Elections and notices fill quiet local page
Banks close on election day. Mrs Harvey Krick dislocated her shoulder at home on Orange street. Ellen Kauffman of Penryn left $600 to White Oak Lutheran and Reformed church. Farmers National Bank declares 23 percent semi annual dividend payable November 1. Local hunters bag fourteen grey squirrels last Friday. Post 517 G A R inspection planned November 7 by Post 4 Lancaster. Funerals for E K Burkholder and Mrs Catherine Erb attended in region. D G Witmyer shipped Red Pile Game Bantams to Stockton Cal for Panama show. Lights at fountain irregular due to clockwork issue. Lititz Lodge fall initiatory work begins Monday. Mrs Amelia H Schmaltz to visit Morning Star Temple November 3. A late storm with rain passes. last such storm this year. Rome hotel reopens under Frank Christ. license may transfer. Reader asks about bonds or auto. advice favors tillable land. Deputy Wim Snavely warns dogs at night to stop illegal rabbit hunting. Public sale Friday of 36 acre Clay township farm, Ella L Moore and Albert R Landis owners. Clarence Burgderfer performs star course at Linden Hall with religious and social references. Teacher Training graduation held at Neffaville and here. certificates awarded to Ada Mae Schnerer, Kate Amer, Frances Weber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Krick
Orange Street
Ellen Kauffman
Penryn
Lutheran and Reformed
White Oak
Farmers National Bank
U. S. Deip
Frank Rader
S. E. Lane
Samuel
Stevens
D. H. Helshue
Lititz Lodge No
I. C. O. Fli
AML
Amelia H. Schmaltz
Philadelphia
Grand Templar
Pennsylvania
Morning Star Temple
Ladies of the Golden Eagle
Rome
George Shreiner
Frank Christ
Shreiner
Christ
Asthecriber
Wim. Snavely
Snavely
Clay Township
Elser
Middle Creek
Ella L. Moore
Albert R. Landis
Clarence Burgderfer
Linden Hall
Neffaville
Geo. D. Clarke
Ada Mae Schnerer
Kate Amer
Frances Weber
General Election Next Tuesday in Warwick Borough
The town gears up for a general election next Tuesday with polling at Springs hotel from 7 AM to 7 PM. Voters will elect eight Superior Court judges plus a full slate of county and borough officers including district attorney prothonotary sheriff treasurer and school directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Town
Warwick
Springs Hotel
Superior Court
Court of Common Pleas
Imposter Armenian Collector Fleeces Lititz Residents
A man calling himself George Josephs sought funds for Armenian relief, but Dr. Yereman, visiting Lititz, found the collector could not speak Armenian. The burgess ordered him to leave, revealing a history of supposed Armenian fundraisers and local concern over imposters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Josephs
Lititz
Yereman
Warwick House Semi Monthly Public Sale Draws Crowd
The Warwick House held a semi monthly sale last Saturday with strong turnout. About 70 shouts and pigs and a range of prices from 3.20 to 8.10 for pigs and 1.30 to 2.50 for sucking pigs. Potatoes sold at 40 cents per bushel with no selects. Chickens brought 55 and 60 cents. Carriages selling at 1.15 and 46 dollars. A spring wagon went for 75 cents and another for 4.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Death notices for Jacob Shoemaker and Catherine Erb
Death of Jacob Shoemaker at 8:30 AM aged 71 years with Civil War service noted. Funeral plan set for Sunday at the local U B church and Hopeland U B Church with interment in the adjoining cemetery. Catherine Erb dies at home of uraemic paralysis aged about 93. funeral from Brubaker home and Erb's church with multiple ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Shoemaker
East Front Street
Shoemaker
Brunnerville
Peter Shoemaker
Co. M
Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Stevens Post
Anna Shearp
Warwick
United Brethren Church
Henry Shoemaker
Hopeland
Frederick
Canton
Anderson
James
U. B
S. G. Haas
Hopeland U
Shoop
Famous Actor Who Took Part of Christ in Passion Play
A report details actor Anton Lang who played Christ in the Oberammergau Passion Play being killed in battle. His cousin Alois Lang, a Manitowoc wood carver, helped craft a church lectern found in Lititz, presented by W. M. Amer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Oberammergau
