Ringed gauntlet found awaits owner at Warwick House
A large gauntlet discovered by Robert Kling sits awaiting its owner at Warwick House. Other items note Edna Dutter ill with scarlet fever convalescing on Stroh Avenue, a senior supper planned at the market house, and eggs selling higher in Lititz than Lancaster or Reading with discussions of local prices. Community happenings include parishioners feeding partridges, sleighing outings, and hospital visits. The Lancaster county controller’s annual report and the Longenecker will probate are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kling
Warwick House
Edna
Allen Dutter
Stroh Avenue
Lititz
Lancaster
Reading
J. B. Young
Frank Radorf
Sturgis House
Samuel Hertzler
Harrisburg
Mary
G. Buch
Warren S. Buch
Josephus Wallace
Goshen
Ind
Warwick Township
J. W. G. Hershey
Hiram E. Steinmetz
Ephrata
Lancaster General Hospital
Steinmetz
Hobrata
Lancaster County
Enos E. Mowrer
East Main Street
Albert K. Longenecker
Jaime Rock
Court House
David P. McMullen
Longenecker
Penn Township
Red Cross Drives Benefit Lancaster January Aid Drive
Local Red Cross workers report January output totaling 345 bandages with 50 from Penryn auxiliary, 28 hospital shirts, 2 wash cloths, 6 dozen gauze wipes, 8 sweaters, 3 scarfs, 3 pairs socks, 1 wristlet and helmet. Lancaster headquarters welcomed the gifts and urged more women to join active work at the Young Men’s Business League. A Retail Merchants Association booster meeting is set for February 11 at 2 PM at the league, with plans to keep stores closing at 6 PM on weekdays and holidays. Officers elected include Pres H R Wertsch and Sec John K Carper. executive committee members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Society
Lancaster
Penryn
The
Red Cross
Young Men’s Business League
Retail Merchants Association
William Smedley
State Association
H. R. Wertsch
Howard
Examination for Lititz Postmaster in Lancaster
The Civil Service Commission will hold an exam in Lancaster on March 6, 1918 for the Lititz postmaster position worth 2200 dollars. Eligibility requires US citizenship, residency in the delivery area, age 21 to 64, and application forms filed with the Commission in Washington. The First Assistant Postmaster General may remove an appointee, tying the job to the party in power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Warren §. Buch
Paul M. Seaber
Seaber
United States Civil Service Commission
Lancaster
United States
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D.C
Washington
D. C
Local Residents from Alsace-Lorraine Recall War Times
Mr and Mrs Peter Doppelt natives of France recall life in Alsace Lorraine under German capture in 1870. Mrs Doppelt knit for the Red Cross and helped bandage french soldiers while Germans confiscated food and animals. The couple, who arrived in America after the war, now reside on Clayton Street East Main and Cedar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Doppelt
Clayton Stedman
East Main
Cedar Streets
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Boches
Belgium
Doppelt
Mr. Doppelt
America
Stiffel & Freeman Safe Works
Doppelts
Red Cross Society
Farmer's contrivance aids road opening
Far West town reports farmer Jacob Bender has devised a V shaped drag about three feet high, attached to a flat dung sled pulled by four horses. In a practical test on Wednesday the device pushed snow to the roadside and cleared drifts over three feet high, helping to reopen impassable country roads after Monday's snowfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Bender
Complaint Filed Against Gas Company
The Eby Shoe Company, Ltd., of this borough, has filed a complaint with the Public Service Commission against the Lititz, Manheim and Ephrata Gas Company claiming a gas suspension on January 11 halted work in parts of the shoe factory. The plant closure was linked to coal shortages, with officials saying coal was on the way, but no coal has arrived and Lititz and Manheim remain without gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eby Shoe Company, Ltd
Public Service Commission
Lititz, Manheim and Ephrata Gas Company
Lititz
Manheim
Ideal Chocolate Company Pays Half of Liberty Bonds
Last June the Ideal Chocolate Company offered to pay 50 percent of all First Liberty loan bonds subscribed by its workers. On Saturday four employees James Engle Irvin Eberly Aaron Eshleman and Abram Ellmaker each received a $50 bond under the plan. They agreed to pay 50 percent in weekly installments and four more workers will receive bonds in coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Chocolate Company
James Engle
Irvin Eberly
Aaron Eshleman
Abram Ellmaker
Ideal Company
Death Calls Charles A. Burrows in Lancaster at 80
Charles A. Burrows, well known in Lancaster, died at Lancaster General Hospital after a weeklong illness. He spent years in Lititz and later ran a small candy stand at North Duke and East Grange streets. He supported pension plans for the aged and state homes. Survived by a son and daughter. Funeral at St. John’s Episcopal in Lancaster Saturday at 3 p.m. Interment at Lancaster Cemetery. Also noted are funeral services for Mrs. Sybilla Atkins of Reading, with burial in Machelah Cemetery and services at Luke’s Reformed Church, led by Rev. Geo. B. Raezer. Mrs. Atkins died aged 51, maiden name Himmelberger, and leaves several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Burrows
Lancaster General Hospital
Mr. Burrows
Lititz
North Duke
East Grange
