Local notes from Lititz area span miscel events
A stream of brief notices covers residents and businesses in Lititz, Ephrata, and surrounding towns. Items include eye glasses found and to be returned, Foreman changes at Kinport cigar factory, ill health and convalescence updates, property purchases, an employee injuring a thumb, moves to Lancaster, open house birthdays, lectures by Lieut. Hobson, attachment lawsuit, Dr Posey away, hospital staff coverage, local business shifts to farming, subscription reminders, a heavy tobacco shipment, and flood weather reports with storm activity and washed streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheiar Sentinel
Wilson Scheneberger
Phares Frederick
Ephrata
Lititz
Kinport
Reinhold’s Station
Henry R. Erb
Warwick
George Scheneberger, Jr
H. Feist Landis
Barbara Weaver
S. R. Posey
Philadelphia
New York
Dr. Shockers
Lancaster General Hospital
W. F. Groff
Bear & Long
S. S. Brubaker
Horace
Spruce Street
A. G. Hershey
Sturgis House
Park View
A. W. Miller
Lloyd Kauffman
Middletown
Ohio
Miami River
J. W. Woebrle
Trinity United Evangelical Church
Mill Hall
Clinton County
Eber Poltzs Miraculous Escape From Runaway Horse
A tinner named Eber Foltz backed a spring wagon toward a freight car at Broad street yard. A frightened horse bolted toward three draft horses drawing John Binkley’s coal wagon. Foltz crawled under the middle horse as it reared, then pulled free just as a hoof grazed his neck. The wagon crashed into a gas light post. the horse escaped uninjured and Foltz was uninjured aside from a scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eber Feltz
Wm. M. Weitzel
Foltz
Broad Street
John Binkley
Bear & Long
N. Broad Street
Noted Mission Worker to Speak in Lititz Sunday
John R. McIntyre, superintendent of the Whosoever Gospel Mission and Rescue Mission Association of Germantown, will address Lititz at St. Pauls Lutheran Church Sunday at 3 o clock. The program includes vocal solos and a male chorus, with McIntyre recounting his path from sin to faith and detailing mission work. The home offers meals, clothing, shelter, and work programs in wood cutting, broom making, upholstery, and chair caning, funds supporting the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Philadelphia
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
John R. McIntyre
Gospel Mission and Rescue Hem: Association
Germantown
McIntyre
H. ©. Reedy
Columbia
Christ
Johnny McIntyre
Whosoever Gas Mission and Rescue Home
Wit Spear
Lititz Easter Celebration Outshines Previous Years
Lititz marked Easter with grand church and Sunday school services, drawing many visitors and homecomers. The Moravian trombone choir led dawn processions and a sunrise service at the cemetery, followed by 10 A M and 7 P M services and an augmented choir with instrumental support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
Horses Bring Big Prices At Warwick Sale Stables
John D. Barr of Blue Ball held a large horse sale at Warwick Bridge sale stables on Tuesday afternoon. The event drawn a good crowd and strong bidding, with 64 horses sold. Kansas and Nebraska consignments averaged 184 dollars per head, while Kentucky stock averaged 176 dollars. top prices reached 210, 204, and 201 dollars. Many buyers anticipated spring fattening, and several horses were quickly resold at profit.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Kentucky
John D. Barr
Blue Ball
Warwick Bgase
Lititz
Degen & Piezo
R. K. Bear
Mr. Bair
Warwick House
Bretzels Shipped to Panama by Lititz Firm
J. J. Huebener proprietor of the Lititz Bretzel Company shipped 100 pounds of Bretzels to Panama on Monday. The product was packed in airtight tin cans and it is claimed they will retain their fine flavor and crispness no matter how long kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Huebener
Lititz Bretzel Company
Panama
Death of Adam Richardson Obituary at Brownstown
Adam Richardson a well known young baker of Brownstown died at his mother's home on March 19 aged twenty six after sudden illness diagnosed as appendicitis An operation failed He is survived by his mother and brothers and sisters Mrs Clayton Wolf Aaron Thomas Eph rata John W musician with the Sousa band Samuel W of Batavia NY The funeral was from his home with services at Browns town Evangelical Church and burial in the adjoining cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Richardson
