Late 19th Century Deaths and Funerals In Lancaster Area
Notices recall Miss Stoner of Neffsville who lived in Neffsville and East Petersburg before residing with an aunt at Roseville. services held at Neffsville Lutheran Church and burial at Hant Petersburg Cemetery. Also obituary for William Hayes Grier of Columbia, Civil War veteran and pioneer publisher, who died at 77 leaving wife and two daughters. former auditor general candidate and state official with long public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Pike
Locher
Roseville
East Petersburg
Neffsville
Fannie M. Wechter
Hant Petersburg Lutheran Church
William Hayes Grier
Columbia Spy
Columbia Herald
Columbia Independent
Columbia
E.S. Musser
Marietta
Lacy
Clinton County
Bureau of Statistics
Harrisburg
State Printing Department
Tobacco acreage drops in Lancaster county to 18000 acres
Otto Olson of Ephrata estimates the Lancaster county tobacco crop at 18000 acres, a likely 10 percent decline. Some farmers switch fields to potatoes and corn while others devote more land to trucking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Otto Olson
Ephrata
Bureau of Tobacco Investigation
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Public Sale Register Encourages Early Real Estate Listings
The notice urges landowners to fix sale dates now for the coming fall and enter them in the sale register. It stresses avoiding date conflicts and gaining publicity from thousands of readers. It touts the office for attractive sale bills and offers free insertion in the register when bills are printed there.
Monthly meeting of Borol Council bills approved in detail
The Lititz borough council approved numerous bills for services and materials including bookshop supplies, cement, labor, stone, and street lighting. Local orchardists report expected fruit yields, citing counts of trees and anticipated baskets despite some crop losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Nathan’s West
Bedlingssd
Pbic Essere Ees
Martin Lenhart
Tabor
Michael Grazer
Norman Eberly
George Carpenter
Elmer Whitcraft
Monroe Whitcraft
C. E. Adams
Rudy Carpenter
Ella Lacy
Stone
Benjamin Moyer
John F. Schreiber
George E. Schreiber
C. W. Souder
Hershey-Seaman Co
Harry F. Long
H. A. Weidman
Schreiber's
A. C. Pfautz
United Brass Mig. Co
Babe Wilson Imhoff
Walter Miller
A. R. Bomberger & Co
Net Edison Electric Co
Ane Edison Electric Co
Hhuly
Pump House
Barrett Mfg. Co
Tarvia
Phares Imhoff
Reuben Diehm
W. H. Greek
John R. Gibbel
C. N. Dery
Samuel Steify
Lancaster County Fair Promises Unmatched Show in 1900s Style
The Lancaster County Fair Association prepares a week of exhibits on September 28 to October 1 on grounds west of Lancaster. Officials, farmers and business leaders promise premier cattle and dairy displays, farm machinery, crafts, cakes and fruit, a record Midway, free Ringgold Band concerts, and large dog and poultry shows with ample space for eager entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Fair Association
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Gulf
Ringgold Band
Reading
Ascending Pikes Peak on a Burro
Former Brumerville resident writes a vivid letter about ascending Pike's Peak on a burro with 26 travelers and 3 guides. He describes camping, weather, and views from Cripple Creek to Colorado Springs, plus sights along the High Drive and Grand View Point, then mentions local criminal court cases and a 680 acre ranch job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litirz
Middle West
East
Peabody
Kansas
Colorado Springs
Denver
Pike’s Peak
Cripple Creek
Pike's Peak
Halfway House
Cheyenne Canyon
Grand View Point
Manitou
Public Sale Register of Lititz and Surrounding Areas
Listings of upcoming auctions in Lititz and nearby townships with dates from September 4 to September 28. Properties include farms of varied sizes in Elizabeth, Clay, Warwick, Penn, and Rapho townships. households on Maple Street Lititz. Warwick House property. and multiple parcels with improvements, crops, livestock, and personal property. Names include John Y. Reider Mila A. Lacy Lucetta Lehn H. Grumbein Henry Grumbein and others, with executors and administrators named for estates.
