Armistice Day bank holiday and local notices amid town changes
John Wike remains confined at home with illness. Wm Oehme started a new bungalow on Front Street. Lititz schools close for county teachers' institute in Lancaster. Banks to close on Armistice Day Saturday November 11. Milk dealers to raise prices Monday November 13. A wild rabbit eluded pursuit from Burkholder's yard to Main Street. Gun season draws county gunners away yearly. H C Reedy leads evangelistic campaigns at Ephrata and Mountville U B churches. N B Leaman sells hotel property to buy 27 acre Farm within Palmyra borough for lot development. Rev George B Raezer builds Pulmonie shop behind Liberty Avenue residence. orders for 1000 bottles monthly. Jacob Leed returns from Albion NY with 2500 barrels of apples amid railroad car shortages. Ringneck pheasants abundant but wary after hunting season begins. Leed lacks license to shoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Pric
N. B. Leaman
Palmyra
Lebanon County
George B. Raezer
Liberty Avenue
Jacob Leed
Albion
N. Y
Ringneck
Mr. Leed
Wedding of Lydia Keener and John Hubbard in Philadelphia
Former Lititz resident Lydia Keener daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Keener of Lititz now of Springfield Massachusetts married John Hubbard in Philadelphia on September 29. Hubbard a World War I veteran works as paymaster for Springfield Street Railway Company. They will live at 15 James Street Springfield Massachusetts and will host visitors from Nov 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Listz
Lydia Keener
Jacob Keener
Lititz
Springfield
Mass
Handy Chocolate Co
Philadelphia
John Hubbard
Keener
Hubbard
Springfield Street Railway Co
Former Lititz Man Yields 5000 Bushels Apples in Adams County
Warren Enck and family visited his parents in Lititz for his 64th birthday. His 24 acre Adams county orchard, mainly York Imperials, produced about 5000 bushels sold to a single dealer. Holy Communion services will be at St. John's Lutheran Brickerville Sunday with preparatory rites Saturday at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Enck
Minter
Biglersville
Adams County
Mr. Enck
John H. Enck
Front Street
Mary
Lexington
Mr. Euck
York
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Brickerville
E .E. Schantz
Fire destroys Lititzman farm. losses total to $20000
A Sunday blaze at Irvin Snader's Lititz farm south of Terre Hill destroyed the barn, tobacco shed, pig pen, and more. A five year old girl playing with matches started the fire, and despite multiple fire company responses only the house and a chicken house with 600 chickens were saved. Major Cameron E. Lane was placed on reserve with the 364th Medical Regiment while remaining at his Lititz business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Snader
Terre Hill
Edward Halligan
Snader
South Broad Street
Lititz
Reuben Weaver
Goodville
Lane
Cameron E. Lane
Harrisburg
364Th
Edward C. Martin
Pennsylvania
Dr Lane
Friends gather to aid disabled Clayton Bucher farm
Neighbors join a Monday gathering on Clayton Bucher’s Clay township farm to husk corn and harvest turnips after his leg loss. The note thanks friends for kindness. List of attendees includes many local names. Promotes perfumed laundry starch and a Vectrola offer from local stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Bucher
Clay Township
Bucher
Daniel C. Shreiner
Wayne S. Eberly
Barton 2
Hehnley
Amos M. Eberly
Irvin Ressler
Elmer B. Eshleman
Amos Wenger
John Wissler
John E Zimmerman
Chas. M Long
F. R. Stauffer
BE. M. Martin
Amos Martha
Clayton Wenger
Elmer R. Snyder
Harry H. Bucher
Frank C. Musser
Wm. W. Griest
Simon 8. Landis
Samuel Nissley
Christ E. Snyder
Norman Bucher
Monroe Zartman
Ezra S. Kline
Isaac Erb
C. B. Snyder
Abram Bollinger
John Peiffer
S. H. Yocum
J. Harry Hershey
John Burkholder
Henry Burkholder
James Boyd
Joseph Geibe
J. Henry Eshleman
A. Martin Eshleman
Henry L. Risser
Levi B. Brubaker
C. S. Charles
Ben Bucher
Nathan Kofroth
Norman L. Keener
Elmer Bucher
Marks Hans
Walter Nies
John Beard
S. E. Ferry
Christ Wiest
Fred Gilbert
Charles Gilbert
Casper S. Eberly
Edwin Z. Hoover
S. B. Bucher
Raymond Edward
Jonas Bucher
Charles Hehnley
Arthur H. Spangler
N. L. Snyder
Henry R. Bucher
Samuel Rankin
Milton S. Eberly
John Jacoby
David Rickert
Paul Miller
Griest Wins Lancaster Congress Victory in Closely Fought Race
In Lancaster County, Republican Griest defeats coalition candidate Musser by about 3500 votes with strong showings in Lititz and Warwick. Diehm wins Lititz seat by 5000, while women canvassed for Griest. Election-day chaos includes injuries from a street accident as crowds gather for returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Griest
Frank C. Musser
Lancaster Examiner-New Era
Coalttonists
Musser
Lancaster
Columbia
Diehm von
G. G. Diehm
Lititz
Harry Trout
Manheim
Diehm
Second Ward
Pinchot
McSparran
Trout
Warwick
Congress
East Warwick
Clay Township
Penn Township
South
Junction
Unionville
Irish painter and election notes mark Lititz day
Local residents recall an Irish painter using a shaving brush to decorate a one and a half story house near Rothsville. A fisherman’s rescue in a canoe near Lititz stalled by a capsized trip. Councilman John Helter’s rabbit tally is corrected to zero. The Lititz election ended close, with talk of toll roads and environmental fixes to Lititz Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothsville
