walter Buch Lititz
Reberts
Henry Brown
Waterloo
Charles Evans Cemetery
Harry E. Kochel
Brunnerville
Frank and
Elizabeth Kochel
Akron
Frank Bentz
Sallie Kauffman
Waldeck
B. F. Conner
Lancaster
Alvin E. Koebel
Lititz
U. S
LITITZ WOMAN TRIED TO TAKE LIFE AT BUCH HOME
Susan Verdebach 36 attempted suicide at the Franklin G. Buch residence on East Main street. She was found with two bullet wounds in the chest and lung area after firing a revolver. She remains in a stupor at Lancaster General Hospital. her daughter Helen, 17, also lives there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Verdebach
Lancaster General Hospital
Franklin G. Buch
East Main Street
Reeser
J. L. Atlee
Illness roundup from Lancaster area households
Among the sick residents, Mr. Guy Brubaker remains confined at home for over a week after a head injury. Mr. Martin Forney of Lincoln Avenue is a patient at General Hospital in Lancaster. Mrs. Sadie Birkenbine sought treatment at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia for internal trouble. Mrs. F A Weichsel has recovered enough from pleurisy to be at home. Mr. William Steininger returned from Philadelphia with his daughter from Jefferson Hospital. Mrs. Isaac Graybill of North Broad Street has heart trouble. Daughters of Rev Isaac Kauffman Ida and Clive, and Elmer Hollinger, a boarder, have diphtheria but are improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Brubaker
Martin Forney
Lincoln Avemue
General Hospital
Lancaster
Sadie Birkenbine
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
F. A. Weichsel
William Steininger
Isaac Graybill
North Broad Street
Isaac Kauffman
Pine Hill
Ida
Clive
Elmer Hollinger
Usher's Association Honors New Pastor at St Pauls
The Usher's Association of St Pauls Lutheran church hosted a reception for Rev. W Raymond Sammel last Thursday. About a hundred members attended with speeches a prayer and singing. A meal followed in the church basement featuring chowder ham sandwiches egg salad and other treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usher’s Association
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
W. Raymond Sammel
J. B. Herr
Rice
Neffsville
America
F. A. Weichsel
Rev. Rice
William Amer
E. E. Habecker
P. B. Furlow
Judge Miller
Gettysburg
Sammel
Ralph M. Spacht
Charles Zartman
Arthur Reist
Brubaker Sells Lititz Milk Route to Ditzler
J F Ditzler takes over Lititz milk route from J C Brubaker, effective April 1. Brubaker has supplied Lititz residents by wagon for sixteen years, but will step back due to farm work and other interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Brubaker
John F. Ditzler
Lititz
Mr. Brubaker
Lititz Remains of Poultry Trade and Local Industry Shifts
The Lititz area figures in a broad view of past and present trades from baby chicks to spinning wheels. Mentioned are Isaac Graybill Willis Hackman Oscar Spayd James Scaber and others in hatching and selling chicks with shipments to New Jersey Ohio and New England. The piece notes postal handling of one day old chicks and contrasts old incubation methods with artificial hot bed incubation. It also recalls spinning wheels becoming obsolete due to factories and highlights Lititz’s first national bank opening March 22 1880 at a cost of 1100 with John B Erb as president and Matthias Huebener as cashier. It mentions Nathaniel Sturgis and Harry Kauffman shipping 600 hides to Philadelphia for musk rats minks opossums raccoons foxes and related pelts. Today wild animals are rarer and raccoons and minks are scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Graybill
Willis Hackman
Oscar Spayd
James Scaber
Lititz
New Jersey
Ohio
New England
England
China
First National Bank
Matilda Eby
John B. Erb
Matthias Huebener
Wolfe
Springs Bank
First Bank
Nathaniel Sturgis
Harry Kauffman
Philadelphia
Three Young Women Plan European Summer Trip
Miss Margaret Potts, with Misses Mary Pierson and Gertrude Garber, will travel to Europe this summer. They plan to visit Oberammergau to see the Passion Play, with Potts as an experienced companion guiding the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Potts
Mary Pierson
Gertrude Garber
Europe
Oberammeragan
Potts
Miss Potts
Farm Sales Report from Lancaster County Agency
The Lancaster County Farm Sales Agency reports two real estate transfers. Samuel Bowman sells a 65 acre farm with improvements in Clay township near Hopeland to Charles Espenshade near New Holland for 4200 dollars. Emanuel Shiffer sells a 4.23 acre farm with improvements in Salisbury township to Simon H. Jacobs of Newark New Jersey on private terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Farm Sales
N. S. Myers
Lititz
Samuel Bowman
Clay Township
Hopeland
Charles Espenshade
New Holland
Emanuel
Shiffer
Salisbury Township
Simon H. Jacobs
Newark
N. J
Noted reform leader Dr C F Swift to speak at Moravian Church
On Sunday March 26 at 7 PM Dr C F Swift national reform lecturer and former Pennsylvania legislator will deliver Christian Fiber In Government at the Moravian church Lititz. He will be accompanied by Kaufman Male Quartet and soprano Mabel Kelly Steinecker in a program presented by the High School Alumni Association and Antrim entertainment bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian Church
C. F. Swift
National Reform Association
Anti- Saloon League
Pennsylvania
Swift
Lititz
Washington
Dr. Swift
Lititz and
Vicinity
Kaufman
Mabel Kelly
Arthur Kraeckmann
Cortland Barker
What Happened to Jones at Garden Spot Post 56
