Reading Railroad Officials Inspect New Freight Warehouse Site
Reading Railroad general and division superintendents with other officials visited town on Wednesday to review the current freight warehouse conditions. A petition from local businessmen urged improved facilities amid overcrowding and access issues. Officials did not declare an outcome, but a modern warehouse is likely, possibly north of the tracks on Broad Street. Time will tell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading Railroad
Broad Street
United in Holy Matrimony at Center Street Home
A wedding joined Joseph Herr and Janet Zeller in a Wednesday ceremony at the bride’s Center street home performed by Rev. A J Bachman of Schaefferstown. The couple planned a honeymoon and will reside with Herr’s mother. Janet is a Lititz graduate and former Millersville State Normal School teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Herr
Janet Zeller
Center Street
A. J. Bachman
Schaefferstown
Samuel Long
Elizabeth Wolf
Sheridan
Robert Seller
Ada Zeller
Mr. Herr
Theodore Zeller
Lititz High School
Millersville State Normal School
Warwick
Herr
Samuel Walters
The
Keystone Knitting Rails
Death notices in Warwick and Lime Rock obituaries
Multiple obituaries record the deaths of Mrs Elizabeth Eichaltz at 78 years in Warwick and Mrs Susan Keller at 45 in Lime Rock. Eichaltz, born Boyd, widow of Lichtenberger and Hicholtz, left three children and two brothers. funeral at Gray Hill’s near Elm. Keller, daughter of Hershey, survived by husband Naton Keller and six children. funeral at Longenecker’s meeting house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Eichaltz
John Hossler
Front Street
Warwick
Mt. Hope
Boyd
Eki Lichtenberger
David Hicholtz
William Gantz
Mt. Joy
Christ. Hartman
Peoria
Edward Boyd
Near Mastersonville
Henry Boyd
Manheim
Grayhill’s
Elm
Hiram Gibbel
Cyrus Gibble
Susan H
Naton C. Keller
Lime Rock
Keller
Church of the Brethren
Mr. Keller
Mabel
Abraham H. Longenecker
Lititz
Samuel
U.S
Arkansas
Jacob
Florence
Helen
Hers
Obituary and local notices from East Petersburg and Lititz
Mrs Harriet Andes widow of Valentine T H Andes of East Petersburg died at her daughter’s home after a long illness. Funeral held at Mennonite church East Petersburg burial in adjoining cemetery. Also notices on hunting licenses and Linden Hall Seminary plans for 1913 1914 with staff changes and course offerings for girls in Lititz and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Andes
Valentine TH. Andes
East Petersburg
J. H. Long
Lutheran Church
Mennonite
Severe Sunday Storm Hits Lancaster County Centripetal Thunder and Flooding
A long Sunday storm centered near Lancaster City lasted about five hours with continuous thunder lightning and heavy rain 5.23 inches in Lancaster and widespread flooding. Four barns were destroyed by lightning along with tobacco sheds and hay in Rapho and Mt. Joy townships. Cars burned out and power cut disrupted traffic while residents stocked losses in hundreds or thousands of dollars. Local events were interrupted with many caught in Williamson park concert crowds drenched as gutters failed and streets flooded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster City
Johnstown
Williamson’s Park
Lancaster
David Hershey
Rapho
Manheim
Union Square
Michael Nolt
Terre Hill
H. BE. Wolgemuth
Travelors Near and Far In Outing Season at Lincoln to Lititz
Travelers from Lititz and nearby towns fill Sundays with visits across Pennsylvania. Residents report relatives and friends seen in Philadelphia Denver Reading Ephrata Elizabethtown and Akron while others work at regional fairs plan state conventions and attend church and social events. Lititz records a higher registry vote than ever before with Akron Elizabeth Ephrata Penn Manheim Warwick and Lititz contributing notable counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Elizabeth
Ephrata
Lititz
Manheim Borough
Penn
Warwick
Wedding Trip Stop for Seachrist Couple in Lititz
