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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
4
Advertisers are warned that the paper goes to press every Thursday morning and cannot guarantee insertion of late matter after Wednesday afternoon. Communications for insertion must include the writer’s name and address as a guarantee of good faith, not necessarily for publication.
A 1911 memorial sermon urges all to honor soldiers and loved ones by living nobly. It states Memorial Day belongs to both veterans and successors, calling for loyalty, truth, and kindness, and to adorn graves with respect and duty to the living.
Week by week the market shows wider variety with asparagus rhubarb radishes onions spinach and salads plus last season's parsnips and potatoes. Strawberries raspberries and cherries expected soon. Dressed chickens scarce due to heat eggs and butter sold at prior prices. Cattle buyers from farmers move herds through town with drovers Himmelberger and Keller shipping to Eastern cities. A Warwick wedding supper honored two recently married couples at Orange Street. Loyal Temperance League and W C T U plan their annual Spring festival May 30 featuring ice cream cakes candies and a fish pond for children. supper available for 25 cents with beans ham bread potato salad coffee. G A R members invited as guests of honor.
A long column records multiple weddings across May and May 21 in Lancaster County with details on venues and spouses. It also notes local events, reunions, Obituaries, and community happenings including fishing warnings, decorations, visits, and upcoming Memorial Day programs and picnics across Lititz and Rothsville with numerous dates and participating groups.
The undersigned sub-agent for A. R. Kochel of Leola invites orders for scientifically constructed lightning rods. Mr. Kochel, an authority with numerous rods in the area, offers prompt service to protect homes and barns from lightning and ensure practical protection rather than mere ornaments.
Rev H J Kline will preach at United Evangelical church to Washington Camp No 694 P O S of A Sunday evening. Spencer Bear station agent at Germantown N Y was visiting last week. Talmage residents plan Saturday festival for stonewalk fund with Rothsville orchestra. Mrs Downey and Mrs Lehman of Lititz visited Mrs Lizzie Zwalley Sunday. Severe electrical storm with rain and hail struck last Friday evening. Rev N L Bechtel delivered an eloquent sermon to the K G E order in the United Evangelical church last Sunday evening. Miss Essie Martin of Lancaster was
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