Autumn arrows Northward but birds stay warm this week
Autumn began with no cooling yet and birds migrate south for winter. On Owl Hill H J Pierson harvested over 800 bushels of oats from thirteen acres. Lititz stores close for last half holiday of summer this Thursday and Thanksgiving closing follows. Saints Paul Lutheran urged canned fruit donations for Loysville Orphans Home by Sept 27 noon. Local items note tool theft, potato harvests, and several large fish caught by Lititz anglers. Frank Ford takes charge of A P store at Ephrata. Martin Bisker injures hand at Animal Trap Factory. Henry Bowers buys an eleven acre farm. Salmon fishing proves fruitful for Lititz anglers amid weekend catches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Pierson
Owl Hill
Lititz
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Loysville
John R. Gibbes
Christ Yerger
Baldtriar
Jacob Eberly
Earl Erb
George Evans
Emory Wagner
Allen
Frank Ford
Ephrata
Loreal
Martin Bisker
Henry Bowers
Monroe Haldeman
Rothsville
Millport
Frost Cannot Harm Tobacco Crop As Harvest Presses On
A light frost along creeks Wednesday morning caused no damage. About forty percent of the tobacco remains to be cut, as farmers work hard to bring it under roof. Delays come from lack of help and farmers waiting for full ripening. The crop is strong with good weight and size, and late growth was aided by rains. Weather forecasts favored growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort
Tax collection schedule with late fee warning
Six more days remain to pay taxes with a 5 percent penalty after the final deadline. Grosh appears at Five Point store on Friday September 26 from 2 to 8 PM and at Gingrich's harness store on Saturday September 27. He will be at 218 Spruce Street from 8 PM to receive payments on September 29 30 and October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PS. Grosh
Five Point
Gingrich
Spruce Street
State Sent Representative Here to See Health Lecture at Public School
State Bureau of Attendance sent a representative to observe school health and morals program at the Bedford area high school. Rev Caldwell spoke on health and morals, while students and staff noted deposits and activities at the Spring grounds. The class of 1924 graduates listed careers from safemakers to teachers and college students, with many pursuing trades and higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Risser’s Meadow
Jolaas
Obreca Star of Springfield Hurling Home Runs and Fame
Obreca, a top slugger for Springfield, is one of the Eastern League’s leading players with 21 homers this season. He powered a seven and one third inning hitless stretch by the opponent with a key homer in a 2 1 game. He also homered to virtually win a game against Pittsfield and is slated to play in a charity affair at Reading featuring Babe Ruth and the St Marys Profession all, aiding the new convent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obrec
Springfield
Charles Dimeler
Lititz
Westfeld
Mass
Obere
Pleassant
Obree
Reading
St. Mary’s
Felcons
Lauer's, Park
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Athletics
Benefit Ball Game Raises $150 for Elwood Shoemaker
Elwood Shoemaker underwent his third operation in a week at Lancaster General Hospital for a broken leg. Surgeons inserted a silver plate after a failed attempt to straighten the bone. A benefit game held Saturday at Lititz raised $150 to help cover medical costs, with Shoemaker expected to return home early next week as visitors keep him company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Shoemaker
Lancaster General Hospital
State tightens rules on minor workers and certificates
M C Demmy Supervising Principal announces new age certificate blanks from the State Department to enforce compulsory attendance and the Child Labor Act. Minors sixteen and over seeking work must show birth or baptism certificates or physician evidence of age plus a guardian affidavit. Parents and employers urged to obtain certificates to avoid penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
M.C. Demmy
Department of Public Instruction
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Department of Health
Harrisburg