Anton Lang
Lang
Alois Lang
Manitowoc
Wis
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lititz
W. M. Amer
Rabbit season opens Monday with Nimrods eager for hunt
The town braces for rabbit hunting as November 1 opens the season. Be alert to a 10 rabbit daily limit under law. Farmers post trespass notices reducing hunting spots, while locals prepare beagle packs and late-night trips to favorite grounds. Also notes new dental equipment in Dr. Lane’s office and Halloween plans on Saturday with costumes and celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Lane
Travel notes on visits and movements around Lititz area
Residents and guests travel widely and visit family and friends across Lancaster, Reading, Philadelphia, and beyond. Names include Miss Margaret Potts and families from New York and Chicago. Rev. E A Hagen in New York. Mrs. Kate Long from Disston. Mr. Atlee Burkholder of Reading. and others from Akron Berlin Canada Hershey and Laurel Del. The column records several weekend visits, hotel stays, and a fiftieth wedding anniversary in Strasburg plus local business trips related to Stiffel Freeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Potts
New York
E. L. Garber
Nellie Marks
Lancaster
Lititz
Sarah M. Beckler
Philadelphia
Eugene Keller
Grace Keller
Irwin Frantz
Walter Smith
Henry Sturgis
Sherman Hacker
Lincoln
Kate Long
Disston
Walter Sturgis
Harvey Spang
Neffsville
Spang
Roy Yeiser
Hershey
P. L. Yeiser
Katherine Bauman
Howard Young
Atlee Burkholder
Reading
Amos Burkholder
Bessie Young
Sadie Roger
Grant Buchter
Francis Hagen
Chanceford
York County
G. L. Hepp
John Kilhefner
Miller Deitrich
Akron
Arthur Guiney
Bernice Harding
Chicago
Ill
Laurel
Del
David P. Bricker
I. W. Bobst
Catharine Graybill
H. C. Seldomridge
Allentown
Hagen
Moravian Synodical Hymnbook Committee
New Dorp
Staten Island
Lebanon
Ira Good
John Troutwein
Elmer Adams
Charles Ruth
Milton Weidman
Child
Weidman
Amos Reel
John White
Honey Brook
Alvin Keller
Reel
Keller
Paul Evans
D. Wal, Evans
John
Harry Bender
W. KK. Bender
Strasburg
D. B. Betzner
Berlin
Ontario
Canada
Jonas Hess
John Snyder
Simeon Brubacher
Jacob H. Bomberger
John Benger
Rothsville
Stiffel & Freeman Concern
Oil-Burning Engine Replaces Horses on Hess Farm
In Warwick township John Hess demonstrates an eight horse power oil burning engine from the International Harvester Co. that plows and hauls with greater efficiency. The engine draws a two-furrow plow, can cover 5 to 7 acres daily, and may handle threshing and hauling tasks as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John 5
Hess
John
Warwick Township
International Harvester Corporation
C. B. Goedenour
Lancaster County
United in Holy Matrimony at Fisher's Drawing Rooms
A wedding in the Students' Chapter of Fisher's Drawing Rooms Philadelphia united Harry Herron and Lillian Mennies in a ceremony led by Rabbi Nathan with about seventy five guests. The couple plan to reside on West Orange street after a wedding trip. Herron runs a furnishing store on South Broad street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher’s
Park and Susquehanna Avenue
Philadelphia
Harry Herron
Lillian Mennies
Vineland
Rabbi Nathan
J. L. Hertz
Charles H
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. M. Weitzel
West Main Street
St. Paul’s Lutheran Sunday School
Weitzel
Luetta
Harvey Herr
Frank M. Fry
Duran
New Mexico
H. N. Miksch
Fry
Far West
Nazareth
Jacob
Catherine Erb
John Brubaker
Weidmansville
Ephrata Township
Groffsdale
David Erb
Penn Township
Erb
Mennonite Church
Weidmannville
Christien Kreider
Israel G. Erb
Samos
Brubaker
Manheim
Bucher
Ephrata
Noah Landis
Gettysburg
John M. Miller
S. W. Buch
H. S. Meiskey
C. B. Risser
J. F. Buch
Mr. Miller
Jeffery
Jos. B. Baker
York
H. H. Bailey
York Sanitary Milk Co
Daily
Gunner
Bunnie
Hallowe'en
Hallowe’en
America
Young America
Burgess Marks
J. B. Young & Son
Herron
Ober-Ritz
United Brethren Parsonage
H. J. Behney
Jacob R. Ober
Birs
Jacob Ober
Onset
Lebanon County
Mabel N. Ritz
Ross Ritz
Mount Hope
Dissinger’s
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!