Local happenings note birthdays, crime, sales and events
Wilson Bollinger marks fifty years of bachelorhood while Lancaster braces for November Quarter Sessions. Rabbits bagged by Kissinger and others. a Sneak thief plies the eastern town. overcoats and goods vanish. Lititz reports new births, illnesses, a damages suit over Main street widening, and civic improvements on Broad street. Community notices include entertainment at Linden Hall, cigar makers sought, bowling clubs forming, and local real estate sale plus Creme Butterine ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Bollinger
Lancaster
Elmer Kuntz
King’s Daughters
William Kissinger
Charles
Morris Mearig
John
Henry Hershey
Mr. Kissinger
Aaron Habecker
East Main Street
Linnaeus H. Shelly
Warwick
T. J. Stewart
Trenton
N. J
Theodora E. Beckler
Main Street
Henry Sturgis
Stork
Lititz
Cameron Weitzel
Thomas Steffy
Alvin Mumma
Paul Bomberger
Farmers National Bank
J. L. Hertz
Miller
Red Bill
Montgomery County
Hackman
A. W. Miller
Conestoga Traction Company
Broad Street
B. B. Shavely
Lexington
Linden Hall
J. L. Rutter
Lebanon
Lebanon County
Aucorp
Nimrods
el Wood
Robert
Charles Furrow
Frank Rader
Graybill Diehm
Jeff Wagner
Harry Sesseman
Long Swamp
H. A. Musselman’s
E. Main Street
Lancaster County Teachers Institute Opens with Strong Instructors
The sixty first Lancaster County Teachers Institute convened in Lancaster for a five day session with 680 teachers in attendance. Prof Daniel Fleisher urged growth beyond old ideas and the need to value teachers. Principal George Arble registered first and Miss Iva Martin was the first lady registrant. Berry Christ of Warwick faced assault charges after a liquor fueled rampage and was jailed awaiting hearing before Squire Derr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Teachers Institute
Lancaster
Court House
Martin Auditorium
Y. M. G. A. Buiding
George Arble
Strasburg
Iva Martin
Rothsville
Daniel Fl
Broken arms and a deer hunt keep locals busy
Laura Kline of Branerville Clay road broke her right forearm playing last Friday while at school after falling from a fence. Dr. J. C. Brobst treated the fracture. Robert Imhoff of the Rome hotel also fractured his right ankle Saturday afternoon while playing on the Spring grounds ball field. Dr. R. Posey set the bone. A party of Ephrata merchants, including Dr. C. E. Lane Dr. J. N. Moyer and F. B. Buch, headed to Centre County this morning to hunt deer in Joseph McVey’s auto truck with eleven men aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
Wayne Kline
Branserville
Clay
J. C. Brobst
Robert
C. M. Imhoff
Rome
R. Posey
C. E. Lane
J. N. Moyer
F. B. Buch
Ephrata
Centre County
Joseph McVey
Passage of an Old Orchard at Linden Hall Seminary
Clemen Badorf chops the Linden Hall Seminary orchard east of the Moravian burial grounds as the land will be reused for farming. The once rich orchard yielded many apples but declined due to neglect and harmful sprays. In a separate note, the local football team lost 21 to 0 at Ephrata on Saturday, unable to cross the goal line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemen Badorf
Linden Hall Seminary
Ephrata
Our Boys
Deaths of Mrs Hiram Diehm and Amanda Bucher
Emma wife of Hiram W Diehm teacher at Airy Hill Penn township died at home near Panryn after apoplexy aged 40 years She was a Brethren Church member survived by husband two sons Ira and Ivan two sisters and her father’s family Funeral Friday 9 then Elm Brethren church burial. Amanda wife of F M Buch Akron died of pneumonia aged 57 Survived by husband five children two sisters two brothers and ten grandchildren Funeral Thursday at 10 at home then Lutheran church and cemetery. Rev H J Kline officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Hiram W. Diehm
