Lancaster Notes and Local News Summary
Round Top hosts a large American flag as Marietta residents Clara Waller travels from Menlo Park to Madison. Lancaster boards ready to comply with juvenile detention house law. doctors double fees amid rising living costs and transport. A Lintner suit against Rocky Springs Park seeks 5000 damages for alleged injuries on a merry-go-round. Public Service Commission hears turnpike toll and maintenance complaints. Water contamination from creosote threatens Quarryville, with a local herd affected. Retirement near for John Stoever of Lebanon. A 26 inch 34 pound pike caught in the Susquehanna. Skip-stop trolley drives riders walking blocks to board cars. Paper box makers announce fewer colors for wartime production. Canadian enlistment of Scranton man. Francis Swan drowns attempting Schuylkill swim. Perry County schools seek teachers. York YMCAs director to Niagara Falls. Fire damages Joe Divivio’s Portland shop. Lightning kills plowman Tennyson Weaver and two horses. Pottsville man jailed for washing shirt in reservoir used for drinking water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
James S. Caracher
Clara Waller
Pacific Coast
Menlo Park
Cal
Madison
Wis
State Board of Charities
Lancaster County
Magee
William Birtley
Scranton
England
Schuylkill
Philadelphia
Francis Swan
Perry County
W. H. Colegrove
York
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Colegrove
Jacksonville
Fla
Joe Divivio
Portland
York County
Tennyson Weaver
Tonall Claims Cure For Indigestion In Testimonial
John Deibler of Annville Pennsylvania says after trying many medicines and starving himself he used Tonall a remedy of Roots Herbs and Barks from Rogers' Drug Store and two bottles restored his appetite The testimonial dated June 26 1918 notes Tonall sold at J E Charles Drug Store Lititz
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deibler
Annville
Lebanon County
Rogers’ Drug Store
J. E. Charles’ Drug Store
Lititz
Eight Sons Doing Their Bit in War Savings Drive
Eight sons of William and Mrs. Fitzgerald of Tylersport staff various war efforts from the army in France to munitions and rail transport. The Eastern District of Pennsylvania nears half its $115,000,000 War Savings goal, with education efforts strong in the first half and a vigorous push planned for the second half. Phares K. Landis and the Boyers’ reunion at Rocky Springs Park are noted, along with a reflective essay on ego and identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fitzgerald
Tylersport
John
Gordon
France
Maurice
Camp Meade
William
Samuel
Philadelphia Navy Yard
James
Paul
Robert
Pennsylvania
United States
Association of American Boyers
Rocky Springs Park
Lancaster
Italy
Daniel W. Boyer
Dryville
Berks County
To Save Tin Now Wasted At Northwest Station
A small electric furnace has begun volatilizing tin from scrap at the Northwest experiment station of the United States Bureau of Mines in Seattle Washington. The Engineering and Mining Journal says extensive experiments will test saving tin wasted in discarded containers and other scraps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Experiment Station
United States Bureau of Mines
Seattle
Wash
the Engineering and Mining Journal
Jurors Drawn for Fall Courts in Lancaster County
Judge Landis Sheriff Garber and Jury Commissioners Good and Jeffries selected 264 jurors for September and October courts. Local jurors include residents from Lititz Warwick Akron Manheim two and surrounding townships with grand jury and common pleas panels listed for September 9, October 14 and October 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landis
Garber
Good and Jeffries
Grand Jury
John M. Bomberger
Penn
Wm. D. Buch
Akron
Jerome Yocum
Manheimboro
John Kratzert
Manheim Township
Chas. B. Seigel
Paul Enek
Lititz
Phares C. Kline
Phares EH. Martin
C. L.charles
Warwick
George Crist
Abram W. Rupp
West Earl
Common Pleas
Harry Long
John W. Brubaker
D. B. Snavely
John H. Ulrich
Fenn
Milton Hberly
Samuel Stump
Jacob Herneisen
Clay
George G. Lahm
Chas.Kamm
Manheim
A. F. Buffenmeyer
Amos Wasser
George Seabold
Wm.Loercher
S. H. Walter
Elmer Mathers
Geo. Mease
Thomas H. Erb
John White
Harvey E. Romig
John L. Reist
Howard Hiestand
Safety for the Household circular promotes home safety
