Local items note births moves sales and seasonal events
Mr and Mrs Daniel Light welcomed a daughter. Jerome Sheaffer leaves Rome tollgate house for Manheim. Elam Boucher of Millport succeeds him. Moravian Sewing Society to sell plain sewing in Moravian chapel. Town stores to stay open evenings from Dec 6 to Dec 24, then three evenings weekly. Thanksgiving birthdays for Henry C Sturgis Emanuel Grube and Reuben Diehm. Campaign petition for a cannon gains support with about 150 signatures. Miriam Regennas departs Millar’s for Pfantz Bros. Mrs John Weitzel relocates to her father’s home near Zartman’s mill with her two children. Rabbit season ends Nov 86. deer opens Dec 1 to 15. bear Oct 15 to Dec 15. Linden Hall King’s Daughters sale planned. Home of Luzetta Lehn improving under Jacob Leed. Local gunking trip via Snavely’s auto. Laying hens praised. eggs 30-40 cents per dozen. New Citizen’s League to open on second floor of A R Bomberger & Co hardware store. Snow flurries seen but melted away. North Broad Street sidewalk now concrete from Warwick House to Bricker home. Uncalled-for letters listed for many residents. Gold fish for sale at Geo G Miller 125 Spruce St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Light
Jerome Sheaffer
Rome Tollgate House
Manheim
Elam Boucher
Millport
Moravian Sewing Society
Cannon
John Ely
Miriam Regennas
Millar
Pfantz Bros
John Weitzel
John Rider
Zartman's Mill
King's Daughters
Linden Hall
Luzetta Lehn
Front Street
Jacob Leed
B. Dillman
Israel Bomberger
George Burkholder
Ben. Snavely
Lexington
Eagles Mere
Sullivan County
Mr. Snavely
Citizen’s League
A. R. Bomberger & Co
Terra Firma
North Broad Street
Warwick House
Bricker
Lititz
Mary Dimming
Mary Bertha
Clara Hartranft
Herman Hodgson
Barbra Kreider
B. Miller
F. K. Rothfus
Naomi Stumb
B.F. Coom
David Foreman
A. J. Farland
James Johnebern
William Keath
David Kauffman
A. H. Nagle
Chester Tarman
Wm. B. Zug
Lititz P. D
Lititz Press Urges Modern School Building Here
The town’s current schoolhouses are too small and deficient hindering instruction. Officials toured newer facilities near Harrisburg and compare with Myerstown’s upcoming project. They urge voters to approve increased indebtedness to fund a modernLititz school, arguing education strengthens future citizens and city progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Myerstown
Lebanon County
H. R. Gibbel
E. E. Eby
E. E. Habecker
H. C. Seldomridge
Messrs. N. B. Leaman
A. H. Bomberger
B.H. Risser
Harrisburg
Retail Merchants Plan Holiday Hours and Fair
The Retail Merchants Association met in Lititz with Zartman presiding. They approved extended evening hours from December 6 to 24 and return to a three-evening week afterward. A holiday schedule closed shops on Good Friday Memorial Day Labor Day Thanksgiving and Christmas. A three-member committee was named to study a corn and farm products show with schoolchildren as prize contestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants’ Association
Council
Clayton
Zartman
H. S. Dissinger
Geo. L. Hepp
John K. Carper
Lititz
Last summons for William Heinicke in Lititz notice
William Heinicke died at age 40 in Lititz after six months of illness. Born in Strasbourg he lived in this county since youth and worked in Lime Rock quarries before poultry farming. Survived by wife Minnie Fetter, father Jacob Heinicke, sisters Alice and Sarah Keith, and half brother Harvey Keith. Funeral Friday at 12:30 at home and 2 at Penryn Church. Rev Geo Raezer officiates. Ward notes death of Dr. D Y Roebuck of Dalton Ohio, brother of the late Dr P J Roebuck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Benjamin Helmicke
Elizabeth Miller
South Broad Street
Strasburg
Franklin County
Lititz
Lime Rock
Minnie Fetter
Jacob Heinicke
Alice H. Keith
Sarah Keith
Penryn
Harvey Keith
Heinicke
Mrs Elizabeth Sener dies after sudden illness at 73
Mrs Elizabeth Sener wife of J Frederick Sener known in philanthropic circles died suddenly Monday afternoon at her home Hermosa Vista Lititz avenue near Lancaster City She was 73 born December 10 1842 in Lancaster daughter of John A Keller and Harriet T Keller active Grace Lutheran church director Anne Witmer Home supporter of Lancaster General Hospital survived by husband one son Frank K and daughter Mrs B Grants Stauffer plus grandchildren and siblings John A Keller Miss Harriet Marie Keller and Mrs Mary Ellen Harle This brief obituary notes local remarks on farming tobacco prices and a separate cultivation report mentioning Pfautz purchasing agent for Root Baker of Landisville buying tobacco crops in the area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Henrietta Sener
J. Frederick Sener
Hermosa Vista
Lititz Avenue
Lancaster City
Seer
Lancaster
John A
Harriet T. Keller
Grace Lutheran Church
John A. Keller
Harriet Marie Keller
Mary Ellen Harle
Palmyra
Lebanon County
Qur Market Holds Splendid Local Market Sale
Saturday morning sale offered nearly all seasonal commodities. Three farmers provided fresh pork sausages and by products along with dressed chickens and a wide range of vegetables. Prices included fresh pork 6 to 24 cents per pound, sausages 18, smoked 20, dressed chickens 50 to 86 cents each, butter 36 cents per pound, eggs 40 cents a dozen, and assorted produce such as turnips onions radishes celery cabbage and parsnips at modest local rates.
