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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1918
Page
6
A speaker laments high garment wages and government wool buying, urging readers to focus on securing a good suit or overcoat amid rising costs and policy impact on production. The commentary frames worker pay, government procurement, and consumer concerns as urgent, everyday matters.
Clara A. de Schweinitz and five other Bethlehem ladies spend a winter in Los Angeles and take a Catalina Island excursion. They describe travel by Pacific Electric to San Pedro, a cloudy start with a brief rain, ocean sailing without seasickness, a stop at Glenwood Hotel and a Café Grill, beach visits, Sugarloaf rock views, a Catalina stage ride, a glass-bottom boat voyage to see marine life, and a return sail to Los Angeles. The letter notes mid ocean skies, abundant sea life, and compliments California winters as milder than the Atlantic coast.
A New York Mail writer recalls John Masefield in Paradise alley Greenwich Village a hidden corner behind Sixth Avenue between Jefferson Market Jail and Eleventh Street. The piece paints Paradise alley as strange yet enchanting where Masefield tended bar and sang in a childhood cradle of a boss's baby inspiring chants and poems that the boss's wife could not decipher. The tale frames the poet as a queer figure whose verses shimmered for a baby who cried whenever he sang.
Instructions warn which items keep freshness until Christmas and how to pack parcels for soldiers overseas. Dried fruits and hard candies in small tins or dry packaging are advised, avoid liquids and fragile chocolates, wrap in a khaki handkerchief, label and stamp for Red Cross inspection, and use parcel post rates. An inspection site at Red Cross Headquarters offers guidance and carton distribution on specified dates.
Charles B Ward Hoff writes from a military aviation perspective praising the aviator life. He notes wartime flights bring fatigue yet compare favorably to infantry toil and describes rests, meals, and limited daily air time. He observes cool heads crack under strain during high altitude dogfights and argues airmen deserve some ease between missions.
Weekdays show trains leaving Lititz for Reading and Philadelphia at 6 47 a m and 7 80 m with Lancaster and Cot Darble Street 403 A M. Sundays no afternoon trains Lebanon service Sundays only at 4 3 a m.
Propaganda verse urging Uncle Sam to fund the war effort with Liberty loans. Repeating call to action to buy lands by the score and support troops in France, reflecting wartime recruitment and finance themes.
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