Local Notes Highlight County Life And Markets
Typhoid sickness hits Luther Neidermyer while John Longenecker displays two Imperial six cylinder autos at Reading fair. Lancaster hospital treats Mrs Masser and Mrs Gable as corn harvest underperforms. Reading brewing case seeks $262.50 from Eli Redeau. Drivers’ rights enforcement cited as auto accidents rise. Veterans head to Coatesville for reunion. Lititz shops run a one week bargain sale. Farmer Frank Gantz brings a 53 pound turnip. Schoolchildren and Linden Hall pupils enjoy chestnut outings. Parent teachers’ association plans Oct 16 meeting with officer elections. Trespass notices printed in the RECORD office. Gettysburg battlefield excursion planned via P R railroad. Potatoes yield high per acre. Trimmer’s store expands. Farmers Institute to be held Dec 1 2. Anniversary to Fry and wife celebrated. Letters uncalled for at Lititz P D. Ladies Auxiliary re-elects officers. Zoological Garden excursion and Phillies game attendance noted. Local baseball fans follow World Series. Store partnership dissolves. Wolle estate resumes control. Wolfe family to relocate to Indianapolis. Springs hotel improvements begin with a large cesspool and rock blasting. Royal garage renamed Lititz Garage with new machinery and auto agency. Warwick House sale reports varied prices for farm produce and animals. New trial ordered in fence dispute Kissinger versus Andrews. Frost touches market: poultry brisk, butter eggs and vegetables sold. chestnuts scarce, pears and grapes in demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther
H. 5
Neidermyer
John F. Longenecker
Reading
F. A. Masser
Kate Gable
Lancaster General Hospital
A. E. Burkholder
Deppen Brewing Company
Eli Redeau
Millway
Stevens Post No
Coatesville
Central Association of Veterans
Leaman & Leed
Lititz Springs
Frank Gantz
Pine Hill
Linden Hall Seminary
Parent-teachers’ Association
Gettysburg Battle Field
Tepton Orphans’ Home
Lititz
Fred Keller
Lime Rock
Farmers’ Institute
State Department of Agriculture
J. W. Bruckart
H. P. Fry
Clement Badorf
Jno. Leiders
Kate G. Ober
E. T. Weaver
Michael King
H. §. Kissinger
Henry Rollson
E. J. Keller
Christian Landis
Abram Strickler
A. G. Guiles
Philadelphia and Reading
Zoological Garden
Philadelphia
Phillies
Boston
Phils
Irwin Smith
Broad Street
Smith
Boston Red Sox
H. E. Roy
G. G. Diehm
Ralph Diehm
Ray Shott
Morris Mearig
Carl Meiskey
Morris McCloud
Samuel Drybread
Harry Rudy
C. G. Spickler
Nathaniel
Theodore Wolle
R. N. Wolle
East Main Street
Nathaniel Wolfe
Middle West
Indianapolis
Ind
Springs
Brubaker Bros
Royal Garage
South Broad Street
Harry Brubaker
Wayne Zartman
Empire
McFarlin Autos
Warwick House
Death of Mrs Rafala Kauffman in Rothsville area
Last summons notes the death of Mrs. Rafala Kauffman 74 years 10 months 22 days in Locust street borough after a year of illness. Widow of Jacob M. Kauffman she resided in Owl Hill and is survived by five daughters two sons 14 grandchildren and as many great grandchildren. Funeral was from Mrs Adams home to New Zion Rothsville with Rev J A Heitler and H P Hagner officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rafata Kauffman
Jacob M. Kauffman
Agnes Adams
Locust Street
Michael Hornberger
Hahnstown
Owl Hill
Warwick Township
Kauffman
Isaac W. Buch
Akron
Agnes Adame
Lititz
Wilson Sweigart
Mechanicsburg
Rolandus
Landis Valley
William
Neffsville
Adams
New Zion Church
Rothsville
J. A. Heitler
H. P. Hagner
Woman Suffrage Bell Tour Captures Lititz Streets
A suffrage procession led by Burgess Milford Marks carried the Woman Suffrage Liberty Bell through Lititz. Miss Adella Potter and Dr. Mary Wolfe spoke at the public fountain after a midday rally, as the bell tours Pennsylvania ahead of the November vote. The fundraiser bell, cast in Troy, N Y, will reach all counties by May 1 and return to Philadelphia by October 22 for a large demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Marks
Old
Lititz
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Burgess Milford Marks
Adella Potter
Brooklyn
N. Y
Miss Potter
Mary Wolfe
State Board of Public Charities of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Katherine Ruchenberger
Strafford
Obituary notices from Springville and nearby towns
Deaths include Elizabeth Myers 24 in Springville from tuberculosis and Miss Anna Landis 64 from dropsy at Brethren Home near Neffsville. Other items note Jacob Bomberger's 55th birthday, Mrs Beckler birthday, and 74 year old Mrs Perry fracturing her left arm after a fall at Lincoln Avenue home. services held at local Brethren churches and cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Aldus Myers
Springville
