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Lititz Record

Location

Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1913

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Local notices and community notes from Lititz area

A collage of short items: Mr. Wilson Young relocates to Camden NJ. Pfantz Bros. offer free teen stamps next Wednesday. Lutz quartet to perform for Stevens Post 5176 A R Memorial day. Locust blossoms, Miss Carletta Downey’s appendicitis surgery at Lancaster General. Legislation lists Zion Home funding. Neidermeyer Bros. maple moulding from California. firm busier with planing. Initiatory degree at Lititz Lodge C C F. free concert canceled due to Brownstown. J C Bruiker loses a chain trace. strawberry festival postponed to June and Moravian church square. Linden Hall staff trip to Pequea for shad dinner and Susquehanna views. Theodore Zellers buys Dr Evans property. part payment trades his home. Tax lists show retail and wholesale counts in Lititz area. Local travel: residents toured to several towns around 40 miles. Concrete pavements expanding. advantages over brick. Dr John A Conrad dies at 72. Lititz Academy alumnus. Mrs Dietrich Rupp hosts mothers gathering with luncheon. Norwegian recital. W H Buch to hold Saturday sale with 10 percent cash back on fifty-cent minimum. Spring Creek clean-up improves park appearance. lower flood risk. Two operators at the Independent exchange out sick or convalescent. callers urged to be patient with operators.

Wilson Young Millport Camden N. J Pfantz Bros Lutz Quartette Stevens Post A. R Carletta Downey Lancaster General Hospital Sun Neidermyer Brother's California Lititz Lodge Eck Brownstown J.C. Bruiker Ladies ‘Wing Society Moravian Church Church Square Linden Hall Pequea Big Broad Susquehanna Theodore Zellers BE. E. Evans East Main Street HH. A. Cuppy Zellers More Street Mercantile Lititzrough Warwick Township Hisborough Warwick Ezra Lutz Leon Irvin Staver Orris Mearig Harold Kissinger Carles Weaver Waldeck Schaefferstown Cornall Hull’s Suny John A. Conrad Robesonia Berks County Squire Reidenbach Wns Dietrich Rupp Grace Street Independnt Telephone Exchange Miriam Rudy Elodie Wiegand Ancaster General Hospital

Narrow Escape in Lancaster Auto Crash Near Neffsville

Norman Carpenter of Lititz and three Lancaster friends escaped injury when their car overturned on the state road near Neffsville. Miss Edna Malick suffered serious injuries including knocked out teeth. others escaped harm. A separate incident recalls a diner and marriage celebration, plus a lost $32 roll and local market notes.

Norman Carpenter Lancaster Neffuville W. L.longenecker Neilsville Carpenter Theodore Schlegel Edna Malick Myrtle Walker Schlegel Miss Malick J. L. Hertz L. N. Moyer Graybill Diehm Lititz Neffsville E. H. Witmer

Dust Prevention Plaster to Streets Trialed by Company

A local effort by W. J. Muth & Co. used a calcium chloride plaster on street surfaces to prevent dust as part of an experimental air quality measure. The report notes no violation of speed laws during the trial.

W. J. Muth & Co

Death notices for Keath Steffy and Grosh in Lititz area

Last summons reports Willis Keath of Cedar street died Monday at 8 oclock age 26 years 10 months 5 days from a year long illness He was a carpenter born in Brickerville son of Samuel and Mrs Keath He survived by parents wife Susan Donmeyer and two sons The funeral was at Emanuel Lutheran Brickerville with interment in the adjacent cemetery Also reported Lizzie D Steffy wife of Samuel C Steffy died at North alley age 50 years 5 months 4 days after strokes and illness One son Sherman survives and the family adopted Amma Irvin Others named include Lem Demmy Zacharias Eli Mrs Evans Nagel Erb Spickler and Simmons Funeral services at the Evangelical church Lititz Moravian cemetery Interment in Moravian cemetery Amanda Cordelia Grosh died at Moravian Home age 80 years 8 months 5 days Cause old age She was born Pine Hill and lived Lititz with marriage to Samuel Grosh carriage builder in 1858 Seven children born five surviving Horace E William Lawrence K Mrs Bertha Campbell and Ruth Grosh Also sixteen grandchildren Survived by Moravian church ties Funeral this afternoon at 3 at J K Grosh home then Moravian church Interment Moravian graveyard Rev Hagen to officiate.

