Fire Alarm Taps and Church Notices in Lititz
Detailed fire alarm taps list for local blocks followed by church notices across Moravian and Evangelical denominations. It includes service times, Sunday schools, evangelistic meetings, and a townwide list of church locations and worship schedules in Lititz and nearby areas. Also reports Warwick House sale results and a fire at Brownstown with loss estimates and response details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian
Hagen
Alfred Vogler
United
Evangelical
P. Tbrocious
C. EL
Ev. Sutheran
Geo. D. Clarke
Lititz
God
Kissel Hill
United Brethren
G. Haas
C. E
St. James LurHsvan
Lanta
Shiremanstown
Warwick
Reformed Church
U. S
George B. Raezer
Penryn
Church OF the Brethren
Lexington
Neffsville
Graybill’s. Memonits
Indiantown
Petersburg
Landis Valley
Horrors of War and Local News From Lancaster County
A reader shares excerpts from a Moravian church paper describing frontline horrors near Saarburg and Metz, with vivid scenes of shelling, wounded, and death. The column also reports on drought in the county, typhoid risk, and local events including Lancaster Teachers Institute enrollment, notable dead, savings by Ephrata pupils, and hunter license totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Teachers’ Institute
Martin
Lancaster
Oscar F. Funk
Cedar Hill
Paradise Township
Verna Kreider
Gordonville
Creswell
Lancaster ‘County
Ephrata
Neighbors Help Whitmyer Husk Six Acre Corn Crop
On Thursday November five sixty five neighbors gathered at Allen Whitmyer’s home one mile west of Lititz to husk his six acre corn crop and store it in cribs. Mrs. Whitmyer has been ill for six weeks and Whitmyer could not work, tending to his wife while the event proceeded. A long list of attendees named includes Deamer Bender White Buch Weidler Pierce Miller Blucher Heinicke Snyder Madlem Jurell Shue Brubaker Erb Shue Miller Hause Deamer Dittman Heisey Longenecker Falls Minnich Forney Zimmerman Wingenroth Longenecker Keller Bucher Shue Witmyer Longenecker Heisey Lipp Meyers Longenecker Shirk Witman Graybill Shenk Heinicke and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Whitmyer
Lititz
Samuel White
N. K. Buch
J. L. Weidler
R. W. Pierce
Harry Miller
Benj. Blucher
Benj
Heinicke
Amos Snyder
Paul Madlem
William Jurell
Harrison Shue
Clayton S. Brubaker
Samuel Z. Erb
Monroe Shue
L. Miller
John Hause
Oscar Deamer
John L. Dittman
William Heisey
Nathaniel Hollinger
Joe Shirk
Frank Witman
Aaron Graybill
Henry Shenk
Jacob Heinicke
Turkey and Thanksgiving Jokes in an Old Column
A humorous collage features verses about hunting, Thanksgiving turkeys, and seasonal quips. It weaves light poems and puns referencing election day, autumn leaves, shopping days till Christmas, and social observations, including lines about turkey, marriage, and desire for happiness.
Foot and Mouth Disease Hits Lancaster Area Cattle
Government reports the aphthous fever is largely controlled though its spread caused quarantines and price drops. About forty herds in Lancaster County found infected, with cattle to be killed and compensated. no local human cases noted, and hay markets plummet due to strict restrictions. Dr. Harry Bender inspects animals for the state board, noting nearby cases in Oregon and East Petersburg and restricting animal removal to immediate slaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Lancaster
New York
Harry Bender
State Live Stock Board
Bender
Oregon
East Petersburg
Fire started by gunners threatens John Reist woods near Fairland Penn
A fire started by gunners endangered John Reist's woods near Fairland in Penn township on Monday. Thirty to forty men rushed to extinguish it, battling hard to save a tract of several acres. The flames burned leaves and undergrowth before being brought under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownstown
George Lessey
John Reist
Fairland
Penn Township
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hell
Hose House
Fisher's
Linden Hall
Gor
N. Cedar
Shelley's
Post Office
Cor. Spruce and Orange Str
Gov. Broad and Lemonsts
Warwick House
Lititz Springs Bank
R. O. Melzer
Recor
Saxony
Niesky
Lausatia
Prussia
Das Herrnhut
Saarburg
Voges
Metz
Europe
McCalls Ferry
Susquehanna
Fea
Doster’s
Johnny
Heck
Haussenpfeffer
Turkey
Doster's
Bell
Ign
Ian Henry B. Buch
Apple Alley
J. C. Brobst
Tititz
H. KE
Miller Bott
Broad St. Littte
Parcel Post
C. Fred Regennas & Sons
C. H. Kreider
Corsitiere Inc
Lawrence K.grosh
Insurance and Real Estate
Hig Lititz
P.O
St. Louis
Ata
Kratzert & Son
THE
Lititz Jeweler
Pfantz
Pfautz Bros
Lititz Drug & Dept. Store
Fry’'’S
Main and
Cedar Sts
Lititz, PA
Johnson
E. E. Habecker
Gram
R.N. Wolfe’s Sons
East Main St
K. Zartman
Brutkes Roller Flour Mills
Lititz and Vicinity
K. N. Wolfe’s Sons
Butler
James Sesseman Bott
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