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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
3
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The week brings a grandfather clock bid of 210 dollars after Mrs. Elizabeth Markley’s death. Elsewhere in Reading and Northampton County, a man is fined for pursuing his wife with a pitchfork, and Sheriff Whaley reports labor demand from farmers and contractors amid scarce farm help. A Summit Hill girl, Helen McHugh, dies from paralysis after a dinner mishap. A Bucks County ward, Willis Rooks, is injured by a bull. An injured Reading barber, Roy Griffith, is tossed by a bull in a pasture. Hazleton city clerk J. Hughes suffers theft and taunting after missing chickens and a display of stolen eggs.
A lineman on a telegraph pole atop Coatesville streets slept on a narrow plank with arms and legs dangling. Fireman Louis Williams climbed up, found the man alive, and woke him revealing the napper had merely dozed between repairs, not electrocuted.
A Wisconsin waters tale describes six mile long lines on Winnebago Lake with 20 000 hooks used to catch sturgeon. Boats and crews tend the line while eggs fetch high prices for caviar. The article contrasts large past catches with today’s smaller fish but higher value. It notes market shifts from meat to eggs and details the logistics of baiting hauling and catch rates.
Railway schedule fragment lists train departures from Lititz to Reading Philadelphia Lancaster Columbia and Lebanon on weekdays and Sundays with times such as 7.05 and 7.06 P.M. and 1.16 A.M. The OCR provides multiple garbled lines but indicates regular weekday and Sunday departures and routes through Reading Philadelphia Lancaster Columbia and Lebanon.
A list of summer events and picnics across Lititz Springs Hessgrove Mt. Gretna and surrounding towns. Multiple church societies labor unions and family reunions are scheduled with music by Becks band Burger s Fourth Reg s band and other entertainments. The notice also lists regional fairs including York County Agricultural Society and Cumberland County Agricultural Society events through October.
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