Lititz News Roundup Captures Local Happenings and Appointments
Local items report H. C. Reedy leading a Columbia gathering, Meek buys a Ford runabout, farmers harvest corn, and taxes due with a five cent penalty. Louis Dehme to Annville barber start, Mrs. Haines and Mrs. Siegel improvements noted, Lengenecker teaser for 1914 Imperial autos at Lancaster fair, Dr. Fleischer tours Warwick schools, store hours shifting to 9 PM, gratitude from Mrs. Kline, Lititz Auxiliary Hospital organizing, stork visits Warwick and an October choir trip. Bell line extends to Landis Valley with nine subscribers, Longenecker purchases old Jack en auto, and local horse Wanaga wins again at Hanover. Schools close early for Lancaster fair, Carpenter operated on, Lititz Fire Insurance impact minimal, Lutheran Ladies Aid festival planned, Miss Wood named Ful ton assistant teacher replacing Hertzler, daughter of Director Wood previously held post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Dehme
Annie
Lebanon County
Mary Haines
Warwick House
Charles Siegel
Lancaster
Fianna Kline
Lititz
Lancasteraneral Hospital
Julius Sturgis
Warick
Thomas Over
H. Reedy
Newmansown
United Evangelical Yard
L. Solsky
Ancaster
John F. Longenecker
Bell Telephone System
F Landis Valley
Lancaster Exchange
Wayne Longenecker
The
Bell
Wanaga
M. Huber
Hanover Fair
Carlisle
John L. Carpenter
Lancaster General Hospital
John
Lititz Agricultural Fire Insurance Company
White Horse
Lutheran Church Ladies Aid Society
Emma Long
S. Broad Street
Helen Wood of
Lyles
Fulton High School
Kate Hertzler
Miss Wood
Alfred Wood
Real estate boom as multiple private and public sales occur
Elam Fassnacht buys a two story frame on West Orange and Spruce for 2500 with possession April 1. H J Pierson pays 5200 for Ezra Kline's South Broad home. Weaver sells Maple street home for 2250 to Frank Crall. 90 acres of limestone land near Manheim sells for 200 per acre. Oberholtzer and Keeler farms change hands at 95 and 23495 per acre respectively. Brubaker 12 acre farm sells for 417 per acre. Mastersonville home sells for 2000 to Henry Greiner. Mt Hope tract sells for 2000. Akron/Manheim properties move in several private and public sales. Also several closures as auctions finish and a 3,150 farm sale completes. A drunken woman is locked up by Constable Greek and later sobers up. a drunken hobo is jailed in cell No 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elam Fassnacht
John Sesseman
West Orange
Spruce Streets
H. J. Pierson
Ezra Kline
South Broad Street
Mr. Pierson
Solomon Weaver
Maple Street
Frank Crall
Grove Locher
Manheim Township
Lancaster and
Lititz
Lancaster
Henry S. Frank
John Oberholtzer
Rothsville
Amos Aberholtzer
John Keeler
Steinmetz’s Church
Akron
Ephrata
Aaron Leed
Middle Creek
B. 8
Brubaker
Kistonville
Henry K. Brandt
H. M. Lane
Manheim
Colosius Brubaker
Mastersonville
Herry T. Greiner
D.W. Stoner
Lizzie Will
Mt. Hope
Elmer Will
Clayton Shelly
Henry Arndt
Market Square
Ada Oberholtzer
Martin Witmer
Weaver
Warwick Township
Abraham L. Strickler
Fairland
Penn Township
Titus White
I. N. Rédman
Andrew Kulp
West Earl Township
Harvey G. Kulp
Social events note from Broad Street gathering
Miss Janet Bueh will entertain at 5000 Broad Street this evening. Miss Kathryn L. Shenk hosted a sociable on the Spring grounds last Saturday afternoon and evening. Despite bad weather more than 100 young men and ladies attended and enjoyed an excellent supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Bueh
Broad Street
Kathryn L. Shenk
Henry Shenk
Bretzel Roller Honors Fifty Years of Service
