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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1921
Page
4
Entered at Litily Pennsylvania Post Office as second alaze moetter with unclear handwriting and fragmentary wording leaving the precise action and identity uncertain.
Berk County plans stream beautification with five thousand trees along the Tulpehocken and other rivers. The Conestoga shows old trees and quiet banks attracting anglers and campers. Lititz Creek is criticized for pollution with increasing sewage. Linden Hall Seminary previously disposed waste into the stream, a disposal system failing. The piece urges halt of waste and return of the creek to natural beauty.
Merchants and residents of Annville formed a welfare league to act as a local chamber of commerce and press a plan to raise 160000 in subscriptions to stock a shoe factory. The move seeks to expand earning power and population, with the slogan Ten Thousands Inhabitants.
A Rash YOUTH report describes a seventeen year old who ends his life after a jilting romance. The piece contrasts youth and maturity, notes men in court cases regret romance, and urges younger readers to focus on other concerns for personal good.
Sunday entertainment at the L B Wiest residence drew many visitors from surrounding towns. Guests included Norman and Dorothy Graybill of Neffsville, Raymond Balmer of Ephrata, Oscar Kurtz and Harry of Denver, Joseph Balmer, Christ Wiest and Clarence, Mamie Eberly, Anna Mary Balmer, Zach and Sam L E Ferry, and others. The new home built by Sam L Snyder of Denver hosted the gathering amid visits from J K Beard and friends from Philadelphia.
A collection of social visits reports from Lexington and nearby towns. Families including Mease, Stark, Kline, Miley, Crouse, Todd, Sturgis, Kreider, Hoover, Bru baker, Metzler, Dommeyer, Hornley, Markley, Longenecker, and Zartman are listed as visiting relatives and friends at Hammer Creek Lititz York Read ing Mount Joy East Petersburg and other local communities on Sunday. The item closes with Mrs Monroe Zartman harvesting saffron flowers from a 12 by 18 foot bed on a Saturday morning.
Visitors from Lancaster Moonsville and Durlach are highlighted along with local farming husking good crops. The Hallville store urges stove pipe purchases. A wedding at 212 South Broad Street features Christian M Snavely and Marion G Holtzhouse, with a journey to Buffalo Niagara Falls and the Hudson after a ceremony conducted by Rev W K Fleck.
Local notes record a flurry of visits and trips around Lititz and nearby towns. Families from Harrisburg, Reading, Erie, Buffalo Springs, Shenandoah, and Albion visit Lititz residents, while others travel to Sunbury, Shamokin, Bloomsburg, and Pottsville. Several civic and church figures attend services. real estate changes include the sale of a Lititz home and land transfers. A birthday dinner is noted for Rev. Harvey Eberly and shipping of local guardianship cases is recorded.
Harvey Nitnier died at his Pine Hill home Sunday at 5 a m from tuberculosis after a year long illness. A 25 year old farmer born in East Hempfield township he belonged to United Brethren church at Neffsville. He is survived by his wife Stella Horning, parents Ezra and Mary Nitnier, two daughters Dorothy and Esther, numerous siblings and is buried after services at the parents home and Neffsville United Brethren church. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) Also Sallie Zartman of Lincoln dies at 81 with daughter Lizzie and three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at the house with Rev. Fogelman. Potatoes report mixed with sweet potato crop doing well this year. Isaac W. Stoner reports three pound sweets dug from Lititz route No. 2.
The Record announces arrangements with Bonnet Brown Company of Chicago to provide an advertising service. Expert artists copywriters and advertising staff will be available to merchants and advertisers. High quality illustrations and trade arguments from top firms will boost the paper’s appearance and pulling power. The editors invite a convenient showing of the new service, aiming to elevate the paper to a leading local publication.
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