Local notices and society items from Lititz era
Mrs Chauncey Sturgis sick with flu and waivers on recovery. Samuel Lane confined to house with rheumatism. Farmers National Bank to mail Christmas Savings checks on Monday Dec 5. Alumnae Tea at Linden Hall Seminary Saturday 2 to 4 pm. Jacob Kling buys P B BucherFront Street property private terms. War stamps redemption article on page seven. Israel Zimmerman buys Samuel Keller East Main Street property. possession April 1. Shooting match behind Warwick House this Saturday. six yds awarded. Thanksgiving meals and Moravian Home donation day with gifts collected. Moravian College fund noted. Jacob and Helen Eshleman party for daughter’s 21st birthday. twenty guests. Civil War veteran Solovann Weaver, 80, celebrated Thanksgiving in Lititz. Fire at Iv a Nies home extinguished by neighbors. pipe chimney caused spark. Stolen FB Chev identified in Chicago. forged serial number suspected. LD G Witniger to judge poultry at Baltimore and Manheim shows. travel to Reynoldsville Rochester and Millerburg. Alan Bucher returns Kane from Standard Oil job. pipe line survey trip details. American Legion Auxiliary will hold a board party December 1 with six prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Sturgis
Samuel FE. Lane
Farmers National Bank
Linden Hall Seminary
Jacob Kling
P. B. Bucher
P. B. Bucher On Front Street
Israel Zimmerman
Neffsville
Samuel Keller
East Main Street
Warwick House
Moravian College and Theological Semin
Jacob Eshleman
Honou
Helen
Solovann Weaver
Petersburg
Lititz
Ted
Lva Nies
Maineet
John Harbart
Hdevrar Sturgis
John F. Longenecker
Chevrolet
Chicago
Samuel Habecker
Brunnerville
LD. G. Witniger
Baltimore
Reynoldsville
Jefferson County
Manheim
Rochester
Millerburg
Alan Bucher
Kane
Standard Oil Company
Millway
Briderville
Lebanon County
Pauphin
Apples Not Shipped East as Freely as Year Ago
The article notes fewer eastern apple shipments despite a home-grown glut and reflects on market prices set by the fruit trust. It also covers local fishing misadventures, partridge abundance, and hunters violating laws, plus a Mennonite address on immigration and a critique of U S immigration restrictions by Arthur Brisbane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coant
Lititz
The
Fruit Trust
Shortage In Hard Coal Hits Lititz Town
Lititz faces a general shortage of hard coal with no stored surplus after a five month strike. Residents may use mixed grades, with cannel coal and coke arriving in quantity and buckwheat coal advised for nighttime banking. Prices quoted: cannel $129 per ton, bituminous $11. The supply remains uncertain, but calm persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Cavnel
Nho
Egg Prices Steady as Xmas Demand Looms
Eger eggs remain at sixty four cents a dozen with limited drop expected before Christmas. Coal shortages push up baking costs and cake supplies may be cut. Hens molt recovery slow with few old hens laying. spring bred hens now producing. David Rickert of Lexington averages one hundred eggs daily from his flock. The paper notes annual record subscriptions at 21.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eger
David Rickert
Lexington
Tle
Pig Causes Wreck After Hidden Pig In Ford
A Lancaster couple's rear seat pig led to a wreck on the Lancaster and Lititz pike. David Bowman and his wife bought a 250 pound hog in Lancaster, failed to kill it there, and the animal hid on the rear seat. The hog stood up, causing the driver to swerve and hit a telephone pole. Mrs Bowman was cut by shattered glass. the car was badly damaged. The pig was discovered asleep on the rear seat by a mechanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Lititz Pike
David Bowman
Kissel Hill
Mr. Bowman
Bowman
Gump Fire Girls Split Into Two Groups
The Gump Fire Girls divide into two groups. Eleven younger girls form Nawakahnaka meaning firsh snow and join the national organization. Seven older girls will join soon. An entertainment event will be held under the Auxiliary Society Lincoln on Thanksgiving day November 30. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Auxiliary Society
Lincoln
Rebuilding Road From Lititz To Clay Starts
Work has begun on a five mile road from Lititz outskirts along North Cedar Street through Brunnerville to the village of Clay passing through Warwick Elizabeth and Clay townships. The project tears up the roadbed, lays six inches of stone, and uses steam rolling with surface likely to be tar. Half the cost is paid by the county with the townships covering the rest and reimbursement planned when state funds arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Street
Clay
Brunnerville
Hammer Creek
Warwick
Alezabeth
Lititz
Brubaker
Fifty six bronze turkeys on farm near Lititz
A Lancaster county farm near Lititz shows fifty six bronze turkeys on the Bucher property. The birds weigh up to seventeen pounds, with eighty hatched and fifty reaching maturity. the flock includes a queen turkey and plans for future breeding, plus chickens, geese, and a Polish China hog breeding note.