Henry G. C. Sturgis of East Main Street is celebrated as the town's veteran bretzel roller. Sunday marked fifty years since he began crafting palatable twists, a career spanning work for Henry Ranck Julius Sturgis and William Kislinger. He now works for his son Edgar, with Ed win Sturgis having started a year earlier but interrupted by three years in the Union Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry GC. Sturgis
East Main St
United States
Sturgis
Henry Ranck
Julius Sturgis
William Kissinger
Edgar
Edwin Sturgis
Wm. Kissinger
Henry Sturgis
Union Army
Deaths of Mrs Weidler Burkholder and others in the area
Obituary notices report the death of Mrs Amanda Burkholder near Mechanicsburg in her 51st year from a disease complication. Survivors include husband and children A L Brubaker, Harvey, Laura, Weidler. Also deaths of Samuel Wealand in Lebanon county at 79, and John Diffenderfer a Civil War veteran in Manheim. Kate Witmyer dies at 50 near Middle Creek meeting house. The items note Mennonite and Lutheran affiliations, funerals, and graves at Mellinger and Middle Creek cemeteries. Also a report on tobacco harvest activity and anticipated 1913 crop purchases by major firms as a market outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Burkholder
Mechanicsburg
Mennonite Church
A. L. Brubaker
Lititz
Harvey
Laura
Weidler
Jacob Eshleman
Ephrata
Jacob Kurtz
JF. D. Erb
Lucinda Childs
Samuel Wealand
Clay Township
HA. Leitner
Richland
Lebanon County
Edwin Wealand
Clay
Andrew West
Weidmanville
Hiram Drybread
Airy
Leiter
Mellinger’s Cemetery
Schoeneck
Kate Witmyer
Henry Witmyer
Middle Creek Meeting House
Lancaster Intelligencer
Hisenlohr’s
United Cigar Manufacturers
American Tobacco Company
Will Give Comic Opera at Linden Hall Gymnasium
Lititz residents will enjoy the announcement that C B Loeffler plans a new comic opera The Little Tycoon by Willard Spencer to be staged in Linden Hall gymnasium this winter. A home talent cast of about fifty is planned with rehearsals starting soon for the Chautangua guarantors benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Loeffler
Grumbling Died of Natural Causes in Lancaster
Reuben Grumbling a laborer from near Fairland Penn township died at Lancaster General Hospital Friday afternoon from natural causes. An autopsy found no wounds. Coroner’s jury exonerated Thomas Erb and others. Grumbling, 44, survived by four brothers and one sister. Funeral from his brother’s home, Kissel Hill cemetery. Rev. Clarke officiated. Education notes follow about Linden Hall and local football lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Diffenderfer
Manheim
Charlotte Street
Jacob Brown
171St
Pennsylvania Infantry
Addison Hilton
Penn
Sporting Hill
Reet
Reuben Grumbling
Fairland
Penn Township
Lancaster General Hospital
Thomas Erb
Erb
J. 8. Beamesderfer
Hartman
Miller
Squire Stroh
H. W. Cassel
Clayton Gibbel
William H. Barto
Monroe M. Pfautz
H. C. Boyd
Philip Rice
Grumbling
Charles
Harry
John
Stephen
Angeline Marks
Fruitville
Kissel Hill
Geo. D. Clarke
Travel News A Round of Visits Across Lancaster Area
Mr G Herman Goetz of Harrisburg visited town last Saturday. Many locals and guests visited relatives in Reading East Petersburg Lancaster and Lebanon this week. The group included Mr and Mrs Abram Shank Mrs Enos Baker Miss Mary Frederick and Miss Ella Mae Romig with other relatives sharing weekend travel and home visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Herman Goetz
Harrisburg
Frank Spickler
Allentown
Philadelphia
Abram Shank
Reading
W. B. Oehme
Enos Baker
East Petersburg
Lancaster
