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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
1
A Lititz column lists events and notices including the post office savings depository opening, a student entering FL & M Academy, local business expansions, a missing tie clasp, and factory updates. Community notes cover fishing, bakery plans, sugar prices, sports, subscriptions, electric motors, weather cues, church work, a worker incident, and a horse collision with a pedestrian.
Local enthusiasts led by Wm Scott Victor Hacker Jacob Mberly Frank Crawford and Nathaniel Sherk rode to Philadelphia on Saturday and returned Sunday. Hacker’s bike was damaged by a fall in the city where authorities are being lexowized. Shenk’s bike also balked and needed two people to remove it from a fence. Croquet gains popularity in Lititz as Wertsch Long and friends play after dark on a Broad Street lawn lit by gasoline lamps and claim croquet mastery of the area.
Miss jlllen Landis hosted an evening social with eighteen couples, many from out of town, at her home in the borough. Refreshments were plentiful and neighbors gathered for a pleasant event Thursday evening. At Ida Jacoby’s Front Street home Warwick the Lane male chorus entertained neighbors on Tuesday evening and a dine supper followed, noted as an enjoyable occasion with excellent music.
Mr and Mrs H H Snavely returned from Tazewell county Virginia where they spent two weeks. He bought cattle there praising Berks garden as the finest country with 32000 acres of flat land amid surrounding mountains. From 4000 foot peaks observers glimpse the valley on clear days. Farms reach 2500 acres and bluegrass thrives. It is thought the area was once a great lake.
Joseph Buck of Warwick died this morning at his Front Street home after a paralytic stroke. He was 51 years, 8 months, and 16 days old and living alone when struck. He had recent breathing troubles, attended church Sunday, and worked in a cooling room before illness. Survived by wife Fannie Eck and mother Mrs. Mary Buck. Funeral Monday with services at home and Moravian church, burial in Moravian cemetery.
Adam Nagle died at his son’s home near Schoeneck on Monday at 81, after long illness. Surviving children include Agnes, Cornwall, Wellington, Clara Rhine, Elva Geamesderfer, Adam Jr., and David Nagle. Fourteen grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren also survive. Funeral held Thursday at 9:00 AM at the house, with services and interment at Schaefferstown.
A steam street roller owned by John Schreiner of Manheim arrived Tuesday and works on Kline street. The work uses three grades of crushed stone with restef between layers, mirroring the construction on Spruce and Marion streets and State roads, praised for satisfaction. The note laments local principal streets not receiving similar treatment.
Linden Hall Seminary will open for the 118th year on Wednesday morning in the Mary Dixon Memorial Chapel with improvements and a stronger faculty. Principal Rev. Chas. D. Kreider predicts a successful term as space allows. New faculty includes Miss Lucy Tietze in mathematics Miss Constance dhamilton in French and German and Miss Catherine Heckel in Latin and College Preparation.
Mr Ezra S Bomberger with wife and niece Amelia Bomberger of Nevada Iowa were guests of B H Erb and wife in Clay township on Wednesday. Bomberger, born near Schaefferstown Lebanon County, went west in 1851 and had not returned since.
Lititz plans a grand Fourth of July with an Eagle parade led by Garfield Castle No. 76 inviting Hagle Castles from Lebanon Reading and nearby areas. Two thousand participants including Ladies of the Golden Eagle will parade with brass bands and decorative floats. Prize money and free admission for visiting paraders are expected to draw large crowds. A band festival at Rudy’s Hall boosted funds and featured Prof. Althouse’s International Aviator march.
The Ladies' Aid Society of St. Pauls Lutheran planned a handkerchief bazaar next month soliciting a kerchief from Mrs. Taft. Roy Yeiser wrote to Mrs Taft in Washington and three days later received a card supporting the gift from Beverly Mass. The handkerchief is expected to fetch a good price at sale. Also reported is completion of the Elizabeth Warwick telephone line, now connected to the Bell system, with 34 patrons enjoying long distance talk to many parts of the country.
Friends Come Here on Social and Business Visits. A long list notes Perc y Dreifus in Washington D C and many locals visiting Philadelphia Harrisburg Lititz Mottville Oneida N Y Elstonville Boyertown and other nearby spots It records journeys of Rev E S Hagen Hiram Hershey and others with family and notable mentions of Temple University Irving College Wellesley and Lititz Academy ties
Auctioneer George Leiey of West Earl presided over sales from the R. Sweigart estate a 22 acre farm near Conestoga Valley Park sold to Israel B. Weber for 810.14 per acre. Hershey & Gibble moved on 105 acre Peter Arnold estate near Mannheim sold to Rev. George Weaver for 9000. John B. Zug bought J S Herroan’s Rothsville mill site with 4 acres for 3150. Isaac Matthews bought tract1 14 acres for 1980. Tract1 unsold. Hertz estate at Lexington saw multiple parcels sold including 97 acres at 54 per acre to Gideon Schmuck and Lexington hotel parcel to Lemon Roland for 86200.
Henry W. Stark, aged ninety one, remained active and helped move a wheelbarrow of lumber at his daughter Mrs. Nathan L. Sturgis home where a ditch was being dug. He planned to celebrate his ninety first birthday next month. The scene showed the elderly man promptly transporting the load to its destination.
Farmers work from dawn to sunset harvesting tobacco with daily wages up to three dollars plus board offered. Housewives assist in fields as frost fears loom over the crop. If current clear weather continues, the harvest will be housed and many expect this to be the best quality in ten years.
Lititz shows sixteen hopefuls for the grid, including an Indian who learned the game at Carlisle Indian School and several recent arrivals. Coaches Butzer and Miley, last year’s staff, predict a competitive eleven with Hacker as quarterback and Spickler at guard. Souders eyes center, with early October home opener already booked.
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