Local Holiday Notes and Small Town Trades
Geese priced at 23 cents a pound while live turkeys reach 50 cents to 55 cents locally. A Pennsylvania license plate found near Huber's woods. Football at the college field between two teams draws crowds. Furs sold to Clayton Roth with a red skunk rare in the area. Potatoes and cabbage shipments from Bradford county sold at $1.55 per bushel and 2 cents per pound respectively. Doris Jean Furlow baptized at the Lutheran church. Boy Scouts present an entertainment later in December. Chickens stolen from Joseph Bollinger’s coop with no clues. Car collisions on East Main Street damage Strohm and Buchter cars. Town observes a general holiday with church service and altered post office hours. Building blasting causes glass damage. site fenced. T. E. Hite buys Siegler & Hite business to form L. B. Hite Garage and offers Ford vehicles and service.
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Huber’s Woods
Gettysburg
Lancaster
Clayton Roth
Phares Bucher
Bradford County
Elwood Furlow
Lutheran Church
Fleck
Doris Jean
Scuouts
Joseph Bollinger
Solomon Strohm
Kissel Hill
Jesse Buchter
Brunnerville
East Main Street
Strohm
Union Church
Harris
East Main
Scott
Ti. E. Hite
Siegler
Tlite
Ford Motor Company
Ord
Ford
Local health updates list several injuries and recoveries
Among the sick and injured in Lancaster area reports describe John B. Reist of Sun Hill Tennessee recovering after leg injuries from a wagon. Walter Bear of Lancaster improving after a trolley accident seeks discharge home. John Teed at Lancaster General Hospital aims to return home in about ten days. Elam Bucher injures arm while operating a car trick. Stauffer recovering from apolivitis and not needing surgery. Friday's thermometer hits 78 degrees signaling an early warm spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Reist
Sun Hill, Tenn Township
General Hospital
Mr. Reist
Walter Bear
Lancaster
Mr. Bear
John Teed
Lancaster General Hospital
Martin Bollinger
South Broad Street
Elam
P. B. Bucher
Daniel Withers
Man
Lom Stauffer
Unusual oxen wagon sight sparks town talk in Lititz
A yoke of oxen drawing a wagon drew curious glances on North Duke street Lancaster. Town residents debated taxes and toll gates on the Lancaster Lititz turnpike while a porch builder intrigues locals with a burlap enclosure. The story also notes a Leg horn hen at Clayton Roth’s livery stable producing eggs year round, hinting at small town life and neighborly interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Street
Lancaster
Chester County
Clayton Roth
Clayton
Birthday of Civil War Veteran Solomon Weaver
Birthday of Civil War veteran Solomon Weaver of East Petersburg noted as reaching seventy nine on Wednesday November 30. Also mentions Washington state apples available via Hershey and Gibbes office and notice that agricultural mutual fire insurance tax must be paid by December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Weaver
East Petersburg
Washington State
Hershey & Gibbes
Agricultural Mutual
Dee
Thanksgiving Weddings In Lititz Marry At St Pauls Lutheran
Miss Beryl Masser wed Mr Paul Bomberger at St Pauls Lutheran lititz with Rev William J Masser officiating. After the ceremony they plan a wedding tour to New York Buffalo and Niagara Falls followed by a church reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beryl Masser
Frank Masser
Paul Bomberger
Henry Bomberger
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Broad and
Orange Streets
William J. Masser
Orwigsburg
Miss Masser
Lutheran Church
Bomberger
Farmers Bank
Lititz
New York
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Weddings Report From Kissel Hill to East Petersburg
State College man Jacob Garber Jr and Anna Sensenieh were wed at 3 pm at Mennonite church. Other couples include Christian Groff and Anna Redcay, Benjamin Webber and Annie Eckart, Leon Ober and Mae Fry, Daniel Marks and Lillian Butzer, with receptions and early housekeeping plans noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Garber, Jr
Elizabeth Garber
Anna FR Sensenieh
Amos Sensenieh
Kissel Tull
Noah Lani