Lancaster County
Lititz
Greet ing Card List and Stock Selection at Scott's Book Store
News item notes greet ing cards available today at Scott's Book Store with full stock. Advertisement mentions new loose seedless raisins for 17 cents per pound at Miller and Hahbecker's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott’s Book Store
Miller & Hahbecker’s
Moravian Missionary Society At 100 Years Of Service
The Moravian church marks a century of the Women's Missionary Society with services led by Rev. James H. Franklin. Lectures and pageants recount missionary progress in China Central Africa and Japan. The society now has 186 members and has contributed about $10,000 this century, with annual dues of 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Women’s Missionary Society of the
Moravian Church
James H. Franklin
American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
China
Woman’s Missionary Society of
Lititz
Dr. Franklin
Central
Africa
Japan
Women’s Missionary Society
Frank Raub
Philadelphia
Society of Sisters
Andrew Benade
Abraham Reinke
Martha Hepp
Peter Wolfe
Trolley to Rothsville and Lititz Line Planned
A four mile trolley line to connect Rothsville and Lititz will start after a charter is granted. The route links with Lancaster and Lititz service, forming a loop via Lititz Main street Warwick township and Rothsville, using private rights of way to the upper Bushong mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littz
Rothsville
Lititz
Lancaster and Lititz
Lancaster
Main Street
Warwick Township
Upper Bushong Mill
Michael Hess
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
S. R. Zimmerman
W. W. Griest
Nathaniel B. Seaman
Samuel B. Oberholtzer
Harry R. Pfautz
Frank E. Knox
Harry L. Zook
Henry Walter
G. Graybill Diehm
Samuel Bushong
R. B. Hull
Millway Hunter Shoots Bear on Columbia County Trip
Chester Reitz of Millway shot a 200 pound bear in Columbia county after a bear hunting trip. The animal was skinned by Nathan Long of Rothsville and meat stored in cold storage. the hide will be tanned.
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Chester Reitz
Millway
Columbia County
Reading
Chester
Nathan Long
Rothsville
David Voy
William Wood
Frank Spickler
Bedford County
William Snagely
Howard Bollinger
Franklin County
Wilson Scheneberger
Jacob Snyder
Walter Miller
Adams County
Frank Rader
Edgar Strohm
John Fralich
Harry Wissler
Blue Mountains
Peiffer
Early Arrival of Salt River Buss Delivers Tickets
The East Warwick Salt River ticket buss made rounds at about 3 o'clock Wednesday morning delivering tickets. A crew of about twenty caused cheer and noise but spoiled nothing or disturbed anyone. They were mostly well behaved, with a few lapses in language.
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East Warwick
Salt River
Travel notices and visits across Lebanon area
Mrs Blanche Gingrich of Lebanon visits half brother Charles Brobst. John Stager and family stay with C S Loeffler. Frank Ellist and daughter Nancy visit Wilson Grube. Numerous locals spend Sundays with relatives near Ephrata Bird in Hand Lititz and Philadelphia. Moravian pastor E S Crosland to evangelize in Wisconsin. others visit or return from brief trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Gingrich
Lebanon
Charles Brobst
John Stager
C. S. Loeffler
Frank Ellist
Nancy
Hagerstown
Wilson Grube
Lititz Young Man Answers Telegram to Hollywood Scene Painting
Atwood Kreider of Lititz received a telegram to report to Hollywood California to work as a scene painter for films. He left last Thursday two days after notification and expects to stay about a month with a chance of a permanent position. Kreider started art four years ago via a correspondence course and later worked with Cain the Lancaster sign painter before opening his Lititz shop. His family remains in Lititz for now and the job offers a fine salary.
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Hollywood
Calif
Atwood Kreider
California
Lancaster
Kreider
Cain
Lititz
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John Wike
Wm. Oehme
County Teachers’ Institute
Burkholder
H. C. Reedy
U. B
Ephrata
Mountville
U. B. Church
That Place
Lititzman
C. Karl Brian
Front St
Ind
Tota
Griest Lititz
H. B. Buch
David Buch
Charles Krick
York Body Company
Reo
Krick
Irvin Kitnner
Edward Getz
John Helter
John
Old Warwick
Springs
Moravian. Missionary Society
the History of the Society
Millway Hunter
Eliza Kling
Addie Miller
Minnie Roth
Michael Adams
Bert Bowers
Harry Breneman
Joe Zahm
Mr. Bower
Bird-in-Hand
Edward Crosland
E. 8. Crosland
Ella Lacy
Atlanta
Covington, Va
Henry Gibbel, Jr
Mr. Cunningham
Huntingdon College
H. R. Gibbel
Ralph Bartholomew
Stroudsburg
F. & M. College
Mary Teetes
Bristol
Henry Heiserman
Paul Gable
Washington, D. C
Jacob Gable
Abram B. Miller
Farmers Oil Company
Odessa
Texas
New York
Agriculture Department
Nicholas DiNunzio
Elizabeth Mcéiskey
Ezra Habecker
Clair
A. G. McCleary
Frank
E. S. Crosland
Call of Evangelistic Committee
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Sturgeon Bay
Joseph Dreifus
Quantico
Mr. Dreifus
Potomac River
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