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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
3
Published every Thursday morning by J. Frank Buch at Broad Street Lititz. Rates: one year ten dollars prepaid or twelve dollars if paid at year end, six months five dollars, three months three dollars. Discontinuance requires notice. failure to notify implies continuation. Five new cash subscribers for one year earn the Record for the proposer.
In Berks County region news include a Pennsburg silk from cotton waste plant with $60,000 capital stock, half sold. Scattered items note Chestnut blight affecting forests near Stony Run and Krumaville, a Mechanicsburg theft sentence for a 90 cent paint brush, a lost wedding ring found by Uriah Solliday in Sellersville, and rising auto presence troubling Ridgway children. Lebanon’s M. S. Hershey awards a $13,000 milk condensing plant contract to Lancaster contractor William H. Flick for Tenth and Elizabeth streets site. A Harrisburg rule prompts girls to ride bikes with dividing skirts. Rev. Theodore Reinke to lead Moravian mission post in Bluefields, Nicaragua after five and a half years there. A Lewistown woman hatched 16 chicks last June and laid two eggs in 15 minutes, witnessed by local friends. A Northampton storm incident shows a bolt trapping Mrs. Koch’s hand on a galvanized bucket until help frees her.
Road supervisors warn cut briars and weeds along roadsides clog gutters, cause washouts, and hinder drainage. Washing roads costs more and increases taxes, so residents should not discard weeds to keep roads smooth and affordable.
Pennsylvania Superior Court rules townships liable for damages and inconvenience from water breaks on roads. Case Lesher v Lemon township, Wyoming County, prompts Motor Federation to urge township officials to remove water breaks. Court states courts must consider convenience and safety in road design to avoid taxpayer costs.
The Colonial theatre draws crowds weekly with matinees and the nine o’clock second show. The Keith office offers top entertainment at low prices of four, ten, and fifteen cents. The piece of mock turtle soup is explained as a gelatinous fraud, while true turtle soup is criticized for cost and value.
A reversible floor in the Paris Apollo theater pivots on a horizontal axis behind the stage. One side is for dancing, the other a standard inclined seating floor with folding seats. The 2,500 square foot steel framework floor weighs about 100 tons and swings through a 30 foot deep excavation.
A calendar of community events spans August to October with multiple picnics and reunions at Lititz Springs and Bollinger's grove. Notable entries include Rothsville, Paradise, Mingletown, Hopeland Park gatherings, plus public school openings and county fairs in Lancaster and York.
A Scientific American note describes a non-refillable bottle by W W Clark of Panama designed to seal the inlet against refilling with a force pump. The device holds liquids of any density and is shown in a longitudinal section with parts adjusted to prevent entries of hand or liquid. Also remembered are a school anecdote about the Duke of Coburg Gotha and a dust-in-filtration note on barometer fluctuations filling crevices and cupboards.
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