Eugene Weidler to Start House On Broad Street
City notes show Eugene Weidler beginning construction of a house at 5 Broad Street. A stroke left Madison Dietrich’s health improving slowly after last Friday’s episode on East Main Street. Moravian church choir hosted a corn roast at Spring Grounds last evening. A large sale of household goods is planned at Warwick House on Saturday. Odd Fellows prepare for a key meeting Monday evening. D G Witmyer serves as bantam judge at Allentown fair this week and will head the poultry department at Lancaster fair next week. Moravian Ushers hold their first monthly meeting of the fall season this evening. East Main Street traffic counted 25 closed cars in an hour with touring cars increasing later. Closing of local state facilities near month end extended to October 1 due to river conditions and Linden Hall Seminary delays. A substantial addition to Linden Hall Seminary rear wing noted as plans advance and school opening pushed from 22 to 29 August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Dietrich
East Main Street
Moravian Church
Warwick House
D. G. Witmyer
Allentown
Lancaster
Ushers Association of the
Entertains Work Crew At Home On Tuesday Evening
John Todd hosted twelve carpenter workers at his Leantan Street home Tuesday evening. Mrs Todd prepared a chicken and waffle meal as Mrs Harry Buechter and Charles Weaver provided instrumental and vocal music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Todd
Leantan Street
Real Estate Notes From Local Auctions
Clayton Adams buys land on Front street for a home site and work begins. An 11 acre Brunnerville Rothsville tract offered at public sale by Frank Frederick was withdrawn at 1200 dollars. Jacob Snyder of Broad street sold an 84 acre Lincoln area farm with improvements to Joseph Hostetter near Brownstown at private sale. Guy Brubaker purchased the late Mrs. Samuel Walters South Broad street home from the executor on private terms. The late Claytor Adair North Broad street home sold at public sale to Phares Miehm for 6180 dollars. Rolandus Getz Front street home sold at public sale to Jacob Eberly for 4005 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Adams
Front Street
Brunnerville
Rothsville
Frank Frederick
Jacob Snyder
Broad Street
Lincoln
Joseph Hostetter
Brownstown
Guy Brubaker
Samuel Walters
South Broad Street
Claytor Adair
North Broad Street
Phares Miehm
Rolandus Getz
Jatoh Eberly
Visitors from New York tour East Side homes with Fresh Air Fund
William Eshleman Morris Fry and Mr and Mrs John Adams visited New York on Sunday and toured East Side living areas with the Fresh Air Fund. They met Mrs Marie Kohn and her son and discussed a winter visit for the child. The group noted harsh conditions and planned arrangements to bring a child here. A 25 percent sale on fabrics at Plautz Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Eshleman
Morris Fry
John Adams
New York
Fresh Air Fund
Hotel owner acquitted in liquor sale case
Lemuel S. Roland, proprietor of the Rome Hotel near Lititz, was acquitted by a jury on a liquor sale and possession charge. Whiskey found in his icebox was said to be a payment for his disabled wife, a defense he testified to in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel S. Roland
Rome
Lititz
County Editors Debate Bridge Plans at Lancaster
County editors met at the Stevens House in Lancaster to discuss a proposed public bridge over the Susquehanna at Columbia. They warned of private interests pushing a privately owned bridge for large profits and noted land options in Columbia and Wrightsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens House
Lancaster
Susquehanna
Columbia
Wrightsville
Auto Club
Lititz residents help New York children on Tribune Fund trip
Leslie M. Conly of The New York Herald Tribune Press Air Fund praised Lititz citizens for hosting poor New York children for a two week vacation. He wrote that the children’s return and remarks at Pennsylvania Station showed the guests’ gratitude and extended heartfelt thanks to all who assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie M. Conly
New York Herald Tribune Press Air Fund
New York Hare
E Gerae
Pennsylvania Station
Tribune Fund
Interesting collection of Indian relics found near Marietta
Lloyd Royer found many Susquehanna relics last week near Marietta including axes ceremonial stones grinding stones hides scraping tools pottery beads wampum and a moccasin making stone valued at ten dollars. He also brought home fool's gold and petrified wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Royer
Susquehanna
Marietta
Lititz Band Concerts Close Season With Strong Attendance
The Lititz open air concert season concluded Saturday with large crowds and broad music appreciation. Organizers led by Robert E. Pfautz and committee members arranged a schedule featuring bands from Amaville Manheim Acme Myerstown Lititz Denver Palmyra Ephrata Wyomissing York Riviera Club and Good Shepherd of Allentown contributing Friday and Saturday performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Merchant’s Association
Robert E. Pfautz
H. R. Wertsch
L. N. Mayer
Washington
Amaville
Manheim
Acme
Myerstown
Denver Bar
Palmyra
Ephrata
Wyomissing
Ringgold
York
Riviera Club