The Bureau of Standards issues Circular No. 75 on safety for the home. It outlines hazards from electricity gas fire lightning and chemicals with real case examples. Aims to reduce risk through intelligent caution and practical home equipment, encouraging public measures and affordable copies for education and prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce
Superintendent of Doccuments
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Tanlac Restores Woman From Chronic Gastritis
Bertha Kohler of Allentown says chronic catarrhal gastritis left her miserable with head throat and stomach pain gas belching and loss of appetite. After using Tanlac her head and throat clear appetite returns and stomach symptoms disappear. Druggist L. N. Moyer sells Tanlac locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Kohler
Allentown
L. N. Moyer
Glass for False Hair From Venice Insulation to Wigs
Popular Science Monthly reports glass spun in Venice into cotton, wool, and sheets for insulation and artificial hair. Solid glass floss is created by heating and drawing threads from soda glass using a bicycle wheel to fluff into wool like fibers. The product comes as glass cotton, glass wool, and felt sheets usable as separators for electrical accumulators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Popular Science Monthly
Glad of the Accident in Rainy Car Ride
A bachelor traveling with a married couple in a tram car witnesses a boy trip over and break an umbrella. The wife remains calm and kind, praising the helper as an angel. The married man jokes that she has wanted a new umbrella for a month, implying the accident will lead to his purchase.
How Much Does He Save
A professional man claims running costs are about 7 cents per mile, covering oil, wear, insurance, and upkeep. He drives about 50 miles on country trips to shop for supplies, estimating $3.50 in expenses for those 50 miles, while noting possible savings on eggs and butter bought away from the city for his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
Lititz Springs Picnics and Reunions July Schedule
July events list multiple church and family gatherings at Lititz Springs including St Stephens Grace Lutheran Presbyterian St Luke's Reformed Zem Zem Siesta Princes of Bagdad Lutz Kemper Brownstown Union U S peak activities and reunion dates scattered around Lititz Springs with community picnics and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster St. Stephens
Lititz Springs
Lancaster Grace Lutheran S
Rohrerstown S
Lancaster Presbyterian
Lancaster St. Luke’s
S. S
Zem Zem Siesta
Princes of Bagdad
Lancaster
Springs
Lutz
Lititz Union S. S
Kemper
Brownstown
U. S
The Forge Woman Becomes Symbol of French Courage
In a war torn landscape Isaac F P Marcossom recalls a French woman at a ruined forge. Her husband a blacksmith fallen in battle, she toils in his uniform while a child plays near the sparks. She embodies defiant will and the immortal sisterhood with Joan of Arc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac FP
Marcossom
Aida
Joan of Arc
Domremy
France
Alcohol as Fuel Investigated by Australian Scientists
A committee of Australian scientists studies using commercial alcohol as a substitute for gasoline in internal combustion engines. They find alcohol can run engines with slightly higher thermal efficiency, but it must be cheaper per pound and per quart to be economical. Cold starting on alcohol remains a problem.
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Our Merchant Tailoring
Detmer, Mason and Hanson
Wilson Baum
W. H. Buch
the Record Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
the County
Larkin
Susan E. Lintner
H. B. Griffiths
Public Service Commission
Lancaster Automobile Club
Lancaster and Ephrata Turnpike and Plank Road Company
Willow Street Turnpike Company
Conestoga Traction Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Beaver Creek
Quarryville
John Stoever
Lebanon
Harry Reed
Milton
Pottstown
The
Central Association
Reading
Walter McGee
Alderman McCool
Pottsville
Silver Creek
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
McGee
Tonall
West Donegal
Phares K. Landis
Boyers
Rocky Springs
Los Angeles Times
Tudewd
Earth
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Widmyer Prangley Co
North Queen St
Hershey & Gibbel
U.S. Delp
Taniac
Wingert & Haas Hat
John A. Haas
N. Queen St. Lancaster, PA
Chas. H. Frey
East
King St. - Lancaster, Pa
Reed, Wicker
Flore
W. A
W. W. Appel & Son Jewelers & Gpa
Hamilton
South Bend
Elgin
Waltham
Queen Street
Lancaster. PA
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