Lititz Pictorial: Autumn Sorrows and Seasonal Hopes
A collage of community notes on fall harvests and events in Lititz. Persimmon and pear crops are plentiful. chestnuts are wormy. apples are abundant. pumpkin pies shine. a community day pear exhibit and a fair are planned. Talks of school, teachers’ institute, and local debates color the season. Tramps, game hunting mishaps, prohibition chatter, and Sugar stock cautions appear alongside comments on road rest days and the changing mood of autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Fire Destroys Villa Cara Near Petersburg
A blaze destroyed Villa Cara the Groff home at Miller's Mill between Neffsville and East Petersburg on Monday afternoon. The fire started in the wash house and spread to the main stone structure, despite neighbor efforts to save the second floor. Fire departments from East Petersburg Lititz Manheim Rohrerstown Nettsville and Lancaster assisted. the house, a Revolutionary era stone building long owned by the Groff family, was gutted with most clothing ruined and only the walls remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa Cara
Albert B. Groff
Miller
East Petersburg
Lititz
Manheim
Rohrerstown
Nettsville
No. 8
Lancaster
Lancaster Company
Groff
Infant boy murder case shocks Ephrata community
Sixteen year old Sadie Wolf, a school girl and church choir member, confessed to killing her infant son found in an Ephrata cesspool. Details describe wrapping the body in a towel, three days on a balcony, then disposal. Coroner and local officials faced questions as DA Rehm pressed the case. The mother and witnesses reveal tense family links and missing paternity, with further developments expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata
Sadie Wolf
Jegog
Miller
Mentzer
Squire Jacoby
Rehm
Mary Nessinger
Wolf
Nessinger
Jacob Nessinger
Brickerville
Lititz
Sturgis House
Milton Hacker
A Modern Home on Fairview Street near Mount Joy
This Lime rock tract offers six acres and nineteen perches of productive limestone land with eleven modern poultry houses including a 16 by 45 structure. A seven room stucco cottage with vapor heating, electric power, and well with pump sits amid a spacious lawn and fruit trees. Frontage 500 feet, suitable for five modern homes. Sale begins at 1 PM on October 2.
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Fairview Street
Mount Joy
Penna. R. R
Warwick Grange Hosts Manor Grange Meeting at Rothsville
The Warwick Grange entertained Manor Grange at the Rothsville auditorium on Monday evening. Twenty five visiting members attended. Plans were laid for an exhibit at the Lititz Community Show and attendance at the Pomona Grange gathering in Reinhold's in early November. The literary program featured Mrs. Benjamin Miller. Talks covered Home Laundry, time of year for fish, seed corn selection and storage, corn cob uses, Home Supplies, storing fruit and vegetables, with a question on when knives were first used asked by Kathryn Stauffer. Vocal selections were presented.
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Warwick Grange
Manor Grange
Rothsville
Busin Sions
Lititz
Pomona Grange
Reinhold’s
Benjamin Miller
John B. Long
John Bruckart
David Rickert
Sara Long
Anna Levan
Lester Miller
J. W. Bruckart
B. L. Miller
A. G. Mercia
O. J. Deamer
Michael Hess
Cullen Carpenter
John Long
Kathryn Stauffer
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Long & CO
Lylitz, PA
America
Richland
Picnie
Boston
Brinser
Cope
ASCO
Brazil
Calif
Cocor
Baker’s
Coconu
Asco Mustard
Vietor
Santa Clara Prunes
East Main Street
Petersburg
Pfantz Bros
New York State
Leaman & Leed
Lititz, PA
Ens Eare
Burkholder
Ben. U. Heiss Neffsville, PA
Manor
Royal Stoves
Columbian
Il Te
J. Leicey
D. C
Palmer
North Broad Street
Bell
Lititz Springs
Nat'l Bank Capital
Superior
J. F. Longenecker
Litita, PA
Rimmer’s Store News
Clark’s
American Steel Wool
N. E. OC
R. M
Trimmer
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