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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1913
Page
5
Alarm bell taps detailed for Linden Hall Linden Street and surrounding blocks with post office and station mentions. Church notes list sermons prayer times Sunday schools and services across multiple congregations including Evangelical Lutheran United Brethren Reformed and Brethren in Lititz Akron Rothsville Penryn and related locales.
Next Sunday Moravian married couples hold a day of covenant and prayer with a 9 A.M. service and a 10 A.M. anniversary sermon. A love feast is at 8, German language holy communion at 4.15, and English communion at 7.50 P.M. Rev. George B Raezer, pastor of the Warwick charge Reformed church, returns this week after six weeks leave to resume duties.
Four Lititz men joined a large crowd in Oxford to hear William Jennings Bryan speak on The Making of Man under the Chautauqua Association. Bryan urged parental example and devout Christian belief, drawing praise for his earnest, clear delivery before about 2500 listeners. The event sparked a big town reception with decorations, a luncheon at W. D. Miller’s home, and a scout troop greeting.
Dr. Benjamin Franklin Shaub longtime educator and former Lancaster County public schools superintendent died suddenly at his Lancaster home aged 72. Born in Strasburg township he taught at Fairview and Bellefonte High School before attending Millersville State Normal and later serving as professor and principal at Millersville and Lancaster. He held leadership roles including president of the Pennsylvania School Teachers Association and earned degrees from Franklin and Marshall College and Lafayette College. The obituary also notes a Mt. Airy woods meeting and a column of local notes.
Reports two marriage ceremonies in Warwick and Lititz with no attendants. Samuel C Heisley weds Edith K Dietrich at U B parsonage East Front Street Warwick. Israel B Zartman weds Annie K Steely at Lutheran parsonage Lititz. Also notes peach price changes in Lancaster county and a forthcoming Sept 6 park picnic at Fountain Park Scheafferstown with baseball and music by Schaefferstown Silver Cornet Band.
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