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Newspaper

Lititz Record

Location

Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1918

Page

5

Fire Alarm Coding and Local Church Notices

Fire alarm blasts detail the signals for hose houses and street blocks. The column lists church services, sermons, lectures, meetings, and recent membership admissions across U B, Lutheran, Brethren, Mennonite, and Reformed congregations in Lititz and nearby areas with dates and speakers.

Army and Navy Notes Continues From Page One

Letter from Dr. Percy Dreifus describes service in the West Indies and life abroad. He reports duck hunting successes, fishing for tarpon, and local fruit prices while noting a promotion to Senior Lieutenant and sharing memories of Columbus era swords and a historic church legend.

Percy Dreifus West Indies Joseph Dreifus Springs Hotel Lititz Florida U.S Santa Cereo New World Santa Cerra Columbus’ Brother Columbus

Had Thrilling Experience on Mexican Border Veteran Visits Home

Joseph Brown, sergeant in the U S cavalry honorably discharged for disability, spent Sunday in town visiting his parents at the United Zion Home. He recalls Mexican border battles where bullets pierced his hat and his horse fell beneath him. Brown traveled from here to Montgomery county, where he once resided, and recounts a cordial reception from a stranger who learned of his service. Provost Marshal Crowder ordered 95 000 drafted men to report March 29 for five days, Iowa and Minnesota excluded. Pennsylvania to supply 7 928 men including this locality’s quota.

Joseph Brown U. S. Cavalry United Zion Home Brown Montgomery County Harrisburg Marshall Crowder Washington, D. C Union Iowa Minnesota

Agricultural Notes Of Interest From Lancaster Area

Col. Bob Leeds, after dinner speaker at the Lancaster Automobile Club dinner, urges being called a farmer. Anecdotes about calves miscalled cowlets spark humor. Twelve Poland China hogs near Neffsville average 530 pounds, produced twelve 50-pound cans of lard. Elder I W Taylor runs the Church of the Brethren Home hog operation. Jacob Kirk extols horse intelligence. Erb praised as a top local horse trainer. Bacon shifts from cheap farm staple to luxury. packing house bacon costly, country cured scarcer. John K Stoner offers two years of farm products in exchange for cleaning a tract southwest of Lititz on the old Burkholder dam.

Bob” Leeds Lancaster Automobile Club Brunswick Lancaster Leeds Chicago Illinois Church of the Brethren Home Neffsville L. G. Forney I. W. Taylor John K. Stoner Burkholder Dam Lititz Stoner

Test Your Seed Corn Now

All farmers who expect to plant corn this year should test their seed corn immediately for germination. Many farmers relying on their own corn are surprised by current test results. Corn that tested well last Thanksgiving may test poorly after this severe winter weather.

Local resident shoots four foot six inch chicken hawk

Harvey Hess of Clay Township shot a large chicken hawk on Tuesday. The bird measured four feet six inches from wing tip to wing tip and, though there have been several of these prowlers nearby, no chickens have been eaten so far.

Harvey Hess Clay Township

Horace Eschbach and the Flower Man Return Home

A letter from Horace L. Eschbach recounts nine days in Chicago distributing 5000 flowers to hospitals and friends as he continued his annualFlower Man mission. He visited Miss Mary Hershey in Chicago and spent a week with sister Emily in Woodstock Illinois.

Horace L. Eschbach North Dakota Mr. Eschbach Chicago Horace Eschbach Mary Hershey East Main Street Woodstock 111 Emily Lititz

Free Highways Coming Soon in Lancaster County

State Highway Commissioner J Denny O'Neil announced at the Lancaster Auto Club banquet on March 6 that at least two main toll roads in Lancaster County will be made free highways soon. The Lancaster and Williamstown and the Lancaster and Elizabethtown turnpikes are set to be freed, with a possibility of freeing the Lancaster and Susquehanna and Lancaster and Manheim turnpikes as part of a broader road system.

O'Neil Auto Club Lancaster County J Denny O’neil Lancaster Automobile Club Lancaster O’neil Lancaster and Williamstown Red Rose City Quaker City Elizabethtown Susquehanna Manheim State Highway Department Atleen Boyer Washington, D. C Bob Leeds

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Hose House Main Locust Sts Linden Hall Gor N. Cedar and Frontals Aartman's Post Ofice Orange Stg Moravian Crosland, Pestor Untrep Eyangelica L Harper S. S F. A. Weichsel Rothaville Akron Warwick Reformed Church U. S George B. iRaezer White Oak Brickervill Azula Jones Church OF the Brethren Lexington Erb’s Landis Valley Crosland Jerusalem Front Street John Weaver U. B Mary E. Sturgis Bertha Eck Kathryn M. Sturgis Helen M. Wertsch Kathryn M. Gibble Sarah M. Weidman Nathan A. Sturgis Chester L. Wertsch Eugene W. Stauffer C. 8. Miller St. Luke’s Reformed Church Otterbein Guild U.B Malinda Meduate Beulah Sturgis Laura Sturgis Myrtle Gibbes Jennie Pfautz Jas. Seaber Annus Reading Malinda McQuate Women's Missionary Association of the U. S. Church D. M. Weidman Beck E.G. Geyer Edith Shue Asn’t H. R. Wertsch Trens W. Gibbie Ass’t Mary Weidman Ellis Spickier Amanda Habecker N. D. Sturgis C. Beck George Swift Philadelphia O. T. Deever Dayton Ohio Christian Endeavor Young People’s Societies John Barleycorn Sam Mrs. Jones Eloge E. W. Gaylord Elizabeth Farms Brickerville Wiliam Charles Smith St. Paul, Minn Bessie Mabel Spencer Dr. Smith Dissinger’s Army and Navy Notes Aldus H. Kauffman Emer S. Kauffman Herman Willis Alberta Elmer Ada Petersburg Mennonite Alice Erb Harry Erb St. Joseph’s Hospital Amos Erb South Broad Street Louisa Stump Harry K. Stump Ephrata Clarence Centre Square Brownstown Martin Milford Annie Lyte Adams Harry Lincoln Cemetery Samuel Samuel Austin Austin Jacob Kirk Mr. Erb Milton Swart East Petersburg Swarr Milton N. B. Leaman Hiram E. Steinmetz Lancaster General Hospital Ephrata United Brethren Church Lebanon Valley College Annville Brickerville Lutheran Cemetery Sammie France Mary Uncle Lance Rover C. H. Kreider E. Main St Tnd ER. J. Hlammond Dim Spruce St Ei Record Office Rickert Mott Brunnerville Bargatn Sturgis Mimik Samuel Hertzler Welper Jeff Wagner Lam-Tr Orange St J.W.T Main St Kistel Bepee H. M Ititz Brand St. Bell Bret Lass High Hullville Akotf South Cedar Street Ella Evans Marek Limy Scott’s Frank Rader Henry Nibs Willow Lincoln Roctetf AM Manufacturing Worach Keller S. Sproco Bacycle Bicycles United States Goodrich Pennsylvania Vacuum Firestone Lititz Bookstore W. M. Scott, Propr Michelin Universal Lititz Tire Hospital Cedar St Spring Home Bob White Pfautz Bros Gibraltar Children’s Union Ladies Union Grocery Dept Mascot C. R. Miller’s Department Store Sun Shine Eastman Kodaks THE Lititz Jeweler Hetail Merchanta Association New York State R. N. Wolfe Main Street E. K. Zartman Brubaker Roller Flour Mills
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