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Newspaper

Lititz Record

Location

Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1931

Page

7

U B Church Services and Local Visits in Brunnerville

Sunday services announced at Brunnerville U B Church including 9 AM worship and 7 PM evening service led by Mae Shissler with prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30. Women’s Missionary Society meets Oct 1 at Mrs Kathryn Hoffer’s home. Local visitors listed: Milton Sheaffer and families, Raymond Diehm family, Andrew Wealand at Mt Airy, births announced for Robert Sept 92 and Reba Ruth Sept 23. Other visiting names noted.

U. B C. BE Mae Shissler Women’s Missionary Society of the Kathryn Hoffer Milton Sheaffer John Peiffer Morris Sheaffer Vera Peiffer Clay Benjamin Eck Manheim Phares West Raymond Diehm Andrew Wealand Mt. Airy Ralph Keith Robert Rufus Kline Reba Ruth Polly Eckert Ephrata R. L. Keith Ida Husson Rohrerstown William Seibert Harvey Ober Alice Ober Penryn Elmer Scheneberger Norman Ober

Sunday social guests mingle across Lititz area

Irwin Keath and daughter with many locals visited and hosted relatives and friends in Lititz Manor communities. The long list includes the Shelly and Zartman families from Manheim and Lititz, plus Kinship from Lebanon Akron Paradise Intercourse and Kissel Hill. Guests shared meals and Sunday calls across multiple households.

Irwin Keath Rufus Heisey Samuel Fry Elm Lizzie Shelley Monroe Zartman Lititz Elam Shelly Manheim Phares Zartman Freeman Becker Abram Metzler Lizzie Meagie Lexington William. Seibert Annie Kline Sue Fahrestock Henry Young Pauline Youn Mary Meiley David Boll Benjamin Buchen Joseph Bell Ella Moyer Erbdale Henry Tyson Amos Myr Jacob Singley Mis Gm Martin Roseville Iss Lester Balmer Simon Graybill

Sunday Visits Across Lititz and Lancaster Community

A long list of local residents from Lititz Lancaster Manheim and surrounding areas visited friends and family this week. Names include Buchter Flory Landis Gantz Risser Haber Cassel Wenger Haldeman Myers Landis Diem Oberholtzer Meek Shirk Eby White Stauffer and Imhoff among others with multiple stops in Lititz Manheim and Lancaster County.

Harry Buchter Lititz Elam Stark Ruth Tvan Grube Miriam Lexington John Flory Ella Landis Harry Spayd Starry Buchter Lester Henry Buchter Millway Salinda Williams Henry Bucher Amd John Landis Bamford Waynt Gantz Daugher Henry L. Risser Fred Galebach Lancaster Levi Risser Jacob Haber Lizzie Gibbel Clarence Cassel Lancaster Junction Phares Wenger Harold Haldeman Fairland Fanny Cassel Edna Manheim Mary Myers Daniel Breitigan Henry Myers Andrew Myers Milton White Philip Seppi Brickerville Irwin Myers John Myers Elizabethtown Earl Myers Milton Grove William Zell Kissel Hill Roy Eckert Ida Gockley Lebanon Monroe Eckert Abe H. S. Kreider Kreider Mer Huber Oberholtzer Haltville Isaac, Oberholtzer Hiram Meek Lemon Shirk Samuel Carpenter Milton Sheaffer Daniel Fryberger and Son Bowmansville Gibbel William Leitzinger Floyd Stark Elam Risser M. Eby John White Mar Benjamin Stauffer Morgantown Levisser Harvey Rock Near Clay Charles Mease Jane Lewis Mease Blanche Beahm Lanciselle Christ Imhoff Maggie Miller Mary Bleacher

Significance of Signs and Portents Recounted

A condensed critique traces how people claim meaning in signs and portents from folklore. It notes beliefs dating to the Dark Ages about demons, witches, protective charms, and omens from weather and body hints, citing the American Agriculturist as source.