Lititz Farmer Sells Sauerkraut Direct to Consumers
John Hess of Lititz plans to market his farm products finished and direct to buyers. He is currently producing sauerkraut with a power cutter and has reached 2000 gallons. Hess plants cabbage by the acre with a tobacco planter, noting a good cabbage season and sauerkraut touted as a health food benefiting digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hess
Lititz
Flour Grinding era and local life notes from Lititz county
Farmers take their wheat to mills for custom grinding as prices rise and toll declines. An Akron hill tale shows a near collision with a pole cat, sparking quick thinking. A Philadelphia “Horse Notes” clipping mentions Lititz as the sire name Sante Guy in a Wilmington race, linking to our town and Bohemia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Lancaster
Philadelphia Record
Lititz
Sante Guy
Bohemia
New Chemical Company in Lititz Promises Bright Future
The Woolworth Chemical Company, organized in Lititz with a $20,000 capitalization, is led by William Peacock Daniel Gray Claude Marble Frank Dengate and others from the Animal Trap Company Chester. After a year of quiet work a tarnish preventive product has grown in demand, with jewelers and hardware jobbers in the middle west adopting the line. Production has begun in Lititz and chemists Peacock and Gray oversee development aiming at home use by housewives to keep silverware bright. The venture is expected to boost Lititz prestige akin to the Pretzel factory and its chocolate facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolworth ‘Chemical Company
Lititz
Chester
Mr. Woolworth
William Peacock
Daniel Gray
Claude Marble
Frank Dengate
Middle West
R. ‘Wertsch
Peacock
Gray
Jacob Leed to Buy Apples in New York State
Jacob Leed of Leaman & Leed plans a weeklong trip to New York around Rochester to buy apples. The firm has already received three carloads this season and a Grimes carload arrives Tuesday. Last year yielded about thirty carloads. 1923 had a short New York crop and this year mirrors that shortage. Early apples were plentiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Leed
Leaman & Leed
New York State
Rochester
Grimes
Fire Insurance Assessments and Local Real Estate Sales
Fire insurance assessments are listed for Old Guard, Lititz Agricultural, Mennonite, Farmers Lancaster, Manor, and Northern with various percentage charges on premium notes. Separately, auctioneer Landis Buchen sold multiple farms this September including 9 acre properties near Akron Station and Wood Corner, Clay township, and 29 1/2 acre West Earl Township holdings at $478 per acre. A new specialty shop by Mrs. Atwood Kreider opens October 1 at 26 East Main Street, offering ladies and children’s wares. Potatoes harvest in Lititz area is strong with W H Brenner reporting 3 000 to 4 000 bushels from 16.5 acres as carloads are shipped for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Guard
Lititz Agricultural
Mennonite
Farmers
Lancaster
Manor
Northern
Atwood Kreider
East Main Street
Groff
Kreider
H, JT. Hacker
Harry Heffrey
Akron Station
Frank d.Garman
Stevens
A. W. Sweigart
West Earl Township
Harry Sweigart
Farms Sell At Auction Pass. Yerger Farm Not Sold
The Yerger farm east of Kissel Hill failed to sell at public sale last Friday and will be offered privately by Mr. Yerger. The Joseph Bell farm of 45 acres between Manheim and White Oak sold for 220.50 per acre. The Elmer Hershey farm of 35 acres between Lititz and Manheim sold for 266 per acre. Auctioneer H. Snavely conducted the sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Yerger
Kissel Hil
Mr. Yerger
Joseph Bell
Manheim
White Oak
Elmer Hershey
Lititz
H. Snavely
Myers Buys Manheim Farm At Public Sale
N S Myers paid over 250 dollars an acre for the Phares Frank farm in Manheim township. The six and a half acre property lies between Lititz pike and Fruitville pike and was described as among the township’s best farms. Buyers considered the price low for a farm of this kind, purchased as an investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
Phares Frank
Manheim Township
Lititz Pike
Fruitvillé Pike
Big Sale at New Holland Attracts Many Local Buyers
