Representative Diehm Backs Soldier Bonus In Office Debate
The piece notes Representative Diehm will support a proposed constitutional amendment and bonus plan for World War I service members. It outlines benefit amounts for home and overseas service, eligibility, and survivors, with broad support and a voter referendum planned at the general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Dielni
Harrisburg
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
United States
Germany
Brindle
Lititz
American Legion
Vocational School Teaching Shaping Young Workers
York machinist instructor Mr. Harry Herr describes two weeks in school followed by two in a shop to build theoretical and practical trade skills. A state ruling may pay travel for eligible students to nearest vocational center, boosting such schools. Also notes are two lectures by Dr. William Poole in Lancaster and Elizabethtown College with 59 cent admission. A northern farmer resisted a 2009 bushel potato offer, gaining 11 00 by keeping crop. potatoes and tobacco buyers in region report activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Herr
York
Samuel Walters
Herr
Lancaster
William ©. Poole
F. B. Meyer
Christ’s Church
London
England
Dy. Poole
Tokyo
Japan
BH. KE. Ober
Lin
Wiliam C. Poole
Lancaster County
Elizzabethtown College
G. L. Tepp
Rev Harpers Services Remembered at Farewell Meeting
The Rev Harper receives an electric portable gift from the society at a farewell event held at Elizabeth Keller’s home on South Spruce. Jam F Rath praises his service over four years as the church bids him Godspeed to a new field of labor. The gathering ends with a farewell reception and notes on harmony and kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Keller
South Spruce
Jam’ F. Rath
Msg
Harper
Ruth
Sharper
Hor
Stopped Horse on Road to Count Money
Two Lititz tobacco dealers traveling in the country halted a horse to settle a bet over who carried more cash. One pulled out a roll and counted over $800. The other revealed more than $900, ending the wager with a grave count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Record in Pocket Restored Overcoat
Letter from Tayon A Seaber of East Smithfield Bradford County Pa recounts losing a overcoat at a donation event and finding a hair net tobacco and a newspaper in the pocket. A husband reads a funeral notice of Nathan Scaber Jr and concludes the coat belongs to a relative, praising the Lititz Record for aiding the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Scaber, Jr
Lititz Record
Train Returns Home After Yearlong Western Trip
Continental Traveller Ed Buch arrived in Lititz Wednesday from a year covering the northwest California Texas Kansas City and a Southern Pacific route. He paid expenses by work and aided six ex servicemen on the Pacific coast while traveling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward Buch
J. Frank Buch
Edward
Northwest
California
Southern Pacific
Texas
Kansas City
Lititz
Howard
Pacific
Vanes
Ed 1
Ice House planned to preserve summer ice supply
Iee Tester and Fohives announce a plan to build an Ice House at a dam on the town's eastern end to stockpile ice for late summer use. They aim to expand the dam, noting potential earnings of $900 if space had been available, and warn against being caught unprepared next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Late
Hip Hip Hooray Fete Promises Crowded Linden Hall Two Nights
Tonight and Saturday the home talent production Hip Hip Hooray directed by Harrington J. Wheeler and the International Producers Association under Knights of Malta will fill Linden Hall Auditorium with a cast over one hundred. The program features comic antics, music numbers, and dances with notable soloists and a large chorus. tickets are selling briskly at Scott's bookstore, 35 cents children and 50 cents and up for adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrington J. Wheeler
International Producers Association
Knights of Malta
Linden Hall
Endmen
H. B. Singer
Chas
H. Zartman
Joseph Zahm
E. A. Butzer
H. J. Wheeler
Solvists
Earl Habecker
N. L. Habecker
Melvin Huber
B. J. Hollinger
Victor Wagner
H B. Singer
Minstrel Circle and Chorus
Benjamin Wier
Sam
Grosch
Holt
H. Becker
Harry Miller
Morris McCloud
Arville Burkholder
Clifford Helter
Paul Royer
Clarence Wier
Paul Spangler
H. H. Sesseman
Arthur Nelson
Leon Klaus
W. F. Gibble
Viola Bisker
Violet Bisker
Dorothy Zellers
Marie Zellers
Laura
Grace Sesseman
Dorothy Roth
Agnes Gross
Esther McCreary
Girls
Alice Habecker
Janet
Rudy
Susie Diehm
Myrtle Gibbel
Mildred Yerger
Janet Plautz
Beulah Sturgis
Hawaii
Hazel Kono
Chas. Heff
Fruit Trees Show Resilience Through Temperate Winter
Orchard observers report apple plum and peach buds in good condition after a variable winter with warm spells and near freezing cold snaps. Buds enlarged earlier due to early warmth but tests by J W Bruckart confirm buds remain healthy and true to form as nature protects its trees.
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J. W Bruckart
Enjoyable Ninth Birthday Party at Vollertsen Home
A birthday party honored Kathryn Vollertsen for her ninth birthday at her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vollertsen near Lititz. Guests played games and enjoyed a peanut recretable. Attendees included Ruth Ongenecker Mary Nies Purella Ditman Eva Behmer Beatrice Frederick Rebecca Ludwig Mary Tong Gertrude Fralich Gert rude Bek nna Bouder Betty Martin Ruth Snavely Kathryn Goldenauer Julia Birkenbine Elizabeth Long Ella Ladiviz Florence Bouder Mary Ludwig Mrs John Boyer and daughter Pauline Mrs Clarence Td wie aid children Alma and Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Vollertsen
Charles Vollertsen
Lititz
Ruth Ongenecker
Mary Nies
Purella Ditman
Eva Behmer
Beatrice Frederick
Rebecca Ludwig
Mary Tong
Gertrude Fralich
Gertrude Bek Nna Bouder
Betty Martin
Ruth Snavely
Kathryn Godenauer
Julia Birkenbine
Elizabeth Long
Ella Ladiviz
Florence Bouder
Mary Ludwig
John Boyer
Pauline
Clarence Tdwie
Alma and
Charles
Indiana sons rush home as mother medical illness improves
Mrs. John Whitmyer long ill shows improvement. Her sons John of Goshen Indiana and Robert nearby were summoned home after fifteen years away.