Lincoln
Anna B. Landis
Brethren Home
Neffsville
Mechanicsburg
Isaac S
Lydia Landis
Brethren Church
Israel
Witmer
Aaron B
Rohrerstown
Amos
Fruitville
Sarah B
Elam Rohrer
Harper
Kan
Mellinger's
Jacob B. Bomberger
Lincoln Avenue
Sarah M. Beckler
John Perry
Annie Perry
Lititz to Host New Dorp Delegates Next Summer
Organizing Lititz club plans for a Moravian Christian Endeavor convention to be held here next summer. Fourteen people from New Dorp Staten Island have started saving 25 cents weekly to cover car fare and entertainment for the visit. Visitors are expected to be warmly welcomed and to enjoy their Lititz trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian
Christian Endeavor
New Dorp
Staten Island
N. Y
Lititz
Family of Squirrels Returns to Attic This Fall
Wilson Scheneberger of South Broad Street found two red squirrels in his attic about a year ago. After capture and destruction the nuisance seemed over, but this fall a new brood of five red squirrels has moved in, continuing the unwanted occupancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Sheneberger
South Broad Street
Mr. Scheneberger
Travel notes show region’s social moving about the week
A long list of callers and visitors visits towns around Lititz Lancaster and Reading. Names include Mrs Thomas Heap and two children, Mr Chas Gibbes, Lester Furlow, Dr D A Long, Miss Lydia Hess, Jacob Shirker, Bessie Newpher, and many more. Several trips to New York Reading Philadelphia and other locales are noted along with a reminder sale at W H Buchs offering ten percent off for cash on Saturday October 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Heap
York
Chas. Gibbes
Lancaster
Lester Furlow
Spring City
Joseph Dreifus
Philadelphia
Lititz
D. A. Long
John A. Long
Bowmanaville
Lydia
Selinda Hess
Reading
William Thome
Elizabethtown
W. M. Grobe
Jacob Hearing
Ephrata
Salinda Hearing
F. W. Stengel
Linden Hall Seminary
Emaus
Easton
E. B. Barr
Lowery
Caroline Grosh
Allegro Baker
Marietta
D. Wal. Evans
Horace Martin
Manheim
T. D. Martin
H.H. Holtahouse
Chester
Norman Showers
David Fass
Showers
E. G. Witters
Tremont
Peter Grabill
Fruitville Pike
George Sassaman
Tamaqua
David Metter
New Ringgold
Schuylkill County
John Wetter
Charles L. Hacker
Charlotte Hacker
Raymond and
Trezah Weickel
F. A. Weicksel
Mechanicsburg
Lyda Wammer
W. H. Muth
A. R. Bomberger
Bedford Springs
Pittsburgh
Erie
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Augustus G. Weasel
United Zion
New England
J. H. Breitigan
Daniel Breitigan
Fairland
Gettysburg
Whitman
New York State
General Webb
H. D. Long
New York
Long
F. A. Clayberg & Co
Lititz Wins Banner for Excellence in Junior Chautauqua
The Chautauqua Association of Swathmore Pennsylvania awarded Lititz youths the banner for excellence and conduct after competition with 13 other towns. Lititz junior leader Miss Helen Marr and assistant Miss Margaret McIntosh oversaw the effort as the group visits 14 towns during Chautauqua Week. The program expands annually with Junior Winter Clubs and a Washington Agriculture Department tie in, guiding boys and girls through engaging work and play until next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua Association
Swathmore
Pennsylvania
Lititz
Helen Marr
Margaret McIntosh
Towson
Newtown
Lykens
Glen Cove
Milford
W. Va
Roanoke
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Auto Crashed Into Team Near Neffsville And More
A Brubaker Bros. auto collided with a Neffsville bound team when Brubaker attempted to pass. Mr. and Mrs. Kofroth were thrown. he was bruised and the horse injured. Rev. Longenecker’s car struck a three girl team near Union Square. the horse died, all riders uninjured. Raymond Binkley suffered a broken ankle after an auto struck him while unloading corn fodder. Also an ad promises a Saturday bargain at W H Buch’s with ten percent off for cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Brubaker
Brubaker Bros
Royal Garage
Neffsville
Lancaster and
Lititz Pike
Oregon
Harry Kofroth
Brubaker
Kofroth
Witmer
Harry Bender
L. B. Longenecker
Union Square
Rapho Township
Raymond Binkley
Hellman's Row
J. Clayton Brubaker
Binkley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henderson
Common Pleas Court
William Kissinger
Franklin Andrews
Andrews
Kissinger
Rafala Kauffman
John H. Ware
Hunsecker’s Mill
W. T. Wenninger
Holler & Merc
Jacob Charles
Lancaster R. D
Chevrolet
Henry Ditzler
Schoeneck
John Burkholder
Denver
Benjamin Hershey
Royal Mail
E. L. Garber
Dr. J. L. Winters
Blue Ball
Dr. Winters
Delaware Bay
New Jersey
Atlantic
U. S. Navy
Mrs. Aldus Myers
Landis
Lititz Club
W. H. Buch’s
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