Brickerville Pair Wed in Norristown Ceremony
Perry Reifsnyder of Lancaster married Esther Johns daughter of Stanton Johns retired Leola merchant. The Muhlenberg College graduate becomes Mrs Johns and will live in Lebanon where Reifsnyder runs the family music store with plans to manage the business there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Reifsnyder
Lancaster
Esther Johns
Stanton Johns
Leola
Norristown
Muhlenberg College
Allentown
H. H. Reifsnyder
Brickerville
Lebanon
Reifsnyder Music Store
Suit Brought 30 Years Ago On Trial List
A case of thirty years standing, Jefferson G Usner versus Lititz Electric Railway Company, heads the trial list for the Lancaster Common Pleas Court November term. The suit arose from the construction of the original trolley car line along the suburban route in Lancaster County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson G
Usner
Lititz Electric Railway Company
Lancaster Common Pleas Court
Lancaster County
Teacher narrowly escapes as Ford grazed by railcar
Thos. Wolf, an Elizabeth township school teacher, narrowly avoided a collision near the railroad depot Friday. His Ford was stopped a foot from the track as a passenger train from the opposite direction came in, the car fender snagged by a passenger car step and dragged briefly before the train halted. No injuries, but all were frightened.
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Thos. Wolf
Elizabeth Township
Thief Steals Pork from Mrs Peiffer’s Kitchen Crate
Mrs John S Peiffer on Lincoln Avenue found meat stolen from a back roof crack chest after a recent butchering. Eight pounds of pork vanished while the thief covered the crock. Peiffer warns a search warrant will be issued if it recurs.
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John S. Peiffer
Lincoln Avenue
Something New in Poultry Litter
John L. Peiffer of Spruce Street sells a new poultry litter that stays dry and controls odors and lice. He offers a scientifically balanced mash and scratch foods and reports building a promising local business.
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John L. Peiffer
Spruce Street
Real Estate Sales Reported by Lancaster County Agency
The Lancaster County Farm Sales Agency reports weekly transactions including a 2% story brick house on East Main Lititz sold to Wayne Seldomridge, a 99 acre Lebanon county farm to Cyrus G. Good for 7500, and multiple Lititz parcels sold on private terms. Hershey Leaman Co announced Cedar street lot sale for a new service station and building plans with cinder block construction.
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Lancaster County Farm Sales
N. S. Myers
South Broad. Street
Benj. F. Lutz
Lititz
East Main Street
Wayne Seldomridge
Henry P. Althouse
Lebanon County
Cyrus G. Good
Manor Township
N. B. Leaman
South Lititz
South Spruce Street
Allen B. Keller
Benjamin F. Mohler
H. C. Seldomridge
Center Street
Frank B. Keller
Fannie C. Shreiner
Hershey-Leaman Co
Cedar Street
Erb
Miles Murr Buys 109 Acre Graver Farm Near Landis Valley
Miles Murr of Chicago purchases the 109 acre Graver farm near Landis Valley. A Lebanon county farmer and family will relocate to the property with Murr establishing his headquarters there. He is at Lancaster now and plans country living for health reasons. He is son of Lancaster blacksmith Lewis Murr and a Lititz High School Franklin and Marshall College graduate.
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Miles Murr
Chicago
Graver
Landis Valley
Lebanon County
Mr. Murr
Lancaster
Lewis Murr
Miles
Lititz High School
Franklin and Marshall College
Lititz Birthday Cheer From Little Britain Visitors
Mr. Horace Eschbach returned from Little Britain to Lititz and spent a short time there before leaving Monday. He tended the post office and store run by A. H. Brown, who is ill. Eschbach, on duty seventeen weeks, received 72 post cards and 20 packages last week for his birthday. The gifts included Lititz pretzels sausage and streichers cakes. Lititz residents called it a happy occasion and Eschbach expressed gratitude to friends who remembered him.
