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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1912
Page
5
The notice lists alarm bell taps for fire alerts at multiple locations. It details tap counts for Fisher's store, Linden J, Ge Cedar and Front streets, Giaps Y's store, Post Office, Cor, Spruce and Orangest, Car Broad and Lemonsts, and No 24.
Multiple denominational services listed for Moravian Evangelical Lutheran Lutheran and Brethren churches with pastors names and service times. English and German services noted plus Sunday schools. Locations include Kissell Hill Lititz Akron Rothsville Neffsville Millport Kreider’s Erb's Landis Valley Schoeneck and Lititz timing details provided.
Bishop Hamilton is expected to speak at the Moravian church on Sunday November 10 for the Women’s Missionary Society anniversary. The United Brethren women host an all day meeting at Warwick A B church with sessions and a sermon by Rev G T Badtorf. A Bible class spelling bee is planned for Saturday at K G B hall with four classes and prizes. General election talk and voting plans dominate local discussion ahead of Tuesday’s vote.
Democratic County Chairman B F Davis learns his brother Lewis Davis was lured from his cabin and murdered in a gold mining property 60 miles from Helena Montana. Investigation suggests robbery of a large gold stash.
Ephrata and Lititz fought to a scoreless tie on a cool Saturday afternoon. Monk Doremus led Ephrata with strong tackles and offense as Lititz threatened near the goal in the final minutes but failed on a fourth down. The Cloister squad's defense held firm, preserving the draw.
Lititz High School basketball team loses 17 to 12 to Manheim High in the opening Inter-boro league clash at Manheim. Ray Schott scores 10 of Lititz’s 12 as play is tight and the floor favors Manheim. Lititz to visit Manheim again in the series’ next game. Also notes distribution test for advertising and typhoid fever in Ephrata linked to well water.
Matilda Connelly of Lancaster faced a serious charge for concealing the birth of illegitimate children and burying them without permits. Authorities probe potential murder as an affidavit cites disposal of at least four bodies with one unearthed in her yard. Connelly committed for a hearing.
John Shissler a 40 year old painter of Lancaster fell thirty feet while painting a building on North Queen street when the scaffold dropped striking him on the head. He died shortly after.
Reports from East Petersburg Lititz and New York detail several wedding ceremonies. Elder A Hottenstein unites Menno Carpenter and Katie Miller. Rev Lan dis marries Nora Hackman and Harry Buch. the N Y event weds John Vane-Tempest and Ethel Schug.
A column of dated witticisms notes fall scenery, election buzz, social mores, and jokes about money, weddings, and daily life. It surveys the season with quips about politics, markets, love, and humor, reflecting a late era newspaper voice.
The Lancaster area notes the deaths of Emanuel L. Hambright 70 former Three Mile House owner Civil War veteran Joseph Sensenig year retired farmer Mrs Margaret Williams 74 Marietta Jacob B Houser 65 West Lampeter township widower with four children Maggie Keller 65 Martindale Susanna Beck er 82 Mascot and a letter from A E Bachman Lititz announcing shift in his blacksmith shop offering varied metalwork and piano tuner Howard S Young offering piano tuning and polishing services after fires
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