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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
4
The notice advertises regular Thursday press days and requires authenticated author names for submissions not destined for publication. It warns readers to verify dates on margins, provide old and new addresses when changing delivery, and report any irregular delivery with full postal details. Subscription rates and postage details are listed for Lititz Pennsylvania.
A local American Legion chapter at 512 Fifth Avenue urged the District Attorney to enforce a boycott on German made toys. They argue Santa Claus, the Dutch Kris Kringle origin, should be Americanized to Santa Claus to prevent German toys from children. They warn against changing tradition and cite wartime sentiment and a speech referencing German bombs and the dangers of German toys.
A kitchen fire in Lititz nearly roasted chickens and threatened Rosario Cammalerri and family. The blaze caused panic as poultry scattered and the housekeeper feared fatal harm, underscoring dangers of keeping fowl indoors.
The fragment dismisses strict household rules, joking about keeping a goat indoors for self-reliance. It notes rising prices for milk and eggs, mentions a hypothetical family living in a barn, and ends with a caution that matches should not be left on the kitchen floor. Ros ario Cammalerri is referenced as a possible proponent of fowls near home.
On Monday November 25 Dr Hf Walter medical inspector of Warwick township schools visited Rothsville High for inspection. Esther Slabecker from Brimnerville joined as a visitor. Report cards for the first quarter were issued on Tuesday. Thanksgiving closed all Rothsville schools. In the afternoon the local basketball team with chaperones traveled to Lititz and lost 11 to 29. On Friday December 18 the team will travel to Marietta for another game.
Walville Allen Rule and family visited Brickerville over Sunday. Influenza is reported among multiple households including Mr. Dr S High and family, Mr Isaac Witmer and family, Mr Wayne Habecker and family, Mr Scott El Shreiner, Lloyd Garman and wife, Wm Randjer and family of Elm, visiting J J Garman's family. Emil Singer and wife of Kissel Hill joined Martin Berto's Sunday gathering.
Thanksgiving greetings flow within Allentown and Lititz connections as families such as the Pfautz and Gerhart clan host and visit. Funeral news from Lancaster recalls Mars Plauta son of a Texas returnee, now stationed in Louisiana, succumbing to pneumonia. Relatives recount a large Turkey feast while Supt Pleisheng oversees township schools during the holiday period.
Elm stems the house under influenza strain while Alvin Hartman, in France, writes home dated October 11 claiming front-line rest after serving in a signal battalion. The village experiences a baby arrival as a stork visits, delivering a new infant amidst the ongoing war news.
Names listed for a local dolls contest include Kathryn Herr, Lina Mar, Helen Fur la w, Elizabeth Steininger, Sylvia Longenecker, and others, with several entrants identified by their parentage. The reader is invited to follow the event and recognize young participants in the community pageant.
The notice lists the death of Mrs. Elliott of Lititz aged 62 years 4 months and 2 days with survivors including husband and children Lottie Mary Nancy Frank John James and siblings Charles Mrs Jesse Craig and Mrs W M Grube. A funeral is planned in Hagerstown. Aaron B Reidenbach of Marion Ohio aged 75 years 10 months and 5 days, Civil War veteran and painter, survived by wife and four children with funeral today.
Unspecified origin fire Saturday afternoon in Isaac L. Rohrer’s Eden garage destroyed several hundred dollars worth of upper floor furniture recently moved by Ray Kneer, new boss at Uden paper mill, who planned to set up housekeeping there. The Kneers had lived in Chester before.
Prank Hehnly a corporal at the officers training school in Millersville spent days with his parents and friends before leaving Thursday for a deer hunting trip in Bushkill Pike County. Paul Dissler heads to Jacksonville Florida for the winter. Several locals reported porkers killed with weights listed for each. Mr Reuben Wenrich and son Starvey of Lenanan visited Warren Bartsch and family Sunday.
Lexington and Wil are reported to have met in a tense, unresolved standoff described with brief, unclear detail. The notice notes a potential clash of interests but provides no concrete actions or outcomes.
George Morgan of Laramie Wyoming expresses pride at sons in Uncle Sam's military service. One son is already in France, nine more are registered, and an eleventh is too young to register. The father, a veteran of the Indian wars, is a pension recipient under the Indian war bill.
Sergt Lester Lowell writes of an American in southern France who, despite flying the U S flag, joined a Scottish regiment in London after three years service. Denied discharge, he obtained a 24 hour leave, presented proof of Alabama birth, and was issued a Yankee uniform to head to France that day.
A compact reflection notes that fear of aging may stem from the proverb There is no fool like an old fool, suggesting awareness of folly as ages advance and prompting contemplation of wisdom versus error in later life.
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