Moravian Church Pulpit Host and Local Notices
Rev J Taylor Hamilton preached at the Moravian church last Sunday morning. G N Derr was taken to St Hospital last Thursday and operated on successfully Friday. Dorcas Class to hold a musical in St Pauls Lutheran Sunday School rooms on Thursday November 18. 104th anniversary of Moravian Church Women Missionary Society to be celebrated Sunday with special services. William Steininger now in charge of Old Glory Coffee Store since Monday. Kings Daughters of Lititz and vicinity to sale needlework Saturday December 4 at Fire Company hall. Horace Keller shot two skunks on Spruce street last Sunday. six were killed there in recent weeks. Next week is Lancaster quarter sessions court week. Jury men constables witnesses to answer or face fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Lutheran Sunday School
Dorcas
Women’s Missionary Society
Moravian Church
The
Kings Daughters of Lititz and Vicinity
Fire Company
Horace Keller
Spruce Street
Lancaster
Rothsville Fire Co buys Hahn truck for $4765
Rothsville Fire Company will demonstrate its new 300 gallon triple combination Hahn fire truck on November 20. Arrival set for November 19 with a net cost of $4765. A two week fundraising drive aims to raise $4250 from Rothsville and nearby residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothsville Fire Company
Hahn
Rothsville
Legion Men Husked Comrade Morrison’s Corn
On Saturday November 6 a group of Legion men worked at Comrade Ed Morrison’s Lexington farm to husk his corn crop. Morrison plans to leave this week for a government hospital for treatment after being badly gassed during service overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Ed Morrison
Lexington
Morrison
Wild Cat Seen Near Lebanon Pumping Station
Reports describe a wild cat seen around the Lebanon pumping station and near Hopeland with strange cries heard in the woods. Isaac Brubaker, a Manheim trapper, followed a trail to the station where his dog fought a pursuing animal and returned wounded. Linnaeus Firestone notes wildcats last appeared about thirty years ago in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Hopeland
Isaac Brubaker
Manheim
Brubaker
Linnaeus Firestone
Local radio school attended by Lititz and Manheim men
Webster Keath of Lititz and Carl Webber of Manheim attended a radio school session in Reading run by the Radio Corporation of America. Keath, connected with the Freed-Eisemann radio store, believes the course will improve service to patrons. The instructor, Mr. Keath, installed a Radiola in Queen Marie’s car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Keath
Lititz
Carl Webber
Manheim
Reading
Radio Corporation of America
Keath
Freed-Eisemann Radio
Queen Marie
Travel in the West Today and Twenty Years Ago
A reader compares twenty year travel costs and road conditions in the West. He recalls the Santa Fe route through the Navajo desert, noting rock roadbeds, extreme heat, and night travel to avoid sun. Amboy marks 112 degrees, with sheds, a communal kitchen, showers, and fast laundry drying at a desert camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buch
West
California
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Navajo Desert
Amboy
Calif
United States
Signs Must Come Down ordinance clears town in circulation
The borough distributes the proposed sign ordinance via circulars. Merchants have begun removing signs with a $100 penalty for noncompliance. The measure requires three readings at three meetings before potentially becoming law. Some store owners fear costly sign replacements and test cases may challenge pre enactment signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tancaster
Deer Spotted Roaming Brickerville Area All Week
A buck deer was seen roaming the Brickerville Speedwell farms and nearby Pistonville areas throughout last week. The animal did not seem highly wild, prompting observation by residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brickerville
Speedwell
Pistonville
Brenneman Promoted to Lancaster Station Gaining Reading line post
J C Brenneman, longtime Lititz station agent and former Lancaster chief clerk since 1890, is appointed to the Lancaster terminal after the death of D G Eschbach. Renewal T Dice Jr of the Wilmington and Columbia division made the appointment. Bushong to Lititz and Rothsville origin details included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Brenneman
Lititz
Lancaster
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
D. G. Eschbach
Renew T. Dice, Jr
Wilmington and Columbia
Mr. Brenneman
Railroad Company
C. K. Bushong
Landisville
Mr. Bushong
Rothsville
Samuel Bushong
Warwick House Sale Sets Record with 1242 Transactions
A huge Warwick House Sale on Saturday processed 1242 sales. Items ranged from nightgowns and shirts to fur niture phono graphs and sewing machines. Food goods included potatoes bananas apples and sweet potatoes with prices from cents to dollars per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Sears Roebuck & Co
Armistice Day Observed with Closed Banks and Stores
Armistice Day is being celebrated today with flags displayed and a nationwide holiday. Banks and stores will remain closed all day as the nation honors the armistice.
