Local Stores Cut Prices as Business Edges Through March
A community roundup notes E. J. Hammond plans a going out of business sale at cost. Coal shipments increase, Parke’s coffee promo at Zartman’s offers free coffee and double stamps. Street deeds, telephone connections, and War Savings certificates roll through town amid war era thrift and civic notices. March weather shifts from lamb-like to stormy with fluctuating rain and snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Hammond
Nation
Spruce Street
Parke
Zartman‘s
W. H. Muth
South Spruce Street
Clarence B. Diltman
United Brethren Parsonage
North Cedar Street
Miller
H. 5S
Dissinger
Treasury Department
Washington
Post Office
Focal Banks
Lebanon
Lititz
O.W. Souder
Wm. M. Amer
Mr. Amer
Mr. Souder
Reecorrd
Lancaster County
W. W. Griest
Lancaster General Hospital
William C. Worley
Ralph Worley
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg
Worley
Empey
Lititz Boy Describes Tuscania Sinking and Postwar Exile
A Lititz family receives their son Milton Jurell’s vivid account of the Tuscania torpedoed off Ireland on February 5. He details escaping in lifeboats, being picked up by a destroyer, and recounts a wounded friend, while noting the fate of a fellow sailor named Weslie. The letter follows earlier War Department notices and precedes local postmaster exam results and wartime price changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jurell
Milton M. Jurell
Tuscania
Ireland
War Department
Londonderry
Weslie
Potatoes and Packages Must Be Marked Under Weights Law
A notice from the Inspector of Weights and Measures requires all bags and packages of commodities at Warwick House to display weight or count. A bushel of potatoes must show 60 pounds. Compliance is demanded. meanwhile, a Dissinger's ad promises a $500-per-week incentive to buy a suit until Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Inspector of Weights and Measures
Dissinger’s
Death notices for John Mohn and Annie Fry. Lititz area
John Mohn, aged 77, died Feb 27 at United Zion Home north of Lititz from dropsy. He lived in Pine Hill and worked as a bartender at the Merchant House in Denver and bakery wagons for Ephrata and New Holland. Survived by son Horace and daughters Hettie and Clara. Funeral held at United Zion Home with Rev Geo B Raezer. burial in the adjacent cemetery. Annie Fry, 38, died Feb 28 of tuberculosis near Lancaster. Survived by husband and children May, Minnie, Sarah, Rosa, Dora, Laura. parents Mr and Mrs Samuel Roth. siblings in Lancaster and Fruitville. She was a member of East Petersburg Reformed Church. Funeral Monday. burial in Longeneckers cemetery west of Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mohn
Lancaster County
United Zion Home
Lititz
Pine Hill
Warwick Township
Denver
Ephrata
New Holland
Horace
Lancaster
Hettie
Clara
Philadelphia
Geo. B. Raezer
Annie Fry
John Fry
Manheim
May
Minnie
Sarah
Rosa
Dora
Laura
Samuel Roth
Fruitville
Walter Henry
Amos Snavely
Walter Singer
George Bauer
Charles Deitrich
East Petersburg
Albert
Ella
Reformed Church of
Longeneckers’s Cemetery
R. O. Melzer
D. D. Graat
Landisville
Jacob Heineman
Columbia
Emma Spangler
Lancaster Junction
E. S. Crosland
York
Helen Seldomridge
Frank Fasnacht
Milford G. Marks
Sallie Ferney
Ella Lacy
John Staltz
Marietta
F. B. Buch
Samuel Baum
Alta Baker
Front Street
Lydia Wanner
Mechanicksburg
Tirzah Weichsel
Laura Eaches
Reading
Lester Hades
Washington Walker
Wm. H. Mathers
Amelia Dunn
East Hampton
R. Holmes
Camden
N. J
Harry Gorton
Samuel Foltz
Foltz
Raymond Shott
Griffith Shott
J. B. Young
United Evangelical Conference
W.H. Bach
Louis Simcox
Kinderhook
Charles Regennas
Mia
John McCreary
Lida
Mable
Elizabeth
Rothsville
Lorna
Wallace
Bitzers
Death of Peter P. Apple Keystone Hotel proprietor
Peter P. Apple, 72, former Keystone Hotel proprietor of Manheim, died suddenly Tuesday at 4 30 p.m. of a stroke while in an alley near his home on South Charlotte Street. He is survived by his wife, a son Homer Apple, daughter Mrs Jacob Phalm, and adopted daughter Mrs Elizabeth Hughes. Funeral services Sunday at 1 p.m. at the late home, with interment in Fairview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter P. Apple
