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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1929
Page
7
Officials of the new Lancaster Fair Association prepare for what they call the county's greatest exposition. The August 20 to 24 event at the fair grounds will feature attractions chosen to appeal to families and visitors from Lancaster City and county.
The listing enumerates bedroom suites bedding a cot wash-stands an old chest lace curtains window shades and many small rugs. It notes a player piano parlor heater cook stove gas stove antique kitchen cupboard dining room suite furniture and about 100 rolls of piano music plus coal wood canned gourds lawn mower and other goods too numerous to mention.
Public sale on the premises in Clay Township along the road from Kleinfeltersville to Hopeland. The 171 acre farm includes 85 acres tillable land, pasture, 3 acres woodland, a 52 by 90 barn, various sheds, a brick 7 room house with modern heat, a 4 room attached house, and 7 acres of mountain land. Sale begins at 41.30 o'clock with terms to be announced. Auctioneer L B Kurtz. Clerk Thomas Mock.
Agricultural tips urge timely field work, drainage benefits, and celery care. August market for hens and a statewide Potato Exposition at State College are promoted alongside expanded two year programs at Pennsylvania State College in agronomy animal husbandry and other agrifield studies.
Arrangements are complete for the Lan caster Automobile Club monthly meeting at Moose Hall Elizabethtown Friday evening August 16. Indications point to a large and interesting session with the general public invited to attend.
A three hour storm battered Connecticut with violent hail and wind near tornado levels. Tobacco crops suffered about 1.25 million dollars in destruction and total area damages approach two million, with windows smashed and cars and signs damaged.
County Agent F S Bucher reports a 20 percent drop in potato yield this year due to a dry spell. First harvests are about 40 percent lower, though later crops may recover with rain. total value of the year's harvest is projected near 1 181 140 dollars.
The report shows Lancaster County farmers produced 2,808,890 bushels valued at 1,131,140 dollars in the previous year, reflecting a survey of local agricultural output and economic impact.
Arthur Cromwell on a New York farm near Goshen requested his family have tonsils removed. He died from an infected throat and tonsillitis. On Wednesday his wife five children and his sister-in-law all underwent tonsil operations as his final wish was fulfilled.
Estate matters from Warwick and Manheim Pennsylvania detail letters of administration for Anna S. Hess and Devon Miley, with debtors urged to pay promptly. Kate Miley is administratrix of the Hess estate, with accounts due August 19, 1929. Additional items list guardianships and executors for various estates and trusts in Lancaster County.
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