Local Notes Remain Light and Busy in Town
Public schools close for the day and reopen Monday while merchants extend hours to Christmas. A gun-brush and a monster jack rabbit appear in town along with hunting trips and new car arrivals. Community events include choir rehearsals, a literary society, and tributes after a funeral. several posts about apples, pears, and Christmas shopping fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Miller
Zeno Fry
Romé
P. B. Bacher
New York State
Frank Radher
U. S. Delp
Dauphin County
Ideal Chocolate Factory
D. W. Withers
Horace Grosh
Ladies ‘Sewing Society
Moravian Church
Warren George
William Kopp
Charles Peiffer
Edgar A. Sturgis
New Jersey
Anna Meiskey
Moravian College
Bethlehem
Lancaster
A. de G. Vogler
Linden
Hall Seminary
Wayne Longenecker
Rudy
East Main Street
Ed. Stoner
Stoner
Board of Viewers of
Lancaster County
S. E. Lane
Howard
Warwick High School
Runaway Crash Injures Ephraim Kreider in City Street
Ephraim Kreider of near Clay was seriously injured when a runaway horse owned by Amos Sensenich crashed into his buggy at the Broad Street and Kline Street area. Kreider suffered a head gash and three cracked ribs, with his buggy and Sensenich wagon both damaged. The horse was seized and Kreider tended by Dr. D C Martin before being taken home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephraim Kreider
Clay
Amos Sensenich
Kissel Hill
Godenaur
Mr. Kreider
Warwick
Mr. Sensenich
Kreider
Belgians Aid Drive Picks Up in Lititz Area
Community urged to help Belgians in winter crisis with new relief effort. A local committee organized in Lancaster to coordinate funds and donations, with Farmers National and Lititz Springs National Banks ready to receive contributions for immediate forwarding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United Evangelical
United Brethren Churches
Lititz
Belgium
McClain
Lancaster
Lancaster City
National
Lititz Springs
Death of Six Month Old Child in Warwick Township
The six month old child of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Huber died at Lancaster General Hospital Friday night after being admitted with internal troubles. Survived by parents and one brother Melvin. Funeral held Monday at Hess Mennonite meeting house with Revs. John Lefevre and Jonas Hess presiding. interment in adjoining cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Amos Huber
U. Hisenberg
Millway
Warwick Township
Lancaster General Hospital
Melvin
Hess’ Mennonite
John Lefevre
Jonas Hess
Farmers Institute Here Offers All Day Sessions Next Week
An all day farmers institute will be held in Linden Hall gymnasium on Monday and Tuesday with morning afternoon and evening sessions. County Chairman J W Bruckart opens the program with local chair J Clayton Brubaker directing. Notable speakers include Dr M E Conard Sheldon W Funk J T Campbell and F S Bucher with topics on dairy herd improvement, potato culture, lime use, and home market gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estella Grosh
Lititz
John F. Longenecker
Hawaiian Islands
M.J. Brown
Mr. Brown
Ald Mexico
Retail Merchants Association
Ryan
Lancaster
Linden Hall Gymnasium
J. W. Bruckart
J. Clayton Brubaker
M. E. Conard
West Grove
Sheldon W. Funk
Boyertown
J.T. Campbell
Hartstown
F. S. Bucher
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
E. 8. Hagen
G. Graybill Minnich
M. B. Coward
Death of Elias G Wolf 71 Akron resident
Elias G Wolf died at his Akron station home from asthma at age 71. A lifelong Akron resident, he ran a coal and lumber yard for 35 years. Survived by wife and several children, plus brother K Wolf of Akron. Funeral Saturday at 9 80 at the house and 10 at the Brethren Church. Interment Steinmetz Church cemetery. Elders I W Taylor and J W G Hershey to officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias G. Wolf
Akron Station
Akron
Harvey C
Theodore
M. Buchen
Clement Bitzer
Richard Albright
Phares Frederick
Sherman Chronister
Ephrata
Elias G
Sadie
Wolf
Church of the Brethren
Brethren Church
Steinmetz Church
I. W. Taylor
J. W. G. Hershey
Jacob B Stober Dies in Ephrata at 68
Jacob B Stober of Ephrata aged 68 died of dropsy at 6 P M Sunday after a three month illness. He is survived by his widow Amanda a brother Henry and a sister Mrs Julia Whitmeyer all of Ephrata. Funeral services were held today at Mohler's church and interment followed in the adjoining cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob B. Stober
