Temperance Paper From 1879 Found By Jim Seaber
A February 1879 issue of The Young American, printed in Lititz by the Young Men's Temperance Society, was handed to James Seaber. The 6 by 9 inch eight page paper features temperance essays, local items, ads for J. F. Diehm and others, and jokes including a Kansas tombstone tribute to innocence.
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Jim Seaber
the Young American
Lititz
James Seaber
Young Men’s Temperance Society of
Town
Lyceum
J. F. Diehm
Corner
Broad and
Orange Streets
Warwick
Diffenderfer
Main St
Lititz Drug Store
H. H. Tshudy
Main Street
Kansas
Penryn Families Gather for Weekend Social Visits
A crowded list of Sunday and Saturday visits links Penryn residents with Brunnerville Hallville Manheim Reading Lititz Ephrata and Akron. Notable mentions include Mr and Mrs Carl V Weber serving as a Lancaster juror this week.
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James McMullen
Samuel Habecker
Brunnerville
Oscar Waltz
Hallville
Charles Yeagley
West Willow
Harry Aston
Sara
Lillian Yeagley
Manheim
Edward Yeagley
Rufus Kline
Isaac Adair
Anna Ditzler
Lititz
Harvey Fotter
McElroy
West Leesport
George Wisler
Lavern Coyle
Reading
Ellsworth Shank
Sallie Dichmn
Calie Biemesderfer
Guiles Showalter
John Showalter
Jean
Ephrata
Edward Zell
Samuel Becker
Plorin
Earl Dohner
Mae Leroy
Laverne Coyle
Small
John Biemes
Derfer
Harvey Ober
Robert
Donald
Brun
Alice Ober
Massons
Nerville
Allan Ober
Tersonville
Bev
F. A. Weichsel
Dititz
Harry Malschnee
Robert Biemesderfer
Florin
Harry Dohner
Akron
Cyrus Dohner
Harry Galebach
May Ellen
John Galebacn
Reuben Shelly
Kenneth
Elmer Zook
Millport
Marcus Sheetz
Arthur Weidman
Lorna
Jane Long
Robert Slagel
Carl V. Weber
Lancaster Courts
California Gold Rush of 1849 Sparks Global Gold Boom
The 1849 California gold rush unleashed a worldwide surge of mining interest. The Smithsonian Institution hosts artifacts related to the era and the discovery that sparked mass migration to the West.
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California
Smithsonian Institute
Miss Betty Leed Elected Social Chairman at State College
Miss Betty Leed of Front Street has been elected social chairman of the Women s Building at Pennsylvania State College where she is a junior. She is active with the hockey and swimming teams and studies home economics in the School of Education. She graduated from Lititz High in 1934.
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Betty Leed
J. M. Leed
Front Street
Pennsylvania State College
School of Education
Lititz High
Local Baby Clinic Held at Moravian Chapel
Ten babies attended the clinic led by nurse Miss Edna Miller last Wednesday afternoon at the Moravian Sunday School Chapel. Three new registrations included Nancy Ann Christener Benny Getz and Doris Lorraine Adair. Other attendees were Bruce Smith Shirley Adair Gayle Schreiner Elmer Helen Anna Ruhl and Sanda Jean Weit.
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Edna Miller
Nancy Ann Christener
Benny Getz
Doris Lorraine Adair
Bruce Smith
Shirley Adair
Gayle Schreiner
Elmer
Helen
Anna Ruhl
Sanda Jean Weit
RECORD Classified Atlvs. They Bring Results
Classified listings for Atlvs provide results through targeted ads. Readers find services, items, and opportunities in concise notices designed to connect buyers and sellers efficiently. Local merchants and residents rely on these brief entries to locate offerings quickly.
Marker Unveiled for Lititz Moravian Heritage Site
Historical Society marks site where Zinzendorf preached in December 1742 and Moravian ties to Lititz. Dr. Beck notes the house’s tavern past, 1739 land deed, and possible 1733-1740 build period. Klein’s 1754 farm gift and Lititz naming tied to Moravian refuge in Bohemia. Trombone choir and clergy-led ceremonies accompany the dedication.
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Zinzendorf
Lititz
H. H. Beck
the Historical Society
Jacob Hooker
Penn
Pennsylvania
Klein
Spring Head
Beck
Bohemia
Historical Society
Samuel Ranck
Grand Rapids, Mich
Ranck
de Schweinitz
Moravian Church
Sale Notice of School Real Estate in Warwick Township
On Saturday October 17 1936 at 1 30 PM at the new Brunnerville school building in Warwick Township Lancaster County Pa there will be sold school properties including a 1 story frame building with about an acre of land a 1 room brick building with about four acres two miles north of Lititz and a 1 room brick building two miles west of Lititz on the road to Manheim Terms will be announced by K L Shirk attorney for Warwick Township School District.
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Brunnerville
Warwick Township
Lancaster County
Lititz
Brickerville
Manheim
Public Sale of Two Lititz Real Estate Lots
On Thursday October 29 1936 the under signed will sell for debt payment two allotments of ground located 150 feet south of East Front Street Lititz Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Lot 1 fronts alley 45 feet and extends to the middle of the Reading and Columbia Railroad 45.05 feet rear width. Lot 2 fronts alley 45 feet extends to the railroad and rear width 77.5 feet. Each lot has a one story frame dwelling. Auction at two o'clock P M terms and conditions to be announced by Harry J Snavely Auct with Joseph B Wissler Att Pr 3to15.
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Orphans’ Court of Lancaster Co
East Front Street
Borough of
Lititz
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Reading and Columbia Railroad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vimar
Penryn
Ternoon
Milton Miller
Tvvin Miller
Gerald and
Celia Ann
Benjamin Miller
Lititz Furniture CO
Custom Built Furniture
East Orange Street
Baby Clinic
Garfield
Garfield Tea
Garfield Tea CO
Dept. C
Brooklyn
Wertsch’s
John George Klein
Lancaster
Warwick Two. School Dist
K. L. Shirk
Att’y. Btolb
Arceticas
Chas. E. Krick
East Main Street
Elmer K. Adams
Clayton E. Adams
Harry J. Snavely
Joseph B. Wissler
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