Old Lancaster residents and items fill county page
Within the county a 94 year old inmate at the Ann C. Witmer Home in Lancaster and a Coleraine man with a bedspread from 1836 feature in a string of local notes. Leather gloves from Mt. Joy, bread pricing shifts in Lancaster bakeries, and Army promotion news accompany reports of a missing person inquiry, Canadian expeditionary enlistment, a dramatic basement fire rescue, and county bond retirement planned for April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Wentz
Ann C. Witmer
Lancaster
Walter Jackson
Coleraine
A. L. Brandt
Mt. Joy
Lancaster City
Army News
Henry
Hostetter, Jr
East Petersburg
United States Quartermaster’s Department
Mayor Trout
G. Levin Aynesworth
Fresno
California
Levi Whisler
Lydia M. Whisler
Raymond Eves
Columbia
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Fourth Regiment
W. K. Fishburn
Ephrata
Clara Fishburn
Penny Brigade to Fight Penny Shortage in War Effort
Uncle Sam mobilizes a penny brigade of scouts to relieve the penny famine. Postmaster W B Carlile of Chicago urges families to exchange pennies for dollars and other coins at home, circulates funds through butcher grocer landlord, aiding wartime coin supply and blessings of Liberty Loans. The government cannot coin pennies fast enough to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Liberty Loan
W. B. Carlile
Chicago
Carlile
Angele Sam
Post Office
Scouts as Finest Loyalists in Wartime Service
The Detroit Journal praises the boy scouts for their wartime duties guarding lines, aiding police, ushering at events, and hustling Liberty Loan subscriptions. It notes their youthfulness but deep sense of duty, asking how to reward their significant contributions without offering meager gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Detroit Journal
Alaska Ocean Crossing Recounts Seasickness and Perils
A River Town passenger recalls a 14 day voyage from St Michael to Seattle aboard a Glasgow ship crossing the Bering Sea. Fogs, near wrecks at Unimak Pass, mutinous pranks by seasick travelers, and a dramatic storm test patience. A strong note on Alaska and a hoped next Europe series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Brown
St. Michael
Seattle
Nome
Bering Sea
Unimak Pass
Dutch Harbor
Johnson
San Francisco
Cordova
Glasgow
Mulligan
Alaska
Sitka
States
North Land
Last Hope
Gnimak Pass
Aleutian Islands
Asia
Bering
Siberia
Europe
France
Early Spring Plans to Reach Shell Hole Front
The speaker expects to depart in spring if plans succeed, aiming to reach warm shell holes and witness the war’s operation firsthand. He promises to write human interest stories the staff overlook, focusing on side lights and personal experiences.
Canadian Naval Airman Talks U-boat Threat and Desperate Attacks
A Canadian naval aviator recovering from shrapnel wounds argues the U boats are near the point of forcing England to submission and urges bold sea assaults on German bases. He sketches a plan for small submarines to breach harbors, blow nets and mines, sink guard ships, and enable larger vessels to strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cincinnati Times-Star
Maine
England
German schooling and the path to social cooperation
Anthrop Talbot argues in Century Magazine that German schooling promotes mass obedience but undermines voluntary cooperation. He asserts civic development requires universal training and schooling as a common privilege, enabling individuals to gain broad vision and cooperate harmoniously. He warns against being swayed by flattery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IV Anthrop Talbot
Maga- Vane
Why Women Cannot Sleep
The ad extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the sole remedy for female nervous disorders. It claims women suffer terrors of nervous apprehension and require healthy conditions for peace of mind, citing a testimonial of Buster Sprites who treks from illness to recovery after using the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Peninnsylvania
Buster Sprites
Dr. Pierce
All American Despite Glass Eye Rejected By Marines
Paul Gary of Anderson Indiana, an all American with a glass eye, attempted to enlist at the Louisville Kentucky recruiting station but was rejected when the sergeant learned of his infirmity. The sergeant asked if he knew the eye loss would prevent enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gary
Anderson
Ind
Gary
United States Marine Corps
Louisville
Sergt. G. ©. Wright
Glass blinker from Germany prompts quest to reclaim item
Gary notes the glass blinker is the only piece made in Germany and wishes to return it. A National Research Council botany committee studies wild plants as wartime substitutes for costly crops. Civil War era author Dr. John Porcher listed Southern plants for food and drug use, suggesting hunters, trappers, woodsmen, farmers, Indians and foreigners may provide usable plant information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Germany
Committee On Botany
National Research Council
John Porcher
South
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ide
Wilson Baum
W. H. Buch
the Record Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
the County
Cascara
Quinine
Hill
Wingert & Haas Hat
John A. Haas
N. Queen St
Lancaster, PA
W. A
Has. H. Frey’s Shoe Store
East King St
W. W. Appel Jewelers & C
North Queen Street
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