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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1935
Page
3
Farm calendar advises feeding bees with sugar syrup before honey flow. preserve cheap eggs by storing infertile eggs from stock, and eradicate dandelions using a chlorate solution applied with a sponge on a stick to the plant crown.
Clay M Spencer Binkley took his pupils on Friday to Harrisburg and Hershey to view plants and sites of interest. They had lunch and a grand tour with several friends. This closes the Clay school and Miss Senzezig was chosen as Gray school teacher next term. The Elmer Beck family and Mrs Anna Whileradt travelled to Philadelphia last Thursday. Mr and Mrs Samuel W Elser and Earl and friends hosted a dinner for the Eshleman family. Vera Eshleman was present. Easter services at St John’s Church, Brickerville drew many locals Sunday. Mrs Whitcraft attended communion at Penryn Reformed Church. Good Friday was a local holiday. Mr Leer Gerhart and Mr Fr Heisey with Elwood were dinner guests at J W Gerhart’s home. Afternoon callers included John Erb and Mrs Paul Mohler.
Misses Logue Smythe entertained by Mae and Edna Wolf. Morris Wolf family from Lititz visited C. C. Wolf. J W Knapp of Pottstown visited Rev L H Yengey. Mrs M Glark of Landis Valley visited Mrs A F Getz. Sunday School gifts distributed Easter morning. John L Duck has house painted by Myer Wolf. Elmer Grebill and A F Getz serve as jurors. The Strange Bequest play by Seniors performed Friday and Saturday.
The RECORD home paper notes Lititz and nearby communities sharing community updates. Vendors, church events, school activities, and town notices appear in this weekly column, emphasizing neighborhood life and civic interest.
Elam and family hosted numerous relatives and friends from Penryn Manheim and nearby areas including Bomberger Oberholzer and Burkholder households. Several couples traveled to visits in Ephrata Lititz and Schaefferstown as Airy Hill School closed for the week.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sweigart Ludwig 80 of Denver R D 1 died at her home early Tuesday of pneumonia. She was the wife of Samuel Ludwig and survived by children Mary Stehm Samuel Blantz Harry Jefferson Phares Harvey Adam Raymond 23 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren and two brothers Monroe Sweigart Denver and Wallace Ohio. Private service at home Saturday 8:30 am and public service 10 am at Denver Brick Meeting House with interment nearby.
Fragments from the Papyrus of Hin0 reveal Babylonian medical lore with hundreds of remedies from 60 centuries ago. The Megalnians era references about 700 simple drugs show early separation of physicians and pharmacists.
A 14 to 16 year old boy is sought to shine shoes in a barber shop. Apply after school Monday to George H Pensypacker on the second floor of the Harris Building.
United States biological survey workers report wild ducks eat mostly vegetables. Less than one tenth of their food is animal matter. mollusks insects crustaceans and rarely fish make up the rest with mollusks and insects prominent.
The article notes a historic dustfall linked to Krakatoa’s 1883 eruption in the Sunda Strait. Dust fell across a wide radius for three days, reddening skies and covering much of the earth. It discusses how the volcanic dust helped measure its dispersal and how long it took to settle.
An advertisement touts kidney protection by flushing acids and wastes through tiny tubules. It promotes Cystex as a safe effective prescription that works within days and offers a money back guarantee if the package is unused after a week.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Lorgen ecker and family called on Mr and Mrs Paul Lorgenecker near Strasburg on Sunday. Numerous relatives from Centerville Lititz Hallville Ephrata Akron Lancaster Harrisburg and other areas visited or were hosted this week. The Fairview School and Bach s School closed today.
The Franklin Institute to award the John Price Wetherill Medal on May 15 to Robert Naumburg of New York for an invention named the Visagraph. The device uses a photoelectric cell to read printed words for the blind and embosses enlarged letters on a moving paper strip under the reader’s fingertips.
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