Local notices and social happenings in Lititz area
Community brief highlights include market news, illness updates on Dr Hertz and Mrs Mathers, property trespass notices, a needlework sale, a new saddlery business, extended Lititz Bargain Store hours, a 170th birthday celebration, and a pleasant fall day report. Also reported are a shoe sign theft warning, Moravian Sewing Society resuming, Rosh Hashanah observations, Linden Hall reception, a 500 party at Miss Mabelle Long’s home, hospital auxiliary elections, lodge officers, and a James Coleman Memorial Chapel talk on No License by Prof Gardinier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Hertz
Justin
King’s Son
Wm. H. Mathers
West Orange Street
Dr. Apple
Lancaster
H. Fisher
East Ind
Moravian Sewing Society
Wilson Gibbel
Jno
Edwin Sturgis
Bretzel Naking
Win. M. Kissinger
Erla Garber
Thislace
J. G. Brobst
Stevens
Reynolds
Hbrews
Linden Hall
Mabelle Long
N. Broad Street
Warwick
Rohrerstown
Annville
Campbelltown
V. G
H. E. Workman
Floyd Stark
J. B. Leth
C. D. Haverstick
C. H. Gardinier
Millersville State Normal School
James Coleman
Anti-Saloon League
E. W. Gaylord
Gertrude Eckert
Elizabeth Weachter
L. M. Weachter
Gedar Street
Manheim
Ephrata
Lexington
Brunnerville
Rothsville
Hallville
Unveiling Tablet for Moravian S. Chapel Hospital Story
A bronze tablet will be unveiled Sunday at the Moravian Sunday-school chapel in Lititz to honor its use as a hospital for Revolutionary soldiers. Hon. H. Frank Eshleman of Lancaster will deliver the address, with pastors’ messages read. The ceremony, tied to rally day services, includes a 1:15 p.m. concert, national colors, and remarks from Stevens Post G A R before post inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Herbert Spencer Greims
New York
Linden Hall
Lititz
Moravian Church Council
Messrs
Geo. L. Hepp
J. G. Brobst
P. E. Beck
Tancred
Rossini
Tanehauser
Wagner
Paderewski
John H. Long
D. A. Heitshu
Weeds Requested Cleared at United Zion Cemetery
A Reading resident writes to the RECORD urging authorities to remove weeds at United Zion Cemetery. He says overgrowth makes it hard to walk and to see tombstones, calling the current state a shame and asking for prompt action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Zion Cemetery
Postmaster A. T. Litch Receives Gold Pen Knife Gift
In honor of Postmaster A. T. Litch's birthday on Saturday, town business men presented him with a solid gold handle pen knife. The engraved handle bears the recipient's name and address. The gift honors his faithful postmaster services, with donor cards and birthday greetings accompanying the knife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Litch
Mr. Litch
Did Not Own the Clothes on His Back
Constable Allen Hacker arrested Lewis Brownsweiger of Lebanon on a charge of stealing a suit of clothes and other valuables from Herman W. Underhoffler of Lebanon. Brownsweiger, who boarded at the Park View hotel with Underhoffler, allegedly took the items while Underhoffler worked, fled to Lancaster, and was brought back in the stolen suit. Squire Derr issued a warrant and Brownsweiger was jailed without bail awaiting hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hacker
Lancaster
Squire Derr
Brownsweiger
Lancaster Fair Reaches Saturday With Rain Delays
Due to heavy rains on Wednesday the Lancaster fair management announced the fair will continue on Saturday. Expect good racing events and continued activities as posted for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Two Lancaster County Notables Die in Quick Succession
A Warwick aged widow Mrs Lucinda Raby dies after a nine month illness from a stroke at her son Henry Gohn s home in Warwick aged eighty three. Funeral at United Brethren Church followed by interment at United Evangelical cemetery. Also dies Martin Kinports a major local cigar employer in Ephrata after a hemorrhage. He leaves a wife and son Horace and was a director of the Eph rata Lebanon Street Railway Company. Funeral today at 2 p m in the Church of the Brethren, Bowman's cemetery interment. All factories under his management close for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick
Lucinda Raby
Henry Gohn
Front Street
Hilt
Lititz
York County
John Ruby
United Brethren Church
Henry John
Mary Hill
Brethren Home
Neffsville
Ann Clinton
York
Daniel Hill
Elizabethtown
Joseph
Samuel
Wrightsville
United Evangelical Cemetery
J. E. Keene
The
L. B. Longenecker
Brethren Church
Martin Kinports
Lancaster County
Ephrata
Kmpotts
Philadelphia
Mr. Kinports
Manheim Township
Oregon
Daniel and
Elizabeth Kinports
Millersville State Normal School
United Cigar Manufacturing Company
New York
Hoopeland
Rothsville
Schorneck
Brownstown
Reinholds
Kinports
Church of the Brethren
Bowman’s Cemetery
Heistand Brother Dies After Foot Injury From Nail