Airy Hill
Penn Township
Panryn
Church of the Brethren
Ira
Ivan
Benjamin Bollinger
Clay Township
Anna Kreider
Lititz
E. L. Kreider
Lexington
Elm Church of the Brethren
Amanda
F. M. Buch
Akron
Will B
Merchant
Sue
Ira Good
Stephen
Mimmie
Eva
Samuel
Fred. l
Henry Bucher
Denver
Rebecca Curley
Morgantown
Mary Kauffman Dies at United Zion Home
Miss Mary Kauffman died Saturday night near Lancaster at the United Zion Home from old age related illness. She was seventy five and formerly lived in Lancaster. She is survived by three brothers and three sisters: Barbara Wright Chester County Caroline Frantz Manor Township Kate Kauffman Lancaster Abram Miller Manor Township Benjamin Willow Street and Rev E G Kauffman Lancaster. The funeral was held Wednesday at 7 PM at the Millersville Mennonite Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kauffman Miett
United Zion Home
Lancaster
Barbara Wright
Chester County
Caroline Frantz
Manor Township
Kate Kauffman
Abram
Miller
Benjamin
Willow Street
G. Kauffman
Death of Capt William Gray Veteran Civil War Veteran
Captain William Gray died at the Zion Home north of Lititz on Monday morning age 84 from old age infirmities. A Civil War veteran, he entered the home from Erie. The body was taken to Philadelphia for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gray
Zion Home
Lititz
Erie
Philadelphia
Death of Daniel Rhote Retired Farmer From Penn Township
Daniel Rhote aged 83 died at his Fairland home on Wednesday evening November 6 after a stroke on October 27. He was a longtime member of the Vennonite Church. Survived by three children Elizabeth Kathryn wife of Benjamin Cohen and Ephraim. Funeral held Saturday at 10 o clock in the Mennonite Church Manheim with interment in Hornley s Church cemetery. Bishop Jacob N Brubaker and Rev John Letever officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Rhote
Penn Township
Fairland
Vennonite Church
Elizabeth
Kathryn
Benjamin $. Cohen
Kirkwood
Ephraim
Manheim Township
Manheim
Hornley’s Church
Jacob N. Brubaker
John Letever
Death of Jacob Konigmacher in Ephrata at 62
Jacob Konigmacher died at his home in Ephrata on Wednesday November 6 from a stroke of paralysis. He was 62, formerly a farmer, and served as director and vice president of the Ephrata Farmers Bank. He belonged to Ephrata Lodge No. 685 F and A M and Trinity Lutheran church council. He is survived by his wife five brothers and sisters and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Konigmacher
Ephrata
Ephrata Farmers’ Bank
Ephrata Lodge
Trinity Lutheran Church Council
Funeral of Hiram W. Helt Held at Mennonite Church
Hiram W. Helt 66 died at his Manheim home Sunday afternoon after two year battle with Bright's disease. He leaves wife and children Alice Showers Henry Helt and Katie Weaver. Funeral Wednesday at Mennonite church with interment Sporting Hill cemetery. Rev. Joseph Hojt and Rev. John Snavely officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Helt
Manheim
Bright
Mennonite Church
Alice
Levi Showers
Henry Helt
Katie
Ira Weaver
Ephrata
Sporting Hill
Joseph Hojt
John Snavely
New Lutheran Church to Be Dedicated December 8
The new Lutheran church at Broad and Orange streets will be dedicated on Sunday December 8 after delays. The building seats over 500 and Rally Day follows on December 15. Rev George D Clarke announced the date and many from surrounding counties are expected to attend.
