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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
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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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Grosh
Concord
Worden
Mr. Grosh
Lititz
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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
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