Great Lancaster Fair Opens with Big Acts and Exhibits
The Lancaster fair runs Tuesday through Friday September 83 October 1 2 3 with a top racing program three hours of free amusements daily. Acts include Sensational Smithson Cycling the Chasm The Aerial Howards Wizard of the Air and balloonist King Kelly plus Troaglan Bros in high class races. Seals and a large cattle poultry and machinery exhibit accompany reinforced town showcases and moving pictures at the Colonial Theatre featuring Harry K Thaw photos and Marron Heins LaMar minstrel act Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Smithson
Howards
Melvin Howard
King Kelly
Kelley
Troaglan Bros
Trafalgar
Ind
Stirk
Colonial Theatre
Howell
Harry K. Thaw
Canada
Hal H. Reid
Thaw
The
Colonial
Keath
Marron, Heins & LaMar
Ratly Day Observed by Evangelical Sunday School
Brownstown and vicinity report Ratly Day organized by the Evangelical Sunday school with Rev. J A Wiegand of Lancaster as speaker. Notes include local illnesses, harvest activity, fair attendance, and upcoming baseball events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ratly
Evangelical Sunday School
J. A. Wiegand
Lancaster
Laura
Wits Kitnier
Katie Grabill
Reading
Josiah Adams
F. P. Dixon
Rebecca Grebill
Susan
Lebanon County
Edwin E. Getz
Brownstown
Akron
Schoeneck
Real estate sales, social visits, and local notices
Miss Anna Longenecker of Lime Rock spent the Sabbath with Miss Amy Heagy. Two real estate sales were reported: Emil Greiner’s farm sold at public sale to Jacob Hershey for $8000 and Ha Beacker’s farm sold to A Balmer for $89.50 an acre. Several local visits, family tales, and community events fill the week, including church service plans, tobacco buying, and the state Sunday school convention in Williamsport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Longenecker
Lime Rock
Amy Heagy
Emil Greiner
Jacob Hershey
Speedwell School
Horace Hiemesderfer
Hershey
Join Diehm
Palmyra
Witmyer
Harry Singer
Pottsville
Singer
Henry Singer
Harriet Lampeter
H. G. Stormfeltz
L’s
Milton Diehm
Homer Schreiner
E. Petersburg
White Oak
Lexington locals report travel, mishap, and purchases across town
Lexington residents share news of Warren Enck resuming studies in Princeton, Menno Habecker and family visiting Lancaster, and Hiram Kline's Sunday trip to Brownstown cut short by rain. Ida Enck injures knee chasing runaway cows, Ellsworth Philips breaks vehicle shafts after urging horse, and Harry Kauffman buys Samuel Lenhart property from Elizabeth Lenhart. A sociable at Norman Steffy’s hotel drew about 30 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Habecker
Parsons
Mr. Habecker
Milton Carpenter
Ephrata
Morris
Sylvester
Buch
Jacob Stehman
Mr. Schoeberly
Lancaster
Rothsville
J. J. Smith
M. D. Hammer
U. B
Breneman
Warren Enck
Princeton
N. J
Menno Habecker
Elmer Todd
Hiram Kline
Son
Brownstown
Ida
John Enck
Harry Kauffman
Elizabeth Lenhart
Samuel Lenhart
Norman Steffy
Local residents update on yard improvements and visits
Walter Hauck is erecting an iron fence around his yard and had a concrete walk laid earlier, enhancing the property’s appearance. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kauffman and their son visited Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Zell near Lancaster on Sunday. Benjamin A. Heiss has begun erecting a house on his premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Myers
Heiss
Pike
Adam M. Witmer
Henry Shissler
B. M. Geyer
John J. Geyer
Albert
Elizabethtown
Shissler
Lutheran Sunday School
Walter Hauck
Samuel Seaman
Francis Stauffer
Earl and Paul
Lancaster
Martin Reidenbach
Neffsville
Landis Valley
W. A. Kauffman and
Jacob Zell
Benjamin A. Heiss
Lancaster Sealer of Weights Faces Storage Crisis
Sealer John A. Leinbach, appointed a month ago, must either burn or store seized half peck measures after discovering numerous discrepancies among market basket measures in Lancaster. His current quarters are full, prompting action to address faulty weights and local market practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Leinbach
Sealer Leinbach
Ancaster
Hager Store offers women's suits at 18 3 4 dollars
Lancaster store showcases plain tailored models in cheviots poplins and diagonal serges with two to three button coats in cutaway styles. Skirts are plain tailored with neat trim. Flannel fabrics for dresses coats and suits offered in brown blue navy gray or garnet at 59 cents a yard, 54 inches wide. The sale encourages inspection during the fair next week as stock may move quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justi
Smart Millinery Display Invites Autumn Hat Selections
A local millinery offers hundreds of stylish hats priced to ten dollars, with many designs added daily. Shoppers are urged to pair hats with autumn suits or street dresses, and staff can create exclusive hats on custom orders. Visitors can view new displays in town during store hours.
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Lititz
J. F. Buch
Tititz Pa
Lancaster Fair
International Harvesting Company
Keeley Stove Com
Columbia
Pennsylvania State College
Brownstown and Vicinity
Allentown
Penryn Pennings
Rothsville Notes
Geo. K. Rettew
G. J. Weachter
G, E
Rawlinsville
Rettew
Rothsville Castle No. 263
Paul Frymyer
Jacob Graybill
William Frankford
Ohio
A. R. Brown
Harry Fetter
Brickerville
Franklin Bouder
Gee, Erhart
Walter
Esther Reinhold
Reamstown
C. B. Hertzier
Amon Sheatter
Beulah Weachter
Alice Miller
D. D. Butter
Oregon
Joseph Long
C. B. Hertzler
Trotter
Lavern Penn
David Keener
Williamsport
Lexington
Neffsville News
Hager
Fohn
H. Tshudy
John F. Schleith
Mer
Spruce St
Conestoga Meat CO
W. King St. Lancaster
Imperial
MO. F. Longenecker
Watt & Shand
Corner Square
East King Street
Lancaster, PA
Bedford
Wertsch
E. Main Street
Abram
Kissel Manor
Spirella
HAVA
Ity Mer
Lancaster Pa
Isaac Lorah
Penryn
John D. Bear
Bell
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