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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1913
Page
4
The Record begins its thirty seventh year noting growth in subscriptions and advertising. It highlights its independent family stance, quality news, and a thriving job printing department. Local social notes, visitors, and town happenings follow with brief references to church events and residents.
Sur Correspondents describe a 25 person gypsy caravan with 7 vehicles and 20 horses passing through the area performing fortune telling and pocket picking. Local residents report suspicious behavior and the eastern departure. Attendance notes include religious services at Gibble's church and a Lutheran League address in Lititz.
Local residents host guests from Columbia Lititz New Holland and beyond. Cabbage crop near Brunnerville shows promise. a sale of Prospect Hill property changes hands for 3800 dollars. Community events include bible classes, a civil service exam, and a U B church service scheduled for September 21 1913.
Miss Grace Lengel and Florence Weidler, Akron High School 1907 graduates, passed August exams under County Superintendent Fleisher and received permanent certificates on September 4. John A. Smith Jr visits before entering Albright College to study for the ministry. Local tobacco harvest exceeds expectations as farmers work hard. Landis family hosts visitors including Kohl, Morisbach, Spickler, and Strohl groups from Reading and town residents. Daniel Duck of Reading also visited.
A. F. Cammaus and A. R. Brown will represent local K G E E Castle as delegates on Saturday at the County K G E E convention in Rawlinsville. Miss Hattie Bear hosted a social for her birthday last Saturday with games, abundant refreshments, and more than two hundred attendees from many towns including Reading and Ephrata.
The Hager Store showcases fall fabrics with continued demand for silks including satin finish silks charmenses messalines crepes and crepe meteor. Woolen fabrics feature light weight crepes diagonals checks and plaids ratines and jacquard effects. Liberty & Co. fabrics from London highlight the display with Woodray brocades Tracian crepes Nitas silks and Duran and Dakka cloths in autumn colors. Prices range from 1.25 to 4.00 per yard.
The advertisement lists heavy fabrics and silks with widths and prices for garments. It promotes satin, velvet finish satins, silk matelasse, fancy silks, plaids and checks, two tone diagonals, ratine, eponges, Oxford suitings, chinchilla, and a winter style book from Ladies Home Journal Patterns. A note states store hours set to 5:30 daily except Saturday closing at 9:00 and opening at 8:00.
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