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Lititz Record

Location

Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1912

Page

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
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