Stauffer Sales Commission Company held a New Holland sale last Thursday netting 27000 dollars. Over 400 cows sold from 3 to 175 dollars, a carload of twenty five cows averaged 106 dollars. Four hundred shoats disposed of. Sale ran 1030 am to 930 pm with meals provided by the Ladies Aid Society. Auctioneers were H. H. Snavely of Lititz and Charles Faulk of Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stauffer Sales Commission Company
New Holland
Ladies’ Aid Society
H. H. Snavely F
Lititz
Charles Faulk
Lancaster
Reeser Couple Welcome Robert G Baby Boy
Dr and Mrs N B Reeser announce the birth of a son named Robert G Saturday evening The mother and child are reported to be doing well The Reeser family now includes a boy and a girl in residence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Reeser
Robert G
Card Parties At Kissel Hill And Broad Street Hostesses
Miss Brenner entertained about twenty guests at her Kissel Hill home on Saturday evening with refreshments. Miss Ethel Holtzmann hosted a card party on South Broad Street that same evening and treated all guests to refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May ‘Brenner
Kissel Hill
Ethel Holtzhanss
South Broad Street
State Grange Master McSparran Absent at Rothaville Meeting
Unfavorable weather kept Rothsville’s Warwick Grange meeting attendance lower than expected. John A. McSparran was detained, causing disappointment. Program featured J W Brue opening address, Inez Knox recitations, orange quartet, Haverstick and Levan, Stauffer, musical numbers, and several Grange addresses. Refreshments were served to all present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick
Rothsville
Grange
John A. McSparran
J. W. Brueat
Pimno
Inez ‘Knox
Fara Longyaong
Orange Quartette
C.D. Haverstick
Haverstick
Stéphen Levan
Levani
Catherine | Stauffer
Mr. Haverstick
L. L. Ruppia
Pomona Grange
Givler
Ephrata Grange
Grunenberger
Montgomery
County Grange
Ty. Hess
Travel notes of visitors and trips around Lititz
A long list of residents and guests details travel to and from Lititz and nearby towns. John Leed visited Hershey with family. many Lancaster, Florin, Lebanon and Berks County travelers are noted. Others include a Pittsburgh visitor for a birthday, and a ship ment of Lititz pretzels reaching Hollywood. The piece ends with a community meeting announcement in Lititz.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lloyd Roger
N. D. Sturgis
Mr. Showers
Daniel Imhoff
Lyman Hornley
Mach Tobacco
Mildred. Fisher
Bureau of Attendance
Department
Blic
Mary Tschudy
J . William Diehm
Stiffel & Freeman
Safa
George Fleishmann
Coney
Eugene Mohn
Robert Melzer
Ideal Cocoa & Chocolate Co
Edna Mohler
Rapho
Luther Mearig
Penn
Frank Nies
Paper Box
Prog
Thelma Pfautz
Kiddy Shoe Co
Thelma Russell
St. Joseph's Hospital
Mary Sturgis
Millersville State Normal School
Rath’ Shenk
Louella Snader
Beckley College
Anna Weaver
Warwick Twp
Homer Hackman
Penn Two
Samuel Seaber
Raymond Binkley
F. & M. College
Violet Derok
Hood College
Emily Girvin
Hohennam Hospital
Grace Hassler
Obreca
Christ Bouple
Akron
New Chemical Company
At. Lititz
Copperhead
Susquehanna
Isaac Pfautz
Fishing Creek
Fairview Farm
Rickert
Zions Home
W. H. Brenner
Ae ‘Prantz Bros
N.S Myers
Berni
Dr. Reeser
McSparran
Rothaville
John . Leed
Spencer
Hershey
Jacov. Sesséma
Florin
Elizabethtown
Daniel ‘Dietrich
Warwick Township
Paul Ulrich
Palmyra
B.F. Grosh
S. Becker von Grabill
Israel H. Doster
Joseph
Philadelphia
Jonas “Hennly
Elam
Scottdale
Blanche Lengel
Lebanon Valley College
N. D
N. D. Sturgis and Family On Sunday. . . Mr. and. Mrs. Joe Kieht
Agnes Adams
Alvin Kochel
East Petersburg
Elmer Shelly
Frank Spickler
P.B. Bucher
Ira Bucher
E. Lane
J. Frank Buch
Wayne
Pike Counties
Gus. Samuels
Orwigsboro
Joseph Dreifus
Sabina
Samuel Steffy
Sherman Steffy
Wilmington
du Pont Gardens
City
David Yiengst
Zion
Calvin Yiengst
Irene
Almeda
Roy
Ira
Greenville
Ray
Mand Galebach
Joseph Driefus
Ocean City
Percy Dreifus
Dreifus
James Kennedy
Youngstown
Ohio
Police Woman of
Parents’ League of the World’s Parity Federation
St. Paul's
Tutheran Church
Miss Ferriter
Hollywood
Holywood
California
Country
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