Travelers Near and Far
Mr. Harry McCloud of Philadelphia spent a short time in town last week. B F Lutz and sons will perform with musical hand saws at First Methodist church in Strasburg on Sunday evening, Dec 3. Mrs. Rev Chas D Kreider of Nazareth visited her mother at the Moravian Home. Mr and Mrs William Amer and the Misses Kate and Louise Amer attended a funeral in Steelton on Wednesday. Dr Percy Dreifus of Quantico spent time here with his parents and attended the Army Navy game in Philadelphia. Mr and Mrs Noah Myers hosted guests including Clayton Shreiner and family, Adam Weachter and family, from Fruntville Pike. Charles Webber from Belmon t, NY, with his son Claud, came to Lititz to stay with his father Frank Webber. Charles had not visited in ten years. Charles traveled widely. his son has toured with him since age four. Army Navy game attendees included Valentine Brebst, Ellis Butzer, Frank Spiekler, Vietor Wagner and Ralph Buch. Atwood Kreider, back from painting scenery in California, opened his art shop again after a stay in Jacksonville. He found living costs high and enjoyed meeting Lititz natives in Pasadena. Ralph Worley and family, and Benjamin Tertzler, took a trip to Blain, Perry County, visiting relatives and enjoying local hunting country. three buck deer were seen, plus squirrels and wild turkeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McCloud
Philadelphia
John
Henry
Strasburg
Chas. D. Kreider
Nazareth
Alfred Hammer
William Amer
Kate and
Louise Amer
Steelton
Percy Preifus
Quantico
Virginia
Joseph Dreifus
Dreifus
Noah Myers
Clayton Shreiner
Adam Weachter
Fruntville Pike
Charles Webber
Belmont
N. Y
Claud
Frank Webber
Spruce Street
Charles
Lititz
Union
Valentine Brebst
Ellis Butzer
Frank Spiekler
Vietor Wagner
Ralph Buch
Tie
Jacksonville
Fla
Hie
Concord
California
Pasadena
Ralph Worley
Benjamin Tertzler
Blain
Perry County
Liit
Mr. Worley
Deer hunting parties prepare trips across counties
Leval Hunters Left for Deer Camps De. D. A. Long and Eugene Long led a party from Mt. Joy gun ning club to a Franklin county lodge joining fifteen members. A Lancaster running club formed by Norman Kline and others plans a Lycoming county deer hunt renting a fourteen room house. Bear country awaits U S Delp and son Robert and Dr G E Lane depart Perry county. Benjamin Snavely travels to Berks to hunt in Blue Mountains after seeing ten deer nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de. D. A. Long
Eugene Long
Mt. Joy
Franklin County
Eugene Weidler
Melvin Hoover
Reuben Dull
Lemon Furlow
Norman Kline
Lexington
Lancaster
Lycoming County
Birkenbine
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American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Kansas
United States
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Uncle Lyn
Arthur Brisbane
Gat New York
Mr. Brisbane
FORD
News of Gump Fire Girls
Plantz Bros
Brunswick Orchestra
Messrs
Emanuel H. Grube
Henry C. Sturgis
Jacob Bucher
Mr. Bucher
Marty
Harry
Denver
Rhode Island
Bucher
Poland
China
Samuel Bare
Myers Well Drilling
Salung
Jacob Snyder
Betty
Dorcas Circle King's Daughters
Leval
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