Pressing notices from Lititz and global rail dreams
Advertisers are urged to send notices with writer details for guaranteed publication as press schedules run Thursday mornings. The editorial notes a trend of foreign-born residents racing to war, while Greeks are imagined to return to fight. The piece comments on the campaign, Taft, Wilson, and Teddy, with optimism about crops and rail traffic, and then predicts a November awakening. It ends by discussing Canada’s transcontinental links and a proposed global P and O–style system by the Canadian Pacific Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Taft
Wilson
Denver
Teddy
United States
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Halifax
Vancouver
Hongkong
China
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
P. & O. Line
England
Expert Drummer Wylie Aiken Joins Rothsville Band
An English drummer named Wylie Aiken, recently added to Beck's concert band, attracted attention for his bass drum work. Aiken, a traveling cigar maker now in Rothsville, is a first class musician famed for the snare and comes from a musical lineage. The piece also mentions Jake Borror’s Bull Moose band, whose debut serenade mishap left the groom and guests waiting and the band members unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck
Wylie Aiken
Aiken
Rothsville
Mr. Borror
Pennville
Jake
Billy
Local notices of visits and events in Lancaster area
Correspondents note many Lancaster and surrounding residents spent Sundays visiting family and friends in towns such as Lititz Manheim and Akron. Events include Lutheran Reformation services Oct 31 a poultry thief rumor a Nettsville visit and a funeral at White Oak church for Mrs Jacob Habecker with Rev Bittner services. Local rallies and nuptial gatherings are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Miller
Lancaster
Thos. H. Erb
Clarence
Anna Belle
Fairland
Susan Young
Geo. Frogress
Frank Ressler
Walter Sturgis
Lititz
D. D. Butter
Baltimore
Cigarmakers’ Union
Paul Krafft
Warwick
C. B. Hertzler
Amos Shenk
Manheim
Amos Martin
Peter Keller
Mamie Leib
Fred Brookmyer
Fruitville
Henry Fry
Robert
Mabel
Mamie
Cora
Isaac Dillman
C. C. Kofroth
John Johnson
Harry Johnson
Akron
John Sperau
A. G. Fassnacht
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Milton Huncberger
Brownstown
Harry Myers
Albert Hostetter
M. S. Hallacher
Lutheran Sunday School
Graybill Hossler
Nettsville
Abram Earhart
Calathampians
Henry Habecker
Fahnestock
Jacob Habecker
White Oak
Bittner
Kissel Hill
Jacob Hershey
Akron Notes Highlights and Local Events
Miss Lillian Roether celebrates thirteenth birthday with nearly one hundred friends at her North Eleventh Street home. The High School Literary Society tests Friday evening, revival meetings open Saturday at Brethren Church led by Rev. Isaac H. Taylor. Elder John Myers and wife visited the Witmyers. A Democratic mass meeting at Disston hotel Friday plans a Wilson and Marshall pole raising with speakers B F. Davis C G Bassler and L N Spencer. Petersburg band to provide music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Roether
Rufus Roether
North Eleventh Street
Literary Society
Brethren Church
Isaac H. Taylor
Neffsville
John Myers
Lititz
Daniel S. Witmyer
Disston Hotel
Wilson and
Marshall Pole
B. F. Davis
C. G. Bassler
L. N. Spencer
Petersburg
Colonial Theatre Delights Lancaster Crowds This Week
Townspeople returning from the county fair in Lancaster found the Colonial Theatre a highlight of their trip. The venue offers popular five ten and fifteen cent Keith shows and drew big crowds. This week opened with strong talent and promises another strong lineup featuring the Yoscanny Japs, W Stanley James and Company in Bixby's Baby, Alf Ripon the ventriloquist, Doncourt and Mack, and new moving pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Colonial Theatre
Colonial
Keith
W. Stanley James & Company
Woman Dies By Own Action Near Ruhl's Church
Mrs Olivia Bitner wife of Jacob A Bitner of Lancaster died by self inflicted fire at her brother Clayton Ober's home in Rapho township near Ruhl's A B church. She had been an invalid for years and recently moved from Lancaster to her brother's home. Matches lit her clothing and she was left briefly alone. Neighbors fought flames as the house was saved. Funeral held Thursday at Hornley's Church near Manheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivia Bitner
Jacob A. Biter
Lancaster
Clayton Ober
Rapho Township
Ruhl’s
A. B. Church
Ober
Bitther
Aaron Ober
Hornley’s Church
Manheim
Why Vote for a Change During Prosperity and High Prices
A pro prosperity argument notes farmers and manufacturers gain from high prices, wages rise, and widespread employment follows. It warns that drastic changes or anti Taft legislation could trigger panic, reduce food and clothing prices, and threaten jobs and output. The piece urges sticking with McKinley era guidance and avoiding risky experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
We'll Buy Your Sewed Carpet Rags and Rugs
We will buy sewn carpet rags and offer credit for them toward rags carpets or other merchandise. Velvet rugs 9x12 feet priced at 15 dollars in floral and conventional patterns. Linoleum inlaid grades from 1.25 to 1.50, sizes 3 to 8 square yards, suitable for vestibules kitchens and bathrooms. Great bargains.
Window Shades and Curtains Offerings at Bargain Prices
Readable advertisement lists Good Window Shades at 25¢ each, six-foot length and ready to hang. Best grade oil shades at 50¢ with color choices and good rollers. American lace curtains 40 inches by 3 yards offered at $1 per pair. Fifty-inch furniture coverings cords and tapestries priced 40¢ to $1.50 per yard.
Watt & Shand's offers full dress fabric lines for winter
Real cold weather nears and Watt & Shand's promotes a wide range of dressmaker fabrics. All-Wool Poplins 36 inches wide cost 50 cents a yard, All-Wool French Serges 54 inches wide 1.50 a yard, and All-Wool Diagonal 54 inches wide 1.75 a yard. The shop touts durability, color options, and suitability for dresses, coats, and children's garments with medium to heavy weights in blue shades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watt & Shand’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. F. Buch
Lititz Pa
Bull Moose
Rotasville
Brusnerville
LTS
Simon Meek
Lititu
Oscar Spayd
Mary Flory
Edna Young
E. G. Geyer
Harry M. Meily
Ephrata
U. B
P. C. Kline
Horace Biemesderfer
Frank R. Diehm
Elm
Harvey Weber
Sallie Biemesderfer
Penryn
Penryn Pennings
Akron Notes
Democratic Rally
The
McKinley
Adv
E. Main Street
Lititz, Pa
Watt & Shand
Corner Square
East King Street
Penna
Garnet Kersey
Blue
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