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McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Used with permission of McGraw-Hill Book Company. Page 120. 19Lititz Express, June 28, 1907. 20Ibid., July 26, 1907. 21Ibid., August 23, 1907. =Lititz Record, November 7, 1907. 23Lancaster County (Pa.) Charter Book Volume 3, page 49; occupations from Zook, Op. Cit., pages