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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1919
Page
2
In the Garden Spot area, five carloads of tobacco were shipped from the Ephrata P. & KH depot to B. F. Good & Co. of Lancaster. The Susquehanna River rose, delaying bridge work at Pequea. Various local notes include retirements, land sales, and notable residents with ties to nearby towns.
Miss Florence Hans of Lancaster Pennsylvania, a senior, won the first prize of 24 dollars in the John M Bailey oratorical contest at Tuntata College.
Oregon Pike would join the list of state highways as Senator TMomgher's bill becomes law. The state highway system now totals 10,285 miles with over 50 million dollars available for permanent roadwork, likely leaving some segments untouched until more funds arrive.
The last farmers institute under the old system was held in Pennsylvania last week. The Legislature is expected to grant authority to overhaul the program next year, shifting from repeated lectures to farmer exchanges of experience and localized topics. Attendance rose due to open winter, with meetings in Bustleton Gratz Geeseytown Prospect Gradyvills Nixon Hall and Tald Eagles among others.
Raymond Wilson comes home from France to learn his father mother and fiancée Maude Dellinger are dead. The influenza epidemic ravaged Welsh Mountain settlements, leaving unmarked graves among the local Black community and a landscape of clay mounds and emptied homes.
Major W B Gray told members of the committee on improvement of navigation that a full survey of the Susquehanna to assess costs for a waterway would exceed a million dollars. Congress has provided a quarter of a million for a survey to Harrisburg, while the complete plan would span North Branch to New York, West Branch to Williamsport, the Juniata to Huntingdon, and include the Conestoga and tributaries. The river crosses coal fields, lumber regions, and major agricultural areas.
Frank Brenner, an iron worker of 125 North Shippen Street Lancaster PA, says years of suffering from eczema ended after taking Tonall from Locher's Drug Store and later J E Charles Drug Store Lititz. He credits Tonall with removing blood rushes and itchiness and endorses it. The statement is dated Sept 28 1918.
The piece notes Beechams Pills as the largest medicine sale and reports a joint effort by the federal trade commission and Treasury to curb fraudulent stock sales during the victory loan campaign. It urges salesmen to report doubtful securities and asks newspapers to publish a warning ad about speculative offers targeting Liberty Bonds and war savings stamps.
West Chester reports a nationwide prohibition trend does not curb farmhands. A silo jag method uses a gimlet to pierce bottom casings, collecting liquid in a tin can then strained, yielding a potent drink with a strong aftertaste for days. Levi Longenecker of Marietta, 82, famed for wood tables carved by pen knife, born of diverse timbers, including material from the old Columbia bridge.
The April term jurors include Grand Jurors drawn on April 21: William Stummer Rapho Henry H Hilton Warwick Henry HunterThomas Hunter Warwick Albert Gochaner Lititz Henry Starr Sr Mast Hempfield Allen BR Keagy Penn Grant J Weachter Warwick Martin Greiner Mount Joy Twp Elmer Heisey Mount Joy Harvey S Kohler Warwick Harry Earhart Ephrata Common Pleas jurors drawn April 28: Aaron Becker Ephrata Whares Strickler Rapho Clayton M Adams Warwick Charles George Ephrata Albert Behm Ephrata Thomas Frank Warwick Daniel Eberly Clay.
Daniel Toward Detwiler longtime president of First National Bank in Columbia was killed by a fall from his bedroom window while ill. He was 91 and had served as director at Columbia National Bank Keeley Stoya Co and vice president of Warmerg Insurance Co of York. He is father of Capt Sanderson Detwiler serving in Iranet.
Mary A Albright sues Harry L Albright in Berks county court alleging desertion after 14 years of marriage begun 1898. The master recommends granting a divorce on the ground of desertion citing the husband’s boast of a sporting life and refusal to live with a wife who would not drink or be a “sport.” He spent her earnings while denying her clothing funds. The master questions the wife’s mindset and notes the husband’s harsh attitude.
The 42d Rainbow Division cannot be brought home in time to aid the Victory Liberty Loan drive. Secretary Haker told Secretary Glass it is not possible to rearrange troopreturn schedules to move the division’s sailing date from April 26. Mr Baker, replying to Treasury, noted the division’s popularity and splendor in France but said bringing it to the ports in time would place a serious strain on transportation in France.
In a letter from Scotland, B F Stephenson reports his son, in the navy, and a dozen crewmates engaged to marry Scottish girls. He praises Scotch girls as polite and rosy cheeked, notes Danish, Irish, French, Italian, Greek, Egyptian and Turkish girls, and says American sailors draw wide interest wherever they go. He recalls a satin heart from an Irish girl at Queenstown and compares women encountered in Europe.
Electric headlights are being introduced on Yeading Railroad locomotives as fast as possible. All locomotives except yard service units will be equipped. The bright lights help engineers see far ahead, though they are dimmed in yard areas to avoid confusion. Some engineers approve, others oppose the change.
Irwin Keller of Cleona Lebanon county sold three Flemish Giant rabbits from his own stock for 175 dollars. The three weighed 14 pounds 12 ounces, 16 pounds and ounces, and 16 pounds ? ounces.
Mrs Henry Wissler of Elizabeth town faced a county court charge for failing to support her mother Mrs Elizabeth A Watson. The Zion Home at Lititz housed the mother who had billed Mrs Wissler for boarding which she refused citing no care since age five. The court exonerated Wissler from any obligation to provide support.
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