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Lititz Urges Residents to Clean Streets Now
Tarvia has been applied and Lititz must keep streets clean. Borough lacks official street cleaners so residents should scoop and sweep in front of their homes. Fifteen minutes of work can remove dirt and fertilize gardens, making Lititz livelier and healthier with a new slogan “A lovelier and livelier Lititz.”
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Lititz
Litsitz
War economy steadies as summer dullness fades
The industry adjusts to wartime demand with further cuts in some lines while steel output stays active. Crop prospects look good with a wheat crop still above the five year average and a potential record corn yield. Coal shows a shortage amid older, less efficient workers. Ship production runs fast. Liberty Bond debt rises to 22 billion. telegraph and telephone wires may be placed under government control. A new Revenue Bill is in drafting, and railway relations inch toward a tentative contract. Overall business remains active with less midsummer dullness than usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lind
United States
Collins Publicity Service
Farmers’ National Bank
Soldiers may revive walking among civilians after return
The article suggests walking could be revived as a civilian habit when soldiers come home. It notes the bicycle is less popular, implying walking may regain appeal despite bicycles’ rise. The piece hints at social shifts affecting daily mobility and recreation.
The Case for Walking and the Cost of Living
A reflective essay extols walking as a simple, healthful, and spirit lifting activity. It contrasts modern reliance on motorized travel with old time practices, recalling figures from Lititz and urging readers to walk, especially at sunrise, to gain physical and emotional vitality. It notes that brisk walking improves circulation, the air is fresh, birds sing, and a clear conscience plus restfulness precede a strong appetite, underscoring life’s worth despite costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Lititz
George Hepp
A. R. Beck
Philadelphia
Weston
Are Proud to Be Scouts Says Livingstone On Growth
President Colin H. Livingstone extols the Boy Scouts of America eight years old as strong and promising. He notes 295,768 scouts in good standing across 13,787 troops with 78,873 men leaders and urges expanding to 10,000,000 boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Colin H. Livingstone
Oldest Car in Town Donated to Smithsonian Dream
The discoverer calls the vehicle the town’s oldest car dating back to 1547. It suffers from carburetor paralysis and motor palpitation yet runs fine. The owner vows to donate it to the Smithsonian Institute someday.
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Smithsonian Institute
Aid to Memory in Camp’s Hat and Ball Scheme
A secretary in a camp hut keeps hats and caps behind the desk while a khaki-clad lad borrows a baseball. He pawns his hat to borrow the ball, then dashes to the field bareheaded. The secretary notes the new, simpler system for managing athletic equipment.
Local Social Notes From Palmyra Area
Miss Helen Krumbein finds employment with Eby Shoe Company in Lititz. Lincolnton visitor Miss Helen Risser stays a week with sister Mrs I W Singer. Families from Manheim, Palmyra, Lincoln and Mount Joy visit local homes. A.K. Bomberger hosts guests. others attend Brunnerville and Reading visits. Koehler returns from Lancaster ironworks after injury. John Shreiner loses two valuable steers en route to Lancaster stockyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Krumbein
Eby Shoe Company
Lititz
Helen Risser
Lincoln
I. W. Singer
John Krumbein
Paul Singer
Manheim
Henry and
Jacob Baum
Palmyra
5. H. Yocum
P. K. Bomberger
Aaron Ruhl
Ruhl
Frank Kline
Brunnerville
Henry Singer
Hiram Singer
Allentown
John Shreiner
Lancaster
Seth Grabill
Joseph
Reading
J. L. Graybill
Brickerville Budget and church events wrap August and September
Visitors including Rev. Charles S. Asay and Emma Groff called on Emanuel B. Kauffman. The Emmanuel Lutheran Sunday school plans an August 24 picnic with refreshments for school funds. Joint Brickerville Lutheran Sunday schools convene September 7 in the grove with music discussions and an address by Rev. Kurtz of Lancaster Church of the Redeemer. Wm A Kauffman of Camp Meade visited his parents.
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Charles S. Asay
Williamsport
James Coleman Presbyterian Chapel
Emma Groff
Lancaster
Mae B. Miller
Washington, D. C
Emanuel B. Kauffman
Emmanuel Lutheran Sunday School
Clay
Brickerville Lutheran Charge
Grove
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Kurtz
Church of the Redeemer
Wm. A. Kauffman
Camp Meade
Lexington Locals Share Sunday Visits and Home Renovations
Locals including Mr. Monroe Zartman and family Miss Mae Bitnner and Eiva Leeking spent Sunday at Mount Gretna. Florence Bomberger works on a barn floor and tin roof. John Boyd visited Lititz with Mr. and Mrs. Dommy. Fahnestock family joined Andrew Bollinger. Urias Bitnner and Wm. Todd groups visited Hertzler and Todd households. Dillman family and Jennie Workman with Cora Miller visited Elmer Todd.
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Monroe Zartman
Mae Bitnner
Eiva Leeking
Millway
Mount Gretna
Florence Bomberger
John Boyd
Lititz
John Dommy
A. G. Fahnestock
Andrew Bollinger
Middle Creek
Halfville Happenings and Local Visits Briefly Reported
Elmer Weachter and family visited friends at Penryn on Saturday and Sunday. D. S. High and family visited Albert Shenk and family near Lititz. J. B. Russell Smith and family of Lakewood Ohio visited George Shreiner and family. Mrs. Elsie Aument and daughter from Lancaster were guests of Monroe G. Shreiner and family. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ruhl and a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Wm Jones. Mrs. Elmer Shreiner and two daughters from New York visited George Shreiner’s family. Prof Shreiner is serving in France. Farmers are topping tobacco, looking favorable. Robert Garman and two sisters visited Elm on Sunday. M. G. Shreiner is growing a fine cabbage patch ready to cut.
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Elmer Weachter
Penryn
D. S. High
Albert Shenk
Lititz
J. B. Russel Smith
Lakewood
Ohio
George Shreiner
Elsie Aument
Lancaster
Monroe G. Shreiner
Allen Ruhl
Wm. Jones
Elmer Shreiner
New York
Prof. Shreiner
France
Robert Garman
Elm
M. G. Shreiner
Clay items reflect harvests and local life in the valley
Wheat varies with some fields yielding 30 acres to the bushel at 2.20 per bushel while others suffer from winter elements. Oats and corn show promise as early potatoes blight persists. Several social visits, a flag ceremony, a wedding reception, and Boy Scout camping highlight community activity. A mother asks for her Marine son’s discharge, but he remains in service.
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Samuel Keller
Lexington
Samuel Elser
Ruth Dussinger
Lancaster
Ellen Pfautz
L. B. Wiest
Norman Graybill
Isaac Wenger
Oregon
Anna Eberly
Ephrata
C. B. Snyder
Lizzie Weist
J. G. Gerhart
Abram G. Bucher
Clay
Camp Hancock
Mastersonville
L. G. Nberly
Lulu
Andrew Longenecker
Lititz
United States Marine Corps
Washington
Fear selective draft drives Laredo Mexicans to flee
War conditions and especially the selective draft have terrorized Mexican residents of Laredo Texas causing families to flee or hide children to avoid enrollment on the scholastic census. The scholastic census recently completed shows 5 569 pupils in the Laredo Independent School District a decrease of 768 from prior counts.
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Laredo
Tex
Laredo Independent School District
Whale meat supply rises at Victoria cannery
Five hundred cases of whale meat are being canned daily at Victoria British Columbia. Up to now seventy five whales have been captured and brought to the cannery this season.
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Victoria
B. C
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