Keystone
Manheim
Charlotte Steet
Apple
Homer Apple
Union Square
Rapho Township
Jacob Phalm
Elizabeth Hughes
Lancaster Junction
Fairview Cemetery
Death notices indicate Elizabeth Betz in Elizabeth township
Mrs Elizabeth Betz died at her daughter Mrs Sylvester Ryder home in Elizabeth township near Lexington Saturday at 8 am from complication of diseases aged 45 years 8 months 22 days She came to Denver area three weeks ago from Old Colebrook Lebanon county She is survived by her daughter and her father two brothers George Putt of Lebanon and Henry Putt of Womelsdorf Funeral services were held Tuesday at Emanuel Lutheran church Brickerville with Rev F A Weicksel officiating and interment followed in the adjoining cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Betz
Sylvester Ryder
Elizabeth Township
Lexington
Denver
Ryder
Frank Putt
Old Colebrook
Lebanon County
George Putt
Lebanon
Women Leaders Outline War Work in Lititz Districts
Mrs Albert M Herr and Mrs Brown of Lancaster presented war work by the Women’s Committee of National Defense to the Lititz group. The county has 22 districts each with a war work committee. Literature on food conservation was shared for schools, with a future Pennsylvania State College expert to demonstrate flour substitutes. Committees listed for Lititz Penryn Kissel Hill Elizabeth Farms and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Business League
Albert M. Herr
Women’s Committee of National Defense
Brown
Lancaster
Lititz
Pennsylvania State College
H. J. Pierson
Margaret Potts
P. "Pb. Snyder
Penryn
Gertrude Wolfskill
Kissel Hill
Herbert Heishu
Elizabeth Farms
E. W. Gaylord
Right 4 on Rating The Red Cross Society Progress
The Red Cross Society at this place completed substantial work last week sending 31 hospital shirts and 250 bandages to the Lancaster chapter house. Two donations of $5 were received. Members knit actively and the knitting superintendent urged continued effort. Knitted garments will be stored in cedar chests for summer safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Society
Lancaster
Two Lititz Citizens Seek Receiver for Local Gas Co
John M. Miller and C. B. Risser filed a bill in equity through Joseph B. Wissler seeking appointment of a receiver for the Lititz Manheim and Ephrata Gas Company. They claim the firm, organized in 194, owns Lititz Manheim real estate and a $300,000 mortgage debt, conducted losses in 1917, faces creditor suits, and risks asset sacrifice. The plant is largely closed except for a few weeks this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Manheim
Home from trip to Africa Hassel Nach and E. J. Carliste visit Boston sailors
Hassel Nach and E. J. Carliste, sailors aboard the Swedish vessel Tana, docked in Boston from South Africa, recount a miraculous rescue of thirteen men from the Norwegian bark Paposa during a night storm. The Tana, blown off course, saved all on board before sinking, while Beri-beri plagued the crew on their long 199 day voyage. Carliste, from Portland, Oregon, has toured the world, and Nach, 21, served with the King's Liverpool Regiment before being recalled by the American consul. Seamen now earn about 125 dollars monthly with a voyage bonus due to submarine threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hassel Nach
E. J. Carliste
Boston
South Africa
Aaron Nach
Gulfport
Mississippi
Brazil
Capetown
Africa
Port Elizabeth
Boston Harbor
Nadh
King’s’ Liverpool
Carlisle
Portland
Oregon
Alaska
Texas
Frisco
Lititz
Travel and visitors roam by train trolley and more
Many persons come and go by train trolley auto and other conveyances. Local visits include R O Melzer business trip to Philadelphia D D Graat and family from Landisville at Lititz and other towns. Farewell note on changes in local farming and fire company drum corps meet at 7 30 Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Gibbes
J. L. Hertz