Brownstown
Mae Richardson
Clayton Wolf
Aaron
Thomas
Weidler Hahn
Ephrata
John W
John Philip Sousa
Samuel W
Batavia
New York
Brownstown Evangelical Church
Isaac N. S. Will Dies After Illness in Elizabethtown
Isaac N. S. Will, longtime Elizabethtown resident, died Sunday afternoon from a stroke. A Civil War veteran, he served as Deputy Collector of the Ninth District, Clerk at the Orphans' Court, and in Harrisburg. He was secretary of the Elizabethtown Water Company and a notary public, surviving his wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac N. S. Will
Elizabethtown
Will
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Harrisburg
Orphans’ Court
Elizabethtown Water Company
Brethren In Christ Church
Little Anna May Bowers Dies at Fifteen Months
Anna May Bowers aged fifteen months died at her parents J. R. and Mamie Bowers home in Browns town on Monday morning. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the United Evangelical Church with interment there. Parks' coffee will be demonstrated at Pfantz Bros. store on Saturday March 29. Everybody welcome to a cup of fine coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Lane
Florida
Susan Bucher
Lime Rock
Miami
Lane
Evergladas
Anna May Bowers
J. R. and
Mamie Bowers
Brownstown
United Evangelical Church
Pfantz Bros
Personal notices of Easter visitors and homecomings in Lititz
A Lititz social note records Easter visits and arrivals from Reading, Lebanon, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and Newark. Among those mentioned are Miss Mabel Hackman, Miss Elsie Huber, Miss Ella Habecker, Mr. Howard Hollinger, Mr. Jacob Peters and family, and many local residents hosting or visiting relatives. A final line hints at continued coverage on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Shiek
Reading
W. H. Buch
A. W. Leibensperger
Lebanon
Phares Bollinger
Maytown
Howard Hollinger
Honey Brook
Clark Chronister
Philadelphia
Bari Grosh
F. & M. College
Mabel Hackman
Harrisburg
Bessie Gingerich
Jacob Peters
Ephrata
Michael Spangler
H. J. Pierson
Albert
Mary
Lambertville
N. J
Ethel Brown
Washington, D. C
William Steininger
Elsie Huber
Ella Habecker
Rohrerstown
Lititz
Luella Kreider
Elmer Reidenbach
Samuel Stark
Harvey Singer and Son
Bismark
Lebanon County
W. L. Todd
Irene
Blanche
Lancaster
Daniel Light
Bethlehem
William Templeton
Edwin Sturgis
Owen Hershey
Hiram Eberly
Elizabethtown College
Wm. H. Spangler
Wilson Hacker
Lewis Murr
J. B. Harman
Enos Baker
Luther Grossman
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove
James Goldthwaite
Charles Hornberger
Michael Shilling
State Senate
Samuel
Anna Grosh
Wernersville
Robert
Frank
Harvey Grosh
Brooklyn
N. Y
Luke
Caroline Grosh
Paul Smith
Gus. Samuels
Orwigsburg
Jos. Dreifus
S. Jacoby
Dreifus
Ruth Meiskey
Lancaster General Hospital
Wallace Meiskey
East Main Street
T. Jeff Hartranft
Brumnerville
Philadelphia man shoots wife then wounds self at home
Joseph Douglass, 34, a Philadelphia resident and former patient at Dr. J. C. Brobst’s sanitarium, left the facility last week and traveled home. He bought a revolver, shot his wife in the abdomen, fired at his sister and brother in law as they fled, and then wounded himself in the chest. Both are in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass
Bomberger
Minnie Longenecker
Manheim
Three Young Men to Graduate at Warwick High School
Warwick High School holds its second annual commencement in Linde Hall with three graduates Frank S Keath Amos W Yerger and Jacob R Hornley. Dr F H Green will deliver the address and Hackman’s orchestra will provide music. Admission is 20 cents with 30 cents for reserved seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick High School
Linde Hall
Frank S. Keath
Amos W. Yerger
Jacob R. Hornley
A. J. Greenleaf
Hackman
F. H. Green
West Chester Normal School
Green
Hebecker’s
J. A. Keene
U. B
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Miller's
Eber Poltz
H&l
Bretzels
Linden Hall
Monroe Meiley
Dr. Brobst
Neidermyer Bros
Bayonne
Habecker’s
Linden Hallgymnasium
Kieffer
Susquehanna Recreation Club
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