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Lititz Record

Location

Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1914

Page

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Local items note fair train tickets sold and market doings

Sixty seven tickets were sold for a special Allentown Fair train. Miss Pauline Kreider hosted a birthday party. Farmers shift to corn cutting and plowing for wheat. Auction planned at Five-point hardware. Court orders support payments for non support. Bantams shown at Allentown poultry show. New restaurant venture and staff changes. School openings at Linden Hall Seminary. Knights of the Golden Eagle convention results and next year’s site. Various local moves and plans for county events. Dust control efforts renewed amid ongoing oiling debates.

Allentown Fair Pauline Kreider Recorn Lititz John F. Longenecker Benjamin G. Stauffer Mastersonville 8. C. Garman White Oak Hammelstown Brownstone Co St. Paul’s Lutheran Church GC. E. Myer Cedar Street Lancaster Sherman Fralich Wissler’s Row Fralich D. G. Witmyer Dan Samuel Drybread Oliver Reed Sturgis House East Main Street Mary Zeller Westfield Meta Zercher Leonard Taubert Front Street Richland Taubert Paul Singer Manheim Howard Evans Ephrata Eby Linden Hall Seminary Sevices Mary Dixon Memorial Chapel the Knights of the Golden Eagle Washington Boro Floyd Stark B. G. Weir Garfield Castle Frank Runk Rothsville St. Paul's Lutheran Church H. C. Reedy Jr. Loyal Temperance Legion St. Paul's Lutheran S. S

Should Lititz Have Auto Fire Apparatus

A letter to readers recounts P G Howe of the Howe Engine Co promoting an auto fire fighter for Lititz. The proposed triple combination unit costs 8200 dollars and could serve nearby communities with quick response.

P. G. Howe Howe Engine Co Indianapolis Ind Howe Auto Lititz Kissel Hill Lexington Brannerville

Deaths and Obituaries in East Petersburg and Ephrata

Death of Mrs. Anna Bleacher of East Petersburg after a stroke at age sixty four. Survived by husband Amos and six children with services at East Petersburg Mennonite Church. Dr. Harry J. Huber of Ephrata dies at 31 after uraemic poisoning. Funeral at Trinity Lutheran Ephrata with Cedar Hill interment.

Mary Bleacher Amos Bleacher East Petersburg Lampeter Township Jacob Deckert Elmer Shelley Charles Hackert Greenfield John Peter Martha Benjamin Hackert Manheim Township East Petersburg Mennonite Church Harry J. Huber Ephrata Martin Grace McCalls Ferry Trinity Lutheran Church Cedar Hill Cemetery

Community Events and Postponed Sales In Lancaster Borough

The market house on Spruce street hosts a band festival with food and music this Saturday afternoon and evening. A porch sale on Robert Rugsel's porch is now Oct 8 for Moravian Home benefits. The Liita auxiliary of Lancaster General hospital meets next Tuesday at 2 pm to reorganize in the Moravian Bible class room. Public schools close at noon next Tuesday to allow attendance at the Lancaster fair. Merchants Association keeps closing stores Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings all year except December. St Pauls Lutheran Ladies’ Aid pantry sale is Saturday Oct 3 with a bazaar on Dec 5.

Spruce Street Robert Rugsel Liita Lancaster General Hospital Merchants Association Fhe Ladies’ Aid Society St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Lost sash and found key roaming Lititz area

A sash vanished on East Main Street Saturday evening and a door key was found near Juniper alley by Mrs. Wilson Scheneberger who will return it to the owner. Ed. Recorp laments Lititz Springs neglect and calls on the Borough Council and Board of Health to address pollution and erosion harming the famed stream.

East Main Street Finder Wilson Scheneberger Juniper Alley Recorp Lititz Broad Street Board of Health

Tobacco Growers and a Familiar Auctioneer in Quarryville

The Quarryville Sun notes that buyers will pursue a well known extra handler with years of experience among Dutch tobacco raisers. The piece highlights that most local farmers are of the Dutch variety and skilled at growing tobacco, reflecting a seasoned market dynamic.

Reynolds Quarryville Sun

Real Estate Market Plays In Lancaster Area Transfers

The real estate transfers span multiple townships and towns. Alfred Couple buys a 77 acre Hess farm for 14000 dollars. Wissler heirs sell Broad street Warwick properties to Lizzie J. Risser and David Helman, with otherWarwick parcels sold to C. E. B. Risser and Lizzie I. Risser. Various private sales and public auctions follow in Lititz, Manheim, Colerain, West Earl, and Disston areas. Also noted are sales of the Manheim planing mill to Hoffer Brothers and H. C. Boyd, plus farms near Lititz and Womelsdorf. A Lititz resident Ettie M. Filbert purchases multiple tracts at 80 dollars per acre. The piece closes with a note on Mrs. Ettie Filbert’s purchases and a local social update about Mrs. Michael Neiman’s northern visits tied to former pastor Rev. A. Dilabar.