Garden Spot Post No 56 American Legion with Ladies Auxiliary presents the three act comedy What Happened to Jones on March 28 and 29 at 8 pm in the High School auditorium. Miss Margaret Potts coaches the cast and Hackman’s Orchestra provides music both evenings. Reserved-seat chart opens March 45 at headquarters. Admission 35 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Spot Post
American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Post
Jones
Margaret Potts
Hackman
Dr Benders Team Wins Busy Tuesday Bowling Night
The Lititz bowling club at Rossmere drew almost fifty spectators for a Tuesday ladies night. Dr Warry Bender led his team to a decisive win over Norman Badorf's squad as luncheon was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Rossmere
Warry Bender
Burg
Norman Badorf
Stock Sale Totals and Local Home Moves
Stock sale at Hershey & Gibbes’s office on March 18 brought in 5044 dollars with various bonds and shares sold to buyers including S. E. Lane and D. M. Graybill. Movings dominate local life as families relocate rooms and houses, with multiple households changing residences on Main Street Broad Street and Front Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey & Gibbes
C. B. Snyder
Consumers
Boxboard & Paper Co
E. Lane
Boxboard& Paper Co
S. E. Lane
Consumers’ Boxboard & Paper Co
Ideal Cocoa & Chocolate Co
Louis Huebener
Lititz Springs National Bank
D. M. Graybill
Manheim National Bank
D. Wwithers
Lititz & Rothsville Turnpike
C. B. Risser
Lititz & Lexington Turnpike
Palmyra man to run new Progressive Shoe Repair shop in Lititz
Louis Denonzio of Palmyra will manage a Lititz branch of the Progressive Shoe Repair Co with shops in Lebanon Hummelstown and Myerstown. The Palmyra craftsman, a cellist who plans to play with a Lititz orchestra, says music is his pastime and the shop will feature up to date power machinery. He is well spoken of in Palmyra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Denonzio
Palmyra
Wolle
Lititz
Progressive Shoe Repair Co
Lebanon
Hummelstown
Myerstown
Denonzio
Eschbach Heads to Florida to Aid Leaman Family
Last Friday Horace Eschbach departed on short notice for St Petersburg Florida to assist B B Leaman and family. He traveled with Mr and Mrs Leaman who were en route to Lititz to return home. Leaman is reported improving after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Eschbach
Florida
B. B. Seaman
Horace Eschbach
St. Petersburg
Lancaster
St. Heesburg
B. B. Leaman
Eschbach
Lititz
Leaman
Arrival of Spring and Weather Forecast
On March 21 at 4 49 a m spring begins, midway between solstice extremes. The article notes March 16 as daylight balance day and compares to last year’s warm 84 degree conditions. Forecasters expect continued cold for several days before a warm trend appears.
Weekend Guests and Local Social Notes
Travel and visiting card items from Lititz Lancaster and neighboring towns. Residents spent weekends in Philadelphia Lebanon and along the region. Notables include Miss Anna Meiskey Miss Dorothy Habecker Mrs. Otis and Mrs. Stengel hosting lectures and social events with relatives and friends attending in Linden Hall and East Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Meiskey
Philadelphia
Mr. Ohle Returns as Expert Chocolate Maker
Alvin Ohle, a veteran chocolate maker, returns to Lititz to supervise a new line for the Ideal Company. He has worked thirty years in cocoa and chocolate and has supervised plants in Newark New York and Brooklyn. The town shows marked improvements since his departure eighteen years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Ohle
Ideal
Lititz
Ideal Company
Mr. Ohle
Newark
New York
Brooklyn
Ohle
Dispute Over Pig Weight Between Rudy and Withers
Clayton Rudy sued Monroe Withers over pig weight trouble from a purchase in Millwar. Hearing before F K E Schaerer Monday evening. Judge Wissler for Rudy and Landis for Withers. Decision reserved until Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Rudy
Monroe Withers
Millwar
Rudy
F. K E. Schaerer
J. B. Wissler
Landis of
Lancaster
Withers
Squire Schaerer
Watchman proposed for Broad Street railroad crossing
Businessmen press to install a watchman at the Broad Street railroad crossing, aiming to improve safety and deter accidents. Their effort reflects concern over pedestrian and vehicle hazards at that crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dietrich Brothers
Mechanicaburg
Spruce Street
Pfantz Bros
Henry Steely
Lincoln Avenue
Lancaster Junction
Steely
Linden Hall
John Carper
Isaac King
Elam Long
Millport
Long
George
Henry
Ephrata
Quandisville
Nathaniel Brubaker
Surinam
Steamship Company
Samuel H. Leaman
Eliza Burkholder Leaman
J. Wallace
Real Estate News
Ctures and Entertainments
the Kaufman
Dr. Bender
C. B. ‘Lane
S. BE. Lane
Lloyd Royer
Charles Bowman
Sara Jenkins
E. F. Bicking
Fisher
Charles Bowmen
Rothsville
Calvert
West Main Street
Calverts
Youngstown
Raymond Dubs
Mary Snavely
Elizabeth Godenauer
South Broad Street
Walter Light
Florin
David Fass
Norman Showers
Jacob Ruhl
H. B. Carpenter
Daniel Withers
Front Street
Ray Meiskey
Albert Haines
Peter Eckert
Freinds
Samuel Schmucker
West Chester Normal School
Anna Goshert
Buckingham
Bucks Co. 1
Wm. DeHaven
Daisy Singley
Dorothy Habecker
Anna Dussinger
Charles Dussinger
E. 8. Crosland
Maurice Kauffman
Lester Eaches
Wm. De‘Haven
Sylvia Bemis
Erie
Horace Grosh
Bemis
Elizabeth Otis
Sparrow’s Point
F. W. Stengel
Otis
Bethlehem
Stengel
Oberammergau
William H. Muth
Edna Weaver
Walter B. Light
Kathryn Martin
Light
Miss Martin
Eleanor Mouth
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