Neffsville farm sale withdrawn at 244 an acre
A sixty two acre farm near Neffsville offered at public sale by N M Myers and R Shreiner was withdrawn at 244 dollars per acre. Also notes Monday town incident with eight roaming gypsies forced to leave by Policeman Kreider and local events like market opening changes and barber shop move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kreider
Neffsville
Myers
R. Shreiner
Lincoln Weachter
New York Fresh Air Fund
Benjamin F. Brookmyer
Mast Front Street
John Fass
New York City
Lititz
David Fass
Lititz Man Named Deputy Scout Commissioner
Leroy Bare of Lititz was commissioned by the local Boy Scout Council to lead the Lone Scout department in the county. He will coordinate about 128 Lone Scouts with regular troops under Scout Executive Greenhawk, linking isolated youths to the main organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Bare
Lititz
Boy Scout Council
Ile
Greenhawk
Boy Scouts
Lone Scouts
W. D. Royce
Stouting
America
Bare
Obituary and Birthday Notices for Local Residents
Mr Curtis Hensel moved into a new life seat last Saturday while his life journey continues. Mrs Laura Kauffman celebrated a birthday on Tuesday. Mr Ed win Sturgis reached age 2 today and Dr W K Bender turned 73. Tobias Mershey of Sporting Till, a well known figure in the county, will be 92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Hensel
Laura Kauffman
Edwin Sturgis
W. K. Bender
Tobias Mershey
Sporting Till
Aise Lemurrew
Auto wreck near Rothsville injures Brown family and Dr Reemsnyder
Near Rothsville on Saturday evening a car carrying Mr and Mrs O R Brown their daughter Eda and Dr H D Reemsnyder of Ephrata crashed into a cement coping over a culvert. Miss Brown sustained a fractured skull and multiple injuries while her mother and father suffered lacerations and facial cuts. Dr Reemsnyder suffered a broken hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothsville
O R. Brown
Eda
H. D. Reemsnyder
Ephrata
Brown
Dr. Reemsynder
Misa Brown
H. Walter
Lancaster General Hospital
Miss Brown
Lancaster Institution
Reemsynder
Local Fire Company Endorses Fire Prevention Week
The Litile Fire Company endorses Fire Prevention Week from October 4 to 11. The county firemen's organization cooperates with Lancaster County fire companies. Questionnaires will be sent to each school to teach precaution methods. Arthur Reist is the delegate to the State Firemen's Convention at East Stroudsburg October 5 to 9. Clarence Regs jetimas is the alternate. Fifteen new members were added, bringing membership to 51.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litile Fire
Lancaster Reounty
Arthur Reist
East Stroudsburg
Montgomery County
Clarence Regs Jetimas
Antiques Bring High Prices at Loeffer's Sale
Antiques drew buyers from New York to Harrisburg as Loeffer's sale, led by H. J. Gilbert of Lebanon, topped 1700 dollars. Items included Lafayette plates at 17.25 each, a Stiegel salt cell, a linen towel at 50, homespun linen up to 5.25 a yard, and a Shumachey piano at 242.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loeffer
H. J. Gilbert
Lebanon
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Chester
West Chester
Reading
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Ephrata
Orwigsburg
L Icwlock
Stiegel
Lafayette
Europe
Loeffler
Farm Sale Near Lititz Fetches 154 Per Acre
The late Henry Miller's farm of 164 acres, three dwellings, half a mile southwest of Lititz, was sold at public sale last Friday to H. R. Gibbes and Craybill Minnich for 154 dollars per acre. Martin’s Good Home Made Booga for sale at Leaman and Leed’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Miller
Lititz
H. R. Gibbes
Craybill Minnich
Mrs. Badorf Returns From Canadian Wilds With Friends
Mrs. Norman Badorf came home Friday after a trip to Canada that began August 22. She traveled with five Ephrata residents to a camp 300 miles north of Toronto beside a scenic lake. The area is wild with few whites nearby and an Indian settlement near the camp. Fishing was good and an Ephrata man caught an 18% pound fish. The camp lay at the lake’s end, requiring a 25 mile boat trip to reach it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Badorf
Canada
Toronto
Wilds
Harvest laborers in Lanthon Alberta seek workers