Should Lititz Hold Chautauqua This Year
War time demands spark debate among Lititz guarantors over whether the 1918 Chautauqua should proceed amid shortages and costs. Some urge cancellation or postponement to fund Liberty bonds and war work, while others defend the program as patriotic and valuable. A contract worth 1400 dollars exists, leaving the final decision to the Chautauqua association. In other towns, similar events have been deferred for the war duration. Also noted are local accidents to Roy Pfautz and Jacob Erb, with Pfautz suffering three broken ribs and Erb sustaining head and hand injuries from wagon incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Chautauqua
Chautauqua Association
Celebrated Fiftieth Birthday Observance in Lititz
Tax Collector T Stevens Grosh marked his fiftieth birthday with an open house at his South Spruce street home. Over a hundred relatives neighbors and friends attended. Lititz male chorus performed, Caterer Charles Dussinger and assistants served a sumptuous treat. Grosh received several tokens of esteem. News notes a Kinport cigar factory in Lititz to resume operations at North Cedar street under Halpern and Walter, with workers potentially returning to local cigarmaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Stevens Grosh
South Spruce Street
Grosh
Charles Dussinger
Kiport
Hphrata
Kinport
Halpern and Walter Concern
Cedar Street
Kinports
Lititz
When a Levy Was Considered a Day's Board
Ex postmaster Samuel C Seaber recalls 1860 wages and board costs in a RECORD item about country meals at 6 cents each. He notes carpenter wages 75 cents a day with board and 87 cents without board, the 124 cents board cost tied to past living. Prize box winner at J E Charles drug store March 2 noted. see page 4 for other prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel C. Seaber
J. E. Charles’ Drug Store
Army and Navy Notes From Over There
Letters from soldiers in Europe are highlighted as more interesting. Barton Swart Sr. visits relatives in Lititz, Corporal Bomberger and Private Strohm travel from Camp Meade for a weekend, Emerson Groff moves to Washington DC medical school and visits home, William Duross in Camp Hancock hospital with measles, Maurice Mearig returns updates from Somewhere in France mentioning Christmas box, weather, and machine gun training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton Swart, Sr
U.S. Navy
B. B. Hertzler
Paul Bomberger
Edgar Strohm
Camp Meade
Emerson Groff
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Army Medical School
Washington, D. C
Elam Groff
Emerson
William Duross
Ambulance Corps
Camp Hancock
Augusta
Hard Duck
Bill
Ideal Chocolate Company
Maurice L. Mearig
Lydia Mearig
France
Rainbow Division
St. James
Tells Experiences Along Firing Line From France Letters
Mrs. W A Shannon shares two letters from her nephew Percy S Fendrick a Mercersburg and Princeton graduate serving in the Princeton Unit ambulance corps in France The notes describe front line duty Verdun sector American influence in a war torn land and observations of French and German positions with vivid details of dugouts trenches and No Man’s Land including a hill of dead and camouflaged roads and ongoing shellfire
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Shannon
Lincoln Avenue
France
Percy S. Fendrick
Mercersburg Academy
Princeton University
Princeton
Ambulance Corps
Lillie
United States
America
Verdun
Percy Smannon
Fendrick
Harold
Red Cross
Dif
Also Mentioned on This Page
Milton
Civil Service
Mary S. G. Buch
Virginia Griest
Charles Pfautz
Harry 8. Dissinger
James Huebener
Joseph B. Herr
H. H. Snagely
I. H. Kauffman
Monroe Shue
Sailor Boy
L. N. Moyer
G. D. Bitzer
Trimmer
J. W. B.’’ Engraved An Lid. Reward If Returned To Record Office
William Kissinger
Finder
Morris Frederick
Sarah Habecker
Frederick
Levi Mellinger
Merchant
Roy Pfautz
Pfautz Brothers, General Merchants
Pfantz
D. C. Martin
King
Jacob Erb
H. H. Firestone
Neffsville
Mr. Erb
Army and Navy Notes
U. S
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