Memorial Plot Marks Longsought Burial Site for Soldiers
The Lititz area used a makeshift hospital in 1778 1779 for Washington Army wounded after Brandywine. About 120 privates died. 110 buried near E Main Street with a planned memorial plot later marking the graves. Bones indicate officers were buried in the cemetery while privates were interred in trenches elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berk
Dover
Washington
Brandywine
Lititz
Beck
A. R. Beck
Prof. Beck
E. Main Street
John
Leerst Street
Lancaster school head leads Lititz Rotary on youth training
Gress, superintendent of the Lancaster city schools, addressed Lititz Rotary on training boys and girls to make the best use of their lives and talents. Two visitors and a guest attended the weekly meeting at General Sutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi. &. Gress
Lancaster
Lititz
Indian marker unveiling honors Nanticoke history in Lancaster
Dr. Harry F. Bender delivers address at To town ceremony unveiling a bronze tablet on a large boulder marking the site where Nanticoke Indians once lived about a hundred years ago. Milton Eberly leads the program and Indian demonstrations follow as 400 attendees gather despite rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Bender
HT. Beck
Lancaster County Historical Society
Milton Eberly Saul Kathryn Brubaker
Indiantown Mennonite Church
Dorcas Class to Run Two Show Stands at Community Show
The Dorcas Class of St. Pauls Lutheran Sunday School will operate two booths at the Community Show next week one on East Main Street and the other at the former Longenecker Garage. The sale was decided at a Tuesday night meeting at Mrs. Ernest McCrdioughs home. Purchases of altar cloths for the church were approved and light refreshments were served after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorcas
St. Paul’s Lutheran Sunday School
Iwo
East Main Street
Longenecker
Ase
Ernest Mc Crdiough
East Front Street
Hints for Homemakers by Jane Rogers
Hints for Homemakers discusses practical kitchen and home tips. It notes better preparation for a man in a noisy setting and suggests gradual furnishing of a room with period reproductions to fit budget and style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Rogers
Jencu
Not Solid Happiness in Chinatown Says Ai Ho Ige
Ai Ho ige, quoted by the Washington Star, warns that happiness rests on faith rather than doubt, arguing that reliance on disbelief undermines lessons learned from experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ai Hoige
Chinatown
Washington Star
Public Real Estate Sales by Administrators Andrews Myers
Public sale notices list two events. On October 22 schedule at 2 PM a sale of real estate and property of late Andrew Myers at 466 East Main Street conducted by Henry and Roy Myers as administrators. On November 5 at 1 PM a sale of real estate and personal property at 104 South Spruce Street Lititz by Mrs Anna H Keller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Myers
E. Main St
Henry and
Roy Myers
Broad St
Lititz
H. Wm. Zeller
Spruce Street
Anna H. Keller
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I. M. M. Richards
The
Lebanon County Historical Society
Cereb P. Wolf
Ue Society
Ok Sale
South Broad St
Roy B. Kneeburg
LEH
Lexington
Liberty Street
Geo. L. Keith
EL Lincoln Ave
Lititz Pa
Agen Fir
Annie Munde
Reng
Nome
ARS
Myryle Groff
Russ Main Street
Lip
Lincoln Ave
Record Office
Agnes Keath
Haarlem
Mill & Market
Peon Dale Farm
Homer Heistand
C. M. Snavely
Chevrolet Sales and Service
Warwick House
Lancaster County Cowboy Jug Band
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