Elmer B Heistand longtime foreman in a Landisville tobacco warehouse died at his home on Thursday September 25 from tetanus after injuring his foot on a nail a week earlier. He was 85 and survived by his parents wife and three children. Also noted is the sudden death of Harry S Brubaker in Columbia from a stroke while sitting on a neighbor's steps. Brubaker born June 11 1850 leaves a large family and connections to Brunnerville and Lititz. A new state road project through Warwick Rothsville to the Cocalico bridge is nearing tarvia finish with spring completion expected. D G Witmyer bought F B Simmers Red Pyle bantams, expanding to sixty head and claiming the flock to be the best in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filmer B. Heistand
Landisville
Samuel
Susan Baer Heistand
Harry
Harry S. Brubaker
Columbia
Joseph Crowley
Abram Brubaker
Mr. Brubaker
Anderson Shoemaker
Brunnerville
Nath’n Brubaker
Litita
Frm
Brubaker
Warwick
Rothsville
Cocalico Bridge
D. G. Witmyer
United States
Dan
Death of Mrs. William K. Timmer in Neffsville Home
Mrs Hattie Trimmer wife of William Timmer died at the Brethren Home Neffsville in her seventy third year after a fall and hip fracture ten days earlier Death was due to injuries The couple formerly lived in York and were at the home about eighteen months Survived by two brothers Louis and Charles Shriner and a sister Mrs Dill Brillhart of York Funeral held at York on Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Trimmer
William 4. Trimmer
Brethren Home
Neffsville
York
Louis
Charles Shriner
Dill Brillhart
Death of Isaac Grube Rothsville Resident 82
Isaac Grube a well known Rothsville resident died Monday evening at seven o'clock from a stroke of apoplexy aged eighty two years and twenty nine days He farmed early in life later retired lived at Rothsville He is survived by his wife four daughters Mary Zwalley Even Susan Fianna two sons Wayne S George S and fifteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren The funeral will be held Friday at 9 30 at the house and then in the Lutheran cemetery at Rothsville Rev J W Bittner of Lititz will officiate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Grube
Rothsville
Owl Hill
Mary
D. B
Zwalley
Wayne S
Kissel Hill
Even
Eewin Kraft
Susan
Rufus McQuade
Miss Fianna
George S
Disston
Rothaville
J. W. Bittner
Lititz
Mrs Kate Miller Dies at Warwick After Stroke
Mrs Kate Miller widow of Levi Miller of Manheim died Wednesday morning at John Hossler residence on New Street Warwick aged about 69. Death followed a stroke on Monday. Maiden name Dyer she was born in Manheim last of her family nearest relative John K Dyer New Brunswick NJ former resident of this place Funeral Saturday in Episcopal church Manheim with interment at Fairview cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Miller
Levi Miller
Manheim
John Hossler
New Street
Warwick
Miller
Dyer
John K. Dyer
New Brunswick
N. J
Episcopal Church
Fairview Cemetery
Chinaware Gift to Mrs Grazer From Son on Steamship Route
Mrs Michael Grazer of East Main Street received a fine hand painted chita chocolate set with a Chinese dragon from her son John a machinist aboard a steamship between Seattle and the Orient. He bought the set in Hong Kong and shipped it to Seattle. He has an offer to work aboard a vessel planning a circumnavigation but has not decided on acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Grazer
East Main Street
John
Seattle
Wash
Orient
Grazer
Hong Kong
Globe
Thunderstorm day breaks with heavy rain and chimney damage
It rained heavily as October began with a midnight thunderstorm on Tuesday. Between 3 and 4 am Wednesday a very heavy storm passed over the area with deafening thunder and torrential rain. A bolt struck the chimney of Mrs. Susan Keath’s Broad Street addition house, knocking bricks from the chimney but causing no other damage. Wednesday saw successive thunder gusts and showers all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Keath
Broad Street
Two Heifers Drowned Crossing Ham mer Creek East of Brunnerville
Two yearling heifers owned by Landis Seibert along the Ham mer Creek east of Brunnerville drowned Wednesday afternoon after heavy rains swelled the creek a rushing current carried them away as they attempted to cross. The animals were valued at about $50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landis Seibert
Hammer Creek
Brunnerville
Travel notes show many local and distant visitors
The item lists dozens of people visiting Lititz and surrounding towns, including Mrs. J. C. Jenkins at Gettysburg, Mr. M. W. Keller from Kenwood, N Y, Miss Marie Haag headed to Allentown Hospital training, and numerous social visits among families in Lancaster, Lebanon, Reading, and Bethlehem. It also notes a fatal morphine overdose of Herman Diehm, a former Warwick resident, aged 63, with a funeral planned at Abner Hull’s home and burial in Greenwood.