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Horace Eschbach
Little Britain
Lititz
A. H. Brown
Eschbach
Married Couple Secretly United Then Reunite Home
Victor Singley of this place wed Lavinia Lee of Coatesville in secrecy. A three week old infant accompanied Mrs Singley as they moved in with his parents at Main and Spruce. Singley, a worker at Ideal Chocolate, wed while in Coatesville where both families were aware. His brother Howard also recently married. The Malta Temple smoker drew a large crowd with speeches by Grand Commander Sterner and Prof B F Heller. Lancaster County Princes of Bagdad No 77 plan a Dec 15 siesta in Lititz with patrol in full uniform.
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Victor Singley
Lavinia Lee
Coatesville
Luken’s Steel Company
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Howard Singley
Malta
Malta Commandery
Sterner
B. F. Heller
Lancaster
Lancaster County Princes of
Bagdad
Lititz
Patrol of Lancaster
Travelers Near and Far Visit Notices Across Town
A list of local residents and visitors is detailed with weekend trips and stays in towns including New York City Lebanon Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Names include Esther Buch Atlee Burkholder Daniel Witmyer Linnaeus Roth and Ella Fasnacht. Trips touch Crystal Cave Lewistown and the Malta Orphan's Home.
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Esther Buch
New York City
Atlee Burkholder
Reading
Amos
Harry
Mary Schreiner
Manheim
Daniel G. Witmyer
Lincoln
W.A. Ensminger
Mary C. Gingrich
H. F. Ruhl and Son
Ellen Leib
Mary Sutton
North Broad Street
Wilmington
Del
Annie Hart
Lebanon
Ella Fasnacht
South Cedar Street
Deer Creates Excitement in Rothsville Farm Chase
A four pronged deer attracted a crowd of about fifteen at Jacob Bomberger's farm in Rothsville last week. Cornered in a corn fodder stack it jumped away. The animal followed a cow, drank from water, and then fled east toward Sheibley's near the Conestoga. Authorities believe it is the same deer later shot near Lancaster.
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Rothsville
Jacob Bomberger
Sheibley’s
Lancaster
Lockjaw Patient Recovers After Three Week Battle
Mrs. Benjamin Hamley of Hope was seriously ill with lockjaw for three weeks after scratching her hip. Frequent serum injections aided recovery. Nurse Miss Anna Brookmyer cared for the patient while a local physician oversaw the case.
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Benjamin Hamley
Hope
Miss Kling Fractures Foot After Accident
Miss Rica Kling suffered a left foot fracture and sprain after a fall near Dr. Yoder’s house last Saturday evening. She was cared for at the doctor’s home through Sunday and now resides at the Moravian Home. Friends extend sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rica Kling
Dr. Yoder
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Dichm
Rev
G. W. Imboden
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Garber’s Creamery
Mr. Hershey
Henry Hershey
Chanksailling
Egypt
Tabernacles
State College
K Hill
Groff—Redcay
Christian W. Groff
Ada Groff
East Front Street
Anna Irene Redcay
Jacob Redcay
Near East Petersburg
G. Kauffman
Leroy Redcay
Pennville
Endy
Benjamin Webber
Penryn
Annie Perry
Moses Eckart
Imboden
Evangelical Parsonage
Ober—Fry
Leon Ober
Kisse! Hill
Mae Fry
A. S. Hottenstein
Lloyd Ober
Sara Fry
Marks—Butzer
Daniel F. Marks
Lillian Butzer
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Harrisburg
Williamsport
Mother Hubbard
Real Estate
Linnaeus Roth
Lewistown
Singer
White Oak
D. H. Kreider
James Stonesifer
James
Kreiter
N. D. Sturgis
Beulah
Mary Sturgis
Lloyd Royer
Philadelphia
Helen
Catherine Sturgis
Andrew Althouse
Crystal Cave
Berks County
Florrie Buch
Louisa Buch
Ella Buch
Richmond
Atlantic City
H. H. Diehm
This Place
George Weachter
Akron
Joseph Dreifus
Washington, D. C
Alexander
Quantico
Percy Dreifus
Marine Station
Louise Crosland
Edward Crosland, Jr
Louise
Edward
Pennsylvania University
Miss Kling
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