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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
8
The army unit presented is well drilled with minimal training beyond routine paces. Most soldiers are Westerners by background, previously cowmen ranch owners and business men, now serving in Uncle Sam’s forces.
It is hard for many soldiers to adjust to walking after spending years in the saddle. Western soldiers show little urge to ride jitneys, preferring foot travel to Hempstead and back. Taxicab drivers lose business as soldiers walk, using jitneys mainly to catch trains. A conversion occurred at Camp Mills today as the St. Louis Quartet, including C. E. Flesh and E. C. Collins, arrived.
C Neidringhaus and R X Stark from Washington perform for soldiers in khaki, drawing 10 000 listeners as helmets spark fun. The Thirty-fifth Division known as Wright's Cyclone thrives at Hempstead and nearby. Cadet aviators arrive at Field J, Mineola. Women ambulance drivers, about four dozen, run base hospital traffic at Mineola Fair Grounds preparing to nurse up to 600 convalescents.
The blue jays have arrived in these diggings. They shrill shriek as they fly about, filling the area with their presence and sound.
The Public Sale Register lists 18 sales with printed bills and notices in the RECORD office. May 11 sale on E Main Street Lititz features Mousehow and Kitchen Furniture by BB Hettuler. May 7 sale in Warwick Township near Lititz covers livestock and farming implements by Susanna B Swarr and J B Stautter, administrators of Sarinel Swarr, deceased.
Public sale of household goods and hardware to be held Saturday May 11 1918 at Kissel Hill four miles south of Lititz along the piky. Items include a large roll top desk, office chair, typewriter, sewing machine, dining set, bedding, crockery, lamps, rugs, clock, chairs, pictures, kitchen stoves, wagon gear, tools, lumber, and assorted articles. Terms by J Fred Kasiz Aue Haydn Lutz.
Public sale set for Saturday May 11 1918 at Will Lebens Sale and Exchange Stables Eph rata. Undersigned offers two express carloads of western horses for bidding with detailed lots to be announced.
A public sale at the undersigned stables in Ephrata on Friday May 10 1918 features a carload of fat horses and acclimated horses for cash with approved notes and discount terms. Also offered are lots of Juniata cows heifers bulls steers consigned by H E Shirk and a lot of sheep and shoats. Don’t miss this sale.
Public sale of real estate in Lititz set for Saturday May 18 at 7 80 o clock on premises No 7 South Spruce Street Lot 4 feet on Spruce near Main and 200 feet deep with a four room frame dwelling store building heaters gas electric light bath water cistern and a large frame stable inspection anytime near the principal business section of Lititz auction by Alt Snavely co auctioneer and H R Reider clerk executor
Travel notes list Mr. and Mrs. George Smith of Philadelphia with family guests including Herbert Pfohl of Winston-Salem and Mayme Schriener of Lancaster visiting Rev. E. S. Crosland. Other mentions cover Mrs. Fasnacht of Wyoming missing, Mr. Fasnacht’s return, John D. Bittner of Harrisburg with wife and son, Peter Pantalakes of Wilkes-Barre touring the Ideal chocolate factory, Dr. W. A. Wood’s niece Miriam Wood visiting, and multiple trips to Akron, Lancaster area locals visiting kin, and a group of M4 drivers traveling to New York for Chevrolet cars.
A Lime Rock German quarry worker told William M Weitzel a local plumber that Kaiser William will rule the United States one day. The town felt the remark reflected a broader German sentiment, with calls for punishment of misled Germans to bring peace and happiness after the war.
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