Local items note hunts, meetings and mishaps across Lititz
The note list covers squirrel season opening on Wednesday, October 15, auto tag 53485 found at W. H. Muth & Co. office, Columbus Day bank closures, Linden Hall Seminary board meeting October 16, and a variety of community events. It mentions a Miss Matthew birthday surprise, Dr J L Hertz recovering, a musical rehearsal, officers installed at Lititz Lodge, a stray diver duck shot near Brubaker crossroads, and a two story brick house from Nathan K. Buch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Yeiser
W. H. Muth & Co
Linden Hall Seminary
Donovan & Co
Lancaster
Springs Hotel
Frank Hacker
Garfield Castle
Mabel Matthew
J. L. Hertz
B. F. Metzler
Wm. M
Elia Lacy
J. F. Schaeberle
Ann Arbor
Mich
Marie
Revolutionary Heroes Honored at Lititz Chapel
Bronze tablet unveiling honors 110 Continental Army soldiers who died in the Brethren's House hospital from December 19, 1777, to August 28, 1778. The Lititz Moravian congregation hosted a rally with 539 attendees, a 20 by 30 inch bronze tablet by Bailey, Banks & Biddle, and remarks by H. Frank Eshleman. A companion display lists 63 hospital soldiers. the event featured flags, music, and a collection for missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Revolutionary Army
Moravian Sunday School
Herbert Spencer
George Washington
Rossini
Wagner
Charles Nagle
Lancaster
C. L. Muench
Bethlehem
Moench
Continental Hospital
Rufus F. Bishop
Nicaragua
Stevens Post No
Hagen
J. E. Deer
Charles Nagel
A. R. Beck
H. Frank Eshleman
Eshleman
Nagel
Sertleanent
P. E. Beck
Geo. L. Hepp
J. GC. Brobst
Travel notices and social visits fill Lititz columns
The column lists travelers visiting and visiting relatives around Lititz from Lancaster, Philadelphia, Reading, and beyond. It notes fraternal and business trips, family gatherings, and upcoming travels with names like Grazer Wolfe Todd Forney Bricker Kofroth and others, plus local events and a Florida subscription note.
Longtime farmer bedfast at 86 on Lancaster farm
John Hess of a Brubaker Road farm near Rothsville has been bedfast for about seven years and weakens gradually after eight years of illness. He remains cheerful and thankful he can talk hear and enjoy an appetite with visitors stopping by. The column also recalls Farmers Lancaster County Fair Asso events at Warwick from 1887 to 1898, noting horse racing and notable winners and prizes including a trip to Washington, D. C. for Albert O Brackatt of Fruitland near Lititz and other prize juries and visitors at the fairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William FE. Fasnacht
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Geo. L. Hepp
William Hitner Fasnacht
Ideal
Cocoa and Chocolate Company
Fasnacht
Sherm. Fralich
Wissler’s Row
Warwick
Lancaster
Franch
Warwick House
Fratch
Norman Steffy
Lexington Hotel
San Domingo Creek
Steffy
Michael Engle
David Bear
William H. Thomas
Frederick
Henry Williams
Williams
Lititz
Belmont
George Souder
Brubaker
Harry Grazer
Philadelphia
Nathaniel Wolfe
Irene and
Blanche Todd
Amanda Longenecker
Levi R. Forney
Lime Rock
Ida Ault
Neffsville
J. F. Longenecker
Bertha Sesseman
Reading
Wm. R. Stephens
Michael Grazer
Richard
Catherine
Jacob Keener, Jr
Richmond
George Miller
Baltimore
N. A. Cuppy
Laura Hallacher
Lebanon
Herbert Doster
Agnes Adams
Alvin Rachel
Linnaeus Miley
Lebanon County
Curtis Becker
Hanover
W. D. Fichtthorn
Perce Kofreth
P. B. Kofroth
David P. Bricker
I. W. Bobst
Trenton
N. J
William Ravegum
Goshen
Ind
J. A Longenecker
Jos. W. Baker
West
Sherman Hacker
Lincoln
Henry Sturgis
H. H. Moore
Emma Greider
Martha Haebener
Howard Wagner
Detroit
Mich
Catharine Reinhold
Roy Yeiser
American Iron and Steel Co
Burd Adams
Charles
Elizabethtown
Charles H. Kreider
S. H. Doster
Doster
W. H. Muth
I. C. Long
J. W. Bittner
The
Lutheran Church
Mechanicsburg
Cumberland County
Horace, Jr
Virginia Yerger
H. W. Yerger
N. G. Yerger
Clayton Zaytman
Ambrose Malschnee
Lizzie Burkholder
Edna
Miriam Acher
Emily Eschbach
Princeton
Ill
Niagara Falls
William Edward Glenn
Akron
Ohio
Charles Rosenberg
Goldie
York Fair
Jeremiah Bowman
Edna Hippert
Julius Keller
Johnstown
Jay Sauders
Wm. Campbell
John Hess
Peter
Brubaker’s Cross Roads
Rothsville
Lancaster County Fair Association
H.H. Snavely
Wm. A. Sturgis
Pritz
East Petersburg
Oehme
Washington, D. C
Lancaster Fair
Albert O. Brackatt
Fruitland Farm
J. W. Bruckart
Minnesota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lewis Brownsweiger
Herman Underhoffer
Squire C. N. Derr
Furnace Hills
A. G. Hershey
Lewis Haines
Lititz Bretzel Co
Hess’ Meeting House
William Scott
Nathaniel Schenk
Gettysburg
Battlefield
Harrisburg
Hershey
Atwood Kreider
Mt. Hope
Rader
Kreider
Roy Pfantz
Front Street
Church
Zion
the Reformed Church
Brickerville
Lutz
Neftsville
Landisville
Andrew Gochenaur
W. W. Grosh
Manheim Township
Gochenaur
Elmer Bollinger
Murderer
New State Road
Linden Hall
Boston
Flavel R. Jordan, Jr
Bertha Wells
Carolyn Jordan
Habecker’s
Geo. L. Hepp’s
Phila. & Reading R. R
Florida
Ada Bomberger
Daytona Beach
Ormond
Aaron Shue
Shue
Siverling
Buckwalter
J. C. Brobst
Hubby
Harry Eby
Buch
William Oehme
Graybill Diehm
Charles Brobst
Athletics
New York
Diehm
Brobst
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