Act of Kindness Husks Elm Man's Corn by Neighbors
On Tuesday a large group of men helped Mr. Harry B. Graybill of Elm after he broke his shoulder. Forty-two men husked and hauled the corn, delivering the crop to cribs by noon. He expresses thanks and appreciation to friends and neighbors for the kindness and aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Graybill
Elm
Mr. Graybill
Graybill
Deserted His Four Children Leaves family at Sturgis hotel
A man named Harvey Smith abandoned his four children at the Sturgis house after arriving from Carlisle. He told hotel owner Hertzler he would seek work and stay, then disappeared after claiming illness at Manheim. The children ages 13, 13, 10, and 8 were left with the Hertzlers with only the clothes they wore. The station’s extra clothing is being collected, and the county home is being sought for placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Smith
Sturgis House
Smith
Carlise
Hertzler
Mr. Hertzler
Manheim
Farmers Institute Opens Next Week at Lititz
Farmers gather for the annual Farmers Institute at Linden Hall in Lititz with state speakers from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Sessions cover silage, potato culture, poultry, apple culture, soil management, fertilizers, and home gardening, with evening music and recitations. The program lists hours for Wednesday and Thursday sessions, plus a closing address by County Chairman J W Bruckart. The article also notes a Saturday Linden Hall play, Miss Fearless & Co, with student performers and soloists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Institute
Lititz
Linden Hall
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
A. 5. Martin
Farmers Institutes of Harrisburg
J. W. Brockart
Institute
H. R. Gibbel
W. W. Gibbel
Brunnerville
Sheldon W. Funk
Boyertown
Paul Gerlaugh
State College
C. E. Myers
C. M. Barnitz
Riverside
S. W. Funk
the Farmers Meat Supply
Paul Gerlanugh
Nednesday
Lutz
Otto Olson
Eghrata
Dorothy Hershey
Lititz R. Ob
Farm Boys’ Welfare
OC. M. Barnitz
Edna M. Bushong
Lititz R. TD
Our Farmer Boys
J. W. Bruckart
Liita
Travelers near and far in Lititz notices
The column lists residents and visitors moving about Reading Lancaster Philadelphia Trenton Moravian College Bethlehem and Lititz. Names include Anna Singley Dietrich Bopp Foltz Burkholder Harry Foltz Lydia McCully Fred Myers James Sesseman Michael Spangler Ruth Stockton and many others with extended travels to Reading Lancaster Philadelphia Trenton Bethlehem Smyrna and Moravian Home settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Singley
Reading
Dietrich Bopp
New York
Samuel Foltz
Lancaster
Arvil Burkholder
Atlee
Harry Foltz
Front Street
Lydia McCully
Overbrook
Fred Myers
Middletown
Harry Rudy
Henry Seather
Robert
Sara Jenkins
David
Dorothy
Philadelphia
Augusta Shuitz
Charles Kline
Manheim
Lititz
Charles Schmidt
Jeasie Queair
David Graybill
York
Walter Sturgis
Maude Baker
Mary Garber
Charles Clewell
Nazareth
D. A. Cohick
James Sesseman
Roy
Mercersburg Academy
George Leicey
Mark Deterline
Michael Adams
James Mertz
Ephrata
Morris McCloud
Michael Spangler
Chester
Ruth Stockton
Miltersville State Normal School
D. W. Withers
J. F. Stoner
Upper
New York State
Henry Pfautz
Missouri
Frances. McCully
Trenton
N. J
Elizabeth Gaskill
Linden Hall Seminary
Emily Eschbach
Illinois
Arthur Keller
H. H. Martin
Frank Sturgis
Lansford
N. D. Sturgis
Frank
Joseph Dreifus
New Jersey
Springs Hotel
Joseph W. Baker
West
Roy Hassler
Moravian College
Bethlehem
Raymond Evans
Ernest Hagen
O. H. Yereman
Virginia
J. H. Breitigan
Smyrna
Paul Hassler
Lehigh
Lafayette
Augusta Lichtenthaeler
Moravian
W. B. Light
H. E. Workman
James B. Musser
Ellwood City
Lawrence County
Musser
Lincoln
St. Luke’s Reformed Church
Samuel K. Hostetter
Charmian
Franklin County
E. K. Bair
Lincoln Avenue
Canadians' search leads to mistaken suspicion of two cigarmakers
