Local events and notices from Lititz area
A roundup of local happenings includes births ages and upcoming openings. A. H. Bomberger turns 2 today Jacob H. Bomberger adds a year tomorrow prices rise on coffee and gasoline drops to 19 cents a gallon. Two cement block houses rise on Locust street Levi Rudy builds them. Edward Heidrich to open a second fruit store at Manheim next week Madison Dietrich planning a grocery on Fast Main Street. Mrs Mabel Leib bruised arm after a chair tilt. W C T U rummage sale set for first week in November donations to Hepp Wike Guiles. Forney and Sheaffer farms offered at sale then withdrawn. St Pauls Lutheran sent 100 jars fruit and 50 jelly tumblers to Loysville Orphan’s Home. A trolley car purse goes missing between Lititz and Lancaster. owner and return expected.
Chestnuts and the Chestnut Blight
Chestnuts remain scarce and are shown as curiosities. Some new shoots sprouting from dead trees attract interest though experts doubt resistance will develop. Nature pushes to propagate, but the chestnut tree may never recover from blight.
Election Nov 4 in less than a month in Lititz
Election day nears as Lancaster county voters ready to cast ballots for president and a range of state and local offices including Congress State Senate and Assembly. The note urges participation and highlights the national importance of the forthcoming vote.
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Lititz
Lancaster County
Congress
Senate
Assembly
Meeting Called for Community Day in Lititz
A meeting to organize the Community Show at Lititz is set in the council chamber this Friday at 7 30 in the evening. Townspeople and agriculturists are urged to attend for a successful event. The Community Show will be held Friday October 31 and Saturday November 1.
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Lititz
Former Lititz Man Reported Missing
George Daebler of Lancaster reported to police that her husband is missing, last seen nearly two weeks ago when they planned to meet at Centre Square for shopping. He has an artificial foot, was a Lititz resident, and was married five years ago.
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Ers
George Daebler
Lancaster
Centre Square
George
Lititz
Daniel Dabler
Mrs Naomi Bomberger sails for world tour from Lancaster
Mrs Naomi Bomberger of Lancaster departs Sunday for San Francisco to join a tourist party and travel six months around the world. She has long been known as an extensive traveler. In Lancaster the Paramount Theatre at Lititz books top pictures, including King of Wild Horses and America, plus other titles like Why Worry, Girl Shy, When Knighthood Was in Flower, My American Wife, Prodigal Daughters, Suds, and The Love Light featuring stars such as Harold Lloyd Gloria Swanson Mary Pickford and more.
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Naomi Bomberger
Lancaster
San Francisco
Bomberger
Paramount Theatre
G. J. Kamm
Aldine Theatre
Lititz
Hat Roach
Third Dimension
D. W. Griffith
America
Harold Lloyd
Marion Davis
Gloria Swanson
Thomas Meighan
Mary Pickford
Mrs Wentworth Visiting Son in California
Mrs Margaret Wentworth visiting her son Grover and wife in Pittsburgh California. She will likely make her home with her son in California. Grover operates a fig orchard under government supervision to promote this new agricultural industry.
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Margaret Wentworth
Grover
Pittsburgh
California
Lititz inquiry on stranger selling wine last week
A reader cites a report that a stranger openly offered wine for sale in Lititz, questioning why the first recipient did not arrest him and asking how society would treat someone selling other stolen goods. The letter pleads for respect for the law.
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Lititz
Reedy Speaks at U S Rally Near White Oak
H G Reedy of Lititz spoke on Traveling at a Sunday School rally at Ruhl's church near White Oak. Funds raised paid for a Packard piano presented by Rev Hazier. Cornwell choir sang while David Hoke, formerly local, played four cornet solos. Reedy scheduled for Kinderhook and several other towns.
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Ruhl’s
Hazier
H. G. Reedy
Lititz
Cornwall Choir
David Hoke
This Place
Reedy
Kinderhook
Millersville
Lebanon
Allentown
Elizabethtown
Chevrolet 100 Hour Endurance Run Across Lancaster County
Local dealer John F. Longenecker stages a 106 hour endurance test of a Chevrolet car starting Tuesday 8 am from Penn Square Lancaster. Car runs day and night with drivers rotating every four hours, refueled only briefly. Objective to estimate mileage fuel and water use while visiting numerous county towns. End date Saturday at noon with display at Chevrolet showrooms Hast King and Duke streets.