First sight of the automobile at Centennial Exposition 1876
Recalling the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia the writer remembers the infant auto mobile seen moving without horse power. A Chinaman cried out in astonishment and a rabbit story from Lititz men prompts a bridge leap rescue. The piece also shares a World War era letter from General Hermann von Schweinitz recalling Lititz, Linden Hall, and family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Deer hunting mishap during Adirondacks trip leads to return
D M Graybill of Lancaster accompanied a sportsmen group to the Adirondacks New York State and returned home after a deer was shot. Graybill himself wounded a deer but could not locate it despite tracking. Another hunter in the party had a clean shot but the cartridge failed to explode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Graybill
Lancaster
Adirondacks
New York State
Mr. Graybill
Vote to Sell Toll Road Near unanimous Lancaster turnpike sale approved
Lancaster-Lititz Turnpike Company stockholders voted at a meeting in Lancaster to sell their interests to the State and County for 70000. Conestoga Traction will receive 20000 for releasing a 999 year toll lease. The deal will create a free road from Lancaster to Brickerville linking with Sproul road. The Lititz and Lexington pike, in poor shape, will need immediate repairs and toll removal timing depends on the State Department of Highways. The article also notes charity work, theft investigations, and cigar losses at local facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Brickerville
Lititz and
Lexington
Lancaster and
Lititz
State Department of Highways
Evans Celebrate Golden Wedding After Fifty Years of Union
Mr and Mrs Evans of North Broad Street celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with family and friends. Rev Charles Nagel, 82, who married them, attended along with a Holland of Lancaster and others. Seventy guests from Lancaster Philadelphia Wilmington Browns town Leola Manheim and East Petersburg joined a special dinner for the couple and their four children. The Evanses, aged 72 and 70, once toured the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Mrs Evans was born Laura U Wambright of Neffsville. A Teachers Institute Week gathering of over 800 county teachers took place at St Pauls Reformed Church in Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Wal Evans
North Broad St
Charles Nagel
Lancaster
William Essig
Susan Hambright
Horace Eschbach
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Brownstown
Leola
Manheim
East Petersburg
Crosland
Moravian Church
Paul
George
Anna
Charles Zartman
Esther
Charles Hummer
Lititz
Ilenry Sturgis
Linccoln
Evans
Laura U Wambright
Neffsville
Stoppered Mennonite Church Journey Through Maryland
Mr and Mrs T K Eberly and P N Myers along with Lloyd Royer toured York Gettysburg Greencastle and Maryland visiting Reiffs Mennonite church in Washington County learning 700 members attend there they observed names Eshleman Ebberly Martin Horst Risser Baer Mysens and Young arrowheads found along Conococheague creek Forge Road the trip covered about 250 miles with good roads and much scenic beauty including arrowheads from Ohio mounds and other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. K. Eberly
Mason and Dixon
P. N. Myers
Hagerstown
Lititz
Lloyd Royer
York
Gettysburg
Greencastle
Maryland
Emeritsburg
Reiff’s Mennonite Church
Washington County
Eshleman
Ebberly
Martin
Horst
Risser
Baer
Mysens
Young
Conococheague
Forge Road
Royer
Union
Ohio
