Lititz area events show local life and industry
Local notes recount a decade of care for a goldfish, bids for Parke’s stamps, new construction on Locust street, crowded trolley runs to Lancaster, and birthdays of three citizens. Reports cover a sanitarium winter closure, a hay shipment to Philadelphia, a Lancaster will, a heavy calf, a concrete station platform, church aid supper, and evolving market plans for a five and ten cent store after New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Lacy
Zartman
Emanuel Grube
Henry Sturgis
Reuben Diehm
Lititz Springs
John
Hess
Philadelphia
John B. Wissler
Lancaster
A. E. Lane
Clay
Jacob Huber
Ezra Lutz
Jacob Bender
Aid Society
U. B. Church
J. C. Felker
Warwick
B. F. Lutz
Tutz
Lutz & Co
Messrs
P. B. Bucher
U. S. Delp
Frank Rader
G. G. Diehm
Blue Mountains
Dauphin County
Bucher
Rader
Real Estate Sale Drawn After Public Auction
Property of George Schreiber on Spruce Street was offered at public sale last Saturday evening but withdrawn at $2800. William Rodman’s property at Brunnerville sold privately to Milton Heys for $800. Jacob B Miley near Millway sold his mill property with 18 acres in Ephrata township to Edwin K Hess near Eisenberg's store on Tuesday morning. Terms private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schreiber
Spruce Street
William Rodman
Brunnerville
Milton Heys
Jacob 8. Miley
Millway
Ephrata Township
Edwin K. Hess
Eisenberg
Local finder returns items. reward offered
James Carper found a small gold locket set with three stones and will return it to the owner. A key ring with 8 or 9 keys including Yale No. 15560 was lost about town. a $1.00 reward awaits if the keys are returned to this office. A purse with two bank notes an old silver coin over 100 years old and other articles was lost about town on Tuesday. reward is offered for its return to Recorp office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carper
Secret Society Notes Lititz Lodge Meeting Declared
Secret Society Notes report Lititz Lodge No 1050 1 O O F will confer the initiatory degree upon one candidate at next Monday evening meeting All members urged to attend early. Forty members of Independent Americans attended services at United Evangelical church Sunday night Rev P T Brocious delivered sermon. Past chiefs of Garfield Castle No 76 KG E asked to attend next Tuesday meeting for election of officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Lodge
Order of Independent Americans
United Evangelical Church
P. T. Brocious
Garfield Castle No
Grand Castle
King's Daughters Sale in Lititz Market House
The four circles of King's Daughters of Lititz hold their annual sale next Saturday afternoon and evening in the market house. Needlework of many kinds will be available along with Christmas gifts at moderate prices. Proceeds fund their charitable work. Cakes and candies will also be for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Daughters of
Lititz
Death notices for Mrs. John K. Furlow and Mrs. Ellen G. Rodman
Deaths of Katie Furlow at 23 from consumption in Warwick with husband John K. Furlow and two children Lloyd John and Esther May. Also Ellen G. Rodman of Brunnerville dies after over a year’s illness at 40 with surviving husband William Rodman and seven children. Receptions, funerals, and interments planned in St Luke Reformed Church and Brunnerville Cemetery with multiple relatives listed and ministers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Furlow
Katie
Orange Street
Warwick
Lloyd John
Esther May
Farlow
John Carpenter
Lititz
David Bowman
John
Sherman
Kissel Hill
St. Luke Reformed Church
Maehpelah
Geo
Raezer
Mrs May Hoffer 22 dies in Elizabethtown typhoid fever
Mrs May Hoffer died at her parents home in Elizabethtown at 7 p.m. Saturday after a brief typhoid illness. A Lititz transplant, she worked at Kreider Shoe Factory and was active in the Church of God and its Sunday school. She leaves an infant child and two brothers Albert and Walter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Hoffer
J. H. Hardaman
Elizabethtown
Lititz
Kreider
Church of God
Albert
Walter
Death of Mrs Wilmot K Romig in Ephrata area
Mrs Kate Romig wife of surveyor Wilmot K Romig died suddenly at home Tuesday morning aged 54 due to heart disease. Born in Schoeneck to the late Joseph Moyer she was a Salem Lutheran member of Lincoln. Survived by husband and children Oram Schoeneck Newton Philadelphia Gertrude wife of Wayne Gantz Lititz Minerva at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Romig
Wilmot K. Romig
Ephrata Cloister
Romig
Joseph Moyer
Schoeneck
Salem Lutheran Church
Lincoln
Oram
Newton
Philadelphia
Gertrude
Wayne Gantz
Lititz
Minerva
Eliza Boyer Dies at 81 in Red Run Home
Eliza widow of John Boyer died Saturday afternoon at her son John Boyer’s home on Peiffer's Hill Red Run of dropsy aged 81. Survived by John Daniel Mary and Lizzie. Funeral held at John Boyer’s home Tuesday with services and Brickerville interment at 1 PM Rev D L Fogelman officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza
John Boyer
Peiffer’s Hill
Red Run
Lincoln
John
Peiffers Hill
Daniel
Stevens
Mary
Yocum
Manheim
Lizzie
Brickerville
D. L. Fogleman
Denver
Death of Terre Hill Resident Semiah Killian at 80
