Lititz Local Notes and Upcoming Events
A column recaps varied Lititz happenings from Edwar Sturgis adding a story to his Main Street residence to the Roebuck fountain opening. It notes a May 25 sale of Elizabeth Carper personal property, a license transfer for Hotel Sturgis, and a Lititz Merchants Association meeting on May 30 with Ephrata speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwar A. Sturgis
E. Main Street
Roebuck
P. B. Furlow
Lititz
Elizabeth Carper
East Main Street
Sturgis
William M. Huber
Samuel M. Bleiler
Harrisburg
Ont
E. G. Witters
Samuel Witters
Lake, Ohio
South Broad Street
Merchants Association of
Council Chamber
Ephrata Association
James McCloud
Hopeland
Antonio Romezzo
Neffsville
Lancaster
Lititz Fire Co
Susie Spickler
Independent Telephone Exchange
Kittle
Becker
July 4 Parade and Prize Drill By Knights of the Golden Eagle
The borough plans a July 4 celebration with a daytime parade by Knights of the Golden Eagle chapters and many castles and commanderies. Two Anneville baseball games, a six oclock prize drill at the ball grounds, a large illumination and fireworks show, a Reading special train, and trolley service are set. A $400 prize fund tops awards for best and largest drills, banners, floats, and distances, with rules aligned to K G Ey tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Anneville
Lebanon County
Reading
Death by Suicide of Warwick Township Resident Disston Man
Owen R. Long, 62, of Disston near Rothsville, died by suicide at his barn on a Wednesday morning. He weighed 200 pounds, once ran a cigar factory, later farmed, and suffered long illness and melancholy after appendicitis. Survived by wife, four children, and a brother. funeral Friday at 2 o'clock at United Zion cemetery Rothsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen R. Long
Warwick Township
Disston
Rothsville
Long
A. B. Reidenbach
E. E. Evans
Young
George Shaffner
Elam
George
Linzie Grumbein
Lancaster
James
Addison Long
Oregon
United Zion Cemetery
Jefferson Strohm
Ephrata
Clay Township
William
Octavia
Neb
Irvin
Akron
Emory
Anna
Edgar
Wisie
Meadow Valley
Jennie
Denver
Minnie
Haydn Badorf
Lititz
Middle Creek Meeting House
Charles A. Burkey
P. W. Weidman
Amos Lefevre
Upper Leacock Township
Hershey’s
Intercourse
Mennonites
Warwick barn fire destroys outbuildings and stock
A Saturday blaze in Warwick destroyed a north Market Street frame bank barn owned by Nicholas Yerger along with a wagon shed and tobacco shed. Four horses two mules four pigs and farming gear were lost. Despite quick bucket brigades and water. Fire caused extensive loss estimated at over 2000 beyond $1200 insurance. Origin unknown though suspected to start in the feeding entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick
Market Street
Nicholas Yerger
Yerger
Lititz Fire Company
Justis Yerger
Minnie Roth
William Roth
Yeorger
David P. Bricker
Spring Lake Ice Co
Justus Yerger
N. G. Yerger
Fishermen haul big catfish at Brubaker dam
Messrs Harry Ditzler Allen Ditzler and Walter Geyer led a night of notable catches at Brubaker’s dam. They landed 30 catfish with 20 weighing 30 pounds each. several fish topped 2 pounds. Chauncey Sturgis and Ralph Souders followed with a 27 inch carp at Millway weighing 10 pounds Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Harry and Allen Ditzler
Walter Geyer
Brubaker’s Dam
Chauncey Sturgis
Ralph Souders
Millway
A Faithful Employee Joins Telephone Pioneers
Grace Keller, longtime Bell Telephone operator at Lititz, becomes a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America after 25 years in service. She began in August 1885 and will complete her twenty-seventh year on August 2, 1912. The nationwide membership stands at 745. New Spring goods at Miller's store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Grace Keller
Bell Telephone Exchange
The
Telephone Pioneers of America
Bell Telephone Company
Miss Keller
Lititz
Bell Concern
United States
Diphtheria Deaths and Local Obituaries Across Lancaster Area
Diphtheria claims 9 year old Alice Behmer at Owl Hill and Mary Horst dies of pneumonia in Landisville, with Mennonite funeral rites in Manheim. Jefferson Strohm, 59, dies near Ephrata after strokes. Charles Burkey of Akron dies at 26 from typhoid. John W. Graeff, former Perseverance band leader, dies in Philadelphia. Pretzel baking challenge noted in Philadelphia newspaper. Lititz men embark on a southern trip to New Orleans and Washington, totaling 60 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca
