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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1923
Page
2
A poor immigrant earns a fortune of 40000 by running a bootblack stand in Sunbury. Cris Calimeres received passports last Thursday for himself his wife mother and brother to visit Sparta Greece. The latter two stay in Greece while Calimeres and his wife plan to return to Sunbury.
Diamond drillers testing the Candlemag Coal company tract at Silver Brook south of McAdoo Schuylkill county report a coal seam system six strata thick extending from McAdoo hill to Lofty two miles south. Surveys for slope sinking completed. Gail Christine of Reedsville saw 15 rattlesnakes in the Seven Mountains and, with dogs, killed all. The largest measured four feet nine inches and the total rattles collected were 87.
Herbert Sl. Beck writes in the Lancaster New Era about discovering a Pied-billed Grebe nest on a Cocalico pond. He and guide Marburger braved swampy water with dog Barley to locate a large, intricately built floating nest, six eggs, and notes on incubation warmth and possible parental behavior. The piece links the grebe to Audubon era intrigue and asks readers to observe the bird’s underwater speed and mystery.
A condensed schedule lists numerous reunions galore and community gatherings across Lancaster, Ephrata, Rothsville, Lititz, Landisville, Brickerville, Newmanstown, Eph rata, Lebanon and surrounding areas. Highlights include Dohner and Bamberger reunions, various denominational picnics, the Rothsville U S picnic, and the Lebanon Fair spanning late August into September.
Mr. Charles G. Enck, an ice cream maker and confectioner from Brickerville, has completed a large concrete building on his premises to serve as an ice cream factory and cold storage plant. It features up to date machinery, enabling large scale confection production and long term cold storage to meet growing demand. His ice cream enjoys a strong reputation, with plans to maintain quality at a high standard through expanded facilities.
Robert Neal, former Coatesville resident, arrives from France to visit his mother and sisters. He plans a short stay before returning to France. Neal served with American forces in France, was badly wounded, and while hospitalized met a French girl whom he afterward married. They lived in Coatesville for a year before returning to France where he worked in business.
Plans to start construction on the Odd Fellows Home for the Aged on the Middletown area farm recently bought from S. C. Young. Officials expect work to break ground in the fall once preparations are whipped into shape.
Farmers warned of a late blight outbreak in potatoes after July and August rains totaling seven inches. KE L Nixon at State College urges spraying to prevent spread as some areas report over five inches so far this season.
In Lancaster County T. K. Worthington while on vacation works as a common seaman aboard a freight ship bound for Chile via the Panama Canal. He expects to return in forty five days. The Manheim National Bank plans a new home on the northwest corner of the town square. Mrs Barbara Miller of West King Street Lancaster and her daughter aged 80 reached 101 last Sunday in good health. A B Bate of Lancaster, iron manufacturer, bought the old Penn rolling mill idle for years.
In Mt Joy Lititz and Mountville cooperative warehouses, managers packed 1 750 000 pounds of local tobacco last winter and secured better prices for owners than regular dealers offered, highlighting the county’s cooperative advantage.
A half mast flag at Gap made for Lincoln’s death inspired Mrs Reese C Himes. The Sante flag marked Garfield McKinley and Harding funeral days, last week unfurled in memory of Harding. Domestic happiness as life goal and social consequence noted with quotations from Fielding.
Mrs. John Carper of 5 Church Ave Lititz reports relief from a sore and lame back after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad claims kidney ailments affect all ages from children to men and women and promotes Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as the producer. The price is 60 cents at dealers.
Committees in Reading Pennsylvania drafted a tentative schedule for the 175th anniversary week from September 30 to October 6. Ex-Senator Albert Beveridge or William J. Bryan to open with Sunday address. Week features parades, pageant, civic and fraternal groups, industrial and summers parades, firemen convention, school marches and band concerts, plus historical reviews.
In the Pocono region Mrs. Herman T. Frueauff of Allentown, guided by Jo seph Downing Hoopes of East Downingtown, discovered many wild flowers including Rhodora Canadensis. A devoted botanist, she lectured her classes on wild flowers for herbariums during the trip.
A narrator recalls the short courtship with few of her husband’s relatives. Jane’s fondness for her uncle Fred is revealed as he returns home for a visit. The wife asks if he is known to her, and Jane identifies him, saying she knew him before marriage.
Philadelphia reports summarize the life of Samuel Lichtenthaeler, inventor of a patent interior shutter closer, a groove zinefaced washing machine idea, and chief designer of the Lititz Springs Hotel. The piece recounts burglary, hotel expansion, ground improvements, and a later move of the Wabank Hotel to Lititz, ending with his burial in the local cemetery.
An old advertisement notes that Catarrh worsens when health declines, arguing Catarrh is local yet influenced by general constitution. It describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an ointment and internal medicine combo by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, sold for years.
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