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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1924
Page
7
A young man, in love with a fortune, tries to win a gardener’s help by offering cast-off clothes for a bouquet fund. He sends roses to his sweetheart, only to be met with frost. She reveals a note asking him to remember promised old trousers, exposing his snare.
Prof Paul Lindner of the Fermenting Industry Institute in Germany notes ants have high alcohol tolerance. He explains ants ferment milky juices from aphids in their digestive tract using yeasts. He adds other insects also produce homemade brews and calls wasps accomplished bootleggers.
A Swiss inventor reportedly built a magnetized machine that can fill keys boxes or paper cartons and handle wire rods hairpins knife blades and fishhooks. Items are poured into a vibrating hopper in batches of about a thousand pounds and laid straight on large trays.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges farmers to plan year round home vegetable gardens. census data show 78.9 percent of US farms have gardens, with 21.1 percent lacking. Garden crops often yield much more value per area and ensure summer supply and winter canning stocks.
Advice on improving dairy cow condition through corn based grain rations. A six to two to one mix of ground corn oats or bran and meal, with bran and oil meal additions before calving, and reduced grain near freshening. Emphasizes laxative bedding from bran and roughage like hay to prevent constipation and milk fever.
Farmers can improve stands and crop quality by proper seed prep and bed care. To disinfect watermelon seeds soak seeds in a 1 to 1000 corrosive sublimate solution for ten minutes, then rinse in fresh water. Prepare the solution by dissolving four tablets in one pint of water, adjust for larger quantities.
Butter milk and cheese sell at remunerative prices for farmers. Butter remains above general price levels due to cheap feeds in western districts and reduced production in mill districts. Poultry and eggs continue on a fairly stable basis.
Farmers show little concern for profits and formal farming business practices, preferring to work the land without meticulous record keeping or due attention to financial outcomes.
Chicago with a population similar to Paris has three and a half times as many phones. In 1021 driving there were 160 telephone conversations for every person in the United States. Dr Paul Kammerer, Austrian biologist lecturing in America, said the American telephone service gives Viennese service a black eye.
At the February annual meeting in Philadelphia the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania declared the first quarterly dividend on the preferred stock sold last November payable to stockholders of record March 20. A 2 percent quarterly dividend on common stock was also declared. The meeting marked the retirement of Winfield B. Peirsol as Secretary and Treasurer and the election of J. Heron Crosman Jr as Secretary and C. Lathrop Richie as Treasurer.
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania paid out 300000 in pensions and benefits under its Employees Benefits Plan, in effect since 1919. The annual appropriation supports the current work with no agents kept on the payroll.
Twenty years ago the Bell System operated fewer than 2,060,000 telephones. Today the system reports more than 15,000,000 Ticl owned and connected telephones across its networks, signaling rapid expansion and adoption of telephone service.
Bell Telephone officials report rapid industry growth with 860,000 phones in Pennsylvania now and a projected increase to about 1.3 million in five years. The company plans to install 168,000 new phones this year and outlines a multi hundred million dollar expansion to meet demand, stressing obligation to provide prompt service.
Pennsylvania suffered telephony disruption from a severe snow and sleet outbreak. Western Pennsylvania saw heavy damage as lines froze and poles bent while crews activated emergency cables to restore service quickly.
The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania reports 1923 net growth of 78,493 telephones in the state after acquisitions and disconnections. The year saw 492 new operator positions, extensive central office expansion, $11,314,701 spent on central office equipment, and 466,965 miles of wire added beyond central offices.
General Otto H Falk reports France’s envy of American telephone efficiency after returning from Europe. He cites America with thirteen phones per 100 people versus France’s one and says French users prefer American service on the battlefield and at home. He blames political control for stagnation and lack of invention in European systems.
At the end of 1923 the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania reported 23000 employees, up from the previous year. The workforce includes roughly twice as many women as men, with most women in central office operations and others in stenographic and clerical duties. About 772 percent? male employees are skilled workers, reflecting the intricate demands of the telephone business.
An estimated investment in telephones within the United States in 1982 reached about 2.15 billion dollars. The broader Western Hemisphere and Asian markets show diverse activity amid evolving infrastructure, technology, and demand trends impacting further deployment.
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