Lititz Men in Military Service Reach Camp Merritt
Army and Navy Notes recount Lititz residents joining Canadian and U S forces in World War I. Leon Webber, now in France with a Canadian contingent, is serving again after disability. Frank Meiskey writes from Camp Merritt, noting transfers to Engineer Corps, quarantine due to measles, and anticipation of sailing to France. The piece mentions families in Mayerthorpe Alberta and local youth awaiting overseas deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Webber
Canada
France
Lititz
Camp Meade
Engineer Corps 48
Samuel Hoffman
Camp Merritt
High Seas
Red Cross
Frank H. Meiskey
Local Boy in England Describes War Service Letters
Jacob Gibbes in England writes of aerial gunnery training and transport duties under a British colonel. He notes living quarters near a former summer resort, witnessing gunfire at the front, planning a trip to London, and craving chocolate from home while awaiting news and letters from Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ft. Jones
Cal
Long Island
London
Soldier Boy Died at Camp Devens Mass Lieut Edward J Haines
The Record receives notice of the death at Camp Devens Massachusetts of Lieut Edward J Haines of Boston Mass aged 22 who died last month from pleurisy He visited Lititz as a boy with his mother Mrs Amelia Eschbach Haines a niece of Horace and Emily Eschbach Lieutenant Harry Marks of Lititz met him at a training camp and wrote of him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Devens
Mass
Edward J. Haines
Boston
Haines
Sale of Cows Heifers Bulls and Sheep Consigned
A large consignment from I H Shirk includes Juniata cows heifers bulls and steers along with a substantial lot of sheep and shoats. A strong sale expectation emphasizes this good cattle offering. don’t miss it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.houck
H.N
Juniata
I. H. Shirk
April 11 sale on premises Lititz furniture by B B Hertzler
Sale bills printed at the RECORD office announce a Saturday April 11 sale on the premises at KE Main street Lititz consisting of a lot of household and kitchen furniture offered by B B Hertzler. The notice also lists a May 7 sale in Warwick township near Lititz of livestock farming implements and related assets, conducted by Susanna B Swarr and J Stautter administrators of Samuel Swarr deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. Main Street
Lititz
B. B. Hertzler
Warwick Township
Susanna B. Swerr
J. #. Stautter
Samuek Swarr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Army and Navy Notes
Tam Atill
Daddy
Mayerthorpe
Alberta
Jack
Sammy Hoffman
Roy Eckert
Lancaster
N. J
Frank Meiskey
Darwin P. Kingsley
New York Life Insurance Co
Bunker Hill
Yorktown
Gettysburg
Belgium
Serbia
Armenia
the Farmers National Bank
Lititz Springs National Bank
John Gibbes
Jacob
Aero Squadron
Jacop K. Gibbel
Miller
Pfautz Bros. Dept
Will Leber
Sale and Exchange
Ephrata
Illinois
H. D. Pioso CO
Est End
Mechanicssure
Hphrata
Lancaster Co
Geo. S. Demmy
Dreamland Theatre
Lititz, PA
Joan OF Arc
Frange
Geraldine Farrar
Cecil B. de Milles
Cinema
Joan
France 3
Everrthing
Victor
Columbia
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