Young locals walk 42 miles to Harrisburg in 103 hours
William Nelson and Israel Lane walked from their town to the State Capitol, starting Saturday, spending the night in Elizabethtown, then returning by train. The pair completed the 42 mile trek in 103 hours and saw Harrisburg. Abram Metzler reports two cows died after neighbors dumped lye and soap scraps on land near Lexing ton hotel to Zartman's mill, a loss about 150 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nelson
Israel Lane
Harrisburg
Elizabethtown
State Capitol
Abram Metzler
Lexington Hotel
Zartman’s Mill
Veterans talk war times and visit a comrade in Lititz
A. E. Bachman of Lititz, Civil War veteran and 1st Pa cavalry member, visited comrade D. S. Von Nieda in town to reminisce over war memories and a Civil War history book. Bachman, a former Andersonville and Libby prisoner, plans to visit his son in the west before entering the Brethren Home at Neffeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Bachman
Lititz
1St Pages
Cavalry
D. S. von Nieda
von Nieda
Bachman
Andersonville
Libby
West
Brethren
Neffeville
Ephrata Review
Pretty Fall Season Personal Notices Travel spread
STRAIGHT-LACED social notes list many locals and visitors. Names include Rev L E Deer, Mr and Mrs Paul Smith Lebanon Miss Ella Febl Lancaster Mrs Ellen Dewalt Lebanon and relatives in town. Also Henion era guests and trips to York Philadelphia Chester and Harrisburg with brief movements among Sturgis Gingrich Miller and Kreiter families. Dr J C Brabst attends funeral in Carlisle and Mohrsville. Engagement Edna Mae Shirk to Dr Silas Posey announced. Navy enlistment for Oliver Chronister noted along with several arrivals departures in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L E. Deer
Trenton
N. J
Paul Smith
Lebanon
Ella Febl
Lancaster
Bessie Gingrich
Ellen Dewalt
Mary Ann Brenneman
J. K. Carper
Harry P. Gingrich
York
John F. Hoover
Nicholas Holden
Allentown
Walter Sturgis
Bessie Leinbach
Ephrata
Amelia Miller
Harvey Singer
Bismark
Lebanon County
Isaac Yost
Samuel Schreiber
M. M. Souders
Mary
Philadelphia
Chester
John Bair
Helena Seaman
Reading
Edwin Sturgis
E. R. Mohler
Highspire
Harold Stark
Baltimore, Md
Samuel Stark
J. H. Luker
Blanche Bonde
Enos R. Baker
W. Bueh
Kissel Hill
D. A. Cohick
Nazareth
Charles Clewell
Lititz
Maria Hand
Holly Beach
N.d
J. C. Brabst
Rebecca B. Adams
Carlisle
Mohrsville
L. W. Shirk
Oregon
Edna Mae
Silas R. Posey
Andrew Myers
Paul Kauffman
Frank J. Gantz
Pine Hill
W. A. Ensminger
Manheim
H. H. Gingrich
Charles Kline
Gingrich
Oliver Chronister
John Chronister
Front Street
Warwick
U. S. Navy
Newport
R. L
James Monroe Kreiter
Washington
D. C
Leah Kreiter
William Pratt
Harrisburg
Bell Telephone Company
Janette Rader
Morris Rosenburg
Kathryn O’harra
Montclair
N. d
Jos. Dreifus
Orwigsburg
Dreifus
Clarence Fuller
Boston
Mass
H. S. Meiskey
Fuller
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Geo. Todd
Ralph
Record Office
North American
Jacob Shantz
Berlin
Ontario
Canada
Levi Snyder
Alberta
Menno Brubaker
Linden Hall Star Course opens with Maude Willis
Linden Hall Seminary begins a four part fall and winter program with Maude Willis in the auditorium gymnasium on Saturday at 8 o clock. Tickets cost 1.00 and include reserved seating as local stores Habecker s and Hepp s sell them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall Seminary
Lititz
Miss Willis
Habecker’s
Hepp’s
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Wil
Logal
County Teachers Institute
Berry
Christ
Center Street
Anthony Wildt
Squire C. N. Derr
Ressler
Greek
C. N. Derr
Mary Kauffman
Hiram W. Helt
Edgar Enck
John Sesseman
Gimbel’s
Worcester
Enck
Hopeland
Wm. K. Keller
Clay Hotel
C. B. Risser
J. B. Wissler
Jacob B. Wissler
Evan Hberly
R. H Thomas, Jr
Wd. Irvin Steel
Mary Clark
Raymond P. Clark
Mechanicsburg
Cumberland County
H. A. Cuppy
Thomas
Journal
Michael Bright
Reading and Columbia
Reading Railroad
Reading Railroad Company
Mr. Bright
Basket Ball News
Garber
Ranck
Shkaub
Gemmel
Wohlsen
Oliver Five
W.H. Greek
H. P. Moyer
Hacker
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