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Indiana
John Whitmyer
John
Goshen
Ind
Robert
Artificial production of gold by selenium oxychloride discovery
Dr Victor Lender of the University of Wisconsin leads a 30 person team in Madison to publicly unveil selenium oxychloride as a solvent that converts base materials into gold. The breakthrough claims to transmute tellurite minerals into gold, a result not seen in chemistry before, with potential industrial and scientific impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Lender
University of Wisconsin
National Research Council
Washington, D. C
Boston
University of California
Lititz
Lender
The
State University
Madison
Wis
Lititz Soldier Reports Plane Fall Near San Diego
Paul Leaman in the aviation corps writes to his parents that he had a fall in a plane recently but was only slightly hurt while his captain, the pilot, suffered more serious injuries. The letter offered few other details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Leaman
U. S. Army
San Diego
Calif
N. B Leaman
It Pays to Advertise and Dorcas Circle Play
An article about A M Kreider of Lititz attracting visitors after a local paper piece about a stray dog mothering five pups. He sold the pups for 2 1 2 to 3 dollars each and could have sold more. Also a Dorcas Circle performance of The Dust of the Earth in Linden Mall Auditorium drew good crowds with strong acting and Mary Hueberner praised as leader.
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A. M. Kreider
Lititz
Dorcas
King’s Daughters
Linden Mall
Mary Hueberner
Warwick House Anniversary Sale Draws Large Crowd
The Warwick House annual sale on a Saturday drew a large crowd with 811 sales and 82 customers. Items included 112 bushels of potatoes, 166 pigs, rabbits, turkeys, geese, onions, beets, beans, cabbage, apple butter, pudding, coffee, brooms, shirts, hose, children's wear, and rugs. Prices ranged from 10 to 40 cents for potatoes up to several dollars for livestock and textiles.
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Warwick House
Travelers Near and Far in Lititz and Surroundings
Mr. Abram Bucher of Philadelphia visited Lititz friends Saturday. Mrs. Ralph Jones of Atlantic City is guest of the Moravian Home. Mrs. T. E. Will attended a relative’s funeral in Mechanicsburg Cumberland County Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Furlow announce the arrival of a daughter last Sunday morning. Miss Gertrude Kilgore of Chanceford York County spent the weekend with Miss Ruth Hepp. Kilgore, a Linden Hall graduate, is a senior at Millersville Normal School. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bear visited her mother and sister in Brownstown Sunday. Mrs. Augustus Samuels of Orwigsburg is spending days with sister Mrs. Joseph Dreifus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram Bucher
Philadelphia
Lititz
Ralph Jones
Atlantic City
N. J
T. E. Will
Mechanicsburg
Cumberland County
Elwood Furlow
Gertrude Kilgore
Chanceford
York County
Ruth Hepp
Kilgore
Linden Hall
Millersville Normal School
Charles Bear
Brownstown
Augustus Samuels
Orwigsburg
Joseph Dreifus
Sturgis Fisherman Dazzles Florida Crowd With 20-Pound Red Snapper
N D Sturgis of Lititz proves expert beyond doubt on a Florida trip. A boatful of anglers doubted him but he lands a 20-pound red snapper after friendly barbs from a bystander. He has many successful trips and joins Lancaster visitors in St Petersburg and Winter Haven with his wife and daughter Helen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D. Sturgis
Florida
Bunny Deep
Sturgis
Gulf of Mexico
Mr. Sturgis
Susquehanna
Lancaster
St.Petersburg
Helen
St. Petersburg
B. B. Leaman
Winter Haven
Lancaster County
Bareville
Mrs. Leaman
Echoes of the National Education Association in Atlantic City
The convention urged higher salaries for teachers, citing P. P. Claxton’s report that average U S public school pay was 711. It called for better training and recruitment, endorsing the Smith-Fowler bill for federal aid to improve pay and long term support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Commissioner of Education
P. P. Claxton
United States
Smith-Fowner
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Ellen Leib
Wiliam Amer
James Hueheney
James M. Beck
William H. Keiler
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United Brethren Church
Quay Ienck
Theodore Stauffer
Mary Tollman
Anna Landis
Mary Birkenbine
Mabel
Zimmerman
Earl E. Erb
Guy L. Erb
Mary McCombs
Lwist Field Artillery
Latitz
Chris F. Reig
New York City
Theodore Roosevelt
Ighian
Reisner
Brendle
Litha Young Man
Ers
Abram & Acres
Long & Taylor
David High
Eisenlohr
Charles Rose
Levy
Trinity U. E. Church
Ilay
Andrew Bruckart
Samuel N. Paul
Luita the
Lexington
Haydn
Hast Smithfield
Prise
Continental Travller
Rome
Henry Snavely
William Oehme
James Seaber
Mr. Seaber
Linn B. Longenecker
Nakens
Order of Independent Americans
Geo. E. Werner
Reading
Neffsville
Manheim
F. K. Brubaker
North Broad Street
North
Theodore L. Forney
Mr. Brubaker
Landis Adair
Rev. H. &. Sonon
Petersburg
J. Fred. Essig
Mary Miksch
East Main Street
Hensel
Robert Pfautz
David M. Grayhill
Penn Township
Louderville
Frank B. Musser
Clay
Dr. Lender
Susan Keller
Samuel
Eric) Keller
Keller
Theodore Burnett
Leyi Lender
Nat Sturgis
Greenhorn
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