Aaron Hess Penn Township Alfred Couple Anna. R. Wissler Wissler Broad Street Warwick Lizzie J. Risser Jacob B. Wissler Benj. Weidner East Front Street Market Street Lizzie I. Risser N. B. Leaman Christian Seaman Front Street Lititz John Troutwine Hershey & Gibble Noah Nolt Annie Groff John Sensenig West Earl Township Bareville Rebecca Fisher West Earl Lane Abram L. Shearer Rapho Township Ephraim G. Shearer Manheim Yas Thei Hoffer Brothers Elizabethtown H. C. Boyd H.C. Miller Colerain Township C. R. Groff Millway Nathan Brubaker S Broad Street Benjamin Stauffer Elizabeth Township Wayne S. Young William M. Young Disston Warwick Township Henry Eckert Clayton S. Young George Filbert Seltzer Womelsdorf George W Robert B. Filbert

Dry spell persists plaguing Babipee crops and gardens

A prolonged dry spell continues despite spring rain, with cisterns drying and garden crops suffering. Dust is thick, residents grow concerned, and rain is greatly desired. Local advertiser J F Schleith promotes Butterine as a butter substitute.

J-F. Schleith Spruce Street

Travel notes of Lititz locals at home and visiting kin

A parade of neighbors and relatives travels and visits across towns. Miss Estella Grosb stays in Reading while Dr. Chas A. Rosenberg and son Archie attend Canton fair. Numerous other residents visit family, attend conventions, or plan moves from Lititz and nearby towns.

Estella Grosb Reading Willis Godenaur Springville Elwood Furlow Lincoln Dissinger Campbelltown Chas. A. Rosenberg Archie Canton Simon Miller Bremen Ind Anthony Hoerhamer Emaus John Heiserman Lititz Rosie Kite Wilhart Orange H. Fisher John Hacker Layton Lansdale Grace Kelier Katie Kreiter Lewis Simcox Kinderhook Jacob Stark Nazareth William Smith Elmer Kauffman Philadelphia Ann Kauffman Elizabeth Grosh Ideal Chocolate Co Penna Ohio M. G. Sheaffer, Esq Lancaster Walter B. Light Richard Bender Veterinary Penna University Charles Hipple Sereta W. Va Edward Hipple Aaron Kahler Warwick BE. H. Mengle Wm. Snavely Steelton Chester County Frank Andrews Lititz Springs I. A Greensburg Warren Bach New Providence Fanny Groff Joseph Dreifus H. R. Gibbel Columbus Pennsylvania Mutual Fire Insurance Companies A. E. Kimper Linden Hall J. C. Brobst Valentine Medico-Chi University John Berger Alice Alfred Lee Schuylkill Haven Orwigsburg J. F. Bueh Berger Schuylkill Haven Trust Co E. K. Hodges Dallas Texas Ideal Chocolate Factory Hodges Ideal Company George Koehler Earl Jonas Hess Christian Charles Wilber Berlin Canada D. B. Retzner William Leiser Springfield Mass

Finest Peaches Grower Honored on East Main Street

Mrs. D. W. Piautz of East Main street is praised for producing exceptional peaches. A garden harvest yielded about a bushel of fruit, large and nearly uniform in size with near perfect flavor. Some peaches weighed 11 and 12 1/4 ounces and were deemed perfect by observers.

D. W. Piautz East Main Street

Local carpenters busy with additions and repairs

The Keith Planing Mill Company plans a large lumber shed beside their shop while Amrose Furlow and Bishop Bear repaint Warwick House. Clayton Zartman updates his Front street residence with Cortright roofing, installed by 8 M Haber. Thieves broke into the Springs hotel after midnight, ransacking the cash register but taking only a few dollars.

Keith Planing Mill Company Warwick Ambrose Furlow Bishop Bear Clayton Zartman Front Street Broad Cortright M. Haber Springs Hotel

Mistaken Tobacco Handling Warns Local Growers

A noted local tobacco dealer warns farmers that leaving sheds open day and night wastes moisture and weakens weight and quality. He advises closing sheds during hot days and opening at night to improve curing. A separate Lititz incident recalls frightened young women startled by an inebriated intruder during a card game.

Hackers Host Guests From Several Towns

Mr and Mrs Martin C Hacker entertained guests at Myerstown on Sunday including Mr and Mrs William Grube and daughter Elizabeth Lititz. Mr and Mrs Frank Metzler and their children Lloyd Clarence and Howard Lincoln. Mr and Mrs Harry Hacker and children Mary and Henry Weaverstown. The Grube family brought Mrs Charlotte Hacker an aunt aged 86 who greatly enjoyed the automobile trip.

Wilson Grube Elizabeth Lititz Frank Metzler Lloyd Clarence Howard Lincoln Harry Hacker Mary Henry Weaverstown Martin C. Hacker Myerstown Grube Charlotte Hacker Mr. Hacker Reading Eagle

Grosh’s Grapes Yield 10 000 Bunches At Lititz

J L Grosh, a large grape grower near the borough, owns 700 vines planted on his land. A bumper crop this year promises at least 10 000 bunches, with Concord and Worden varieties ripe and sold mainly in Lititz. The venture appears highly profitable.

J. L. Grosh Concord Worden Mr. Grosh Lititz

Also Mentioned on This Page

Haydn Bamberger Bamberger Hershey-Lehman Co Walter Hess Longenecker Galen Sheneberger Wilson Sheneberger South Broad Street M. H. Yoder Lucy Williams Jacob Herzog West Orange Street Maple Street D. C. Martin Walter Ernst W. M. Weitzel Dr. D. C. Martin Anna Bleacher Florida Michael Neiman A. Dilabar United Evangelical Church Mr. Neiman Illinois Fort Pierce Mrs. Neiman Hacker Home
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