Abram Horst
Manheim
Clayton Roser
Landisville
Old Mennonite Church
Horst
Fannie Lehman
Scotland
Christ. Lehman
Pequea
E. W. Weaver
Oregon
Henry Shenck
Martin Risser
Risser’s Church
Jacob Risser
Abram Kauffman
Grand Rapids
Mich
Anthony Fouser
White Oak
Fannie Horst
Martha Kreider
Benjamin Horst
Canal Fulton
Ohio
Mennonite Church
Hershey’s
Philadelphia North American
Allentown
Charles Flickner
Flickner
Messrs
Nathaniel Brubaker
J. Clayton Brubaker
Abram Bomberger
Lititz
Johnstown
New Orleans
Washington
Local Residents Travel Far for Visits and Business
Local residents are visiting relatives and traveling for business across Pennsylvania and beyond. Names include Mrs. D. A. Long in Allentown, Mr. Roy Himmelberger to New York, Mrs. Lizzie Burkholder in Reading, and many others visiting Lititz families, Lancaster friends, and Philadelphia events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Long
Allentown
Alexander Bear
Millersville
Roy Himmelberger
New York
Lizzie Burkholder
Reading
Lititz
Isaac Reinfried
Lancaster
W. A. Ensminger
Manheim
Litite
Joseph Dreifus
Washington, D. C
Charles A. Brobst
Fleetwood
Miles H.murr
Cleveland
Ohio
Heisa
Warwick
John F. Evans
L. S. Reedy
Womelsdorf
John J. Sallade
Harry Rohrer
Samuel Walters
Harvey Mumma
New Holland
D. W. Dietrich
W. B. Kesel
Puritan Cocoa and Chocolate Co
H. A. Cuppy
Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Co
Christ Herr
George‘town
Sherman Weaver
Lewis Haines
Homer Nelson
Wheeler
Sturgis
John Uhland
Cressona
Catharine Heiserman
Uriah Adams
Mabel
John
Denver
Uriah Kollman
Frank Sturgis
Elmer Whitcraft
Pittsburgh
Akron
Seattle
Wash
Robert Brenecke
Emaus
Frances
Linden Hall
Edith Woodruff
New York City
EB. F. Peer
London
England
JE. A. Cuppy
Scott Leinbach
Leinbach &O
Springs Hotel
William Scott
Victor Hacker
Lawrence Kling
Frank Crawford
Harrison Helman
Wilmington
Del
Jay Sauders
Christian Kreider
Lincoln
Fifteen to Graduate From Local Public School
A large audience is expected as fifteen students complete the course. Valedictorian Frances LeFevre and salutatorian Alberta Lutz lead the honors. Commencement includes music by the High School orchestra, a Dr. Woodruff address, and a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. E Hagen. Class Day on Spring grounds follows. An alumni meeting and banquet conclude events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances LeFevre
Alverta Lutz
Lottie Sturgis
Anna Grosh
Myrtle Hoffman
Miriam Rudy
Ethel Masser
Dora Lipp
Bertha Stehman
Gertrude Binkley
Anna Brookmyer
Esther Eckert
Owen Hershey
Norman Hertzler
Edward Buch
Habecker’s
Woodruff
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove
Hagen
Alumni Association
Linden Hall
Sunday visitors flock to Spring ground near Lebanon pumping station
The article notes a large outdoor crowd enjoying the day at Spring ground near the Lebanon pumping station and Poplar Run. About thirty Litizzites gathered wildflowers and admired the scenery as autos and various conveyances moved through town, including a motorcycle with a chair attached, the rider seeming comfortable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Poplar Run
Man Named Griffith Swindles Barber In Bunco Style
Griffith obtained a $4.50 wage check from John R. Gibbes's quarry worker and passed it at W B Oehme's barbershop after paying a landlord with it. The bank paid it before stop payment was learned, and Griffith vanished. The matter was settled between Oehme Hessler and Gibbel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffith
W. B. Oehme
Qehme
Oehme
John R. Gibbes
John Hossler
Hossler
Messrs. Oehme
Hessler
Gibbel
Also Mentioned on This Page
John B. Habecker
Marion
Ralph Diehm
Trap Factory
M. H. Yoder
Castle
K. G. Ey
New Spring Goods
Miller’s
Alice P. Behmer
John M
Emma Behmer
Owl Hill
Rothsville Lutheran
J. A. Bittner
Rebecca Horst
John W. Graeff
Perseverance Band
Philadelphia
Edmund
Joseph Lowery
Bretzel
J. W. Bittner
A. G. Rauch
George Weachter
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Mt. Airy
Ifteen
AGH School
le H. Bueh
Broad Street Clothing Cuse