Tun
Lancaster
Elizabethville
Good Shepherd Band
Allentown
Hikers Reach San Francisco Amid Desert Trek
The group left Salt Lake City and met four fellows in a Ford from North Carolina. Facing heat and dust in the desert they pressed on with little gas and funds, finally arriving in San Francisco during the city’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ward
Howard Young
Paul
Eugene Mohn
Salt Lake City
North Carolina
Nevada
Frisco
Henry Wike Last Survivor of Band
Henry Wike, Civil War veteran aged 83, is the last survivor of the Pennabecker band of Clay. The band, funded by miller Pannabecker of Hopeland, once traveledto Reading and Lancaster for political campaigns. Wike recalls band practice on a stand near Pannabecker and Fourth of July in Lititz seventy four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wike
Pennabecker
Clay
Wike
Reading
Lebanon
Langaster
Grant
Pannabecker
Lancaster
Lititz
Pannabeeko
Michael Engle
Ion Beer
U Oon
Main Street
Ife
Womelsdorf
Grickerville
Celebrations Mark Fifty for B. F. Lutz of Lutite
B F Lutz celebrated his fiftieth birthday with a gathering of fifty or more guests at his home. The Lutite orchestra provided entertainment and a well planned refreshments table was enjoyed by all. Ben Lutz is noted for speaking out on local improvements despite opposition from a quiet crowd. Mr Tata was featured enjoying music and home life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. FL Lutz
Mitchel
Ben
Mr. Tata
Legion Smok er Smoker Draws Fifty Members
An American Legion post held a Tuesday evening smoker at its headquarters with fifty members attending. Capt. John Groff of the Lancaster Post gave an address. The event featured a de Lititz orchestra and singing of old war time songs. Refreshments included hot dogs sauerkraut sugar cake coffee pretzels cheese pickles and sweet cider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
John Groff
Lancaster Post
de Lititz
Tumnus Electric Co Financs Window Shades Ad
Electrical work and window shade promotion mention Tumnus Electric Co and Verger Adams Seaman Gav Karte Levi Yerger Javoh Tershey Samuel Wonder and Preutz Bros as a local ad with various names and products for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tumnus Electric C
E. Il
Verger
Nk Adams
Seaman Co
Gav
Road conditions and parade tales from Lancaster court
At Lancaster Court opening constables reported many county roads in bad repair. The Manheim Lititz turnpike is notably poor yet not cited as impassable. A Lititz resident recalls a California parade float, gold rush re-enactment, and a local man proudly raising three turkeys protected by an umbrella during rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Manheim
Lititz
Manheim and
Penn Township
San Francisco Chronicle
California
Califor
Tititz
East Main Street
Part One CHAPTER Jerry Was Not Deceived
Twenty minutes before midnight the studio apartment of Carter Blake hosts an unexpected blaze of sound and movement. Three couples dance near the phonograph as conversations mingle and smoke and drinks pass around.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Carter Blake
Geoyery
Egg Prices Rise as Egg Supply Shrinks Across Town
Egg prices jump ten cents a dozen within a week due to falling egg supply. Stores struggle to meet demand as farmers cull flocks and hens molt or stop laying. Poultrymen shift to young stock, delaying full production. Prices expected to stay high through winter.
Oct 16 Ominous Day for Sauer Kraut
A feature notes sauerkraut making beginning as cool weather sets in with cabbage available from farmers and canned options in store. It explains housewives judge color and saverness, the process of salting and stamping, and cites Gallus on Oct 16 as a superstition day. It also traces sauerkraut from German communities to its modern view as a health food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tess
Lit’itz
Four Trains Needed for Reading Company Excursion
The Reading Company ran four special trains on Sunday for the excursion up the studion, largest of the season, carrying 2,786 passengers from coal region Harrisburg Lancaster and Reading. Return to Jersey City was on schedule. 44 passengers hailed from Lititz. Jacob Leed of Seaman & Lead planned to return to New York state to supervise buying thousands of bushels of apples for the firm, with David Jenking assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studion
Reading Company
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Reading
Vun
Jervsey City
Lititz
Borming
Jacob Leed
Seaman & Lead
New York State
Mr. Leed
David Jenking
Albion
Mr and Mrs Brobst Remain in Canada After Wreck
Mrs. Charles Brobst remains confined in Kingston hospital Canada as her husband stays nearby waiting to bring her home. He reports slow improvement and mentions another nearby auto wreck in which a woman died while his own car went off the road. No return date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brobst
Kingston
Canada
Straw hat promotion at local store offers free coffee
The National store advertises free a pound of coffee for anyone turning in an old straw hat during a set hour. A varied display of straw hats collected through the promotion is visible in the window.