Ephrata
Amanda
Henry
Julia Whitmeyer
Mohler
Death of Mrs Amanda H Cover Near Fruitville
Mrs Amanda Cover died at her home near Fruitville Manheim township after a long illness aged 57. Her husband survives. Funeral was held at 1 PM from the home and at Landis Valley Mennonite Meeting House with interment in the adjoining cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Cover
Fruitville
Manheim Township
Landis Valley
Sudden Death of Miss Violet May Conner in Lancaster
Miss Violet May Conner daughter of Benjamin F and Emma E Conner of Lancaster died suddenly on Thursday about noon November 19 after diphtheria illness. She was seated at the dinner table and had seemed on the road to recovery. Continued on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet May Conner
Benjamin F
Emma E. Conner
Lancaster
Travel Correspondent Notes Many Local Visitors
The column lists numerous residents and visitors moving about for Thanksgiving and holidays. Names include Mr. Valentine Brobst, Mr. and Mrs. Siegel, Miss Luella Kreider, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Gantz, Mrs. Fred Myers, Dr. Harvey Mumma, Prof. A. S. Longenecker, the Ruth family, and Moravian College students, with various trips to Philadelphia, Reading, York, Lancaster, Hershey, Allentown, and Elizabethtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine Brobst
Philadelphia
Charles Siegel
Mountville
Luella Kreider
Gettysburg
Wilson Gantz
Palmyra
Aaron Singer
Fred Myers
Middletown
Harry Rudy
Frank Grosh
H. E. Grosh
Isaac Pfautz
Ephrata
John Weitzel
Rome
David Graybill
York
Walter Sturgis
Harvey Mumma
Hershey
D. W. Dietrich
J.A. Miksch
Parke
York County
G. Harry Miksch
Annie Wenger
Cochranville
Chester County
J. H. Breitigan
Agnes Todd
Lancaster
Reedy
Clayton Schmuck
Anna Marie Noll
Reading
Charles Bechtel
S. W. Buch
Kissel Hill
Longenecker
Charlottesville
Hamburg
J. J. Miller
Messrs
Roy Hassler
Ernest Hagen
Raymond Evans
Moravian College
Bethlehem
J. W. G. Hershey
H.R. Gibbel
J. IT. Breitigan
Laban Leiter
Driver
Elizabethtown
John Enck
Canal Dover
Ohio
Lexington
Catherine Maundebach
United Zion
Allentown
Womeladorf
F. E. Scehnerer
Ada
Madison Schnerer
Warwick
Richland
Lebanon County
W. Buch
Meiskey
C. B. Risser
Manheim
Mt. Joy
H. S. Meiskey & Co
Notice on new revenue stamps for freight and notes
The War Revenue Law requires a one cent stamp on each shipment and a two cent per hundred stamp on promissory notes from December 1 1914. Stamps are sold at Farmers National Bank of Lititz and the post office. B B Snavely prepares 562 barrels of flour weighing 220 pounds each for shipment to Copenhagen Denmark from Brunnerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers National Bank of
Lititz
B. B. Snavely
Brunnerville
Copenhagen
Denmark
Snavely
New York
Spruce Villa expands dairy with poultry house addition
Clayton J Brubaker of Spruce Villa dairy adds a 12 by 60 foot poultry house and plans a larger poultry and egg business serving Lititz and Warwick with live and dressed chickens. A red squirrel problem at Wilson Scheneberger’s home on South Broad street was resolved by a peanut baited trap. At the Lancaster Automobile Club meeting Charles M Reiling praised Warwick township road work, and a Warwick House semi annual sale drew buyers with bargains on shoes, potatoes, apples, turkeys, chickens and geese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton J. Brubaker
Spruce Villa
Lititz
Warwick
Wilson Scheneberger
South Broad Street
Lancaster Automobile Club
Wheatland
Charles M. Reiling
Penn Township
Manheim Road
Erb
Warwick House
Record subscription offer from Lititz paper for 1915 calendar
The notice promotes subscription to the Record with a $1.00 price for a delivery to any U S address through January 1 1916 and a free paper for the rest of the year. It suggests gifting to relatives, highlights a 1915 calendar, and touts Lititz news content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lititz
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Farmers Institute
J. T. Campbell
Bucher, Agt
Lane, Co
Farm Bureau
Rothsville High School
Lutz
Star of Empire
M. Nl. Cenard
J. T., Campbell
Jacob B.stober
Christian H. Cover
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