Public Sale of Personal Property and Real Estate in Lititz
The undersigned executor of Lemeta Lehn, late of Lititz borough, Lancaster County, will sell at public sale on Saturday September 4 on Front Street Lititz the described personal property. The notice notes a real estate sale on the same premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeuntor
Lmeetta Lehn
Lititz
Lancaster County
Pulic
Front Street
Auction Notice of Personal Property and Real Estate at Lititz
In the evening sales of personal property at Warwick House will include bedding, furniture, writing desks, chairs, rugs, china, glass, stove, lawn mower, tools, and various articles. Real estate to be sold at 7 P.M. a two story frame dwelling with ten rooms on Front street in Lititz borough, including fruit trees and grape vines, with stable and improvements. Hearth tax included. Harried by H. T. Hacker Anet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Lititz
H.T. Hacker
Public sale of 68 acre Axton Kline farm and lawn tract
The executrix of Fianna Kline announces a public sale on Wednesday September 5 1915 at 2 PM at the Axton Kline farm in Clay township near Brunnerville Wissler s Mill. Property includes 68 acres with a two story brick house barn and outbuildings plus fruit trees and grape vines. Also a tract of lawn land between Brunnerville and Lexington. One half of purchase money may remain on the farm at 4 1 2 percent interest. terms announced by auctioneers Laura H Kline H H Snavely Hershey & Gibbel clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Township
Zartman's Mill
Aaron Kline
Chay Township
Brunnerville
Laura H. Kline
Fianna Kline
Warwick Township
Millport
Cocalico Creek
Henry Grumbein
Penn Township
Aaron H. Hess
Mary 2. Douple
Ll. Douple
H. N. Wolf
Lititz
Anna
Lizzie B. Becker
Warwick
Harry Foltz
Minnie &. Feeney
Samuel D. Keener
Alinnie S. Keener
Litits
Lexington
Christ B. Kisser
Jacob B. Wissler
Anna R. Wissler
Lizzie I. Risser
Hurday
Samuel Hornberger
Brivkerville
John S. Ryans
Wick House
John S. Badort
Litith
Jacob R
Hershey
Lilite
Axton Kline
Clay Township
Wissler's Mill
Cyrus Gibbes
Wayne Kline
Samuel Hess
H. H Snavely
Hershey & Gibbel
H. A. Long
Dr. Long
Said
Horgeshoe Turnpike
Brickerville
Reuben, Brubaker
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Peter Weidman
Heitelburg Township
Lebanon County
Sam
Duel Hornberger
Public sale of limestone farm in Penn township 1915
On September 4 1915 the Lancaster Orphans Court orders the sale by administratrix of John I Douple estate. The 77 acre limestone tract near Lititz bisected by roads includes a brick dwelling, frame attachments, barn 86 by 76 feet, outbuildings, water at both ends, a peach and apple orchard and vines. Viewing by occupants. sale at 2 PM with terms read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans Court of
Lancaster County
John I. Douple
Penn Township
Lititz and Lexington
Halfville
Lititz and
Manheim
Lititz Borough
Alfred Douple
P. K. Bomberger
H. Reist Landis
Public sale of farms near Lititz in Warwick township
Executor of Franklin A Hamaker estates offers Two parcels on the Lititz road two miles from Lititz. Lot 1 contains 87 acres 132 perches with brick dwelling frame tenant house stone bank barn tobacco shed carriage house and more. Lot 2 contains 39 acres 4 perches with stone house and outbuildings including a cistern wind pump well and orchards. Sale starts 2 PM on the premises of Lot 1. terms announced by John B Becker H H Snavely auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
John B. Becker
Hiram Minnich
David Grayhill
David Gray Bill
Aaron Oberholtzey
John Miller
John Bucher
John B. Becker H,h.snavely
Franklin A. G. Hamaker
B. Becker
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Leinbachg
Rexell
Lewis N. Moyer
Mont Alto
East Main St
Boro Council
Adam B. Vogel
Fruitville
Frank L. Esbenshade
Refton
Levi Wenger
Intercourse
Amos B. Denninger
Paradise
I. H. Mayer
Willow Street
J. W. Bruckart
Brumerville
Record
Ers
Colo
Criminal Court
Tony
Augustine Vitale
Supreme Court
George Tole
J. Marsh Matthews
Baltimore
Black Barren Springs
Akron
Ceamelietes
Sale
Diamond
H.N. Wolf
Bell
Bundt
John R. Bricker
Erb’s Meeting House
Christian B. Kisser Jacob, Wissler
Amuna HK
Wissler
Liaash
Risshkh It
Snagely
Auct
ML. G. Schaeffer
Mary R, Douple II
H. Snavely
John Geo. L. Keith
Douple
H.T. Hacker Aud
A. Frank
Eshlema
Attorney
August Furni
Ture
the Donovan
E. King St. Lancaster, Pa
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