Lancaster
Mr . Burrows
Socialist Party
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Lancaster Cemetery
Sybilla Atkins
Reading
Machelah
L. D.himmelberger
South Broad Street
Luke’s Reformed Church
Geo. B. Raezer
Berks County
Himmelberger
Louis D
Simon and
Clara
Jacob Ruhi
Near Mastersonville
Adeline Price
Philadelphia
Washington
Lebanon
Michael Troutman
Stouchburg
Clarence Kreider
Conteguille
Harry Reinhold
Chester Ritchie
Blam Fasnacht
Ephrata Township
Lewis Oehme
Manheim
Eddystone
Baldwin Locomotive Works
W. H. Greek
Cameron Weitzel
William Woodworth
W. M. Weitzel
Fred. Wheeler
E. L. Garber
Lloyd Hess
Charles Mars
Wyoming
Maze
Far West
Burgess G. G. Diehm
John Badorf
Camp Hancock
Auguste
Badorf
Paul
D. Wal
Evans
Wilmington
Del
Albert Hembright
Paul Evans
James Goldthwait
Gloucester
N. J
D. B. Betzner
Kitchener
Ontarrio
Canada
Chenceford
York County
Francis Hagen
Chaplain Corps
U. S. Navy
Naval Training School
Neveport
R. 1
Nebraska
Jacob Howard
East Main Street
Howard
Rome
Wheatland
North Dakats
H. L. Eschbach
Death of Cornelius Ruff 85 at Zion Home Lititz
Cornelius Ruff aged 85 years 5 months died Wednesday Jan 23 at United Zion Home one mile north of Lititz He was a native of Germany and a printer by trade There are no surviving relatives in this country Funeral services were held at 130 Saturday afternoon at the Zion Home with interment in the adjoining cemetery Father White of Ephrata officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Ruff
United Zion
Lititz
Ruff
Germany
Zion Home
Father White
Ephrata
Death of Henry Mohn in Manheim at 72
Henry Mohn of Manheim died at his home 1180 P M on Thursday January 24 from complications of diseases. A farmer who traded horses, he retired about ten years ago. He was 72, survived by brothers Charles Manheim John Millway Edward Denver and sister Mrs Sue Stauffer Kissel Hill. He belonged to Selah Lodge 657 IOOF and Manheim Lodge 587 F and AM. Funeral Monday at Manheim Evangelical Church with interment Fairview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mohn
Manheim
Pine Hill
Charles
John
Millway
Edward
Denver
Sue Stauffer
Kissel Hill
Selah Lodge
Manheim Lodge
A. M
Manheim Evangelica Church
Fairview Cemetery
Death of Mrs. Clayton Gibble in Manheim
Mrs. Anna Gibble, wife of Clayton Gibble and a leading Manheim merchant, died at her home after a short illness on Thursday January 24 at age 56. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Merkle and a member of St. Pauls Reformed Church. Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. her husband survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Gibble
Anna Gibble
Manheim
John Merkle
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Fairview Cemetery
Infant and adult obituaries from Penn township area
Multiple death notices and funeral reports from Penn township and nearby Lancaster area. Harry Vernon Sheaffer died of tuberculosis at seven months old near Manheim, with services at grandparents’ home and burial at Longenecker's cemetery. Abram H Hershey died of liver trouble at two miles north of Manheim, funeral last Saturday at Graybill's Meeting House. Mrs Fianna Blickensderfer died in Reading at 87 after acute bronchitis, widow of Jacob Blickensderfer, long-time Lancaster borough resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram H. Hershey
Naaman
Lizzie Hershey
Penn Township
Manheim
Graybill
Elm
Fianna Blickensderfer
Jacob Blickensderfer
John Coldren
Reading
Blickensderfer
Lexington
Warwick Township
Moravian Evangelistic Campaign Opens Sunday Morning
The Moravian church begins an evangelistic campaign on Sunday morning led by Dr Thomas Penn Allom and singer John F Burkhart. Services run every Sunday morning and every evening through the week except Saturday in the Sunday school chapel with topics Loyalty to the Highest and Does Lititz Need a Revival. The evangelist Thomas Ullem comes highly recommended and Rev Crosland notes his experience and results. Burkhart of Lancaster directs the choir and invites former choir members to assist. Five hundred copies of Familiar Songs of the Gospel will be sold at 6 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Penn Allom
John F. Burkhart
Moravian Church
Lititz
Thomas Ullem
Crosland
Lancaster
Stough
W. A. Wood
J. E. ‘Charles
University of Pennsylvania Dental School
Snyder
Wood
Monthly Meeting of Boro Council Sets Enforcement Policy
Town council met Monday with Chief Burgess Diehm and councilmen to discuss strict law enforcement and new powers for the chief. Actions include ending late night parking along main streets, electing Joseph B. Herr as secretary, and updating water and shade tree ordinances. Vouchers were approved for Edison Electric Co., Buffalo Meter Co., Pittsburgh Meter Co., and other water and street lighting services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess G. G. Diehm
Haverstick
Frederick
H. H. Bomberger
J. H. Bomberger
Dr. Posey
Burgess Diehm
Stepa
Joseph N. Wissler
Joseph B. Herr
Miller
Edison Electric Co
Fountain
W. H. Greek
Servi Buffalo Meter Co
Walter Mills
Pittsburgh Meter Co
Samuel Stef
F. Fralich
Independent Telephone Company
Worst Snow Storm Paralyzes City Traffic and Banks Rise
The storm produced several inches of snow with estimates varying up to 12 inches. It halted traffic as trolley service ceased after a rough morning, rural mail routes were halted, workers shovelled, and banks stood 4 to 6 feet high along sidewalks. The winter is shaping up as records may fall for snowfall.
