Borough Council Meeting Notes Touch on Cleanliness and Street Work
Borough council discussed civic pride and cleanliness, with an appeal to Lititz residents. Reports covered New Street improvements, a bridge on North Cedar Street, water main status at South Prince and Second avenues, and upcoming work to extend services eastward. A note on Sabbath evangelistic services in Brickerville and a Liberty Bond piano sale was included.
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Cifiaens Ig
Burg Diehm
BR. Posey
Sdnaine FB
Jer
A. H. Bomberger
Omberzer
RM. G. Frederick
Ifarson
Lititz
N. Cedar Street
Fire and Water Committee
Jrnce Street
Second Avenue
Indian Summer Described as Harvest Time in Tule Ver
The piece explains Indian summer as warm weather in November signaling the Indians’ harvest period before cold weather. It notes Tule ver’s October-November warmth and the bright harvest moon marking these days.
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Tulever
Sending Christmas Boxes to Our Soldiers in War Time
Instructions from the War and Post Office department and the American Red Cross detail an arrangement for soldiers overseas to receive Christmas parcels from their families. Each soldier gets a parcel label to forward to the US contact and request mail. Standard 3 by 4 by 9 inch cardboard boxes will be supplied by Red Cross branches, with labels reaching by November first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War and Post Office
American Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
Red Crnes
Agriculture Notes of Interest on Farmers Fixing Shoes
Farmers increasingly repair shoes and boots at home using shoemaker tools found in country stores. Belts and old leather are repurposed as soles while farmers perform repairs for the whole family. Many are handy with carpentry and keep a tool room for such work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young & Son
Praneés
Orange St
Lilitz
Paty Mey
Monster Turnips Gather for Red Cross Fundraiser
A Record office display features oversized turnips grown by Ira Nies and Michael Hess. One purple top specimen weighed five and a quarter pounds, measuring twenty four and a quarter inches. Hess presented four giant turnips totaling nineteen pounds, with the heaviest at fifty pounds. Proceeds from the sale benefit Red Cross.
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Ira Nies
A. T. Litch
Fast Main Street
Michael Hess
Park
Red Cross
Hess
Sadie
Turnip and beet bounty noted in Lititz area fields
Local growers report record turnips near Lititz with seventeen acres maturing toward a thousand bushels. John Hess expects large yields after August planting with favorable moisture. Jumbo cabbage stalks and big carrots are also highlighted, along with Rev. Steheel’s acre and a half garden harvest and other garden produce on display at Ratder's cigar store.
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John Hess
Lititz
Philadelphia
John Wommert
Jann
Linden Hall Seminary War Garden
F. W. Steheel
Ratder
Murtinsey
Tarry Stark
Local Berry Patches And Wind Mill Project Report
Picking berries by Rev. F W Stengel yields a quart every two days on a new patch with promising results in a future year. Red raspberry stalks near H I Beck bear a second crop due to unusual weather. Clover seed prices rise to 262 per bushel with farmers warned to expect top figures unless spring drops. Henry Buckwalter completes a wind mill to pump water on Reuben Orb farm, a rarity since gasoline engines replaced wind power. Earlier wind mills in the area included one at Louderville by Jacob Erb used for grinding feed. Card of Thanks notes gratitude from Mrs Cyrus Zar Kreider for support during illness.
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F. W. Stengel
H. I. Beck
Henry Buckwaller
Reuben Orb
Buckwalter
Louderville
Jacob Erb
Hunting and Fishing Notes and a Local Wedding
Frank Rader and pupils Eugene Weidlar and Lamon Furlow were driven to the Blue Mountains by John Meily of Rethsville. They logged four squirrels and a wild turkey momentarily excited Lamon. Headquarters were Peiffer's hotel near Pine Grove. Lewis Waines, a pretech maker, shot five grey squirrels along the Susquehanna with a local guide. Abram, Newton Hershey and Charles Kissinger bagged thirteen squirrels near Quarryville. William Kissinger conveyed a party by truck to the Susquehanna where they caught salmon and hass two and three fish, weighing about two pounds each. The wedding of Imanuel A. Ditzler and Katie A. Long occurred at the United Brethren parsonage with Rev. Clint J. Miller officiating. Ditzler resides with his mother on North Broad Street. The bride is the daughter of Wilson Lang. her home has been with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rentehler.
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Frank Rader
Eugene Weidlar
Lemon Furlow
Blue Mountains
John Meily
Rethsville
Lamon
Peiffer
Pine Grove
Lewis Waines
Pretech
Susquehanna
Abram
Newton Hershey
Charles Kissinger
Quarryville
Susequehanna
William Kissinger
Sturgis
Clayton Subrick
Clarence Brubaker
William Derr
Kissinger
Mr. Schmuck
Hass
Mr. Sturgis
Charles Bricker
Imanuel A. Ditzier
Katie A. Long
United Brethren Parsonage
Clint. 3. Miller
Mr. Ditzler
North Broad Street
Wilson Lang
Mrs
Prank Rentehler
Poultry shipments and stock notes at Lancaster fair
G Witmyer sent a pair of Black Red Game bantams and four Silver Sea bright bantams to Win J Greene at Florsthead. W J Vue Seabrights were raised by William Rapp. Greene, a poultry judge at the Lancaster fair, seeks only top notch stock.
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G. Witmyer
J. Greene
Florsthead
Recordings G Graybill Diehm Trial Notes and Rhetoric
Fragmentary notes describe G Graybill Diehm as borough caretaker and potential legislator with remarks on ambition, valor, and physique. Several overheard lines praise or mock political sentiment, include Halloween references, voter notes, and various aphorisms about money, friendship, temperance, and economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Graybill Diehm
Lis
Capitol Hill
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Lancaster
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PAL Telephone
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