China

Livingstone Worthy of Stanley's Fine Tribute

A fragmentary review praises David Livingstone as a Civil War era hero and explorer. It highlights his early start in a cotton mill, his Africa travels, Lake Nyassa discovery, Victoria Falls sighting, and his impact on civilizational progress, as cited by Stanley in praise from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

David Livingstone Africa Lake Nyassa London Victoria Falls James Gordon Bennett Stanley St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Paris Seeks Half of Bois de Boulogne Treasure

A Parisian railway worker found a casket with gold medals and 77 Louis XVI coins in the Bois de Boulogne last August. A year and a day passed with no claim, but Paris now claims half the treasure as owner of the park, seeking its share in the find.

Paris Bois de Boulogne Gondon Daily Telegraph Louis XVI

Visit to Naples Volcano Tour Delights With Fiery Show

Tourists may enter the old volcano near Naples as it grumbles and vents brown steam and gold vapors. Despite flames licking papers and sulfurous air, visitors are promised a safe return to the plain after the ash and molasses sensation.

Naples

Netherlands Dykes and Their Ancient Built Mighty Defenses

Dykes protecting the Netherlands from the North Sea trace back to Roman times. Many dykes rise up to 40 feet above high water, broad enough at the top for roadways or canals. Constructed of earth with stone slopes and piles, they employ brushwood and stones at critical points. The West Kapelle dyke runs 12,468 feet with a 39 foot wide ridge hosting a roadway and a railway.

Netherlands North Sea West Kapelle

One of World's Wonders The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Hanging Gardens are described as forming a near four acre square structure rising in terraces on masonry arches to 75 feet. Water was lifted from the Euphrates to a top reservoir by a screw. fountains banquet rooms groves and parterres spread across terraces and trees with expansive views of the city and surroundings.

Babylon

Notable Reaction to Nick Longworth and Alice Roosevelt Wedding

The Los Angeles Times notes the immense public interest in the Nick Longworth and Alice Roosevelt wedding. Among many congratulatory messages, a standout came from Eleanora Sears of Boston, a close friend of Alice, who wrote a warm line about Gil Nick’s sealing of Alice’s match.

Nick Longworth Alice Roosevelt Alice Eleanora Sears Boston Gil Nick Los Angeles Times

Memories in Maine Encounter at Moose River Junction

A brief, old time dialogue recalls a rainy night six years ago in Maine at the Moose River Junction railway station. A business man meets a sales traveler who greets him and asks if he will buy something, but the salesman declines and offers training in wrestling courses.

John Corcoran Maine Moose River Junction

Plans Went Wrong At The Seashore Engagement

Pommy hoped to get engaged several times during two weeks by the sea. He did propose in the first week, but it took the entire second week to break it off.

Pommy

Not the Place Between Bridges in Los Angeles Times

A fragment shows dialogue about a bridge party and a proposal. The exchange reveals hesitation to credit a win to a social event rather than a direct romance, indicating a public or private dispute over how affection was secured.

Quips and Quick Wits from a Patchwork Page

A collage of jokes and cartoons, including gibes about weddings and gifts, a dare for straight teeth, and brief humorous exchanges. It features snippets about Doris inviting only married guests, a fisherman boasting about the catch, and a cinema of lighthearted one liners from various voices.

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M. Ada Schnerer Huebener & Habecker Main St Litis Hershey & Gibbel Conveyanecers Lititz, PA L. A. Weitzel Helen F. Quinn the Record Printing CO Lititz Pennsylvania Wolf’s Garage Locust and New Streets GRUBE Tnsare Sherman S. Steffy Lincoln Avenue Washington Darwin Vallentgoed Bulb CO Auburn N. Y U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Master Fox Ranch, Inc American National Fox Breeders Assn Market Street National Bank Building Phila., Pa Beltwood Wyncote Hammonton St. National Bank Philadelphia, Pa C. G. Landis Nathaniel Werner G. &. Diem Hinkletown Ray Diem Victor Inder Ader Egy Rere Ernie Young Densarlings Circus Acti Ons Ieee Sie Thar Livingstone Crater Nea Doris Wuld Senator Sorghan Coodill Fride
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