Local events and holidays spark early shopping chatter
Linnaeus H. Shelley and Samuel Spiekler are both critically noted. The Roebuck memorial fountain on the square is closed for winter. King's Daughters circle and the Needlework sale at Lititz market house highlight holiday preparations. Prices rise for poultry meat and game while vegetables stay moderate. A winter cold snap records 26 degrees, with ice on still water and a horse ill from a kidney stroke. Free Green trading stamps offered by Pfantz Bros on Nov 26 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnaeus H. Shelley
Samuel Spiekler
Roebuck
Sophie Bricker
King’s Daughters
Gev. L. Keath
Brunnerville
Lancaster
Pfantz Bros
Frank Meiskey
Dr. Evans
Spring Lake Ice Co
Sturgis House
Sta
Northatley
N. Broad Street
King’s Daughters of
Lititz
Traction Engine Off Road Near C M Zooks Mill
A traction engine left the road while passing near C M Zooks mill en route to Rothsville to avoid a pole. A Mr Hap Couch reportedly found the pole and owners may recover it from the Couch home on West Orange street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phares Imhoff
C. M. Zook
Rothsville
Advertising Impeccably Works As Home Opened
The Recoup shows strong ad impact when John Yerger ran a house for rent notice. Thursday deliveries yielded many applicants by Friday morning, keeping the Yerger couple awake past midnight. Also noted: College of Physicians of Columbia met at Springs hotel with 23 doctors attending, followed by a lavish menu including Grabe Fruit aux Marischine and Neapolitan Ice Cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Yerger
Yerger
Adv
Death notices of Musser and Valentine mark week in Lancaster area
Martin N Musser of Salunga died at 215 last Saturday morning in Rohrerstown from diabetes aged about 65 born in Salunga a farmer who retired eleven years ago survived by one son Henry of Rapho township and two sisters Mrs A H Cassel of Manheim and Miss Mary N Musser of Lancaster funeral from his home then at the Reformed Church Landisville with services by Rev John Hershey and Rev Jacob Lehman George N Valentine a prominent cigar manufacturer from Womelsdorf died aged 41 years and one month as senior member of A S Valentine Son firm director in Reading enterprises and well known nationwide he served in the Civil War and later helped many in Wo Mel sdorf with moral and financial uplift and farm life remained devoted to his locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hap Couch
Couch
West Orange Street
R. QO. Melzer
Miss Berg
Brooklyn
N. Y
Old Ladies Home
N. D. Sturgis
John Womert
Susquehanna
Harrisburg
John M. Miller
Miller
East Main Street
H. M. Brookmyer
Lititz
Lincoln Zellers
Chauncey Stureis
Burgess Steiner
Walter Smith
William Smith
Walter
Charles Zartman
H. 3
Meiskey
M. H. Yoder
Lancaster
Brunnerville
Joseph R. Habecker
Clayton A. Shultz
Deweler G. L. Hepp
Ry. Lutheran
Greenwood A. C
Park Hill
Martin N. Musser
Rohrerstown
Salunga
Tie
Reformed Mennonite Church
Henry
Rapho Township
A. H. Cassel
Manheim
Mary N. Musser
Reformed Church
Landisville
John Hershey
Jacob Lehman
Chambersburg
George N. Valentine
Lebanon Valley
Womeladorf
A. S. Valentine & Son
Cigor
Valentine
Reading
Wgars
Asaaeregs
Valantine Dulistedras An Draemanes Dao Gia
Vahder Colondiodade
Hunter
Pennsylvania
White
Princetown
Womelsdorf
Atlantic City
United States
Union
Ezra Habecker
Ephrata
E. J. Guilford
Tititz
Joseph Sheckard
Philadelphia
William Mathers
Joseph Dreifus
Orwigsburg
W. Sauders
Isaac Yost
Elsie Keath
Lebanon
Thomas Kissinger
G. D. Schreiner
George Young
John Leed
Hershey
Dauphin County
Spencer
F. B. Buch
Janet
Marietta
Howard Hollinger
Honeybrook Graphic
Rufus Boyd
Birdin Hand
Charles Pfautz
John Hertzler
Carbrent
Hy Hertzler
Eye
Liseli
Salinda
Niéss
Orange
Spruce Streets
Isaac G. Reinfried
J. A. Miksch
Ladies Sewing Society
George Bomberger
N.Y
H. H. Bomberger
Huatsville
Albert Knable
Pacific Coast
Charles Miller
Morning Star Temple
Samuel Walters
Obrein Miller
Penn
Washington
D. C
Messrs
Abram Lipp
John Badorf
Grant Buchter
Allen Boyer
Frank B. Bentz
Sunbury
Shamokin
Mt. Carmel
Ashlord
Helena de Schweinitz
Paul de
Witmer Leader Levi L. Kreider Dies After Stroke
Levi L Kreider a Witmer resident dies at home after a stroke last Sunday aged 68 Born in East Lampeter he served as a Republican delegate and 1887 clerk of Orphans Court for three years For twelve years he was deputy revenue collector and senior partner in L L Kreider Co which built many important Lancaster city structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi L. Kreider
Witmer
East Lampeter Township
Orphans’ Court
Kreider
L. L. Kreider & Co
Lancaster City
Obituaries Highlight Lancaster Area Notables
Jacob Libhart of Marietta aged 80 cabinetmaker who built an early pipe organ in Lancaster county. Mrs. Benjamin K. Eshleman of Cresswell Manor township died from dropsy at 76. Mrs. Sophia Wittehh of Lancaster died at 64 from multiple diseases. Prof. George S. Porter of Franklin and Marshall College English chair died Wednesday at General Hospital after studies at University of Canada and Harvard Theological School. formerly Amherst faculty member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Libhart
Marietta
Ile
Lancaster County
Benjamin K. Eshleman
