Local Notes Highlight Community Life And Small Events
Sufferer O H Smith regains outdoor activity. A Halloween lawn seat near D W Pfautz's yard offered by calling. A gold cuff link with initials found at Dissinger's porch. owner calls the store. License tag No 126855 found along Lititz pike. loser can recover by calling. Hu ber daughter Winifred hosts Junior class Halloween party at Mainstreet home. Advertiser urges earlier ad copy submission to Racers. Mrs M M Souders observes her fiftieth birthday with open house on West Main. C E Myer to auction Keen butter knives hardware next week. Otterbein Guild members visit Lancaster. refreshments served. West End clubs donate $6 90 from summer ball games for fire laddies. Squire Derr holds hearing in larceny case against Lincoln Weit. case held under advisement. John Wagner recovers enough to be outdoors. thanks sent to Sunshine Circle and neighbors. Columbia Leader volume 1 number 1 arrives. editor praises potential growth. Dietrich Bopp resigns Ideal Chocolate factory post after 16 years. may move to New York. John Sesseman operated on for dislocated hip at Lancaster General Hospital. Lydia Gingrich chaperones Lancaster trip for Miss Bowman Keller Miller Sturgis. visitors from Lancaster enjoy solos and refreshment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Smith
D. W. Pfautz
Hallowe
Dissinger
N. K. Buch
Lititz Pike
Winifred
Samuel M. Huber
M. M. Souders
West Main Street
Souders
C. £. Myer
Otterbein Guild
United Brethren Church
Lancaster
Lancaster Guild
Blanche Lengel
West End
Squire C. N. Derr
Lincoln Weit
Elizabeth Township
Weit
Emiline Eshleman
Rothsville
John Wagner
Geo. D. Hall
A. L. Campbell
Dietrich Bopp
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Bopp
Ideal Concern
New York
John Sesseman
Lancaster General Hospital
Sesseman
Lydia Gingrich
Josephine Bowman
Elizabeth Keller
Cora Miller
Laura Sturgis
General Hospital
Helen J. Sturgis
Marietta Avenue
Janet Drakenbred
Beatrice Mowrer
Stiffel and Freeman Subscribers Told First Payment Due
Subscribers for the Stiffel and Freeman project were notified that the first installment of the preferred stock is payable on Wednesday November 10 1915 at the Farmers National Bank of Lititz. The Young Men's Business League committee reports a trust amendment pledging $6000 of common stock to secure preferred stock with redemption planned in three stages over ten fifteen and twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiffel and Freeman
Wich
Philadelphia
High School
W. H. Mutt
S. E. Lane
U.S. Delp
M. H.yoer
Young Men's Business Legue
Stiffd and
Freeman
Stiffel and Freeman Co
Farmers Nation Bank of
Lititz
Érdit
Record grows to seven column eight page weekly
The Record marks a new era as it expands to a seven column eight page weekly to meet advertiser demand while preserving space for readers. The paper chronicles its 38 year history, growth through six to eight columns and four to eight pages, and invites subscribers to join in supporting the community paper. S. H. Imboden leaves Elizabeth farms to manage a Masonic Home farm in Elizabethtown with a public sale planned on December 20 at Elizabeth farm No.2, featuring household goods and stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Corp
Tose
Himboden
Elizabeth Farms
Wen
Masonic Horie
Elizabethtown
Imboden
F. B. Coleman
Elizabeth Farmy No.2
Mr. Imboden
Death notices and obituaries from Warwick area
Death of Mrs Catherine Gable at Lancaster General Hospital after six weeks illness. Survived by four children Lavinia Katie Harry and Lincoln. Funeral at St Pauls Lutheran Warwick with interment Machpelah. Also notes deaths of Mrs Sue Beck, Mrs Isabel Wall, and Harry W Miller with brief survivor lists and funeral details. Additional funeral notice for Harry Miller’s Kansas death briefly referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Gable
Henry F. Gable
Lancaster General Hospital
Christian
Catherine Yerger
Naomi
Warwick
Lavinia
Harry Myers
Katie
Robert Kling
Harry
Lincoln
John Yerger
Christian Yerger
N. G. Yerger
Lititz
Sue M. Beck
Henry Beck
Witmer
Daniel Hagen
Lancaster
Edwin
Charles
Mary
Catherine Seaman
Wheeling
W. Va
Daniel McCloud
Brownstown
George
Akron
John
Herman
Manheim
M. E
Diver Duck Caught by Fishing Boat on Conestoga Creek
Sherman Steffy found a diver duck that appeared tethered to a line under water. He pulled the line and retrieved a hooked bait swallowed by the duck, which he then had to kill since the hook could not be removed. The duck likely had remained captive for several days as the bait digested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conestoga Creek
Sherman Steffy
Steffy
Gunners Spark Rabbit Hunt Opening Across Regions
An opening rabbit hunting season saw many licensed gunners out in force, with teams across Gonewago hills New Ringgold White Oak and nearby areas reporting high bag counts including 24 rabbits and a partridge near White Oak and 19 rabbits plus several woodcocks and grey squirrels in the Schoeneck vicinity. Linden Hall held a noted Halloween event with a ghostly gym entrance and eerie decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall
Voter Confusion Sparks Question After Election
A citizen who had not voted in years asked his employer Wednesday whether he had voted for president in the prior day’s election, illustrating concerns about voter knowledge and ballot study. The article notes most citizens can vote intelligently while recounting the incident.
Travels of Local Residents Highlight Weekend Journeys
A long list of residents and visitors are noted moving between towns and cities. Mrs. W. H. Moth visits Niagara Falls. many others travel to Philadelphia Lancaster Nazareth Myerstown and Hershey with family and friends. Pfautz Bros. promotes a sweeping November sale at their Reading shop.