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Chevrolet
John F. Longenecker
Penn Square
Lancaster
Mr. Longenecker
Lancaster New Era
New Tra
Carper Buys Half of Double Brick House on Orange Street
John Carper purchased half of a double brick house on Orange street from Ray Meiskey for about $6000. Possession is set for November 1. Mrs. Sarah Beechler will reside with Mr. and Mrs. Carper.
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John Carper
Orange Street
Ray Meiskey
Sarah Beechler
Rally Day Observed by United Evangelical Church
United Evangelical Church will observe Rally Day with an all day program. At 9 30 A M Rally Day exercises occur in Sunday school. At 10 30 A M an Old Folks Service is planned in the church. At 7 P M Harvest Home service will be held. Rev A W Warfel of Reading, a former pastor, will speak. Morning sermon will be in German with special music at all services.
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United Evangelical Church
A. W., Warfel
Reading
Lexington Hotel Proprietor Avoids Sentence Yet Again
Lexington hotel proprietor David L. Kirk, found guilty of liquor law violations, failed to appear for sentencing for the third time. He cannot be located, having allegedly left for Canada after selling or removing hotel furniture to satisfy bail.
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David L. Kirk
Lexington
Kirk
Canada
Quoits by a hair and antique bicycle spark Lititz memories
A Lititz reminiscence recounts two men playing quots for a win by a hair with a hair pulled from a head. The tale moves to orchard pests in winter with groundhogs gnawing saplings on the Snavely farm near Clay. It also notes David Beady introducing the high wheeled bicycle to Lititz, stirring town awe.
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Lititz
Lititz Students Enter County Spelling Contest
Lititz schools will contest in the Lancaster New Era sponsored county spelling Bee with $500 in prizes. The district bee is set for Oct 22 and the county championship on Nov 8. The week features inter class field events and reports strong attendance and discipline across grades.
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Lititz
Lancaster County
Lancaster New Era
Sweet Potatoes Bring a Good Price
Home raised sweet potatoes are selling around 1.50 a bushel, with best grade expected to bring more. Limestone lands yielded poorly due to wet soil, while gravel and sand soils produced prolific crops. Yields per acre typically match white potatoes, and prices vary little year to year. More care is needed in handling and storage as sweet potatoes spoil easily from cold and bruising starts decay.
Opening Modern Store on East Main Street
J M Dietrich announces Friday opening of a new East Main Street store in a recently erected building. The shop features a ventilating and lighting system, built in refrigerator, glass covered cases and bins, promoting sanitary methods of retailing edibles. Public inspection invited.
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East Main Street
J. M. Dietrich
Lititz
Mr. Dietrich
Good Weather Brings Hope for Farmers Corn Ripening Ahead
Warm dry spell promises corn drying and ripening after weeks of cool wet weather. Farmers feared frost that would have damaged semi hard corn. Early last week rain and wind tangled corn fields hindering cutting. Late tobacco may still ripen and some late cuts could improve condition. Tobacco topped and cut simultaneously in places, leaving buyers puzzled by the mixed harvest.
World Series watchers travel to Washington for game two
Isaac Graybill and Henry Hershey attended the second World Series game in Washington. William Ringer and Guy Hershey arrived without tickets and could not secure entry. The others bought box seats for 5.20 each, with tickets selling for 50 each. They left at 8 in the morning and returned by 11 30 at night.
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Isaac Graybill
Henry Hershey
Washington
William Ringer
Guy Hershey
Capitol
Butter tech Sundae at Burkholder’s Brant
A brisk note reports a hot Butter tech Sundae offered at Burkholder’s Brant. The item combines a creamy base with a crisp topping, promoted as a crowd pleaser in local food spots.
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Burkholder’s
Brant
Fisher Buys Hotel LaMar in Chambersburg
H H Fisher who runs a confectionery store buys Hotel LaMar in Chambersburg and will assume control November 1. The sun on the European plan features a large restaurant and a big garage to be rented by Fisher. His son in law Chester Ritchie and daughter move with the couple. Chambersburg population listed at 15 000.
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H. H. Fisher
LaMar
Chambersburg
Fisher
Chester Ritchie
Seven-Team Lancaster County League Opens December 2
The Lancaster County Basket Ball League for class A starts December 2 with six teams Manor Township Lititz Columbia Manheim Elizabethtown and Mt. Joy playing ten games each. The schedule lists matchups across December January February and March.
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Lancaster County
John Reckord
Manor Township
Lititz
Columbia
Manheim
Elizabethtown
Mt. Joy
Manor Two
Manor Twp
Ephrata Review Launches Forty Seventh Volume
The Ephrata Review began its forty seventh volume last week becoming one year younger than the Record. The paper emphasizes moral influence and town welfare, avoids veiling attacks, and regularly prints twelve pages of news. Father and son lead the publication, steering a paper deemed worth while for the town.