Borough Council Holds Monthly Meeting and Street Upgrades
Borough council met Monday with Chief Burgess Steiner and nine councilmen present. The Street Committee outlined repairs including Klin Valley crossings, curbs and gutters on East Main, and a new sidewalk from the Farmers' Bank to Broad Street. A joint sewer project across Main Street with the Lititz and Reading Turnpike Company was approved. Various vendors and gutter bonuses were approved, and a Flick Cigar Co. branch factory interest was noted alongside local curios and a Civil War reunion speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Steiner
Leib
Baum
Bader
Miksch
Schnerer
Neidlermyer
Sesseman
Klin Valley
Cedar
Water Streets
East Main Street
Clément Badorf
H. B. Bender
Farmers’ Bank
Broad Street
Hess
J. G. Brubaker
Lititz and Rathsville Turnpike Company
Council
Main Street
Elm
Borough and Turnpike Company
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VENTS
Litch
Fai
Elmer B. Heistand
William K. Timmer
J. C. Jenkins
Gettysburg
M. W. Keller
Kenwood
N. Y
H. 8
Meiskey
Connecticut
William Weaver
Redding
Martin Good
C.S. LoeMer
M. W. Klopp
Centreport
Berks County
Marie Haag
Allentown Homeopathic Hospital
J. EB. Keene
N. D. Sturgis
U. S
Allentown
George Bashore
Baltimore
W. A. Ensminger
Mary Gingrich
John H. Purdy
Wm. M. Amer
Geo. Heagy
Jere Bowman
Benjamin Eck, Jr
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Canada
Niagara Falls
Allentown Fair
Francis Hagen
Chanceford
Christine Drace
Alberta Denham
Mariel Erb
Mary Fritz
Middletown
Laura Flick
Reading
Herman Fisher
C. K. Moench
Bethlehem
Linden Hall Seminary
Susan Bucher
Lime Rock
Miami
Florida
Wilmer Angsteadt
William Bue
Mt. Joy
Miss Grosh
Ideal Chocolate Company
Ideal
Pittsburg
Mt. Day
Herman
Diehm
Abner Hull
General Hospital
William Dbiehm
Bainbridge
Lottie Balmer
Clara Nye
Lebanon
William
Greenwood Cemetery
John Moyer
W. I
Muth & Co
W. H. Muth & Co
James Sesseman
Lititz Planing Mills
Jeff E. Wagner
H. D. Schreiner
Frank McKinney
Albert Kulp
Reece
James 5. Yoder
Harry F. Long
C. G. Yerger
Levi H. Erb
Burrows Mfg. Co
Abdacley Walter Miller
Borg Ic
N. Derr
A. B. Musselman
W. HH. Greek
M. J. Steiner
H. E
Bomberger
Reece A. T. Liteh
Jonas Hess
John K. Wissler
Flick Cigar Co
Flick
Frank Rader
Furnace Hills
Brickerville
Chas Farlow
Christ Yerger
Col. Hambright
David K. Habecker
Brannerville
Wm. Hambright
Habecker
Perryville
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