Travel Notes of People Moving by Train and Car
A jumble of visits and travel reflections from Lititz and nearby towns. Clarence Kreider and bride from Conteguille, various Lancaster and Philadelphia visitors, and a New York financier linger in town. Local farms, church figures, and returning western travelers share details amid snow. Farmers from Harrisburg events draw interest in machinery and agriculture as a boatload of visitors pass through.
Patriots in ears: rabbits wear flags from Missouri
Miss Anna Frederick, daughter of Mr and Mrs H Frederick of Nevada Missouri, writes from a nearby camp area describing huge jack rabbits. Soldiers and civilians capture the bunnies sew small American flags in their ears and release them, suggesting patriotic rabbits coming from the show me state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Frederick
Thrift Essay Contest For Children In Lititz
Three prizes are offered for essays on thrift by Lititz area students aged 12 to 19. First prize five dollars in gold, second two fifty, third one fifty. Essays due next Monday with winners announced soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Thrift Day
United States
J. H. Breitigan
Farmers’ National Bank
Lititz
Anna K. Miller
J. G. Zook
Lititz, Express
C. G. Spickler
Lititz Amecorp
Army and Navy Notes From Lititz Boys at War
Lititz notes show Lloyd Keller of the U S battleship Michigan visiting family after shipboard duties and surviving a mid ocean gale that killed six crew. Nearby sailors from Camp Meade and Army training at State College and Watertown, plus draft notices for Joshua Reber and local residents awaiting mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Keller
U. S
Michigan
McCree
Horace Keller
South Spruce Street
Lloyd
Navy
League Island Navy Yards
Philadelphia
Camp Meade
Lititz
Paul H. Bomberger
Isaac Brumbach
Alfred Douple
Thomas Fralich
Frank Hess
William Keller
Floyd Rader
Edgar Strohm
Roy B. Keller
Camp Hancsck
Georgia
Albert
Brackart
State College
J. W. Brackart
Ordnance Corps
National Army
Watertown
Mags
Arsenal
Stiffel & Freeman Safe Works
Williamsport
Chicago
Ill
Likes the Navy Better Every Day Emory Neidermyer Letter
Sailor Emory Neidermyer aboard the U S Prometheus writes to his parents in January 1917. He reports receiving packages including a dirty box sweater and cakes, enjoying a turkey dinner, and entertaining British French and American sailors with boxing, singing and movies. He says the weather is warmer where he is and that he likes the navy more each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Neidermyer
U. S
Prometheus
Harry Neidermyer
Navy
Potatoes at $1.10 Per Bushel Spark Local Interest
A RECORD item on potato prices at $1.10 per bushel circulates widely. A resident of Altoona reports seeking a barrel of tubers at that price, with H. S. Dissinger coordinating shipment. Preparedness advice urges readers to ready for snowy and rainy weather and coats are advertised for dry warmth. Lititz Shoe and Clothing Store promotes a waterproof coat and admonishes customers to avoid a “catina bag.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
H. S. Dissinger
Dr Hertz May Soon Sail For France From Camp Shelby
Letter from Lieut J L Hertz at Camp Shelby Miss describes busy camp life and impending sail to France. He notes good health for him, wife, and son John, extended home kindness via Red Cross supplies, and daily conditions including electricity, pine knots for heat, and ongoing camp improvements. He mentions delays in sailing and shares humor about Dutch and Lancaster county cooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Hertz
Camp Shelby
Miss
John
France
Lieut
Hertz
H. R. Wertsch
Harry
Lancaster County
Florida
Red Cross
Also Mentioned on This Page
Merchants Association
10 the Great
L. D. Himmelberger
Harry Vernon Sheaffer
Harry Sheaffer
Manheimboro
Longenecker’s Church Cemetery
Thomas Ullom
Boro Council
Farmers’ Meetings
State Board of Agriculture
J. Clayton Brubaker
Wm. Strohm
Willis’ Gibbes
Menno
Frank
Adam Burkholder
Rabbits
Society of Farm Women
Hiram G. Minnich
Elizabeth Bricker
Sutter
Bomberger
John A. Sutter
Charles H. Kreider
Ground Hog
Army and Navy Notes
DR. Hertz
Von
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