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The
Ephrata Review
Record
Review
Fire Prevention Day Observance Urges Community Action
A 1924 booklet outlines Fire Prevention Day on October 9 urging individual and collective citizen involvement to reduce state fire losses. It stresses prevention over firefighting, notes Lititz’s recent fire safety record, and urges continued precautions. The article also covers Society of Farm Women No 1 meeting at Rothsville where Sallie Mentner spoke on Women on the Jury and officers were elected.
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Lititz
Society of Farm Women No. 1
Jesse Weidler
Rothsville
Sallie Mentner
Ephrata
Alice Hess
David Sheaffer
Elsie Martin
Anna Erb
Isabelle Erhart
Society No. 2
Noy
Camp Fire Girls Resume Duties After Three Month Break
Camp Fire Girls returned to duties on Monday with full attendance including new members. Miss Rader proposed a Christmas schedule and a Community Show booth. Girls will craft and paint beautiful articles to thank supporters of their successful effort.
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Rader
Pfantz Bros
Travel notes bring many visitors to town in week
A stream of visitors and travelers are listed as spending time in the area. Robert E. Pfautz and Pfautz Brothers traveled to Baltimore. Neri Bushong and family visited. Warren Werner and family from Lebanon called on Harry Shewjer. William Stauffer and Edward Diehm listed among auto trip companions. Various locals, including hotel staff, church delegates, and business people, are noted visiting relatives, attending conventions, or moving residences, with several heading to Pittsburgh and Pasadena for events or rest.
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A. H. Bomberger
Jacob H. Bomberger
Locust Street
Levi Rudy
Edward Heidrich
Madison Dietrich
Fast Main Street
Mabel Leib
K. L. Hepp
John Wike
Mary Guiles
Lane Forney
Rothsville Station
Edwin Sheaffer
Elizabeth Township
Forney
Sheaffer
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Loysville Orghan’s
Saaturday
Wite
Blue Mountains
Jacob Eberly
Harold Weidman
Charles Hammer
Pottsville
Schuykill Haven
Pine Grove
St. Joseph’s Springs
Peiffer
C. C. Cammaut
Mrs. Wentworth
U. S
White Oak
Cheverolet
A. B
Lexington Hotel
Plantis
David Beady
Rickert & Hepp’s Academy
H.S
P. Seaber
I. Weidman
R. Longenecker
A. Snyder
Paul Seaber
R. Weaver
J. Steffy
Lester Stark
E. Reist
J. Muth
Mummert
Hackman
Reist
Muth
Seaber
Furlow Ebersole
Weaver
Fasnacht
Stark
Risser
Gibbel
Getz
Adaims
Wertsch
K. Gantz
K. Huber
W. Diehm
E. Martin
Lititz High
Ieague
Lititz High School
State Department
Arthur Mytin
Robert E. Pfautz
Pfautz Brothers
Baltimore
Neri Bushong
Morterey
Wellington Pfautz
Warren Werner
Harry Shewjers
William Stauffer
Spring City
Edward Diehm
N. A. Dietrich
Hotel Plaza
Atlantic City
Wm. H. Zartman
F. F. Groff
W. C. Kerns
Washington, D. C
Ww. H. Zartman
Dale Kilgore
Janet Marie
Woodbine, York Ci
G. L. Hepp
Solomon Weaver
East Petersburg
Joseph Zahm
C. Wm. Grosh
Louis Huebener
Benjamin Miller
Horace Eschbach
Moravian Church
Eastern District
Emazus
Maurice McCloud
William Mathers
Port Carbon
P. T. Brocius
Rev. Brocius
U. E. Church
A. Virginia Grosh
Mary Miksch
L. A. Weitzel
John
Gibble
Pasadena
Calif
Golden State
Agnes Adams
Red Lion Inn
Berks County
Thomas Brubaker
Brubaker
Nora Meily
W. M. Gromly
F. P. Blacke‘nore
Springs
Mr. Grom Ney
William B. Hornberger
Graham
Philadelphia
Walter I. Buch
Hornberger
Mr. Graham
J. F. Maurer
Mt.Holly Springs
Carlisle
South Broad Street
N.S. Myers
Maurer
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
James Leicey
S. J. Leicey
George Leicey
Brownstown
Lancaster Fair
N. C. Graham
Lionsville
George Miller
Jacksonville
Fla
Joseph Miller
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