Semiah Killian of Terre Hill died Friday morning at his daughter's home after eleven weeks of illness. He was in his eightieth year and died of old age. He belonged to Terre Hill Lodge No. 4541 and Q. C. F. of Terre Hill. He ran stage routes between Terre Hill and Lancaster and between Terre Hill and Reading in earlier years. He is survived by five children Milton, Kate, wife of L A Mentzer, of Terre Hill, Viola Warner of Mohnton, Laura, wife of Elmer Kauffman of Philadelphia, and Martin of New Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen G
Eichelberger
Wm. Rodman
Brunnerville
Susie
Gertie
Cora
Anna
Hila
Andrew
Phares
Susana Wichelberger
Oregon
Jacob
George
John
Emma Pfautz
Brownstown
Isaac Weinhold
John Kile
Talmage
Bronnerville A. B
B. M. Breneman
Refton
A. F. Martin
Semiah Killian
Terre Hill
L. A. Mentzer
Killian
Milton
Kate
Viola Warner
Mohnton
Laura
Elmer Kauffman
Philadelphia
Martin
New Holland
Little Tycoon comic opera staged by Lititz home talent
Home talent fills Linden Hall gymnasium for two December performances of The Little Tycoon two act comic opera under C S Loeffler. Fifty singers and musicians promise a lively show to benefit the Chautauqua guarantors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall
C. 5S. Loeffler
Lititz
Travel notes as residents visit kin and friends
A long column lists numerous local residents and relatives visiting relatives or traveling to nearby towns and cities. It notes Dr. J C Brobst in Stewart town, Mabel and Viola Leib in Lebanon, Elizabeth Shick visiting from Reading, Ella Sturgis with her father, Ella Garber’s weekend in Harrisburg, and many more journeys and family gatherings across Lancaster, Philadelphia, Ephrata, Moravian College, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Brobst
Stewarttown
York County
Mabel
Viola Leib
Lebanon
Elizabeth Shick
Reading
W. H. Buch
Ella Sturgis
Manheim
N. D. Sturgis
Ella Garber
Harrisburg
Paul Evans
Philadelphia
Louisa Amer
Navareth
Albert C. Sturgis
BE. J. Guilford
Lancaster
Lititz
Abram Brubaker
Adam Brubaker
August Dewalt
James Sturgis
Benj. Lutz
Washington, D. C
Henry Lutz
Charles Fry
Allen Hacker
Charles Bechtel
S. W. Buch
Kissel Hill
Abram Bucher
Farmers National Bank
Ephrata
Mary Hershey
Brother Owen
Elizabethtown College
Richard Bender
Penna University
Edward McCully
Lydia McCully
Moravian
H. J. Hershey
Hettie Habecker
Adam Miller
Elliottson
Cumberland County
F. A.masser
Dora Henry
Fianna Knier
William Sturgis
Lydia Doster
Mary Guiles
Kentucky
Morris Madeira
Julia
Edwin Sturgis
Roy Hassler
Moravian College
Bethlehem
8. C. Hassler
D. B. Betaner
Berlin
Canada
Jonas Hess
South Broad Street
Ohn Leisey
Howard Strickler
Mohnton
John Leed
Hershey
Dauphin County
Spencer
David P. Bricker
Trenton
N. J
J. W. Bobst
Geo
Geyer
Brickerville
Henry Wissler
Elora
Ontario
John B. Wissler
Harry Y. Yocum
Louisa Vetter
Hammer Creek
Messrs
Paul
John Spangler
George Spangler
Carl
Albert
Emma Spangler
J. B. Hertzler
Isaac Walker
David Landis
Brownstown
Ralph Worley
Thanksgiving Notes and Local Commerce in Berks County
Two men from Warwick and Hallville journeyed to the Blue Mountains, finding turkey prices high while apples and nuts were scarce. In town, barber W B Oehme added a chair to shorten waits and expanded stock of cigars and smokers’ materials. Thanksgiving activities paused local industries, stores, and schools until Monday, with turkey dinners priced around 24 cents per pound and geese at 14 cents. Premium lists for the Lancaster County Poultry Show were issued, offering cups, cash, an incubator, and other premiums. An accident near Warwick left Mrs Elizabeth Merley and her son Ed win shaken but unhurt after their mule spooked and upended the carriage. The Trout season shines at Spring Grounds though the pool and stream conditions merit cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel Huber
Hallville
Jacob H. Bomberger
Warwick
Blue Mountains
Berks County
Womelsdorf
Berks
Lancaster County
Lancaster County Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association
Rudy's Hall
Association
John F. Lessey
Large Combination Sale at Warwick House Auction
A semi monthly sale at Warwick House drew large crowds with 138 lots offered and 90 sold as auctioneer Snavely finished late. Slaughter pigs and shores sold cheap, white rock chickens 85 cents each, turkeys 25 cents a pound, geese 1.25 to 1.60, potatoes 25 to 82 cents a bushel. Coats for men in colors from W. H. Bach's, plus shoes and hosiery sold in the day’s brisk market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
White Rock
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wommert
Jacob Trimmer
Carlisle
Cumberland Valley
Trimmer
Rudy
Poultry Association
Springs Hotel
Spring Creek
Frank Reed
D. A. Long
N. G. Yerger
Christ
Samuel White
Jere Bowman
Adams County
Secret Society Notes
King’s Daughters Sale
Mrs
May Hardaman Hoffer
Eliza Boyer
Litch
Wolle’s
Litrrz
Post Office
Wolfe’s
A. T. Liven
P. M
United Zion
Pleasant View
Hiram Minnich
Allen B. Heagy
John B. Winsler
Hammer Creek Meeting House
Geo. P. Sieger
Jacob H. Hershey
W. H. Buch’s
W. B. Oehme
Lexington
Elizabeth Merley
Edwin
Lititz and
Lexington Pike
W. H. Bach
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