Lancaster News Briefs Tied to War and Local Life
Lancaster schools enroll 11 percent fewer students than opening day last year. Corporal John Hubley, 17, Lancaster’s youngest soldier, gassed in France now in a hospital. East Donegal’s H Tressler profited from wheat and oats yields on small acres. Marietta’s Morris Nagle, oldest at the canal boatmen reunion near Sunbury, attends the event. Henry F Starr of Rohrerstown sells twin calves at 15 cents a pound for $42.00. Marietta site for the Pennsylvania Railroad round house and shops being cleared. Christiana residents fund an auto fire engine to respond within eight miles in half an hour. John W Hallman of Lancaster, 250 years old, buys horses and mules nationwide, called to service. Herrman family volunteers for humanity. J L Herrman in France, John F Herrman training recruits, Arthur S Herrman in officers’ training. Fire destroys Farmers Creamery Company plant at Mount Joy, loss $20,000 to $30,000. US Bureau of Fisheries sends bass and sunfish fry to Lancaster for Susquehanna Columbia Conestoga and Octoraro. Bass five inches long, shipped from Meredosia Illinois to Lancaster. Dr J D Kendig Manheim’s premises host a young Winter Banana apple tree blossoming despite fire scorch. The scorched side shows the most blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Public Schools
John Hubley
Columbia
H. Tressler
East Donegal
Morris Nagle
Marietta
Rolling Green Park
Sunbury
Henry F. Starr
Rohrerstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Christiana
John W. Hallman
Lancaster
J. P. Herrman
Gordonville
Camp Taylor
Farmers’ Creamery Company
Mount Joy
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Susquehanna
Meredosia
Illina
Reading couple seeks divorce over stockings and marriage life
Mrs Myrtle R Smith of Reading sues for divorce claiming her husband bought only three pairs of stockings in three years of marriage. The piece also notes military promotions, tax receipts, miner earnings, police vacancies, and a Hazleton to Singapore travel tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle R. Smith
Reading
Scott R. Wagner
Chaplains’ Training School
Camp Taylor
Louisville
Register of Wills
Philip
Republic Iron & Steel Company
Republic
Harrisburg
William C. Showalter
Oxford
Lancaster
Signal Corps
Columbus
Ohio
J. M. Showalter
Thomas Post
Dairy and Food
Foust
Pennsylvania
America
C. Henry Hartz
Hazleton
Singapore
United States
Tonall Credited With Quick Relief By Suffering Man
Peter Nagle of Cornwall Lebanon County Pa says stomach trouble left him unable to eat or sleep. After one bottle of Tonall he reports better sleep appetite and overall health. He urges others to try Tonall noting the bottle lists roots herbs and barks and claims rapid results. Testimonial dated August 17 1918. Tonall sold at J E Charles Drug Store Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Nagle
Cornwall
Lebanon County
White Ash Shortage Drives War Aid Plea in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania residents with white ash for sale urged to contact the Commissioner of Forestry in Harrisburg to aid shovel production for the war effort. Officials note ash shortages hinder shovel factories in eastern Ohio and many foresters are serving, making a statewide canvass impractical. A second item reports J. B. Deitch of Mechanicsburg attempting suicide twice using a handkerchief and belt amid ill health, but surviving both attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Commissioner of Forestry
Harrisburg
France
Quartermaster General
Ohio
J. B. Deitch
Mechanicsburg
Farmer’s 67th tobacco crop near Milleraville set to fetch high price
J. H. Hostetter, a farmer near Milleraville, has grown tobacco for 67 years on his farm. He helped cultivate and harvest every crop, and the present crop is the sixty-seventh growth, with the highest prices anticipated for the nearing maturity harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Hostetter
Milleraville
September fairs and dates announced for NC counties
Nationwide list of county fairs with dates in September and October. Northampton Nazareth fair runs September 10 to 14 followed by Hanover Lebanon Chester Berks in Reading West Chester Lancaster York with respective date ranges. Lancaster fair runs October 1 to 4 and York fair October 8 to 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton County
Nazareth
Hanover
Lebanon County
Lebanon
Chester County
West Chester
Lancaster County
Lancaster
York County Fair
York
Victory Speech Calls for Austerity To Fund War
The article argues democracy vs despotism, praising U S resolve and urging a vast funding effort of 24 billion dollars in the coming year. It emphasizes Liberty and Victory loans, taxation, and saving measures, urging Americans to live frugally, economize energy, and sacrifice luxuries to sustain the war effort. It highlights leadership, unity with allies, and the moral imperative to win for democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becaus
German Empire
Becanuse
China
United States
God Atlas
Nime
United States Treasury
Kitchen Soldiers pledge for wartime home kitchen service
Good Housekeeping and the U S Food Administration urge women to sign a pledge enlisting as kitchen soldiers. The pledge commits households to waste less food and use all purchases wisely to conserve supplies for soldiers and allies. It frames every kitchen as a battlefield in the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
United States
Good Housekeeping
United States Food Administration
Home Service
England
France
Mary
Russia
Civil War shell crashes through roof in Galveston
A Civil War shell from 1863 toppled onto a boiler during a family wash in Galveston. The improvised prop, found recently, toppled the boiler through the roof and rattled the neighborhood, though no washing occurred that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Omaha Bee
Ministerial Warriors of Dexter Lead War Service
Dexter Maine stands out for church leaders sent to war work with six active pastors. Rev. Ambrose B McAlister Rev. George C Sauer Rev. H Lincoln MacKenzie and Rev. Stafley Gates Spear are among those answering the call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Dexter
Ambrose B. McAlister
George C. Sauer
H. Lincoln MacKenzie
Stafley Gates Spear
Women as Aviators in Early Flight Debate
Aviation expert C G Gray from Ton don says few women possess the nerve to fly. He cites Ruth Law as the first U S woman to fly Chicago to New York, notes Katherine Stinson nearly tried the feat, and contrasts a handful of capable pilots with many who would risk injury and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Gray
Tondon
United States
Ruth Law
Chicago
New York
Katherine Stinson
Airplane Mail Route Between Vienna and Kiev
Airplane mail carries about 1000 packets daily between Vienna and Kiev. The THO mile route is claimed as the world’s longest air line. The journey lasts ten to twelve hours instead of forty by train, in four stages via Cracow, Lemberg, and Proskarow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Kiev
Cracow
Lemberg
Proskarow
Trade Preparedness in Chile Proclaimed
The Chilean president has appointed a committee to investigate Chile’s commercial and industrial relations with the world, focusing on the effects of the European war and postwar competition between national products and imports. The commission will advise on measures to protect and advance domestic industries upon peace restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. H. Buch
the Record Building Clothier
Lititz, PA
the County
J. E. Charles’ Drug Store
Lititz
W. W
Jewele
Appel & Son 5
Coticiane
North Queen Street
Lancaster, PA
Herbert Quick
Belgium
Great Britain
Italy
Germany
Europe
Asia
Amer
Werlin
Flanders
Wingert & Haas Hat
John A. Haas
N. Queen St, Lancaster
King Street
Chas. H. Frey’s Shoe Store
East King St
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