On their honeymoon voyage from Westminster Maryland to Atlantic City New Jersey M and Mrs Benjamin F Seachrist spent a brief stop in Lititz last Friday. He was the first engineer at Lititz electric light plant when it opened nineteen years ago and later served at the Westminster plant. In Lancaster Charles Bricker visiting his mother at Warwick cut his right leg with a pocket knife severing an artery above the knee and a muscle. He was rushed to Lancaster General Hospital where he is to remain at least a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Weitzel
Reemstown
Crawford & Saylor
Lititz Kandy Co
Theodore Zeller
Lencaster
John H. Long
Jacob Herzog
Kmports Cigar Factory
L. K. Grosh
West Orange Street
Park View
Constable Ressler
Warwick
Lititz
Rothsville
Bushong
John Ditman
Hert
Jennie Buchter
Minnie Huber
Anna Lowery
Elmer Beglar
Elmer Boden
Jacob Fry
France
Ostaner
Wogaman Brothers
E. C. Ritchie
B. B. Seaman
Lititz Springs
North Broad Street
Lititz Castle No. 19
M. C
Andrew Godhenaur
St Paul’s Lutheran Church
J. Mason Wells
Kennet Square
John H. Cole
Menken Hall
Brubaker
Rosenberg
Charles Weaver
John Carvel
Wissler’s
Alice R. Weitzel
Ephrata
Carvell
Groff
Carvel
M. G. Shaeffer
Landis
Caryell
Ella
Elizabeth Landis
Mahlon Garman
East Petersburg
Bessie Kulp
Landisville
Bertha Hollinger
Fruitville
Edna Hackman
Mastersonville
Naomi Grabill
Hallville
Harry Sobler
Charles and
Phares Forney
Morris Kauffman
Kra Neff
Mountville
Eugene Reist
Mr. Joy
Henry Grayhill
Lincoln
Cameron Weituer
Philadelphia
H. C. Bucher
The
Honey Brook Graphic
John H. Purdy
D. G. Witmyer
Kenneth
John
Denver
Frank Foltz
Landis Herr
Robert Zeller
State College
Harry Smith
Newmanstown
Lebanon County
Frank Reed
John Hart Grantt
Stricklerstown
David Becker
Elizabeth Becker
Frances Hagen
Chanceford
Lemon Neidermyer
Naomi
Hambrights
Frank Hoffman
Harrisburg
Warren
Buch
Mabel
Esther Neidermyer
Michael Stern
Elizabethtown
Alfred Myers
Amanda Hornberger
Daniel Light
Allentown
Walter
Kathryn Graybill
Gues
Warren 5. Buch
Harry Dissinger
Campbelltown
Elmer Ritchie
Henry Brubaker
Oliver Stirgis
Gideon Kahl
Lancaster
M. J. Herr
West
Kansas
Abraham Herr
Henry Herr
New Danville
J. F. Longenecker
P. B. Furlow
Charles W. Jones
John Lehn
Michael Shilling
Samuel
Albert Godenaur, Jr
Lititz Castle
Akron
Ohio
Oberlin
Sarah Oberlin
Canton
C. B. Risser
J. C. Burkhart
Sparrows Point
Bruckhart
Susan Mengle
Emma Grosh
GC. Wm. Grosh
Ormond
N. J
Millersville State Normal School
Emma Lefevre
Quarryville
Blue Ridge Summit
Franklin County
Harvey Rettew
Deitrich Rupp
Robert
Rettew
William Rettew
Allen Leed
Lake
Stark County
Bach
Mr. Leed
Pine Hill
Elias
Eliza Bach
Leed
Elmer E. Reidenbach
Benjamin F. Seachrist
Westminster
Atlantic City
Seachrist
Charles Bricker
Lancaster General Hospital
J. L. Hertz
G. Graybill Diehra
Mr. Bricker
Bricker
Harlo Couch
Consumers Boxboard and Paper Company
George Couch
Walcott
N.Y
Mrs. Couch
Hamburg
Mr. Couch
Contented 83 year old widow Mrs Harriet Carpenter
Mrs Harriet Carpenter of Pine Hill aged 83 remains active with housework and flower care. Widow of Urias Carpenter she is mother to Wayne Carpenter Sumpter Carpenter and Mrs S B Hess. Also noted is death of George Couch in Walcott N Y and a vehicle collision near H P Frys drug store with an iron post damaged and a narrow escape reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Carpenter
Pine Hill
Carpenter
H. P. Fry
Main
Cedar Streets
Also Mentioned on This Page
Doster’s
Herr-Zeller
Young Miller
D. B. Young
A. B. Young
Anna W. Miller
Aaron Miller
White Oak
Jonestown
United Brethren Church
Mr. Young
J. E. Lyter
Rev
Mrs. Young
Annville
Burgess Steiner
Thomas Keener
Keener
Record
D. W. Pfantz
Linden Hall
Linden Mall Seminary
Mary Dixon
Martha Ellenberger
Byron King’s School of Oratory
Fannie B. Stauffer
Goucher College
Heckel
Edith M. Johnson
A. B
Shields
A. B. Kimper
East Main Street
Henry Sturgis
Samuel Steffy
Herman Herman
Miller’s
Keath Planing Mill Company
State of
New Jersey
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