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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1915
Page
4
An item from Lititz Pennsylvania notes a post office matter involving class considerations and official actions. The brief report points to a dispute or decision affecting mail service and local administration, with no further details available in the fragment.
A reader recalls the Lauber farm leaving the Lauber family after Penn era ownership. He asks who last sold the farm, praises the Miss Laubers from Linden Hall, and notes a Lauber brother who became a Navy surgeon. The piece reflects on Lititz then and Koenigsfeld in the Black Forest, and ends with memories of a Lauber carriage and cream colored horses at a school.
Hopeland news reports new baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hensel and notes several local events. Typhoid illness strikes Mrs. Warren Barge. A hunting party returns from Swiftwater with 45 rabbits and a pheasant. James L. McCloud sworn in as Clay township constable for a four year term beginning January 3, 1916. Local visits, real estate sale adjourned for lack of bids, gypsies encamped with fine horses, and a Thanksgiving service planned for area schools and churches. Library drive for the high school invites donations by November 25 with a pupil and principal entertainment at the P O S of A Hall. Various social visits from Hebron, Ephrata, Lebanon, and Lititz residents noted. Berks county goose bone winter prophecy predicts a hard winter and possible white Christmas. rabbits’ tough hides cited as supporting signs. A local gunner quips that Brer Rabbit speeds up when shot at.
From our Correspondents revival meetings at the U B church continue with Rev Zech man of Manheim preaching Saturday. A number of visits and entertainments are noted among families in Ephrata Akron Lititz and Lancaster. Thanksgiving program planned at Zion s Reformed church November 25 and Lincoln Fire Company chicken and waffle supper set for December 4. Local commerce updates include 0 8 Hollinger selling stock to Harvey Root and Jan 1 handover of the business. Reifsnyder s piano donation announced.
Elmer K Forney, recently employed as a bookkeeper in Levy West Virginia, returned to his home near here on Wednesday. Milton Shaub, nine, cut the tip of his left index finger while chopping wood. the finger tip was dangling but his recovery is steady. Jacob Zell, living with W A Kauffman, visited Bainbridge Pennsylvania over the weekend. Dr C Howard Witmer, recently married, taught a Lutheran Sunday school class and hosted a youth gathering Wednesday evening. the event featured the usual cat antics and was well enjoyed.
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