Local Legion elects new officers and plans veterans events
At Post 56 monthly meeting Norman L. Habecker is elected Post commander James Carper is 1st vice commander Frank Grumbrecht 2nd vice commander Frank Iluntier is Adjustant Alfred Douple is Finance Officer Dr C E Lane is Historian and Roy Keller is sergeant at arms Odd Fellows Lititz Lodge 1050 hosts religious exercises at Middle town November 14 Rev F W Yost to preach A 40 member male chorus will perform All Lititz Odd Fellows and families invited Parade and dedication events set for Neffsville November 18 led by Rohlerstown band Chaplain H W Swartz to deliver dedicatory address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman L. Habecker
James Carper
Frank Grumbrecht
Frank Iluntier
Alfred Douple
C. E. Lane
Roy Keller
ODD Fellows
Middletown
Lititz
F. W. Yost
Malta Hall
Post 56
Dramatic Society of
Neffsville
Rotary
Neffsville Hotel
Neffsville Fire Co
Garden Spot Post 56
American Legion
Rohrerstown
Legion Service
H. W. Swartz
Legion Post
Travelers Near and Far in Lititz and Nearby Areas
Mrs Ellen Leib and daughter Mabel spent time in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Mrs Eliza Kling traveled to Lebanon to visit her daughter. Mrs Clarence Stang of Philadelphia stayed in Lititz for the weekend. Various residents visited Philadelphia Sesqui Grounds and spent time with relatives and friends in Lancaster area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Leib
Mabel
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Eliza Kling
Lebanon
Mrs
Augustus Steiner
Clarence Stang
Lititz
Richard Bender
Edward Buch
Sesqui
William Zell
Mary
Sherman Steffy
Helen
Clarence Steffy
Clarence Keller
Ruth Boyer
Ruth, Engle
Sesqui Grounds
High School Alumni Sponsors Star Course at Lititz
Lititz High School Alumni present a Tuesday night concert in the high school auditorium featuring the Allpress All Star Company. The trio includes violin, piano, and cello with new compositions on old melodies, novelty pieces, humorous readings, musical monologues, rhapso dies and reveries. Tickets are reservable at Moyer's Drug Store starting Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz High School
Allpress All Star Company
Pian
Moyer’s
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J. Taylor Hamilton
Beth- Schem
G. N. Derr
St. Hospital
William Steininger
Old Glory
Rothsville Fire Co
Hahn Truck
Jacob Bachman
Hawk
Rhode Island
Charles Birkenbine
Fairland
Ammon Weidman
Tri Mu Club
E. 8. Crosland
Sesqui Sahation
Ed Eshleman
Akron
Independent Telephone Company
Mentzer Electric Company
Ephrata
Lenhart
Laundale
J.C. Brenneman
Frveauft
Bamberger
von Schweinitz
Jacob
Dresden
Saxony
Hermann von Schweinitz
Leipsic
Bernard von Schweinitz
Linden Hall
Marie
Lancaster County
Terman von
South America
Hershey-Seaman Company
Hummer Electric Company
Lincoln
Ray Meiskey
Mr. and
Mrs. Evans
Golden Wedding
County
Teachers’ Institute
Lancaster City
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Duke and
Orange Streets
G. L. Calvert
D. E. Weichsel and
Kirkwood
Paul E. Seaber
Samuel
Elsie Balmer
Ritz-Carlton
Susan Huber
Marie Evans
Minnie Davidson
Paul Evans
Hiram Demmy
Near
David Shank
Rhona
Rian
Washington, D. C
Claude Miller
Broad Street
Claude E. Marble
Ruth
Oneida
N. Y
J. W. Honeycutt
Staten Island
New York
Quinity
Exposition Grounds
Frances Ludwig
Florence Boucher
Esther Shue
Mabel Fry
Julia Berkenbine
Elizabeth Long
L. M. C. Weicksel
Renova
F. A. Weicksel
Wm. Weicksel
Moundsville
W. Va
L Lutheran
Penryn
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