Cresswell
Manor Township
Sophia Witehh
Lancaster
George S. Porter
Franklin and Marshall College
General Hospital
University
Native of Warwick Killed Heroic Death Saving Girl
Elias B Adams a native of Warwick township and watchman at a Dayton grade crossing died while trying to push a young girl from the tracks as an onrushing passenger train struck both. The girl also died. Adams sacrificed himself in a fatal effort. He was 85 years Dayton resident for decades. Surviving family includes Michael Adams Lititz and others in Reading. The report also notes local movement to condemn the Lititz and Rothsville turnpike with viewers’ report against condemnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Adams
Sprite Street
Elias B. Adams
Dayton
Ohio
Adams
Warwick Township
Pine Hill
Margaret Adams
Reading
Colepele
Local School News and Visitor Notes at Town Institute
Harnest, son of Rev. H. S. Hagen, returned home from Nazareth Hall with an injured eye. Miss Mary Boyd Fry of Sunnyburr York county visited the school Tuesday evening and graduated in 1911. Louis Livingood, a F. and M. College student at Lancaster, called to see his sister Anna Monday. A Thompson Photograph Co. representative from Poughkeepsie photographed the faculty and pupils in the church square on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harnest
H. S. Hagen
Nazareth Hall
Mary Boyd Fry
Sunnyburr
York County
Louis Livingood
F. & M. College
Lancaster
Anna
Thompson Photograph Co
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Church Square
Pretty Fall Season Sends Many People on Travels
Personal items from Lititz and nearby towns recount Sundays spent with relatives in Ephrata and other areas. Mentions include Ezra Habecker family, Mrs. Guilford of Lancaster, Mrs. Sheckard of Philadelphia visiting kin, and numerous trips to Hershey, Marietta, Phil adelphia, and Brooklyn. Also notes birthdays, church society meetings, and wedding invitations.
Alumni Add 3100 Worth Of Books To High School Library
The High School library expands with about 3100 dollars of new books purchased by the Alumni Association. It now holds a wide range of fiction and reference works and is among the county's most complete school libraries. Additional volumes are regularly funded by alumni and Lyceum collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceume
Foresters of America to Gather for Boom Session in Lititz
Foresters of America Lititz No 290 plan a boom session at Rudy’s hall next Wednesday evening. The event will feature a parade led by Beck’s concert band, with two Lancaster courts Ephrata and Columbia and Lititz in uniform. Candidates will be initiated by the Columbia degree team as a gala affair with a Philadelphia grand officer attending. Lanterns will be carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Ephrata
Columbia Courts
Lititz Court
Ephrata Court
Apples Packed to Six Weeks of York State Exports
D. W. describes shipments from York state where he purchased and barreled over 3000 barrels of choice apple varieties in eighteen carloads. Cars were sent to local points for sale. He holds two carloads at the local freight yards and more stored in New York and at his home for retail or wholesale. I. H. Dester’s store buzzed Saturday for a Wall opening with a holiday setup, crowd of shoppers, augmented clerks, souvenir tumblers, free concerts on a Victor Victrola, and a half page ad in the Record driving results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York State
Withers
New York State
I. H. Dester
Victor Victrola
Doster
A J Baker Arrested for False Pretense in Reading
A J W Baker was arrested in Reading on Saturday on a charge of false pretense. He allegedly sold 100 shares of stock in the defunct Funding and Finance Company to George Krupa of Lancaster at $20 a share, making false representations about the company’s finances and earnings. Baker waived a hearing and posted bail for trial. The report then notes a busy local market with vegetables, pork, sausages, dressed chickens, and rising prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. W. Baker
Reading
Alderman Doebler
George Krupa
Lancaster
Corporation Funding and Finance Company
Krupa
Baker
Funding and Finance Company
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Goluen
LOGAL
Avlorshiett
Nimrods
Archie Rosenberg
Furnace Hills
Christian
Eli Hess
Elizabeth Township
John Burkholder
Lot Evans
W. K. Snavely
Janiata County
Juniata County
L. N. Moyer
Centre County
College of Physicians of Columbia
Springs Hotel
Drs. Markel
Columbia
Lehman
Mountville
Snyder
Zeigler
Newyher
Mount Joy
Hartman
Apple Miller
Stein
Stahr
Shocker
Brenneman
Leslie
Bareville
Keylor
Leacock
Bryson
Paradise
Rohrer
Quarryville
Musser
George H. Valentine
Warwick
Wil
John Lansing
Perkasie
Bucks County
Lansing
Illinois
Persasie
Front Street
Springs
Florida
Susan Bucher
Joseph Bucher
Laura Snyder
Durlach
Sadie Royer
Denver
Miami
San Carlos
Seaboard Air Line
Jacksonville
East Coast Railway
Lititz and
A. W. Snader
W. B. Bishop
Joseph Miller
Linden Hall
Beck
John Brubaker
Warren Souders
Emory Neidermyer
Ralph
Edward Buch
University of Pennsylvania
Carlisle
Redskins
Powell
A. Cacey
Dester’s
Geo. C. Miller
Spruce Street
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