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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1929
Page
8
The Lititz Record from Lititz Pennsylvania lists editors and publishers E. PD. Fulweiler and J. R. Johnson and states the paper is entered as second class matter at the Lititz post office.
The piece urges Lititz households to clean winter grime and prepare for summer. It notes rising business, better industry, expected garden yields, a Firemen event in June, a Fire Company baseball team, picnics, and warnings for motorists and children to drive and play safely as spring returns.
Lieutenant George N. Pickering led fifteen State Highway Patrol men at Hershey to halt speeding amid a crackdown on heavy vehicle violations on the new river road near Harrisburg. Drivers will receive notices of information sworn out and be ordered to appear for a hearing.
A long list of churches in the Moravian, Lutheran, Congregational, Brethren and Mennonite denominations reports Sunday schedules and special events. Midweek and youth meetings are listed along with sermons at various times. The article also notes state county fairs drew 1,957,185 attendees, York Fair topping with 208,783.
From the Past From the Files of the Record for April 11 1879 reports John Kahl resumes brickyard operations for the spring about 100 trees to be planted in the Springs Grounds Benjamin Tshudy falls stairs at Lititz Steam Mills injuring forehead on axe E J Barr builds a large chicken house J R Pannabecker Warwick baker receives a painted wagon Jacob and David Kreiter shaken up in a runaway incident.
Twenty five years ago on April 8 1904 Jacob B Landis of Warwick with a Cumberland County companion left for an all summer trip in the West. The Wellington Manufacturing Co planned a grain elevator for 50000 bushes and predicted potato bugs would be scarce after freezing. Easter visitors crowded town as butter sold at 24 cents and eggs at 15 cents a dozen.
The oldest and best established photo studio in Lebanon County offers attractive terms. Apply to H. H. Ulrich in Lebanon Pennsylvania. Estate notices indicate James H. Breitigan named Executor for A. M. Breitigan estate with payment and claim deadlines. Local listings include home made hard soap by Mrs. A. R. Keller and May chick delivery by Ivan Grube. Tobacco dust for fertilizer and pest control sold by N. W. Fry and Son in Lititz.
Local help wanted ad seeks a girl or woman for cooking and housework with no washing. Good wages offered to capable person. Apply Mrs D R Stauffer Leola Pa if interested.
Prices listed for eggs butter lard wheat corn shorts oats middlings bran with Saturday marks showing 2.50 and 2.00 as figures. Read as a market update of commodity rates and items traded.
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