Willis Keath Cedar Street Broad Street Brickerville Samuel Keath Front Street Keath Brickerville Lutheran Charch Lititz Lodge Knights of Pythias Court Lititz Foresters of America Susan Donmeyer Leon Elwood Emanuel Lutheran Church J. W. Bittner Lizzie D. Steffy Samuel C. Steffy North Alley Steffy Abraham Demmy Brunnerville Lititz Sherman Amma Irvin Lem. Demmy Neffsville Zacharias Eli William Evans Lebanon Caroline Nagel Henry Erb Mt. Airy David Spickler Ida Simmons Evangelical Church P. T. Brocious J. E. Keene Amanda Cordelia Grosh John Catharine Kraemer Linden Hall Seminary Samuel Lichtenthaeler Springs Hotel Samuel Grosh Horace E William Lawrence K Bertha Campbell Ruth Grosh Salem Moravian Seminary North Carolina West Orange Street Moravian Church BE. S. Hagen Rudy Eberly Reading Albert Morrison Lexington George Mellinger S. C. Hassler Bethlehem Allentown Roy Women’s College Winston- Salem N. C John Leed Hershey Dauphin County Leed Florence Killian Wabash Ind Stella Westcamp Akron L. B. Longenecker Ammon Longenecker Indiana Church of the Brethren Winona Lake Michael, Hess Rome Harry Neidermyer Mary Neidermyer Ruth Neidermyer Mt. Joy Aaron Johnson Lynetta Lehman Nyack N. Y Toccoa Falls Addie Lehman H. R. Gibble J. W. G. Hershey E. E. Eby J. H. Breitegan Kiam Risser J. M. Mill Abram Bue Elizabethtown C. G. Ellis Junita College Huntingdon

Mrs Baum dies at 62 in Lititz area near Rome mills

Mrs Justina Baum wife of John Baum died at their home near the old Rome mills east of Lititz on Tuesday at 1 23 4 M aged 62 years 11 months and 1 day. Death due to heart failure with prior suffering and a stroke followed. Survived by daughter Annie Demmy and the late Peter, plus other relatives. Funeral service to be held at the family residence.

Justina Baum John Baum Old Rome Mills Lititz Annie Demmy Baum Rome Peter Mary Kirs. Touizester Eldon Pride _Farvices

High School Commencement Set for Next Thursday Evening

Fourteen seniors will graduate after passing final exams. Commencement at Linden Hall gym at 7:30. Speaker is Stanley Le Fevre Krebs of Philadelphia. baccalaureate sermon Sunday at St Pauls Lutheran by Rev George D Clarke.

Linden Hall Gymnasium Stanley le Fevre Krebs Philadelphia Krebs Lititz Ernest Baker Beatrice Brookmyer Ella Gibbel Landis Herr Elam Hornley Ardell Kissinger Viola

Becks Band Secures Plum for Muddy Creek Picnic

Becks band earned a slot to perform at the Muddy Creek picnic on August 2, a favored summer event where top attractions are sought. Ringgold band of Reading will also attend, signaling strong support from the community.

Beck Muddy Creek Ringgold Band Reading

Widow Susan Baldwin Dies at 72 in Neffsville Home

Susan Baldwin widow of John Baldwin died at the Brethren Home Neffsville last Thursday after noon at 12 30 following a heart valvular disease. She was seventy two and a Mennonite. Survived by one brother Joseph Shirk of Churchtown. She had resided at the home since November. Funeral Sunday morning at the home with interment in New Providence Mennonite cemetery.

Susan John Baldwin Brethren Home Neffsville Mennonite Church Joseph Shirk Churchtown Baldwin New Providence Mennonite

Travel Discussed as People Escape to Outdoors

A parade of locals and visitors are noted in town as they travel for leisure and family visits. Names include Frank Downey Miss Addie Rickert Addison Harding Justus Yerger Lydia McCully Florence Buch Harry Collins Sallie Reidenbach and many others with trips from Philadelphia New York Atlantic City Bethlehem Allentown Washington D C Winona Lake and Lititz.

Frank Downey Reading Addie Rickert Witmer Addison Harding Stevens Justus Yerger Newark N. J New York Allan Ditzler Lebanon Ditzler David Landis Lou Lititz Sallie Reidenbach Philadelphia A. B. Reidenbach George Russ Lancaster Heiserman Kling Solomon Spangler Bismarck Michael Percy Dreifus Newton Morey Paul W. H. Buch Harvey Mumma Hershey D. W. Dietrich

Fine Hen Egg Egg Size Sparks Local Oddity

Jacob F. Shultz reports a hen at Lititz and Lexington tollgate laying eggs with unusual size including an 8 by 6 1⁄2 inch double yolked specimen. The piece also notes the Hen’s “job” security and nearby community anecdotes from Millersville State Normal School’s Page Literary Society anniversary and local incidents.

Jacob F. Shultz Lititz and Lexington Turnpike Mr. Shultz A. S. Longenecker Page Literary Society Millersville State Normal School Abram Longenecker Public Schools of Lititz the Normal Lancaster Examiner

Great Cattle Sale At Villa Nova Draws 500 Enthusiasts

About 500 cattle buyers from across the country attended Frederick Philips's annual Guernsey sale near Philadelphia. One hundred head sold for 310,000 with calves at 200 each. Rockingham the prize bull brought 2,000 to Branford Farms of Garton Conn. Calves a week or two old hit 200 each. L F Herrick of Worcester Masse conducted the sale.

Messrs J. C. Brubaker J. Hess Frederick Philips Villanova Philadelphia Rockingham Branford Farms Garton Conn L. F. Herrick Worcester Mass Guernsey Philips

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