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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
2
County Happenings report the first oil well within the city limits of Pittsburg, drilled by Arkansas Natural Gas company. The 100 acre tract in the Twenty-eighth ward yields a natural flow of more than 100 barrels a day and is described as the strongest in the district.
A herd of 42 Guernsey cows from Wolverton farm in Alexandria Huntingdon county was condemned by the state veterinarian after TB tests by veterinarian Williams of Huntingdon showed all but two infected. The herd was sold to Frank Culp and Harvey Scott of Petersburg and shipped to Lancaster for quarantine and disposal. Estimated loss is $5,000.
River levels fall as spring freshets sweep coal downriver and hopeful prospectors stake riverbed claims. A sharp tongued lawyer cross examines a witness about entering a saloon. An engineering curiosity, a unique spipe arch bridge over Sudbury River in Boston, carries water supply with a massive concrete backing and a hand raised foot bridge.
A private Lamparter Farm bridge at White Oak collapsed while a two horse team from Showers Bakery crossed it. Joe Lausch of Elstonville drove the wagon loaded with bread into about twelve feet of water. The driver sprained a wrist, the bread soaked, horses uninjured.
Samuel F. Frey of Lancaster, through attorney William C. Ream, sues State Banking Commissioner John Fisher for $12,000. Fisher, then a Republican gubernatorial candidate, allegedly knew of Agricultural Trust Company's dire condition months before the crash. Frey says bank directors met months before closing and valued the bank at $125,000 in debt.
Harvey Miller, a Denver hardware merchant and then a boy, built a bird house in his father’s yard. Martins occupied it, and he added more houses. For 53 years flocks have returned each spring, with the 1922 sighting noted last week. More than thirty cases of starlet fever are under quarantine in Lancaster now.
An extended argument shows mass home and office building would lift 5,000,000 workers and their families, plus 16 to 18 million dependents, by unlocking wages, profits, and demand across steel, lumber, cement, and related industries, revitalizing retail and other sectors nationwide. The piece emphasizes intertwined industrial life and the vast purchasing power unleashed by full construction activity.
Prof H T Freuanff Allentown owns Rebecca Eaton's Geography of Pennsylvania (1885) noting Lititz eight miles north of Lancaster. The Moravian settlement with a seminary church and a famed local band collected offerings as visitors watched a spontaneous concert.
A farmer scavenges for cash as crops fail with wheat oats potatoes and corn ruined by weather. He sends Jed to town with a bag of turnips but no one buys, turning a bleak day into a cautionary tale about failed harvest profits.
A western jury called to decide cattle ownership finds the defendant innocent after a brief deliberation. The foreman initially says the plaintiff is guilty, then the judge notes the court is not trying the plaintiff. The jury later declares the defendant not guilty, misreading the case as a misidentification.
Practical home farming notes include grape pruning guidance from Pennsylvania State College extension circular No 81, berry patch timing, disease free potato seed boosts, early onion and vegetable planting, chick perching to prevent deformities, and smoking pork tips about heat control and wood smoke.
In a Rail journey tale from Lititz and Rothsville the men miss a train to Allentown because they forgot to raise the signals at a flag station. The anecdote ends with a life lesson on timing and doing the right thing to succeed.
Fort Worth printer Charley Harris responds to a doctor’s bid request by jokingly proposing a single operation for appendicitis and options for incision size ether nurse and future gallbladder surgery. He jokes bidders must hold the incision open for about sixty days if the appendix is not removed.
J. O. Nissley of Lancaster, real estate and insurance agent, files for voluntary bankruptcy with debts about 170000 dollars and assets around 88000 dollars. Cash on hand reported as 5.29 dollars. Read the Record at 1.50 a year.
An intimate friend found Lincoln depressed in Washington after repeated Federal reverses. The visitor asked if being president was all it was supposed to be moment. Lincoln replied that sometimes he feels like a Irishman who after a rail ride would rather walk if not for the honor of the thing.
Popular Mechanics notes a fireplace in Evanston Indiana at the Box Scouts headquarters used for geology and physiography study. The base displays earth strata materials, the top shows ore specimens, and built in lake and river bed models make the piece both ornamental and practical. It claims to be the only such fireplace in the country.
Mrs. Dewey Hoffman of Lewistown credits Dr. Pierce's Anure Tablets with relieving headaches and back pain from kidney discomfort after using part of a bottle. She also reports benefits from Gulden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription for colds, and urges others to obtain An-uric anti uric acid from Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel or Buffalo, N Y, for trial at 10 cents.
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