Sylvester Reider writes from Lanthon Alberta in 1925 that snow slowed work and wages rose as farmers sought manpower. He notes eighteen miles from town, no trolleys, horses or wagons common, lots of snow, and work through December possibly longer depending on weather. He mentions gains in weight and fare there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Buch
Gome
Met
Sylvester Reider
Withers Plans New York Fruit Shipment and Packing
W W Withers heads to New York State on Friday to oversee buying two thousand barrels of apples for an orchard and will bring along help to pack about two thousand barrels. He has already three carloads and has spent weeks in the fruit business as tobacco profits fade. Former Becks School pupils visit Phoenixville Hospital and meet Dr Samuel Rulen and Elis Barron, noting Mr Beck's former Bi Family School for Boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Withers
New York State
Mr. Withers
Samuel Rulen
Phoenixville Hospital
Elis Barron
San I[dego
Cali
A. RB. Beck
Cat Buried After Apparent Street Tragedy
Monroe Pfantz of East Main Street buried a cat he thought was dead after a truck passed. The animal later sprang up unharmed, revealing it had merely been sleeping in the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Pfantz
East Main Street
Monroe
Mrs Hoffmans Sudden Illness Sends Her to Hospital
Mrs J J Hoffman fell ill Tuesday night and was admitted to the General Hospital. She is to undergo gallstone surgery today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman
J. J. Hoffman
General Hospital
Gall Stone
Thome From Kansas Seeks Time in Lititz
Fragmentary text notes Thome from Kansas spending a week in Lititz after a month with a brother. unclear names and actions. no clear event or dates emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Kansas
Kahl
Pall Merchandise Display Spotted at Cail
A Pall display catches attention at Cail with prominent merchandise on show. Shoppers note varied items and promotional signage drawing interest from passersby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cail
Ptant
Duwlo Reunion Highlights Family Tate in Bethlehem
Richard Hahn of Jersey City and Anna Hahn of Nazareth, once separated for forty years after being in Lancaster county care, reunited at 332 Wall Street Bethlehem. The sister, now a mother of six, stands to inherit between 40000 and 50000 dollars in German estates, with distribution awaiting the German consul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hahn
Jersey City
Anna Hahn
Nazareth
Gertrude Buss
Wall Street
Bethlehem
Lancaster County
Germany
Esselburg
William Sturgis
Manheim
Hahn
Stu
The Record's Birthday and Its Early Rise
A letter to the editor praises J. Frank tuck for founding The Record in Lititz and Warwick. The writer credits him with courage and enterprise and notes the paper quickly became the town’s best printed and most thorough publication. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Warwick
Reading
Lancaster
Springs
J. Frank Tuck
TI Record
Thorborough
Lititz Community Show Committee Details Progress
Business meeting notes progress for the Lititz Community Show to be held Friday and Saturday October 30 and 31. An orchestra will be secured and the premium list revised for printers. Next committee meeting is Monday evening October 5 in the council chamber. Local merchants urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Council Chamber
Loeffler to manufacture gold and silver polish
C S Loeffler uncovers a 45 year old secret formula for a gold and silver polish once devised by his father Jonathan Loeffler a Myerstown jeweler. He plans to market the product as Loef-o-lite while also noting local cigar factory activity and a traffic accident near Hallville causing injuries but no fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Loefffer
Eferts
Mr. Loeffler
Jonathan Loeffler
Myerstown
Loeffler
Ife
Nece
Moravian Ushers Association Plans October Ford Presentation
The Moravian Ushers Association met in the SS Chapel for its first monthly gathering. A Ford Motor Company representative will present a moving picture illustrating the factory operation on the fourth Thursday in October with no admission. Members may bring their wives or lady friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian Usher’s Association