Haydn Howard
Reamstown
Lititz
Monroe Kreiter
Washington, D. C
J. B. Leib
Reuben Hackman
Akron
John Wissler
Mary Frederick
Wilbur Meiskey
Ella Mae Romig
Stella Buchter
D. A. Cohick
Nazareth
Jacob Neff and Child
Ephrata
G. D. Shreiner
Simmons
Lewis Murr
Joel Bear
Lanecaster
Jacob Herzog
Harold Stark
Friend
Whitemarsh
Melvin Shreiner
Manheim
E. G. Witters
G. W. Shelly
Freeport
Ill
Lost bar pin of L. J. 58 found near East Main Street
Miss Lottie Sturgis reports a bar pin with initials L. J. 58 missing since Wednesday evening. A lady's pin was found along East Main Street and can be claimed at the Recorn office by the finder or loser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Sturgis
East Main Street
Recorn
Spelling Bee and Deer Sightings Dominate Local News
Dr J L Hertz Ill with intestinal ulcer at home on East Main Street with Dr T B Apple in attendance. A spelling bee hosted by the Men’s League of St Luke Reform ed church scheduled for October 3 in Linden Hall with three classes and five prizes per class. A wild five pronged buck roamed Shoeneck area, pursued on horseback but evading capture. Primary election notes show Dietrich and Shultz contesting for jury commissioner with Dietrich winning. A court appointment of J P Hepler as receiver for the 166 acre Sheaffer farm in Warwick township with $5,000 bond set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Hertz
East Main Street
T. B. Apple
Lancaster
Men's League of St. Luke Reformed Church
Linden Hall
Shoeneck
D. W. Dietrich
Warwick
Joseph R. Shultz
Dietrich
Mr. Shultz
Elizabeth Township
Coyle & Keller
Fredrick W. Sheaffer
Harry E. Sheaffer
Sheaffer
Warwick Township
Kisse! Hill
Fredrick Sheaffer
Hassler
J. P. Hepler
Severe Storm Produces Heavy Rain and Flooded Fields
A Sunday rainstorm dumped over two inches of rain in two hours, flooding streets and fields as streams overflowed. Thunder and lightning accompanied the downpour, with a second heavy shower in the evening. Winds resembled a cyclone near Elizabeth town and Bainbridge, but caused no local damage. Raymond Falls, 1.5 miles southwest of Lititz, fell from a scaffold while helping his father house tobacco, suffering severe bruises though ribs were not broken. Dr Beamesderfer from Manheim attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Bainbridge
Raymond
Ephraim Falls
Amos Sensenich
Lititz
Beamesderfer
Manheim
Manheim Fan Boozed After Springs Party
A stranger after a party at the Springs appeared intoxicated and half without clothing. He had followed the Manheim baseball team to Ephrata, drank heavily, recalled little, and asked for shelter. He left Park View hotel with his belongings later that morning and returned to Manheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Grosh
Grosh
Manheim Baseball Nine
Ephrata
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H. C. Reedy
Columbia
Meek
Lititz R. D
Greek
Annie Smith
Miller’s Woods
Bretzel Roller
Weidler Burkholder
Ellis Butzer
Claude Axer
Felker
Grazer
Burk
Clement L. Reinke
Gundenhutten
Ohio
Moravian Church
Linden Hall Seminary
E.S. Hagen
L E. Deer
Mary Dixon Memorial Chapel
Joseph EB. Weinland
Indianapatis
Ezra Hartranft
Bertha
John C. Cral
C. Wm. Grosh
First District
Bethlehem
H.W. Kriebel
H. N. Miksch
Welsh Run
Hagerstown
Frederick
Wzra Hartranft
Annie Hartranft
Helen
Katie Good
Rebecca
Amanda
Emma
Rose Thomas
James Good
Lebanon
M. H. Yoder
Alvin Long
Harry F. Long
James Yoder
Berks County
Messrs
F. B. Runk
A. T. Litch
C. B. Schmuck
8. L. Diehm
Athletics
New York
Mr. White
Dr. Hertz
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