Two Lititz men William H. Smith and Victor Hacker traveling in Windsor Canada are mistaken as German spies during a wartime search. Officers enter their boarding room with a searchlight, verify identities, and remove, then depart after misidentification. They decide Canada is unsafe and leave. The piece ends with a subscription pitch for The RECORD offering a year for $1.00 and Christmas gift note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
William H. Smith
Victor Hacker
Grand
United States
Lititz
Windsor
Detroit
Mich
Dominion
Smith
Hacker
Prominent Lancaster Attorney Reaches for Lost Check
In Lititz an esteemed Lancaster attorney, while gathering evidence for a case, leaned into an uncovered deep well. His vest pocket watch a check fall in. He attached a bucket and rope, then used a ladder to descend. He retrieved the check, returning with soiled clothes but a triumphant grasp of the instrument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Lititz
Sawyer
Warwick Combination Sale Prominent At Warwick House Event
At the Warwick House semi monthly combination sale last Saturday 236 bushels of potatoes were sold though many were low quality and fit for hogs and cattle. Prices ranged from 15 to 68 cents per bushel. Live geese sold for 1 25 to 1 75 each while ducks brought 50 cents. A few chickens were sold. Suckling pigs brought 2 dollars each and shoats sold from 2 50 to 4 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Wife's presence of mind saves Lititz farmer from carbon disulphide blast
Aston Graybill of Penn township narrowly escaped serious injuries when carbon disulphide ignited after he heated it in a tin can. His wife, near at hand, quickly sprayed water, doused flames, and prevented a total home destruction. Graybill suffered facial burns and eye irritation but is up and about, though unable to work, after medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aston Graybill
Penn Township
Lititz
Graybill
Ducks Galore for Mr. Eby Party on Chesapeake Bay
Mr. Harry E. Eby and three companions hunted on Chinotecague Bay Virginia managing to bag 130 wild ducks during a mild fall. They did not shoot any wild geese. The party shared a string of twenty ducks with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Eby
Chincoteague Bay
Eby
Illness and Accidents In Local Families
Margaret Dussinger faces appendicitis with possible operation unknown. James Breitigan recovers from tonsillitis. Mrs. Charlotte Hacker, 87, injured after a stair fall. no bones broken. Amelia Miller confined to bed with illness. Elizabeth Weiser bruised after tripping at Moravian Home. Jennie Grosh battling blood poisoning symptoms but slowly recovering. Clayton Shue severely bruised after a wall collapse during starch plant alterations. no bones broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Chas. B. Dussinger
James J. Breitigan
Farmers’ National Bank
Charlotte Hacker
W. M. Grube
Amelia K. Miller
Elizabeth Weiser
Jennie Grosh
Secre
Stiffel & Freeman
Clayton Shue
Shue
Not a Rabbit After All in Second Ward Field Trick
A borough resident in the Second Ward mistook a straw stuffed rabbit for a real catch during hunting season. He used a revolver to shoot the animal near raspberry briars, then rushed to fetch a gun from a neighbor. Finding the quarry lifeless with straw protruding, he realized his meal was a fantasy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bunnie
Briars
Bunnie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gale
Geo. GC. Miller’s
Spruce St
Retail Merchant Association
Sturgis & Co
William Kissinger
William Sturgis
Howard Evans
Thad
Will’s
Monroe Miley
Harry Showers
Charles Fink
Jacob Kling
Jdr
William Benjamin Heinicke
D. Y. Roebuck
Ward
Dalton
Ohio
P. J. Roebuck
Lebanon
Mrs
Elizabeth Sener
W. M. Pfautz
Root & Baker
Landisville
Carlisle
L.H. S
Miss Fearless & Co
Martha Elenberger
Miriam Weltmer
Warwick
Amony
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