SS. Chapel
Ford Automobile Company
Letter praises Colonel Mitchell over air service faults
A reader's note lauds Colonel Mitchell for speaking against army and navy aviation flaws. It recalls his demotion after testifying to a congressional committee, arguing his dismissal was unjust and that equal justice should apply to him and others challenging flawed leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Lutz
Mitchell
Ben
Army
Navy
Shenandoah
Napoleon
Ory
War Department
Eighty Candles On Birthday Cake In Lititz
Anthony Schell aged eighty celebrated with a birthday cake of eighty candles in Lititz where he has lived with his son Frank for three years. A former shoemaker of fifty four years, he later worked in Schuylkill Haven and Orwigsburg factories. He is the last survivor of ten children and recalls starting work at ten, living on board for two years. He keeps active reading, studies the Bible, and believes age should be respected while youth’s ways are also to be respected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Schell
Frank Schell
Centre Street
Lehigh County
Schell
Lititz
Schuylkill Haven
Orwigsburg
Tie
Linden Hall Opens With 120 Pupils At Work Housing
Linden Hall opened at 9 am Wednesday with 120 pupils registered. Patrons attended the opening in the chapel as Rev. Stengel spoke and Rev. E. Crosland led prayer. The new building meets rising attendance and is in use. Albert Schenk, owning forty acres of tobacco, is busy with a crew harvesting and completing uncut fields before frost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall
Stengel
Crosland
Albert Schenk
Building Four Houses in Lennon and South Broad Streets
Four houses being built in the borough by Long & Co. for Ralph Weir, Samuel Rubrecht, Frank Hunter on Lennon street and for Eugene Weid sler on South Broad street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long & Co
Ralph Weir
Samuel Rubrecht
Frank Hunter
Lennon Street
Eugene Weidsler
South Broad Street
Travelers Near and Far
W H Buch spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Philadelphia this week. Newton, son of J W G Hershey, has gone to Pittsburgh to enter a college of dentistry. Mrs Rey and Mrs Weicksel spent days at Kirkwood with D E Weichsel. Others visited from Reading to Lititz during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Buch
Philadelphia
Newton
J. W. G. Hershey
Pittsburgh
College of
Dentistry
Rey
F. A. Weicksel
D. E. Weichsel
Kirkwood
York Y M C A Secretary Celebrates 24th Anniversary
Harry A. Bailey, general secretary of York Y M C A, marks 24 years in the post. He started as a part time secretary in Lancaster county and built York association from 291 members to 2060. Bailey is a noted singer and led a male chorus. he applauds the new $70,600 home being built by Wark Construction Co of Philadelphia slated for occupancy by September 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Bailey
York Y. M. C. A
Bailey
York
Lititz
Manheim
Rehrerstown
Lancaster County
Association
Wark Construction Company
Philadelphia
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David Risser
Warwick House
John Badorf
BE. Klopp
Richland
Society of Farm Women No. 1
J. Clayton Brubaker
Louis Gethme
David Pfautz
Broad Street
Ochme
Redeo
Fair Association
Law and Order’ Society
Martin
Leaman & Leed's
Mrs. Badorf
Lanthont
Alberta
Becks School
Cat
Duwlo
James M. Beck
Kellogge
Mrr. Beck
A. B. Beck
Harn
Yrappy
Munity
C. S. Loeffler
Rush Cigar Factory
Rush Cigar
Cedar Street
William Snagely
Rush
Willian Zellers
Schaefferstown
Am Auto
William Snavely
Howard Bollinger
Henry Hoffer
Eugene Shirk
Lexington
Sheiner’s
Hallville
Bollinger
Hoffer
Shik
Usher
Frenault
Tuinden Hall
Harry Spang
B. F. Grosh
Benjamin Goodman
Mrs. Howard Evans
Mary S. G. Buch
Chambersburg
Leah Kreider
Washington, D. C
Ellen Leib
Hiram McCauley
Steelton
Wilson Gibbel
Morris Frederick
Fimma Breneman
Edna Bowers
Emaus
Anthony Hoerhamer
Harry
Ralph Worley
Franklin Spickler
Harry Adams
Perry County
Mr. Worley
Burnell Imhoff
North Carolina
Mt. Alto
Gonder
Fannie
Waterville
Ohio
David Buch
C. H. Klopp
Mrs. Karnitz
St. Josephs Hospital
Joseph Dreifus
Ocean City
Percy Dreifus
Dreifus
Harry Gorton
Selina
Troward Young
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania
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