Walk-out at Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Plant
In Lititz last Friday most workers at the Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate factory quit over promoter W B Light being moved to the president's office. After two hours of discussion with officials, employees returned Monday, some immediately and most later that day, with the plant resuming 24 hour operation. Light refused to return, but urged a return. most workers complied to keep the plant running. Separate notices report local property deals and a charity fair, plus a push to wire homes with Edison Electric Co. offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Factory
W. B. Light
H. A. Cuppy
Light
Republican Victory Sweeps Lancaster County In Vote On Women’s Suffrage
The Republican party won broadly in Lancaster city and county with large majorities for GOP candidates. The proposed woman’s suffrage amendment failed statewide by roughly 50 000 votes with 348 to 162 in the area, and mayor H L Trout defeated Dr Chadman by about 2 500 votes. Election boards worked late into the night to finalize results with numerous county offices filled by GOP or Washington party nominees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Lancaster City
Lititzborough
Election Board
Washington Party
Democrats
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
H. L. Trout
Chadman
Washington
Amos F. Hess
David F. Magee
Hess
Magee
the Superior Court
John Benedict Head
Stephen Howard Huselton
George B Orlady
Charles Palmer
William D Wallace
J Henry Williams
The
Court of Common Pleas
Aaron B Hassler
Warren Buch
William R . Harnish
Cleon N Berntheitel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stiefel and Freeman
S. H. Imboden
Masonic
Issinger
Isabel Wall
John Heilman
Phoenixville
Bright
Maria Wechter
White Oak
Thomas D. Baum
Christopher Wall
Daniel Weachter
Pine Hill
John Crall
Kansas
Spruce Street
Harry W. Miller
Emporia
Millbach
Lebanon County
Kleinfeltersville
Elizabeth Birkenbine
Crall
Gonewago Hills
George Evans
John Helter
Dr. Long
Dr. Moyer
I. H. Doster
Jerre Bowman
F. B. Buch
Robert, Elwood
Lemon Farlow
Walter Miller
Guy Buch
Frank Rader
U. S. Delp
Emory Wagner
G. G. Diehm
Sam Lane, Jr
Arlie Rader
Archie Rosenberg
John Vetter
William
Samuel Witmyer
New Ringgold
Lewis Oehme
Lew
Wayne Longenecker
Messrs
Morris
Monroe Eckert
Schoeneck
Chester Ritchie
B. Sehmuck
Leon
Paul
Annville
Homer
Julius Sturgis
Lewis Sturgis
William Stauffer
Clayton Keller
Hallowe’en At
W. H. Moth
Sarah
Niagara Falls
Paul E. Beck
Harrisburg
Mamie Raub
Elmer Kautz
Spencer Leed
Hershey
Ellis Spickler
Paul Evans
H. E. Eby
Katie Kreider
Grace Keller
Kinderhook
Louis Simcox
Percy Kofroth
P. B. Kofroth
Chas
H. Kreider
Valentine Brobst
Medico-Chi University
Clayton Bomberger
Jacob H. Bomberger
Paul Sturgis
Tuckahoe
N. J
Edwin Sturgis
W. B. Kesel
N.Y
Puritan Chocolate Company
John K. Mathers
Carrie McCloud
Myerstown
John Kurtz
Albert O. Sturgis
Bert
Nazareth
Alfred Hammer
Wissahickon
Sarah M. Beckler
Harry Shirker
Earnest Souders
Duquesne Light, Heat and Power Company
Pittsburgh
Martha Hammer
New Jersey
Colorado
Abram Beck
Emily Eschbach
Woodstock
Charles Siegel
Rebecca L. Price
Samuel G. Bear
Michael Adams
Roy Weaver
Minnie Roth
Jacob Kling
Charles Detterline
Reading
Hiram Lindenmuth
Ulrich
Palmyra
B. F. Grosh
Kate Moore
Mary Moore
Grosh
Monay
Springs Hotel
Pfantz Bros
Pfautz Bros
Record
Chocolate Factory
Daniel Imhoff
East Main Street
John Heiserman
John B. Becker
Franklin S. Becker
Warwick Township
Mablon Garman
Frank Malcinee
Penryn
N. W. Diehm
H. W. Hummer
Hazel Street
J. H. Edmunds
Edwin B. Eberly
Clay Township
J.D. Lentz
Arthur M. Yeager
Ephrata Borough
Isaac B. Buchen
West Earl Township
Buchen
Ass’n
Princess de la Potts
Edison Electric Co
Chas, Loercher
Wm J Coulter
Samuel P Paxson
A E Leaman
E S$ Musser
W S Hastings, Sr
Melvin P Miller
Enos E Mowrer
Paul Boettger
Ira A Brosey
John F Smith
Christian G Garber
William W. Halligan
Jacob H Linkey
Joseph H Long
Samuel O Frantz
Abram M Buckwalter
Guy W Ferguson
H.S Mentzer
John F Mentzer
Linville M Dellinger
Christian BE Eaby
M W Horst
Aaron Hooker
Tobias Ochs
Davdi G Martin
ER Miller
William F Geist
Amos S Hess
David F Migee
Henry P Kready
Clayton S Wenger
Samuel W Dilfer
John R Shirk
Percy Freeman
John W. Kirch
H L Gise
Alfred Wood
Harvey Rathman
Jacob W Weaver
J Carson Obetz
Ralph O Moyer
Directors of the Poor
Esaias K Brendle
J Irwin Huber
Fred Larner
Nedon
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