Yellow Jackets Invade Ira Nies Kitchen
Describes a nest of yellow jackets built between the rear wall of Ira Nies' kitchen. Warm week enabled a nest expansion and cleanup took about half a day. Nies used mosquito netting and gloves to dispatch the insects without being stung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Nies
Mr. Nies
Frueauff Reunion at Lititz September 17 1925
Prof and Mrs Herman Frueauff from Allentown visit Lititz on the birthday of Frueauff. The party includes Miss Moore and Joseph Hoopes of Downingtown. Frueauff recalls Linden Hall origins and travels while in Lititz. Police return a teenage runaway to her home after she misrepresented her age. Scott's Book Store advertises magazine subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frueauft
Miss Moore
Allentown
Myr
Joseph Hoopes
Downingtown
Lilitette
Linden Tall Seminary
Abram Beek
Henry Bomberger
Olga Beckler
Frank Buch
Frueauff
Kreider
Voganville
Travelogues and Gatherings Across Nearby Towns
Local social notes describe weekly travels and visits by residents of Lititz Elizabethtown and nearby areas. Couples vacation in Atlantic City and Brunnerville while others vacation in Scottdale Rexmont and Bowers Beach. A party at Oak Lynn tea house and a Sophomore corn roast at Meadow Spring Farm add to the weekend gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine Brobst
Oak Lynn
Elizabethtown
Buch Reunion Attendees List at Lancaster
At the Buch reunion in Lancaster on Saturday attendees included Henry B. Buch Mr and Mrs Frank B. Buch Walter Milter and family Mrs Lydia Bowman Miss A V Grosh Mr and Mrs Guy Buch Mr and Mrs Nathan Buch Mr and Mrs Samuel Buch and Mr and Mrs Charles Bechtel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Buch
Lancaster
Henry B. Buch
Frank B. Buch
Walter Milter
Lydia Bowman
A.V. Grosh
Guy Buch
Nathan Buch
Samuel Buch
Charles Bechtel
Neighbors Help Mr Gantz Harvest Tobacco Crop
Neighbors gathered at Frank Gantz farm in Pine Hill on Tuesday and in half a day cut and stored 2000 laths of tobacco. Three two horse teams transported the crop from the field and three more friends helped finish the work the next day. Abram Huber coordinated the helpers. Gantz, who has endured several misfortunes in six months, expressed deep gratitude for the timely aid from the community. Present were Jos D Mumert Joseph D Geibe Adam Z Hornsberger Philip Martin Sanford Bucher C B Risser Roy Groff A S Huber J B Snyder Harry Hess John Landis Samuel Bucher Jacob Risser Tra Rohrer Amos Keener Harry Kauffman Ernest Helman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gantz
Pine Hill
Abram Huber
Gantz
Record
Mr. Gantz
Jos D. Mummert
Joseph D. Geibe
Adam Z. Hornsberger
Philip Martin
Sanford
Profitable Tour for Good Shepherd Home Band
The Good Shepherd Home Band of Allentown toured this count and played at Lititz to broad welcome. They returned home in good spirits and were rewarded with 2000 dollars, 208 dollars of which went to Lititz collection hats. Mr. Jacob G. Huber of Lancaster served as guide and manager through Lancaster County. A note urges readers to buy a flashlight at Scott's Book Store for up to four dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Shepherd
Allentown
Litté
Lititz
Jacob G. Huber
Lancaster
Lancaster County
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Eugene Weidler
Linden Hall Seminary
Tomes of
Eshleman
Fry
Lincoln Weachter
Plautz Bros
Dren
Shane
Legion
Preutz Bros
Prudence
Ethel Hueston
WNU
The
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Part
Mr. and
Mrs. Brobst
Prof. Frueauff
Joseph Downing Hoopes
Chester Co
Penna
Herman T. Frueauff
Theodora Froeauff Beckler
Novka
Volga
Russia
Prof
Linden Hall
Eugene A. Frueaut
Frueaut
Jauch
Frucauf
F. W. Stengie
Good Riddance
Scott's Book Store
W. H. Muth
Atlantic City
Hiram McCauley
Steetter
P. B. Furlow
John Y. Roth
Floyd Wachter
Bethlehem
John F. Schleith
Spruce Street
Wm. Snavely
Howard Bollinger
Scottdale, Pa
Oscar Mills
Mary Hagen
New Drop
Staten Island, N. Y
E. L. Garber and
Family
Wm. Reidenbach
Harry Reidenbach and Son
Rexmont
Jacob Bender
Jacob Stief
Margaret
C. B. Haverstick
Meadow Spring Farm
Millway
Ephrata High School
Samuel Reeser
Camp Hill
John Reeser
New Cumberland
Res J
N. B. Reeser
N. D. Sturgis
Dr. D. A
Ong
Bowers Beach
Jacob Brubaker
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